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Chairman NMA
Dr Umar Muhammad Muktar
Chairman NMA Sokoto
Abstract
| Volume 10 Number 3 - 4 July - December 2022 |
| Abdul-Hakeem Olatunji Abiola , Janefrances Chiemeka Okoye , Babatunde Abdulmajeed Akodu , Muhammad Yaqub Habeebu , Aisha Toyin AbdulKareem , Shakiru Olabisi Olaji |
| Background: There is a remarkable increase in mobile phone use among adolescents and young adults without sufficient knowledge of its associated hazards. Objective:To determine mobile phone ownership, use and knowledge of associated hazards among senior secondary school students. Methods: Study design was a descriptive cross-sectional study and respondents were selected by multistage sampling method. Pretested, structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection between May and June 2017. Responses to the knowledge questions were scored and graded as poor (<50%) and good (?50%). Data was analysed using Epi Info version 7.1.1.14 and Winpepi computer statistical software packages. P value ? 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Majority 418(69.67%) of the respondents own mobile phone of which 61.00% had one, and 8.67% had two. Male respondents 216(51.67%) have more ownership than their female counterparts 202(48.33%). Most common use of mobile phone was for chatting. Mean knowledge score (%) was low (46.11±22.63) and 51.50% of the respondents had poor knowledge grade of mobile phone hazards. Only 98(16.33%) of the respondents were aware that radiation from mobile phone can cause brain cancer. There was statistically significant association between age of respondents and knowledge of hazards of mobile phone use. Conclusion: Ownership of mobile phone was high. Most common use of mobile phone was for chatting. Knowledge of hazard of mobile phone was poor. There is therefore need for educational intervention to promote correct use and improve knowledge of hazards of mobile phone among the study population |
| 10.47837/CMJ.2020814.3 |
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