KNOWLEDGEANDATTITUDEOFFEMALEEMPLOYEESTOWARDPREMARITALGENETICSCREENINGANDCOUNSELLINGINMADONNAUNIVERSITY,E LELE
Abstract
Premaritalscreeningisaprimarypreventivemeasuretodecreasetheincidenceofcertaingeneticdisorder
sandsexuallytransmitteddiseases.Thisstudywascarriedouttoassesstheknowledgeandattitudetoward
spremaritalgeneticscreeningandcounselingamongfemaleemployeeofMadonnaUniversity,EleleRiversS
tate.Threespecificobjectivesandresearchquestionswereformulatedtoguidethestudy.Thetargetpopul
ationinthisstudycomprisedallfemaleemployees.Theresearchermadeuseofadescriptivesurveydesign
usingaselfdesignedquestionnairefordatacollection.Thedatawasdescriptivelysummarizedwiththeuseoffreque ncy,percentagesandtables.Findingsofcurrentsurveydemonstratedthatmajorityoftherespondentskne
wpremaritalgeneticscreeningtobetestdonebeforemarriagetoruleoutanyabnormalityintheblood,thefreque
ncyandpercentageofpeoplethaythatagreed20(13.3%).Whenaskedtheappropriatetimeforpremaritals
icklecellscreening,majorityoftherespondentsknewthatitshouldbedonejustbeforemarriageorduringc
ourtshipagreed29(19.3%).Thebenefitsofpremaritalgeneticscreeningwereshowntoincludehelpingto
detectabnormalitiesincouplesearlybeforemarriageagreed20(133%)Findingsshowedthatmostofther
espondentsstronglyagreethatpremaritalgenetictestisnecessaryoncethecouplehasagreedtomarry113
(75.3%).However,someoftherespondentsdisagreethatpremaritalgeneticscreeningisagainstmyreligi
ous/culturalbeliefstronglyagree5(3.3%).Lastly,thefactorsinfluencingtheattitudeoffemaleemployee
stowardspremaritalgeneticscreeningwereshowntoincludedemographicfactorssuchasage,lackofaw
arenessofthebenefitsofpremaritalgeneticscreening,negativeattitudestowardspremaritalscreening,inadequatehealtheducations
tronglydisagree50(33.3%)Itwasrecommendedthatthereisneedtoconducteducational/awarenesspro
gramsorpublicawarenesscampaignswithemphasisonpremaritalgeneticscreeningandgeneticdiseaseprevention
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