¹Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) Abuja, Nigeria.

²Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.

*Corresponding Author’s: E-mail Address ✉: yakyabnig@yahoo.com

Accepted October 22, 2019

Tertiary institutions students represent a sexually active segment of the Nigerian population. Their acceptance of condom use would help to reduce the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This study was conducted to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of condom among tertiary institutions students on training at National Institute for Pharmaceutical and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, Nigeria. This is an institutional descriptive cross-sectional study of 410 student’s respondents. Samples were taken using systematic random sampling techniques between June and August, 2019. Data analysis employed SPSS version 20.0. Majority of the student’s respondents 176 (82.2%) were age 22 - 26 years, 390 (95.1%) were not married, 218 (53.2%) resides off campus and most, 390 (95.1%) were Christians. All respondents were knowledgeable about condom. The major source of information was mass media 94 (22.9%). The major reason for using condom was for prevention of HIV/STDs (76.5%). Awareness of condom use among the student’s respondents has increased. However, there is still a gap between its knowledge and practice which needs to be addressed because its public health significant in the preventions and controls of HIV/STDs menace in Nigeria.

Keywords: STDs, HIV, Condom, Sexually active, Mass media, Attitudes, Practices.

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