TY - JOUR
KW - Onchocerciasis
KW - Health Education
KW - knowledge attitudes practices
KW - Prevention
KW - Nigeria
AU - Adejumo O
AU - Adebimpe W
AU - Adeleke M
AU - Oyeniran O
AU - Adeoye O
AB - <p><strong>Purpose:</strong></p>

<p>This study evaluated effect of structured health education intervention on knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices related to onchocerciasis among adults in selected rural communities.</p>

<p><strong>Methods:</strong></p>

<p>It was a community-based quasi-experimental study where mixed method of data collection (quantitative and qualitative method) were used. Consented 600 adults aged 20years and above were equally recruited from endemic (intervention) and non-endemic (control) communities using randomsampling technique. Intervention group had interactive, culturally appropriate education sessions.</p>

<p><strong>Results:</strong></p>

<p>Baseline knowledge, attitudes and preventive practice were poor in both groups. Post- intervention, good knowledge (99.2%), attitudes (82.0%) and preventive practices (65.5%) increased significantly among intervention group while control group showed minimal changes. Adjusted analysesdemonstrated higher odds of good post-intervention outcomes in intervention group for knowledge (OR = 3.50), attitudes (OR = 2.21), and preventive practices (OR = 2.00).</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>

<p>This support integration of targeted health education into community treatment to strengthen sustainable onchocerciasis control.&nbsp;</p>

BT - Research Journal of Health Sciences
DA - 10/2026
DO - 10.4314/rejhs.v14i3.8
IS - 3
LA - ENG
M3 - Article 
N2 - <p><strong>Purpose:</strong></p>

<p>This study evaluated effect of structured health education intervention on knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices related to onchocerciasis among adults in selected rural communities.</p>

<p><strong>Methods:</strong></p>

<p>It was a community-based quasi-experimental study where mixed method of data collection (quantitative and qualitative method) were used. Consented 600 adults aged 20years and above were equally recruited from endemic (intervention) and non-endemic (control) communities using randomsampling technique. Intervention group had interactive, culturally appropriate education sessions.</p>

<p><strong>Results:</strong></p>

<p>Baseline knowledge, attitudes and preventive practice were poor in both groups. Post- intervention, good knowledge (99.2%), attitudes (82.0%) and preventive practices (65.5%) increased significantly among intervention group while control group showed minimal changes. Adjusted analysesdemonstrated higher odds of good post-intervention outcomes in intervention group for knowledge (OR = 3.50), attitudes (OR = 2.21), and preventive practices (OR = 2.00).</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>

<p>This support integration of targeted health education into community treatment to strengthen sustainable onchocerciasis control.&nbsp;</p>

PB - African Journals Online (AJOL)
PY - 2026
SP - 260 
EP -  269
T2 - Research Journal of Health Sciences
TI - Evaluation of primary intervention on knowledge, attitude and preventive practices on onchocerciasis among adults in south west Nigeria
UR - https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rejhs/article/view/338727/318116
VL - 14
SN - 2467-8252, 2360-7793
ER -