Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Skin Whitening Products among Students in Ahfad University for Women

Abstract

Shahd El-Sayed, Abdelrhman El-Sayed, Mohammed Hammad Jaber Amin, Hind Salah El-din Hassan BabkerWalaa Yousif Suliman and Halima Babikir Eltahir

Background: In the recent years, a significant increase in the use of skin whitening products in Sudan among university students was noted. Serious threatening complications would ensue duo to the improper use of them. Therefore, evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of skin whitening products is crucial. We aimed to assess the Knowledge, attitude and practice of skin whitening products among students of Ahfad University for Women.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. It was conducted at Ahfad University for Women, which located in Sudan, in Omdurman city. The sample size was 200 participants. Data was collected using a questionnaire in the period from January _ July 2021.

Results: The study sample was 200 participants. Mean participant age was 23 years. high number of participants have a good knowledge about skin whiting products and its side effects but only (32%) know about the contents of these products and most of them from school of medicine and school of health sciences (18%). regarding the attitude we found that the majority of females recognize that practicing Of these products is not a good one . , and the good was found in school of pharmacy only (5%) have a favorable attitudes toward these products .most of the participants (63%) used skin whiting products, the highest percentage recorded using these products was from school of management ( 22%) .(61%) of the users denied, any undesirable adverse effects and the remainder (39%) reported an group of local and systemic adverse effects.

Conclusion: There is high level of knowledge, With Good attitude and high level of practice of skin whitening product in students of Ahfad University for women. This reflects that a good knowledge about skin whitening products dose not guaranty a proper practice techniques and. they don't pay attention to the dangerous effects of the skin whiting products.

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