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Skin whitening among Cameroonian female university students: knowledge,
attitudes, practices and motivations
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Kouotou EA
; Nansseu JRN
; Adegbidi H
; Zoa Mebara TCJ
; Ndjitoyap Ndam EC
BMC Womens Health
2017[Apr]; 17
(1
): 33
PMID28412949
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BACKGROUND: Lack of data on skin whitening (SW) among Cameroonian female
university students prompted us to undertake the present study which aimed at
assessing the knowledge, attitudes, practices and motivations of female
university students vis-a-vis SW. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study
conducted from January to April 2013 in 4 university campuses of Yaoundé,
Cameroon. Any female student regularly registered in one of the study sites, who
was present at the campus when the investigator visited and volunteered to
participate in the study was enrolled. RESULTS: Overall, we recruited 620 female
students, their ages ranging from 16 to 46 years with a mean of 21.3?±?2.9 years.
Only 87 participants (14%) found that SW was a good practice. One hundred and
sixty nine respondents (27.3%) were currently practicing SW with no age
difference when compared to their counterparts (p?=?0.09). The desire to have a
uniform body skin color was the prevailing reason motivating the practice of SW
(39.1%), followed by the need to have a soft skin (29%). Assessment of levels of
knowledge regarding advantages of the black skin and deleterious effects of SW
showed excellent scores (?75% of good answers) only in 6.1 and 0.5% of cases
respectively, with no difference between those practicing SW or not (all p
values?>?0.05). CONCLUSION: The practice of SW is common among Cameroonian female
university students who should therefore be educated on the advantages of the
black skin and the harmful effects of SW.