Browsing Faculty of Public Health by Subject "Mothers"
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ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS INFLUENCING ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION IN AGEGE, LAGOS ISLAND AND ETI OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA.
(2010-08)Routine immunization has been declining in Nigeria since early 1990s due to weak health systems, poor funding, lack of vaccines and parental involvement at community levels. Lagos state has been experiencing poor routine ... -
ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION TOWARDS POST-PARTUM WEIGHT GAIN AMONGST MOTHERS RECEIVING POST-NATAL SERVICES IN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OYO-STATE, NIGERIA
(2016-02)Excessive weight gain during pregnancy has been shown to predispose women to higher postpartum weight retention and possibly long-term overweight with long and short term consequences for both mother and the infants. ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEMAND FOR ROUTINE AND SUPPLEMENTARY ORAL POLIO VACCINE AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE
(2017-03)Eradication of poliomyelitis in Nigeria has been of a serious public health concern for many years. However, target dates have repeatedly been pushed back and, at present, transmission of wild poliovirus remains endemic ... -
MATERNAL PERSPECTIVES ABOUT BIRTH DEFECTS AND ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2012-08)Birth defects are structural congenital malformations that are almost always seen at birth. In countries lacking guidelines on screening for birth defects, additional responsibility is placed on parents in the early detection ... -
WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND PREVENTION PRACTICES RELATING TO WATER-BORNE DISEASES IN TWO PERI-URBAN COMMUNITIES IN IDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2015-11)Water, an essential substance for sustaining life, could be a source of infection if contaminated. Women in Ido and Omi-Adio communities have been observed using water from insanitary and unprotected sources which may ...