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HEARING LOSS, ITS PERCEPTIONS PREVENTIVE PRACTICE AMONG MACHINISTS EXPOSED TO NOISE POLLUTION IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
(2008-11)Abstract In Nigeria, there is dearth of information on the prevalence of hearing loss among machinists. Their perceptions anti practices relating to noise pollution have not been fully investigated. The objective of this ... -
HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN WATER, Clarias gariepinus and Tilapia guineensis FROM AGODI LAKE IN IBADAN
(2012-08)The presence of heavy metals in food remains an issue of public health concern. At low concentrations above threshold limit, they are poisonous and can lead to toxicity in humans. Several studies have assessed heavy metals ... -
HIV PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE NIGERIAN YOUTHS
(2012-07)The HIV/ AIDS pandemic is one of the greatest health challenges facing mankind and now the leading cause of death in Africa and third largest globally. An estimated 2.6 million people became newly infected with HIV in ... -
HIV/AIDS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN OYO AND KADUNA STATES, NIGERIA
(2010-12)Studies and anecdotal records have shown that religious leaders influence their followers' actions and choices they also play some pedagogical roles which makes them constitute potential HIV AIDS educators. There is however ... -
HIV/AIDS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHURCHES AND MOSQUES IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA.
(2007-09)The five percent HIV prevalence rate of year 2004 in Nigeria has clearly shown that the country is at a critical stage in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A recent survey indicated that religion plays an important role in decision ... -
HIV/AIDS PREVENTIVE HEALTH BEHAVIOURS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2010-07)Studies have shown that HIV/AIDS remains a major public health challenge worldwide and the adoption of preventive health behaviour holds the key to its control. Little is known, however, about the typology of preventive ... -
HOME MANAGEMENT OF CONJUNTIVITIS AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS IN ETI-OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE
(2007-10)Conjunctivitis is the most common infectious disease of the eyes affecting children. In developing countries, poverty, socio-cultural beliefs. taboos and exposure to harmful traditional practices predispose children to ... -
HOME MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHOEA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN IDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE
(2017-03)Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in many developing countries. Mothers of under five children play a critical role in the home management of diarrhoea but little is known about ... -
HOMOZYGOUS SICKLE HAEMOGLOBINOPATHY IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN: ITS PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS ON THEIR FAMILIES
(1991)The literature is replete with empirical evidence on how parents of Caucasian origin react to hereditary, chronic and disabling diseases in their children. However, there is very little information on the reaction of ... -
HOUSING CONDITIONS AND PERCEIVED HEALTH EFFECTS ON UNDER-5 CHILDREN ON OMI-ADIO, IDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE
(2014-02)Living conditions and sanitary housing are important social determinants of health. Under-5 (U-5) children living in poor or overcrowded conditions are vulnerable to respiratory infections and other health problems.The ... -
THE IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON INTELLIGENCE PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN IBADAN
(1988-08)A total of six hundred and four (604) children aged between 61 and 96 months were recruited from nine primary schools (private and public) within lbadan and its environs, to study the impact of nutrition on intelligence ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILANCE AND RESPONSE BY PUBLIC PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES IN TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE
(2012-09)Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) was adopted in 1998 by the World Health Organisation-Regional committee for Africa as a strategy for strengthening the existing weak and multiple national surveillance ... -
INDIRECT ESTIMATES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN MOKOLA AREA, IBADAN
(2010-04)Most developing countries including Nigeria do not have effective systems for complete registration of births, deaths and other vital events from which data can be generated for the direct estimates of maternal mortality. ... -
INFANT FEEDING PRACTICE IN OYO TOWN IMPLICATION FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1992-10)Malnutrition is very prevalent among the children from age 0-5 years, most especially in the developing countries such as Nigeria. Hence the need to address ourselves to finding ways of overcoming this problem. The study ... -
INFLUENCE OF AGE, SEX AND NUTRIENT INTAKE ON BONE DENSITY OF RURAL NIGERIAN ADULTS
(1992-06)The influence of age sex, and nutrient intake on bone density was determined in 97 rural adult Nigerians (65 males and 32 females). Bone density indices were calculated from measurements on radiographs of the second ... -
INFLUENCE OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON UPTAKE AND USE OF FREELY DISTRIBUTED INSECTICIDE TREATED NETS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
(2013-01)ln Nigeria, malaria remains a threat to pregnancy outcomes, Despite the demonstrated effectiveness of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) in reducing malaria burden in pregnancy, its use among Nigerian pregnant women is still ... -
INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL CONNECTEDNESS ON PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN IBADAN NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE.
(2014-02)Parental Connectedness (PC), a social and emotional bond between parents and their children, influences the sexual behaviour of adolescents worldwide. In Nigeria, the effect of PC on the Sexual Behaviour (SB) of secondary ... -
INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY ON ELDERLY (AGED 65+) SURVIVAL IN IDIKAN, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2012-06)There was a dearth of information on the relationship between social activities and survival of Nigerians at older age. This study provides some knowledge on the influence of social activity on the longevity of some ... -
INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT FOR MALARIA AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME AMONG PARTURIENT WOMEN AT ADEOYO MATERNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2013-11)Malaria control programmes rely on the Antenatal Clinic (ANC) for the delivery of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy (IPTp). The IPTp with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is an effective strategy to reduce ... -
INTERVENING IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIMENSIONS OF TROPICAL DISEASES CONTROL AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN-AN EXTRAL CURRICULA APPROACH
(1986-11)Despite the remarkable advances in medical science over the years, millions of people in the developing world are still suffering from parasitic diseases which severely impede their social economic development. Among these ...