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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS WITH POTENTIALS FOR INFLUENCING THE OCCURRENCE OF ASTHMA AMONG CHILDREN IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2012-07)The prevalence of asthma has increased in recent years. Although most asthma studies in Nigeria focused on the burden of the disease among children, the risk factors that may favour its occurrence have not been well ... -
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FLUOROSIS
(2001-01)Fluorosis, a disease due to high fluoride intake by communities is distributed world-wide. It is mostly associated with water supplies whose fluoride levels exceed 1mg/l. Chronic Fluorosis causes brownish discoloration of ... -
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES AMONG LONG DISTANCE DRIVERS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE
(2014-07)Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) are major causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. While previous studies had reported increases in RTC among long distance drivers and had associated this with their risky behaviours, not ... -
ESTIMATES OF CHILDHOOD AND FEMALE ADULT MORTALITY IN MOKOLA AREA OF IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(2008-10)The effectiveness of public health programmes and policies can be measured by levels of specific morbidity and mortality indicators in a population. In particular, the levels of infant and childhood mortality could reflect ... -
ESTIMATES OF FERTILITY AND CHILD MORTALITY IN JOS NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PLATEAU STATE
(2011-04)In Nigeria the database for fertility and child mortality are unreliable as a result of poor quality data from vital registration. There is a need to estimate these indicators, not only to assess maternal and child health ... -
ESTIMATION OF HIV PREVALENCE USING FERTILITY EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN NIGERIA
(2011-07)Use of sentinel site to obtain HIV/AIDS data on pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Nigeria shows that the prevalence rate of HIV has steadily been on the increase with recent decline to 5.0% in 2003 and 4.4% in ... -
EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY EYE OUTREACH PROGRAMME FOR EARLY GLAUCOMA DETECTION IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA
(2011-06)Glaucoma describes a group of eye diseases in which there is progressive damage to the optic nerve, leading to impaired vision and possibly blindness if untreated. Glaucoma is the commonest cause of irreversible blindness ... -
AN EVALUATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMME OF THE AFRICAN REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE (ARHEC), UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA, 1975-1989
(1992-05)The African Regional Health Education Centre (ARHEC), which was founded in 1975, is the first of its kind for the preparation of professional health educators in Africa. The training programme has gone through 15 years ... -
AN EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUALISED SMOKING CESSATION TECHNIQUES AMONG CIGARETTE SMOKERS
(1992-10)An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of three individualized techniques on smoking reduction and cessation among 20 Tension Reduction and 21 Psychologically Addicted volunteer smokers. Subjects ... -
EVALUATION OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION COMPONENT OF DIARROEAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME AT IGBO-ORA RURAL HEALTH CENTRE
(1987-11)Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) is an innovative, inexpensive and effective approach to the treatment of diarrhoea and dehydration. Health education is a major component of an ORT programme. This study was designed to ... -
EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AND RELATED ANTECEDENT FACTORS AMONG LACTATING MOTHERS IN AYETE, IBARAPA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2011)Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF) in the first six months of life is crucial for the survival and health of newborns and infants. All the nutritional needs of infants are contained in breast milk in the right amount and ... -
EXPERIENCE AND LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAL CHECK UP AMONG STAFF OF COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2015-03)Medical check-up (MC) is a type of screening test for those in the general public that do not have any particular disease; when patients exhibit symptoms they are referred to consult with a doctor in a specialized ... -
EXPERIENCE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG MARRIED MEN IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(2016-02)Intimate partner violence is a public health issue which should be of concern to everyone. There are quite a number of studies which focus mainly on women as victims yet there exist a great percentage of men who are ... -
EXPERIENCE OF STRESS AND COPING MECHANISM AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE.
(2017-02)Policing is considered one of the most stressful occupations which expose police officers to occupational, organizational, and personal stressors. This is true in a country like Nigeria with increased profiling of crime ... -
EXPERIENCES AND PERPETRATION OF INCEST AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA.
(2015-10)The practice of incest has been on the increase globally in the recent past and most of the victims suffer in silence. Though incest has serious negative influence on its victims, it has not been fully investigated in ... -
EXPERIENCES OF ADOLESCENT’S REGARDING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND THEIR PERCEIVED HEALTH CONSEQUENCES IN IBADAN NORTH-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE
(2017-02)Corporal punishments also referred to as physical punishment is a disciplinary method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable behaviour and/or inappropriate ... -
EXPERIENCES OF HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL HAIR RELAXATION AMONG FEMALE MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
(2015-12)Chemical hair relaxers has found widespread use in African Negroid women given their desire to straighten their curly hair, the pressure from advertisers, fashion and contact with other cultures. This process of ... -
EXPERIENCES OF MENARCHE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
(2009-12)Menarche (onset of menstruation) is a normal developmental milestone among adolescent girls. The experience could be characterized by varying physical problems and emotional reactions. There is dearth of information in ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PHYSICIANS AND THEIR PATIENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1979-06)Some of the attitude of patients towards physicians as well as the sex and age of consulting physicians were studied. An attempt was also made to assess the influence of these attitude on the satisfaction of patients with ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING COMPLIANCE WITH THE USE OF ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS AMONG PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL, ENUGU, NIGERIA
(2013-07)Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs are effective in reducing the incidence of death due to AIDS. The drugs are administered free of charge to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in designated clinics throughout Nigeria. Despite ...
