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DATE RAPE EXPERIENCE AND HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG FEMALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2012-08)Date Rape (DR) which is mainly experienced by young women is a public health concern worldwide and is characterised by physical, psychological and social consequence. In Nigeria, there is dearth of information on DR among ... -
DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE UPTAKE OF VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING AMONG FEMALE SEX WORKERS: A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS OF 2007 IBBSS
(2011-05)Despite vigorous promotion, the uptake of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) has been low overall in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria inclusive. The large majority of HIV-1 infected people in sub-Saharan Africa are not ... -
DETERMINANTS OF JOB STRESS AMONG DOCTORS IN THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, IBADAN
(2010)Doctors respond differently to their complex work environment, some find it stimulating while others find it stressful. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of stress in a teaching hospital in south ... -
DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL AND UNDER-FIVE CHILD MALNUTRITION IN AGUATA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
(2012-09)High maternal and under-five child malnutrition still persists in Nigeria, despite interventions such as development of relevant policies to combat them by government and other agencies. Though risk factors of malnutrition ... -
DETERMINATION OF NOISE LEVELS, PERCEPTION AND AUDITORY EFFECT AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2009-11)Children of school age are considered to be among the group most vulnerable to the adverse effects of noise. Most schools in Nigeria face adverse environmental conditions including, noise and its related impact is poorly ... -
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE NUTRITION IN NIGERIA
(2000-10)The nutritional status indicators in Nigeria, clearly demonstrate that the magnitude of malnutrition is of public health concern. These indicators show that 'stunting' is above 40%, 'underweight' is over 30% and 'wasting" ... -
DIETARY HABITS AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN URBAN SLUM COMMUNITIES IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
(2016-02)The growing trend in the prevalence of malnutrition among school children has been associated with inadequate and improper dietary habit(s). Increasing evidence suggests that lifestyle and dietary habits have a lifelong ... -
DIETRY PATTERN AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN FROM THE LOW INCOME GROUP OF IBADAN
(1984-08)Nine-hundred and fifteen, 915, mother/children pairs recruited from five clinics In Ibaden were used to study the dietary pattern and nutritional status of infants/children born to poor urban dwellers. Anthropometrlc ... -
DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND SAFETY FROM SOURCE TO POINT OF USE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
(2013-07)The monitoring of the quality of pipe-borne water supply to the public is on the decline in most developing countries. Information on water quality from critical segments of the water treatment and distribution scheme in ... -
DYSMENORRHOEA EXPERIENCES AND SELF MANAGEMENT PATTERNS AMONG THE FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE POLYTECHNIC, IBADAN.
(2015-04)Dysmenorrhoea is a common gynaecologic complaint among adolescents and young adult females. Depending on its duration and severity, it has negative impacts on normal daily activities and quality of life of women. The ... -
EATING HABITS AND PERCEIVED HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2015-08)An understanding of the pattern of eating habits of undergraduates is important, as it could be protective or predictive to chronic diseases. So also is the identification of the factors affecting food choice, including ... -
AN EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF PERCEIVED HEALTH, PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY HANSEN'S DISEASE IN ENUGU AND EBONYI STATES, NIGERIA.
(2011-01)In spite of great advances in Hansen’s disease (HD) control and treatment, the condition remains a major public health challenge in Nigeria. Previous studies focused largely on treatment-related issues to the neglect of ... -
EFFECT OF A RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH POSTING ON MEDICAL STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION ASPECTS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
(1987-11)This evaluation case study looks at the effect of the rural Ibarapa Community Health posting on medical student attitudes and knowledge of the health education aspects of primary health care.The Igboora rural campus of the ... -
EFFECT OF BASELLA ABLA AND SOLANUM MACROCARPON VEGETABLES ON CYANIDE TOXICITY RAT
(2014-05)Some Nigerian staples contain certain levels of cyanide, which if ingest in large quantity can predispose to acute poisoning. Basella alba (BA) and Solanum macrocarpon (SM) are vegetables often consumed concomitantly with ... -
EFFECT OF COOKING METHODS ON CADMIUM AND LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN AFRICAN CATFISH (Clarias gariepinus)
(2015-07)Cadmium and Lead are heavy metals whose presence in water bodies account for seafood contamination. Consumption of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) contaminated fish poses carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks to man. ... -
THE EFFECT OF COOKING ON THE ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF SOME NIGERIAN FOODSTUFFS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO VITAMIN C STATUS OF THE CONSUMERS
(1980-09)In Nigeria, fresh fruits like oranges, guava, mango etc. and leafy vegetables like 'sokoyokoto’ (Celosia argentea L), ' tete ' (Amaranthus spp. L), ‘gbure’ of ascorbic acid (AA.) but these fruits are fast becoming more ... -
THE EFFECT OF LEAD TOXICITY ON THE ATPase ACTIVITIES OF CALCIUM-PUMP AND P-GLYCOPROTEIN IN SOME ISOLATES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
(1999-02)The technique of ion exchange chromatography was used to isolate free Plasmodium falciparum used in the study and other techniques such as spectrophotometry, centrifugation, electrophoresis and densitometric scanning were ... -
EFFECT OF MOBILE-PHONE REMINDER TEST MESSAGES ON MOTHERS' KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLETION OF ROUTINE IMMUNISATION IN RURAL AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2017-02)Interventions aimed at promoting completion of Routine Immunisation (RI) in Nigeria have not yielded satisfactory results. Text Message Reminders (TMRs) through mobile phones have been used to promote adoption of ... -
EFFECT OF SPENT ENGINE OIL AND ITS CONSTITUENT HEAVY METAL UPTAKE USING COWPEA AS A MODEL
(2012-10)Disposal of Spent Engine Oil (SEO) on farmlands is one of the environmental problems creating unsatisfactory conditions for plant growth and human health. Studies have shown that SEO contain contaminants which can be ... -
EFFECT OF STORAGE CONTAINERS ON HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER QUALITY IN SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN IBADAN
(2013-03)Poor household water storage is one of the major factors contributing to contamination of drinking water in Nigeria. Studies have shown that sizes of containers opening can affect water quality, but little has been documented ...