Browsing Faculty of Public Health by Subject "Health education"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
FEEDING PRACTICES AND OCCURENCE OF DIARRHOEA AMONG CHILDREN OF LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS IN IBADAN CITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1992-02)Diarrhoeal diseases still constitute major causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Various studies have shown the incidence rate of diarrhoeal diseases to be lower among children who are exclusively breastfed ... -
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 ... -
KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF POSITIVE LIVING BY PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV IN IBADAN AND LAGOS NIGERIA.
(2006-09)Care and support for people living with HIV (PLWH), their families and communities were until recently neglected components of most HIV/AIDS programmes in Nigeria. Lack of positive living practices aggravates existing ... -
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN MUNICIPALITY ON CIGARETTE SMOKING: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1992-10)This is a descriptive study of 1,222 secondary school students from randomly selected schools in Ibadan Municipality in Oyo State, Nigeria, on variables that contribute to the prevalence of cigarette smoking. A pretested ... -
SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES THAT MAY FAVOUR THE TRANSMISSION OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) IN A RURAL YORUBA COMMUNITY: IMPLICATION FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1990-12)The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic poses a major threat to global health and a major challenge to health workers especially health educators. The study was designed to identify socio-cultural practices ... -
STATUS OF ORAL HYGIENE AND PERIODONTAL HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN IBADAN: EFFECT OF INTERVENTION THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION
(1997-08)A study was conducted on the status of oral hygiene and periodontal health of primary school children drawn from two different socio-economic backgrounds in lbadan. The schools were the University Staff School, and the ... -
UTILISATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES IN IBARAPA DISTRICT: IMPLICATION FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1982-08)Differential utilisation is a phenomenon common to most health delivery systems. This situation is aggravated when it involves one of the vulnerable groups in the community, who are too young to express their health needs. ...
