Browsing Faculty of Public Health by Subject "Under-five children"
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FACTORS INFLUENCING MORTALITY PATTERN AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN ADMITTED IN SELECTED STATE AND MISSION HOSPITALS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2012-07)Overall Under-Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) is reportedly high in Nigeria. Statistics on U5MR in Nigeria are mainly derived from data obtained from community-based surveys and teaching hospital records. There are few reports ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MEN ABOUT EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE, NIGERIA
(2014-02)Poor breastfeeding practice has been implicated as one of the cause of malnutrition in infancy. Malnutrition underlies the cause of 50% of mortality in under-five children worldwide. Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF) rate in ... -
KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND PERCEPTION OF MALARIA AND ITS HOME MANAGEMENT USING ARTEMISININ-BASED COMBINATION THERAPY (ACT) AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDERFIVE IN YEMETU COMMUNITY OF IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN
(2017-10)Malaria is a serious public health problem, yet preventable and treatable.The disease is one of the world’s highest rates of all cause of mortality for children under five, and about one in six children die before their ... -
MOSQUITO AVOIDANCE PRACTICES AND CORRELATES AMONG CARE-GIVERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN AT SOMOLU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE
(2014-08)Malaria control efforts currently lay emphasis on reducing transmission by limiting human-vector contact. Meanwhile, Mosquito-Avoidance Practices (MAPs) have been shown to be sub-optimal in urban areas especially among ... -
MOTHER'S KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTIONS AND USE OF ARTEMISININ BASED COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING MALARIA AMONG UNDER-FIVES, IN IBARAPA CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA.
(2010-11)The promotion of Artemisinin based Combination Therapy (ACT) in Nigeria involving use of Artemisinin - based drugs such as Coartem is due to the increasing prevalence of Chloroquine resistant malaria. However, the knowledge, ...
