Faculty of Public Health: Recent submissions
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF CONTRACEPTION AMONGST SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE
(1995)A KAP study among the senior secondary school students in Ibadan North-East L.G.A. of Oyo State was conducted in order to assess the factors that affect contraceptive awareness and utilisation among secondary school students. ... -
PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL HAZARDS AND KNOWLEDGE OF FIRST AID CARE AMONG PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
(2013-05)Physical hazards (PHs) in the school environment compromise health of primary school children worldwide. Many of the harmful effects of PHs can be managed through First Aid (FA) by teachers. In Nigeria, there is death ... -
HEALTH CARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR DURING PREGNANCY AMONG WOMEN OF AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2000-10)The problems of maternal morbidity and mortality have been associated with inappropriate health care seeking behaviour in pregnancy and childbirth. As a result, WHO and UNICEF established the Safe Motherhood initiative ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF CIGARETTE SMOKING HABIT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE
(1992-06)Cigarette smoking is a habit which is difficult to break once it is established. Although adult cigarette smoking rate has declined slowly but steadily in the past few years, the rate of cigarette smoking amongst children ... -
PATIENTS' PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICE OF CHILD LABOUR IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2009-12)Child labour is a major concern worldwide. In developing countries, child labour is often seen in a different perspective and may relate to socialization and child training. However, parents’ view regarding this practice ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
UTILISATION OF IMMUNISATION SERVICES AMONG NURSING MOTHERS IN LAGELU GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2011-06)Immunization is an effective preventive measure against some childhood disease. Recent studies have shown that there is a decline in immunization coverage and a resurgence of vaccine preventable childhood diseases in ... -
AVAILABILITY AND USE OF INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (IEC) MATERIALS BY HEALTH WORKERS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS
(2000-10)Health education is a major responsibility of most health facility staff. Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials such as posters, and flipcharts are designed to make the health workers educational role ... -
A STUDY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH OFFICERS PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN NIGERIA
(1986-04)The concept of using non-physicians to provide primary health care (PHC) emerged in Nigeria in order to achieve the objective of increasing health care accessibility to larger population, especially in the rural areas. ... -
KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, PRACTICE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2015-08)Personal Hygiene (PH) is fundamental to the prevention and control of communicable diseases and maintaining good health. Many communicable diseases of public health importance which affect Secondary School Students (SSS) ... -
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 ... -
LEVELS, TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS IN UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY IN NIGERIA (1990-2008)
(2014-01)High Under-five Mortality (U5M) rate in Nigeria constitutes a source of public health concern. However, statistics for monitoring its levels, trends and differentials to assess the effectiveness of intervention strategies ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY IN THE PORT HARCOURT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE: IMPLICATION FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
(1995-05)This is an exploratory descriptive study with the purpose of providing some information on the problems of adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood and health education intervention in the Port Harcourt Local Government ... -
EFFECTIVENESS OF AIDS EDUCATION USING SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG DEAF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(1998-09)AIDS education has been proffered as a major way of reducing HIV infection among "at risk populations" especially the adolescents. However, while majority of the educational interventions on AIDS have targeted apparently ... -
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 ... -
HAZARD ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS WITH GENDER COHORT IN CASSAVA PROCESSING FACTORY IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2008)Surveillance and reporting of food-borne disease outbreaks are scanty in developing countries. There is no data on the magnitude of contribution of cassava food products to food-borne hazards. Therefore, the objectives of ... -
KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND PRE-MARITAL HAEMOGLOBIN GENOTYPE SCREENING AMONG NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS MEMBERS IN OYO STATE
(1992-10)Sickle Cell disease has become recognized as a World Wide problem affecting millions of people. Despite the common occurrence of the disease, public awareness is low with the condition often attributed to cultural beliefs ...