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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 MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ANTIDEPRESSANT-LIKE EFFECT OF METHYL JASMONATE IN MICE
(2017-11)Depression is a chronic, recurrent and severe disease that affects millions of individuals worldwide and impairs the quality of life of the patients. The clinical efficacy of existing antidepressants has been compromised ... -
EVALUATION OF THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES OF EXTRACTS AND FLAVONOID-RICH FRACTION FROM Ocimum gratissimum LINN.(LAMIACEAE) LEAF
(2017-08)Inflammatory responses are among causes of ill health, impaired quality of life and untimely death. Naturally occurring phenolics are sale phytochemicals that provides combinatorial multitargeted therapy in chronic ... -
EVALUATION OF THE ANTISPYCHOTIC PROPERTY OF MORIN AND ITS MECHANISMS OF ACTION IN EXPERIMENTAL MICE
(2018-06)Psychosis is a chronic neuropsychiatric disease characterised by severe behavioural perturbations. Current drugs used in the management of the disease are associated with serious side effects. Therefore, compounds with ... -
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 ... -
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF NEURO-HUMORAL FACTORS IN PEPTIC ULCERATION
(1977-02)Using as experimental models, chronic and acute peptic ulcerations produced in rats by means of prolonged starvation and indomethacin, the role of (i) the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal-neuro secretory system (H.N.N.S_) and ... -
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 ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND DISCONTINUATION AMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATE
(2017-03)Contraceptive use has been documented as an important factor in improving women’s health. However, the level of use is sub-optimal in many low and middle income countries. In particular, oral contraceptive (OC) use has ... -
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY OUTCOME AMONG ANC CLINIC ATTENDEES IN ODEDA LGA OF OGUN STATE
(2008-09)The concept of antenatal care has been universally-recognized as a very good model of preventive health care. Over the years, it has impacted positively on improving birth-outcomes in many countries. However, this has ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS RECEIVING CARE AT ADEOYO MATERNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, YEMETU, IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2017-03)Maintaining optimal adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) is essential for HIV infection management. The long-term maintenance of ART remains an important issue, especially in limited -resource setting where additional ...