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HIV PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE NIGERIAN YOUTHS
(2012-07)The HIV/ AIDS pandemic is one of the greatest health challenges facing mankind and now the leading cause of death in Africa and third largest globally. An estimated 2.6 million people became newly infected with HIV in ... -
HIV/AIDS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN OYO AND KADUNA STATES, NIGERIA
(2010-12)Studies and anecdotal records have shown that religious leaders influence their followers' actions and choices they also play some pedagogical roles which makes them constitute potential HIV AIDS educators. There is however ... -
HIV/AIDS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHURCHES AND MOSQUES IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA.
(2007-09)The five percent HIV prevalence rate of year 2004 in Nigeria has clearly shown that the country is at a critical stage in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A recent survey indicated that religion plays an important role in decision ... -
HIV/AIDS PREVENTIVE HEALTH BEHAVIOURS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
(2010-07)Studies have shown that HIV/AIDS remains a major public health challenge worldwide and the adoption of preventive health behaviour holds the key to its control. Little is known, however, about the typology of preventive ... -
HOME MANAGEMENT OF CONJUNTIVITIS AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS IN ETI-OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE
(2007-10)Conjunctivitis is the most common infectious disease of the eyes affecting children. In developing countries, poverty, socio-cultural beliefs. taboos and exposure to harmful traditional practices predispose children to ... -
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 ... -
HOMOZYGOUS SICKLE HAEMOGLOBINOPATHY IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN: ITS PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS ON THEIR FAMILIES
(1991)The literature is replete with empirical evidence on how parents of Caucasian origin react to hereditary, chronic and disabling diseases in their children. However, there is very little information on the reaction of ... -
HORMONE AND DRUG STIMULATION OF TESTOSTERONE SECRETION IN THE RAT LEYDIG CELL
(1995-07)The steroidogenic response of rat Leydig cell to gonadotrophin and prolactin was used to modify an in vitro experimental model for studies an the effect of some medicinal extracts on testosterone secretion. The crude ... -
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 ... -
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE-1 SEROTYPES AND SOME ASPECTS OF PHENOTYPIC PROPERTIES OF THE VIRUS ISOLATES IN NIGERIA
(1999-08)Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus aetiologically and epidemiology associated with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The prevalence of HIV infection and the disease and incidence of AIDS are ... -
HUMAN LOIASIS IN WESTERN NIGERIA
(1974-07)An attempt has been made in this study to bridge some of the gaps in our knowledge of loiasis in Western Nigeria. At this same time, areas for future research which might lead to a better understanding of the disease ... -
HYPOLIPIDAEMIC, ANTIOXIDATIVE AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF Persea americana (Lauraceae) LEAF EXTRACTS IN RATS)
(2010-05)Hyperlipidaemia and oxidative stress are important factors in the pathogenesis of chronic degenerative and inflammatory diseases. Persea americana (Lauraceae) has been widely used in ethnomedicine in the treatment of various ... -
IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE ANTIGENE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA
(1971-12)ABSTRACT In a previous thesis, the study of certain aspects of the immune response of man to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ibadan, Nigeria were investigated. An attempt was made for the search of a suitable source of ... -
IMPACT OF MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND GENERAL HEALTH STATUS OF CAREGIVERS
(2011-11)Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neuropaediatric condition which occurs as a result of damage to an immature brain resulting in abnormal motor development requiring special care. Caring for children with CP may affect the quality ... -
THE IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON INTELLIGENCE PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN IBADAN
(1988-08)A total of six hundred and four (604) children aged between 61 and 96 months were recruited from nine primary schools (private and public) within lbadan and its environs, to study the impact of nutrition on intelligence ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILANCE AND RESPONSE BY PUBLIC PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES IN TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE
(2012-09)Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) was adopted in 1998 by the World Health Organisation-Regional committee for Africa as a strategy for strengthening the existing weak and multiple national surveillance ... -
IN VITRO ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM OF SOME NATURAL ESTROGENS IN RAT INTESTINE
(1980-09)In vitro intestinal absorption and metabolism of two natural estrogens, estradiol and estrone sulphate,were studied and compared using uneverted sacs from different segments of the rat intestine. Absorption was measured ... -
INDIRECT ESTIMATES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN MOKOLA AREA, IBADAN
(2010-04)Most developing countries including Nigeria do not have effective systems for complete registration of births, deaths and other vital events from which data can be generated for the direct estimates of maternal mortality. ... -
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 ... -
INFLUENCE OF AGE, SEX AND NUTRIENT INTAKE ON BONE DENSITY OF RURAL NIGERIAN ADULTS
(1992-06)The influence of age sex, and nutrient intake on bone density was determined in 97 rural adult Nigerians (65 males and 32 females). Bone density indices were calculated from measurements on radiographs of the second ...