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A 12-MONTH PATTERN AND INTER-RELATIONSHIPS OF MOTOR PERFORMANCE, FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY, SOCIETAL PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF STROKE SURVIVORS
(2012-08)Stroke is a major cause of disability affecting human functioning and health attributes such as Motor Performance (MP), Functional Activity (FA), Societal Participation (SP) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). ... -
ACCEPTANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION LAWS BY HOUSEHOLD HEADS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE
(2016-02)This study examined the knowledge, perception and compliance of household heads in Ibadan North Local Government with environmental sanitation laws. Specifically, the study investigated the relationship between socio ... -
ACCURACY AND QUALITY OF ROUTINE IMMUNISATION DATA MONITORING SYSTEM IN OGBARU AND ONITSHA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
(2013-03)Routine Immunization (RI) is a cost-effective public health intervention to reduce child morbidity and mortality. Immunization programme managers often depend on immunization coverage obtained from RI data monitoring system ... -
ACTIONS OF SOME ANTIMALARIA AGENTS ON PLAMODIUM BERGHEI BERGHEI AND PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN IN-VIVI AND IN-VITRO MODELS
(1981-07)The antimalarial actions of four drugs,Chloroquine, WR33063, Primaquine and Tetracycline have been studied on P. berqheiberghei in albino Swiss mice and P.falciparum culturein vitro. In the rodent model,the Schizontocidal ... -
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 ... -
AGE AT FIRST SEXUAL INITIATION AND HIV RISK PERCEPTION AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS
(2012-07)Many young people do not receive adequate preparation about the dangers associated with early sexual initiation which leaves them vulnerable to coercion, abuse, exploitation, unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted ... -
AMELIORATIVE ROLE OF SELECTED MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS ON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND WOUND HEALING IN DIABETIC RATS AND TYPE 2 DIABETICS
(2012-03)Oxidative Stress (OS) has been implicated in aetiology of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and its complications including Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU). The role of antioxidant micronutrient supplementation on enzymatic and non-enzymatic ... -
ANTENATAL HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN URBAN SLUMS OF IBADAN SOUTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
(2016-10)Antenatal care (ANC) service provides pregnant women the opportunity to receive proper maternal health care services during pregnancy. Under-utilization of these services, especially among urban slum population is one of ... -
ANTIBIOTIC PROPERTIES OF AFFLATOXIN AND SOME OTHER FLOURECENT METABOLITES OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS (LINK)
(1971-06)Concentration of constituent of a modius, Ph, and age are known to influence the quality and quantity of metabolites produced by micro-organisms in media. The effects of variation of these parameters on the production of ... -
ANTICANCER, ANTIOXIDANT AND IMMUNO-MODULATORY EFFECTS OF "ACACIA HONEY" IN SOME CANCER CELL LINES
(2014-11)Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Cancer curative properties of honey have been documented. However, there is dearth of information on the exact mechanism of anticancer effect of honey. This study was ... -
ANTIGENIC ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN STRAINS OF WEST NILE VIRUS
(1975-03)Sero-immunological methods were employed to investigate the antigenic relationships among West Nile virus isolates originating in Nigeria. The techniques included neutralization test in new born mice, complement fixation, ... -
ANTIGENOTOXIC ACTIVITIES OF EXTRACTS OF SPONDIAS MOMBIN L.(ANACARDIACEAE) AND CHROMOLAENA ODORATA L. (ASTERACEAE)
(2010-10)Spondias mombin (Anarcadiaceae) and Chromolaena odorata (Asteracea) are common tropical shrubs. Different parts of the plants are used locally as antibacterial, anthelmintic agents and in the treatment of ulcerative wounds ... -
ANTIMALARIAL AND ANTITUBERCULAR ACTIVITIES OF CRUDE METHANOL EXTRACT AND FRACTIONS OF THE BULB OF CRINUM JAGUS ( Linn.)
(2015-02)Crinum jagus is a medicinal plant used traditionally to treat tuberculosis, malaria and other bacterial infections. However, there are limited documented scientific studies to substantiate the use of this plant. Due to ... -
ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTICLASTOGENIC POTENTIALS OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF DEFATTED HOLARRHENA FLORIBUNDA LEAVES (G.DON)
(2010-11)Holarrhena floribunda is a widely used plant in herbal formulations against number of disease in Nigeria. There is no sufficient information on the scientific basis for its use. Methanolic leaf extract of defatted H.floribunda ... -
ANTIOXIDANT AND CHEMOPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF VERNONIA AMYGALINA DEL. LEAF EXTRACT IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF HEPATOTOXICITY AND HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE LYSIS
(2010)Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in the etiology of several pathological and degenerative diseases. Protective effect of natural products possessing antioxidant properties has played very crucial role in ... -
AN APPRAISAL OF HIV COUNSELLING AND TESTING SERVICES PROVIDED FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN SELECTED GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
(2011-01)The HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) services constitute the gateway to the prevention of mother-to-child- Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and the treatment of AIDS. Since the integration of HCT programme into Ante-natal Clinic ... -
AN APPRAISAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN REHABILITATION AND TRAINING CENTRES IN LAGOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
(2011-01)Primary Health Care (PHC) is an approach in Nigeria for making individuals, groups’ communities such as Rehabilitation and Training Centres (RTC). Economically and socially productive, there are two RTCs in Lagos metropolis ... -
ARSENIC LEVELS IN GROUNDWATER AND ITS ASSOCIATED HEALTH PROBLEMS IN SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA
(2008-12)Studies carried out in various countries have shown that the presence of arsenic (As) in groundwater poses a major public health problem. In Nigeria, little is known about the extent of contamination of groundwater with ... -
ASSESSMENT OF ANTI-MALARIA LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE LEVEL IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(2012-11)Establishment of a functional Antimalarial Logistic Management System (AMLMS) is essential to the achievement of the goals of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Initiative. The AMLMS ensures the availability of anti-malaria drugs ... -
ASSESSMENT OF CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT AVIAN INFLUENZA AMONG POULTRY FARMERS AND LIVE BIRD MARKETERS IN ILORIN, NIGERIA
(2014-04)Avian influenza (AI) has become an important zoonosis worldwide. To date, over 603 human cases of AI had been reported, resulting in 356 deaths. Compliance with preventive measures requires adequate knowledge of the dynamics ...