1. ACCEPTANCE AND UTILISATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONGST SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
1.1 Background to Study
Family planning is widely acknowledged as an important intervention towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four (4) and five (5) as it has proven to reduce maternal and child mortality. Family planning can prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe ab...
2. KNOWLEDGE ON CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC
Background of the study
Anaemia describes a situation in which there is a reduction of haemoglobin concentration in the blood of pregnant women to a level below 11g/dl. Anaemia is one of the most common nutritional defi...
3. AN ANALYSIS OF AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Background to the study
Brunekreef and Holgate (2002), Künzli et al. (2000), and Pope et al. (2002) all have considerable evidence that ambient air pollution has an impact on human health. The majority of research has focused on how air pollution a...
4. AN ASSESSMENT OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDER 5 CHILDREN
Background of Study
Infant feeding practices are a significant driver of infant nutritional status, which has an impact on infant morbidity and death. Breastfeeding is one of the most important feeding strategies since it is essential for an infant'...
5. IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE ON THE PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC
Background of child Study
Child abuse constitutes one of the most terrible crises of childhood. The occurrence of such attacks is fundamentally repugnant to went virtually ignored and un- investigated. Statistics only began to grow as late as 1962 when...
6. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY
Background Of The Study
Maternal and child mortality are not new concepts in the social and medical sciences. They both pose serious threats to human survival especially in the future generations. It is a saying, that the future of any society depends o...
7. KNOWLEDGE ON CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC
Background of the study
Anaemia describes a situation in which there is a reduction of haemoglobin concentration in the blood of pregnant women to a level below 11g/dl. Anaemia is one of the most common nutritional defi...
8. RECYCLING AND REFUSE: ALTERNATIVES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
Cities are at the nexus of a further threat to the environment, namely the production of an increasing quantity and complexity of wastes (Chika, 2018). The estimated quantity of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated worldwid...
9. RECYCLING AND REFUSE AS ALTERNATIVE MEASURES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
Cities are at the nexus of a further threat to the environment, namely the production of an increasing quantity and complexity of wastes (Jude, 2019). The estimated quantity of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated worldwide...
10. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY
Background Of The Study
Maternal and child mortality are not new concepts in the social and medical sciences. They both pose serious threats to human survival especially in the future generations. It is a saying, that the future of any society depends o...
11. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY RATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Infant mortality refers to the death of a child born alive before its first birthday and child mortality is the death of a child aged between one and five years (Butane, 2018). Demographers have for a long time been interest...
12. ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON THE HEALTH OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAYO-DASSA JALINGO, TARABA STATE
Nutritional knowledge has been proven to play a very vital role in adopting optimal nutrition practices in the health of every expectant mother.As a matter of fact, health and nutritional status of the population of a nation is an important indicator of development of the country (Taleb, Kaibi, &...
13. THE IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERI
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Nigerian government has made significant efforts in recent years, not only in the fair distribution of such facilities to different parts of the country but also to increase the quality and improve the quality of such facilities.
The de...
14. ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ON CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC
Background of the study
Anaemia describes a situation in which there is a reduction of haemoglobin concentration in the blood of pregnant women to a level below 11g/dl. Anaemia is one of the most common nutritional defi...
15. ANALYSIS OF INFANT MORTALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE IN NIGERIA (1999-2018)
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Globally, the number of deaths among children under age five has fallen from 12.4 million in 1990 to 8.1 million in 2009 (UNICEF, 2010). This implies that in 2009 more than 22,000 children under five died each day -12,000 fewer than in 1990. All r...
16. THE EFFECT OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN NATIONAL HOSPITAL ABUJA
Background of the Study
The growing use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has now invaded practical...
17. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN ABIA STATE (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE UMUAHIA FROM 1995 TO 2004)
INTRODUCTION
The federal government has made significant progress in the following fields since Nigeria gained independence in 1960: agriculture, education, industries, health services, banking, among others. The government has worked to guarantee that everyone, especia...
18. A REVIEW OF THE INCIDENCE OF CHILD LABOUR IN NIGERIA: EFFECT AND CONSEQUENCES
Background Of The Study
Over the last few decades, the phenomenon of child labour has become prominent globally with serious implications for the survival of the children. The presence of child labour in major cities of the world has transcended the level where it...
19. COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES USED BY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS IN THE EFFORT TO ERADICATE POLIO (A CASE STUDY OF BAUCHI METROPOLIS)
Background to the Study
The eradication of polio has been hailed as one of the 20th century's greatest successes in primary health care and is universally regarded as a beneficial and cost-effective public health policy (CDC, 2022). Vaccination agai...
20. HEALTH INDICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA FROM 1990-2020
Background to the study
The effect of health on worker‘s productivity suggests a relationship between health and aggregate output. Healthy workers lose less time from work due to ill- health and are more productive when working. Health gains had t...
21. KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MOTHERS TOWARDS TETANUS VACCINE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER UYO, LGA AKWA IBOM STATE
Background Of The Study
In 2013, roughly 6.3 million children worldwide did not reach the age of five, and 51.8% of child mortality was attributable to infectious illnesses (Kyu, Mumford, Stanaway, Barber, Hancock, Vos, et al. 2017). It is estima...
22. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF FAMILY SIZE ON CHILDREN’S WELFARE AMONG ROAD TRANSPORT EMPLOYEES IN ALIMOSHO LGA, LAGOS STATE
Background Of The Study
The world's population is still growing although the rate...
23. QUALITY CARE: A TOOL IN ENHANCING PATIENT INFLOW IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Primary health care is often regarded as the most cost-effective method for providing essential health services, such as maternity and infant mortality reduction (Olusegun 2019). According to Hamilton (2018), primary health care...
24. CAUSES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF INFANT MORTALITY
Abstract
The purpose of this survey is to find out the causes and possible solution of infant mortality: A case study of Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State (2009-2013). The survey was deemed necessary as infant mortality in Oredo Local Government Area from 2009-20...
25. PREVALENCE OF URINARY TRACT PARASITES IN PATIENTS
Statement of the Problem
UTI in pregnancy leads to poor pregnancy outcome. According to Haider, Zehr, Munir, and Haider (2010), the prevalence of UTIs in pregnancy globally ranges from 13%-33% with asymptomatic bacteriuria occurring in 2-10%...
26. THE UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY BY MOTHERS IN ACCESSING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH INFORMATION
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the utilization of information communication and technology by mothers in accessing maternal and child health information with special reference to mother and child hospital. Specifically, the stu...
27. INCIDENCE OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AMONG WOMAN OF CHILD BEARING AGE
ABSTRACT
The broad objective of this study borders on the incidence of low birth weight among woman of child bearing age using Kajarko Local Government in Kaduna State. The study examine the factors and risk associated to low birth weight...
28. INFLUENCE OF FAMILY PLANNING RADIO PROGRAMME ON YOUNG COUPLES
ABSTRACT
Radio is one of the means to get information across the length and breadth of the society because of its flexibility in presenting health matters, no wonder this research examines the influence of family planning radio programme on young couple...
29. NURSES' ROLE IN PREVENTION OF INFANT AND UNDER-FIVE CHILD MORTALITY IN AFRICA
ABSTRACT
The under-five mortality rate remains unacceptably high with 6.3 million children dying before their fifth birthday in 2013. Research has, however, revealed that nurses are the means to reducing these untimely deaths. The aim of this research is to examin...
30. PREGNANCY DURATION AND CHOICE OF ANTE-NATAL AND DELIVERY CARE
ABSTRACT
Pregnancy duration and choice of care for maternal health are crucial primary health issues that the World Health Organization (WHO) keeps constant in the campaign for all round healthcare delivery for mother and child. To be sure, there is consensus on the nee...
31. HEALTH INDICES AND NIGERIA ECONOMIC GROWTH
ABSTRACT
This research works examines the health indices and the Nigeria's economic Growth.
In particular, the researcher is interested in knowing the type of correlation that exists between health indices and economic growth thereby, representing health i...
32. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INFANT MORTALITY RATE
ABSTRACT
This study is to carry out statistical analysis of infant mortality rate in Kogi state from the period of 2006 – 2015. And computation was made by using the analysis from infant death and life birth in General Hospital Okene, Local Government Area, Kogi S...
33. THE RATE AND CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY
Abstract
This study investigated the rate and causes of infant mortality. The study was carried out in Irrua Teaching Hospital, Edo state, Nigeria. A reconnaissance survey was carried out in order to identify the various locations of hospitals in the LGAs. During the re...
34. ASSESSING MEN’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The issue of family planning all over the world has attracted attention due to it important in decision making about population growth and development issues. Uncontrolled birth is a major contributing factor of an increase...
35. INFLUENCE OF FAMILY PLANNING RADIO PROGRAMME ON YOUNG COUPLES
ABSTRACT
Radio is one of the means to get information across the length and breadth of the society because of its flexibility in presenting health matters, no wonder this research examines the influence of family planning radio programme on young couples in Osogbo metro...
36. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Every individual is entitled to the full protection of their rights because they are human beings. Men and women also experience health challenges but because women go through some biological and social processes that carry health risks like pregnancy and child birth they requi...
37. ANTENATAL CARE AS THE PREDICATOR OF MORTALITY IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
Background of the study
The moments immediately after delivery and during birth itself provide the highest danger of death for newborns. The death rate of newborns continues to be a pressing issue and is a significant indication of the health, developme...
38. ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEMS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES IN BAUCHI METROPOLIS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Health is an important indicator to measure development. It is indeed a prerequisite f...
39. AN ASSESSMENT OF LITERACY APPROACHES AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE MIGRANT FISHERMEN IN RIVERS STATE
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In most modern nations, the problem of illiteracy is a major concern. It's a phenomenon that's been highlighted in both national and international reports and recommendations. Il...
40. ACHIEVING THE MDG 4: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF CHILD HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC PRIMARY HAELTH CARE FACILITIES IN NIGERIA ( A CASE STUDY OF NNEWI NORTH LGA, ANAMBRA STATE
Background Of Study
In poor and middle-income nations like Nigeria, children and women account for three-quarters of the population. They are also the most vulnerable and environmentally conscious. As a result, children bear a disproportionate amount of...
41. AN EVALUATION OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND ITS IMPACT ON AWARENESS LEVEL OF FAMILY PLANNING AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN IMO STATE
Background of the study
Acceptance and usage of family planning among married women in Nigeria has become a sensitive subject, since married women in Nigeria tend to have a large number of children, overlooking the relevance and benefits of family plann...
