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• 1. KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION AMONG HEALTH WORKERS AND RESIDE...

  »   Abstract       Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) continue to be a threat to hospital admissions and workers thus contributing to mortalities and morbidities. Sophistication and type of services given by health facilities may determine health worker’s attitude towards combating these infections. The objective of this study is to compare knowledge, attitude and practice of HAIs among healt...Continue Reading »

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• 2. AN ANALYSIS OF THE INCREASE IN MORTALITY RATE AS A RESULT OF ABORTION AMONG YOUN...

  » Chapter one INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Abortion is a relatively used term. It is the word used to describe the act of termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a foetus or embryo prior to viability. The term “Abortion” most commonly refers to the induced removal of human pregnancy. It could mean a plan or arrangement which takes place in the ...Continue Reading »

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• 3. DIABETES: A LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN NIGERIA, HOW HEALTH WORKER THROUGH EDUCAT...

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1            Background of the study   In many communities in sub Saharan Africa, pregnancy is viewed as a ‘woman’s affair’, with a man’s role primarily to provide financial support. Even where men view accompanying their partner to antenatal clinics or PMTCT services as good practice, many still feels their main role is to provide financing...Continue Reading »

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• 4. CULTURAL BELIEFS AND GENDER DYNAMICS OF PMTCT SERVICES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1            Background of the study   In many communities in sub Saharan Africa, pregnancy is viewed as a ‘woman’s affair’, with a man’s role primarily to provide financial support. Even where men view accompanying their partner to antenatal clinics or PMTCT services as good practice, many still feels their main role is to provide financing...Continue Reading »

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• 5. ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND THE UTILIZATION OF TRADITIONAL HERBS IN ...

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1            Background of the study   Information on health seeking behaviour and health care utilization has important policy implications in health systems development. Factors which influence which treatment sources people seek when symptoms occur include socio economic status, socio cultural factors like beliefs and household decision making t...Continue Reading »

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• 6. EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AND PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV AM...

  »   CHAPTER ONE       INTRODUCTION       1.1            Background of the study     The fact that formula feeding can be difficult to achieve in resource poor settings, coupled with breastfeeding’s recorded benefits for preventing malnutrition and serious infectious diseases, has resulted in exclusive breastfeeding being recommended by WHO for women living with HIV in resource...Continue Reading »

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• 7. PROBLEMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NIGERIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

  »   Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study       Health is an important indicator to measure development. It is indeed a prerequisite for development. No society can develop if the health of its population is poor. Therefore, any nation that seeks to develop should pay attention to health issues. Good health is one of the fundamental human rights everybody is entitled to enjoy. And...Continue Reading »

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• 8. PERCEIVED EXERCISE AND RECREATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINI...

  »   Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background of the study   During pregnancy the body experience dramatic physiological and psychological changes which is natural and to remain healthy, the pregnant woman must indulge in regular physical activities call exercise.1 The professional health workers need to carefully design physical exercise programme to enable the pregnant woman remain healthy. In cou...Continue Reading »

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• 9. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOURCES OF WATER AND WATER BORNE DISEASES

  »   Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study    Water is an essential substance in human life as it is used for various purposes sucg as drunking washing cooking. Human noroviruses cause the most gastrointestinal illness in all regions of the world, with the vast majority thought to be acquired via person to person and then by food (Ahmed et al., 2014) given the predominance of genogr...Continue Reading »

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• 10. IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMMES ON THE PREVENTION OF BREAST CANCER ...

  »   Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study   Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and first cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide with a world number of new cases estimated at 1,384,155 in 2008.[1] Its worldwide prevalence is still on the rise[2, 3] and nowadays breast cancer is considered to be an increasing public health problem among populations in low and middle inc...Continue Reading »

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• 11. PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF EXERCISE AMONG PREGNANT MOTHERS

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY In recent years, there has been a great increase of knowledge derived from scientific studies regarding physical exercise during pregnancy (Mason et al, 2010). This reflects the need to clarify their effects for mother and fetus, as some women of childbearing age report exercising and may continue their exercise practice during pregnancy,...Continue Reading »

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• 12. PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS VIRUS INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ (Ryder & Beckingham, 2001). It may occur with limited or no symptoms, but often leads to jaundice, anorexia (poor appetite) and malaise. Hepatitis is acute when it lasts less than six months and chronic when it persist ...Continue Reading »

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• 13. THE IMPACT OF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PLANS

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1 Background of the study   Health care insurance plan has been a growing concern to many developing countries in recent times. Given that health insurance is designed to cover formal and informal sectors, rural and urban locations, low and high income earners, it becomes critical as well as a challenge for developing countries as they seek to design, operate and ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION OF NURSING MOTHERS TOWARDS EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN NI...

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1      Background of the study   Breastfeeding is the very first stage of improving child’s survival. Breast milk as food for infants is very beneficial for the all round growth of a child. It enhances the physical, mental, and social growth of a child. Breast milk contains many nutritional values like antibodies which boost the immunity of a child, prev...Continue Reading »

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• 15. ASSESSING THE PREVALENCE OF MICROSPORIDIA IN HIV/AIDSPATIENTS

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1    Background of the study   Microsporidia are single celled, obligate intracellular parasites that were recently reclassified from protozoa to fungi.  Microsporidia are a group of intracellular parasites which have attracted the interest of parasitologists for over 100 years. The first species, Nosemabombycis, was discovered in the middle of the 19th ce...Continue Reading »

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• 16. EVALUATING THE STATUS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS

  »   CHAPTER ONE    INTRODUCTION   1.1 Background to the Study   Human Schistosomiasis (Bilhariziasis) is second only to Malaria in sub – Sahara Africa causing severe morbidity. Killing 280, 00 people each year in, the Africa region alone (Shashieet al.,2005). Of the world 207 million estimated cases of Schistosomiasis, 93% occur in Sub Sahara African.With Nigeria having thehighest burden of s...Continue Reading »

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• 17. SONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE LIVER IN PREGNANT WOMEN

  »   ABSTRACT   The variations in the sizes of the various organs during pregnancy is well known with various organs of the body increasing in size throughout pregnancy and returning to their pre pregnant state during the pueperium. The purpose of this research was to investigate on the ultrasonographic evaluation of the liver in pregnant women at the Agbor General Hospital. The study was a cross s...Continue Reading »

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• 18. CYSTOISOSPORIASIS AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS WITH MALA...

  »   ABSTRACT   Cystoisospora belli infection often occurs in immunocompriomised individuals, notably in patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. Concentration techniques was used for diagnosis of Cystoisospora belli. A total of 375 samples from HIV positive patients and 50 samples from HIV negative patients were processed using the modified kiyoun staining methods. In addition patients blood samples were...Continue Reading »

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• 19. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH SEEKING AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN. PAPILLOMA VIRUS ...

  »   ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the factors associated with health seeking and prevention of human papilloma virus infection. Three (3) research questions and hypotheses were raised to solve the research problems. The research employs exploratory, survey and descriptive research methods using quantitative and qualitative analysis. The population of this study comprises of all t...Continue Reading »

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• 20. THE RATE AND CAUSES OF INFANT MOTALITY

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY   According to the medical dictionary, infant is a child during his or her first year of life till 5 years old of life. Then, infant mortality is the number of death which occurs among the young once. Infant mortality rate which is also known as (IMR) correlates very strongly with life expectancy t birth by region and is among the best...Continue Reading »

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• 21. NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

  »   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1      Background to the Study   A nation’s development is largely depended on the quality of education available to its citizens. Primary education is the foundation on which further education is built (Vegas and Petrow, 2008). Primary education has two main purposes. The primary aim is to produce a sane and numerate society that is capable of dealing w...Continue Reading »

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• 22. FACTORS AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMMUNIZATION

  »   CHAPTER ONE    INTRODUCTION   1.1      Background to the Study   It is obvious that immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions for reducing global child morbidity, mortality and life time disabilities (Lee, 2003) (Chen et al, 2004). Worldwide, immunization prevents more than 2.5 million child deaths each year (WHO/UNICEF and World Bank, 2009, WHO 2009). ...Continue Reading »

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• 23. FACTORS DETERMINING THE CHOICE OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES BY PREGNANT WOMEN

  »   INTRODUCTION   The main aim of this study was to examine factors determining women’s preference for places to give birth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A quantitative and cross sectional community based study design was employed. Data was collected using structured questionnaire administered to 901 women aged 15–49 years through a stratified two stage cluster sampling technique. Multinomial log...Continue Reading »

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• 24. ARTHRITIS AND THE HEALTH OF THE AGED

  » CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Arthritis is a disease that affects the Joints. It is usually associated with ageing. Arthritis according to Ebong, (2009) is a chronic degenerative condition of the joint. The disease causes extreme joint pains and inflammation of the joint, thus, limiting movement. Although arthritis is more common in old age, it can affect all humans irresp...Continue Reading »

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• 25. ACCIDENTS AND THE HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS

  » CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY   Accidents are commonly regarded as intrinsically different from causal sequences that lead to disease and to any other event. As a result accident remains the only major source of morbidity and mortality which many continue to view in extra rational terms such as ‘luck’, ‘chance’ and ‘act of God’. If accidents are of s...Continue Reading »

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