» INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL FEEDING PATTERN ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of The Study Obesity which was majorly associated with adults in the past unfortunately becomes one of the major health challenges now faced by children. Hence it is now referred to as child obesity. C…Continue Reading »
» IMPACT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON WORKERS HEALTH A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Transport is an important aspect of human civilization because it reflects the economic level and technological progress of a given society. Cities and traffic hav…Continue Reading »
» HUSBAND’S INVOLVEMENT IN ANTE NATAL CARE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The ability to provide special care for women during pregnancy trough social or public health care or services was a relatively late development in modern obstetrics. In the con…Continue Reading »
» FEVER AS A PREDICTOR FOR MALARIA INFECTION AMONG INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING KOFAI PHCC IN ARDO KOLA LGA TARABA STATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Malaria is a life threatening parasitic disease transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. In Nigeria, malaria is responsible for around 6…Continue Reading »
» FACTORS INFLUENCING CHILDBEARING WOMEN’S CHOICE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Pregnancy and childbirth are significant events in the lifespan of women, with evidences that these experiences are deeply felt (Simkin, 1991). As one childbearing woman sta…Continue Reading »
» FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF MATERNITY SERVICES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) was launched in Nairobi, Kenya in 1987 with the goal of reducing maternal mortality globally by half by the year 2000. Available data have shown that the ma…Continue Reading »
» FACTOR'S AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The goal of primary health care (PHC) was to provide accessible health for all by the year 2000 and beyond. Unfortunately, this is yet to be achieved in Nigeria and seems to be unrea…Continue Reading »
» FACTORS AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study Differences in health status between industrialized and developing countries, as measured by indices such as newborn mortality, young and child mortality, and maternal mortality, have been document…Continue Reading »
» AN ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Akerman (2001) defines personal hygiene as "practices that an individual engages in to maintain their body health and well being via cleanliness." Wh…Continue Reading »
» AN ASSESSMENT OF COVID 19 SAFETY COMPLIANCE LEVEL AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A pandemic of acute respiratory illness popularly known as Covid 19 took the world by storm. The viral illness is rapidly spread across the globe. The virus spreads by d…Continue Reading »
» AN APPRAISAL OF THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID 19 IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The coronavirus disease 2019 (covid 19), which was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has spread fast to practically every corner of the world Lorfa (2020). The condition i…Continue Reading »
» ACCESSIBILITY TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Kenya has a massively growing population but more than half of its population makes up the majority poor (Tumbo Oeri, 2000). People living under the poverty line do not have enough earnings for their basic needs, food, water and shelte…Continue Reading »
» A SURVEY OF OPEN LARVAL HABITATS OF MOSQUITOES. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Mosquitoes are of great and remarkable importance to the health and economic development of man. They transmit and disseminate both human and animal diseases. Among the public h…Continue Reading »
» 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 P…Continue Reading »
» S 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 acquir…Continue Reading »
» COMMUNITY BASED DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD MALARIA USING RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND MANAGEMENT WITH ARTEMISININ –BASED COMBINATION THERAPY IN TARABA STATE NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Introduction Malaria, a term meaning bad air was so named because …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of Study In Nigeria, the provision of health services for the citizenry is accorded a priority status by the national government. Every year, huge sums of money are allocated to the health sector. In particular, considerable effort is directed at combating chi…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Okada riders literary means motor cycle riders and their attitudes towards the used of helmet and safely have become the issues for concern in recent times. Their negative attitudes towards the use of crash helmet, contributes to increase morbidity and mortality rat…Continue Reading »
» ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON THE HEALTH OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAYO DASSA JALINGO, TARABA STATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nutritional knowledge has been proven to play a very vital role in adopting optimal nutrition practices in the health of every exp…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Occupational Health as defined by the joint committee of the ILO/WHO (1950) is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well being of workers in all occupation. It is further explained as the sum total of …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY It is counter intuitive that the health care industry, whose mission is the care of the sick, is itself a “high hazard” industry for the workers it employs. A significant array of hazards is posed by the sector, with biologic agents and infectiou…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Drugs are essential at all levels of healthcare. they are important for maintaining health, diagnosing, preventing, treating, or mitigating diseases/disorders. however, because of the tremendous advantages received from pharmaceut…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Coronaviruses are a kind of virus that infects both animals and humans. They are members of the coronaviridae family (Chinedu Eze 2021). Human coronaviruses can cause mild illness akin to a common cold, but others can cause serious illness…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Health is one of the most essential services given by the government in every nation across the globe, since it is an undeniable and necessary sector in any economy. Health accounts for a substantial part of national wealth in both rich and dev…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Insomnia is the inability to get the amount of sleep we need to wake up feeling rested and refreshed. Because different people need different amounts of sleep, insomnia is defined by the quality of sleep and how we feel after sleeping not the n…Continue Reading »
