Summary High Risk Pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy that may have a predisposition to an unfavourable outcome, either for the mother or the child, as a result of certain factors that may increase the potential of poor outcome. Many of these risk factors have been widely studied, are well documented and as such have gained wide acceptance. The detection of risk in pregnancy is included in many national policies and maternal and child health services, particularly antenatal care. The Kas...
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are the two leading causes of death from infectious diseases globally. The World Health Organization has recommended integration of TB-HIV services in the management of the syndemic. However, scaling up of integrated TB-HIV services remain sub-optimal in Ghana, despite a nationally accepted collaborative policy. This study, therefore explored issues surr...
ABSTRACT Background: Copayment is a sum of money that a client with health insurance is mandated to pay at each visit to a health facility or when purchasing medicine although under Act 852 Of 2012 it is unacceptable .The study aimed to assess the effects of co-payment on health care at Akuse Government Hospital. The study sought to determine reasons for co-payment, effects of co-payment on health care providers and effects of co-payment on clients. Method: The study adopted a mixed m...
ABSTRACT The sanitary state of an area is largely influenced by the domestic waste handling practices of the residents and the measures in place for safe waste evacuation and disposal. This study was aimed at examining the perception and knowledge towards waste handling and disposal practices, among households in Elelenwo community. A descriptive cross-sectional study design using a multistage sampling technique, where the community was divided into the three main villages in Elelenwo co...
ABSTRACT Diabetes is a chronic disease that leads to high morbidity and mortality resulting from the complications that develop during its clinical course. Genitourinary complications being one of the complications of diabetes occur when the genital and urinary organs no longer function properly. This study aimed at determing risk factors of genitourinary complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study was carried out to determine risk factors to genitourinary complications amongst t...
ABSTRACT A community-based study was conducted in Amainyi, Ihitte-Uboma LGA, Imo State, Nigeria between July and December 2011.Thesis sought to find out knowledge and practices in the use of malaria and insecticide treated nets for malaria control in Amainyi, Ihitte-Uboma LGA, Imo state. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted. A prestructured and pretested questionnaire was administered to the respondents. A sample size of 280 households was drawn from the five vil...
ABSTRACT Despite the remarkable progress made towards the reduction in the number of malaria cases and death globally, malaria still remains a life threatening disease of great public health importance in the world today, more especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Detection and treatment of malaria with Artemeter-Lumefantrine at the early stage of the disease could be of immense help. The general objective of the study was to establish the major symptoms associated with subclinical malaria an...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast cancer screening among undergraduate female students in Enugu State, Nigeria. A total of 280 female undergraduates accepted to be involed in the study, majority of who were between 20-24 years. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents. The result showed that the majority of the respondents (96.8%) had high knowledge of breast cancer screening due to the fact tha...
ABSTRACT Rabies is an encephalitic viral and zoonotic disease of public health importance caused by rhabdovirus in the lyssa virus genus. This study to investigate knowledge, attitude and perception on rabies in Imo State – Nigeria with specific objectives to investigate knowledge on rabies in Imo State, to determine attitude and perception on rabies in Imo State and to ascertain the prevalence of rabies in Imo State based on review of veterinary records in the past ten (10) years was un...
ABSTRACT Intestinal parasite co-infections are major public health problems of children in developing countries causing under nutrition, anaemia obstruction, mental and physical growth retardation. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of soil transmitted helminth (STHs) and malaria co-infection among primary school children in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Rivers state Nigeria. A total of 464 stools were sampled randomly from three Egbema community primary school c...
ABSTRACT Orphans and vulnerable children are at high risk of malnutrition due to poor economic status, less medical and social care. There is also insufficient evidence that indicates the nutritional status as well as the effect of orphanhood on orphans and vulnerable children. This study assesses the nutritional indices of orphans and vulnerable children in Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. A cross sectional descriptive study design was used...
ABSTRACT Diabetes and hypertension are among the commonest diseases in developed countries and the frequency of both conditions are the most common cause of the morbidity and mortality from non- communicable diseases in Africa. This study was designed to determine factors associated with co-occurrence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes among diabetic patients. A comparative, retrospective, survey study was carried out on 240 adult Nigerians suffering type 2 diabetes, who were screened fo...
ABSTRACT An association between occupational stress and adverse outcome of pregnancy has been hypothesized overtime by researchers but results from various studies have remained controversial. The aim of this study was to identify the role of occupational stress (exposure) in adverse outcome of pregnancy. This was a retrospective case control study carried out in Owerri Municipal Council, Imo State, Nigeria on 400 working women randomly selected at different levels of health care .A quest...
ABSTRACT The factors affecting the prevalence of malaria among the under-five children in Rumuigbo town, Obio-Akpor L.G.A of Rivers State was studied. Three objectives that guided the study include; determining if parents’ income, mothers literacy level and occupation affects the sustenance of malaria in Rumuigbo. To determine if the use of insecticide treated nets is a determinant in the sustenance of malaria among under-five in the area and finally to ascertain if environmental factor...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence and economic burden of malaria among family households in Bokkos L.G.A, Plateau State, Nigeria. This study employed purposive and simple random sampling techniques to select 120 respondents from three (3) health facilities namely; Primary Health Center, Richa; General Hospital, Bokkos and Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) Dispensary, Daffo. Two sources of data were used for the study; primary data and secondary data. Prima...