ABSTRACT Cervical cancer is a global public health problem that has claimed the lives of several women. However, information on level of knowledge about the disease and the behaviors that predisposes to the infection is scarce especially among tertiary female students in south-south Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to assess cervical cancer knowledge, elicit the types of risk behaviors practiced among the students and to give recommendations based on findings. Descriptive comparativ...
ABSTRACT A study on assessment of X-ray radiation among X-ray workers and associated potential health problems in Owerri was carried out with the thermolumolunescent dosimeter between 12th April to 30th December 2011. A total of 50 workers were used for the study. Comprising 24 male X-ray workers and 26 female X-ray workers. The mean X-ray dose below permissible doses is 9.4.7 the T-test is -4.29; the P-value is 0.000. The mean exposure factor is 20msv upto six test which involve 3 male x-ra...
ABSTRACT Hundreds of million of people throughout the world work under unsafe conditions resulting in occupational diseases and allergies. Allergic conjunctivitis is a common problem affecting about 20% of the world’s and Kenyan population. Untreated allergic conjunctivitis can cause injury to the conjunctiva and the eye lids while some of the drugs used to treat can cause life threatening diseases or can be sight threatening. It is therefore important to avoid those factors that cause the ...
ABSTRACT The use of herbal medicine is becoming increasingly popular worldwide with statistics showing 65% to 80% of the world’s population using herbal medicines. In Kenya, more than two thirds of the Kenyan population is using herbal medicines for their essential health care needs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 384 purposively selected pregnant women between July and September 2015. The main objective of the study was to establish the patterns of herbal medicines use during pr...
ABSTRACT Financial-related barriers to accessing conventional maternal health services is a major bottleneck in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) with about 600,000 maternal deaths occurring worldwide. Over 90% of these deaths occur in Africa and Asia. Currently, in Kenya Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is 362 deaths per 100,000 live births it is far away from achieving MMR reduction to 147 deaths per 100,000 live births. Nyanza’s MMR is higher than the national average. Approximately 13...
ABSTRACT Diarrhoea is among the major causes of mortality among children under five years of age. Majority of these deaths are as result of dehydration and mismanagement. Caregivers‟ knowledge in management of diarrhoea is likely to be related to its outcomes. In Somaliland, diarrhea disease is among the top five illnesses that affect the under-fives and cause 13% of mortality in this age group. This study aimed to investigate caregivers‟ knowledge and practices in the management of diarr...
ABSTRACT Lack of latrines remain a widespread health and environmental hazard in many developing countries. Globally, 2.5 billion people do not use improved latrine facilities and in Kenya, over five million people are forced to resort to open defecation due to lack of latrines resulting in the prevalence of sanitation related diseases such as diarrhoea. The study aimed at determining latrine use and associated factors among the rural community members in Samburu East Sub-County, Samburu Coun...
ABSTRACT The research study was conducted to assess the level of adherence to anti retroviral post exposure prophylaxis following needle stick injury among the different categories of HCWs (Doctors, Nurses and Medical Laboratory Scientists) in umuahia urban of Abia State South Eastern part of Nigeria. The study was a descriptive (cross-sectional) survey of qualified health care workers in all registered health facilities in Umuahia Urban. Abia State. The sample size of 222 was drawn from the...
ABSTRACT Globally malaria results in 300 to 500 million clinical episodes and one million deaths annually. Malaria is caused by a protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. The disease is transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. In Kenya the disease leads to morbidity and mortality contributing to 30% of outpatient cases, 20% of admissions and 15 to 35% of hospital deaths. Kinango District records over 41% outpatient morbidity due to malaria. Malaria control measures include e...
ABSTRACT Despite the concerted efforts at achieving a 50% reduction in deaths resulting from HIV, a high number of children below the age of 5 years continue to get resistance to first line ART medicines and are second line ARV medication. Efforts to deal with this issue seems not to have taken root in many developing countries, including Kenya. HIV suppression still remains a big challenge in this age bracket with at least one in every six patients failing to achieve the required adherence l...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Adolescent pregnancy has multiple adverse effect on the adolescent, family and community. This has led to a growing interest on contraceptive use by sexually active adolescents. Objective: The objective of this study was to assesss knowledge on modern contraceptives, prevalence and factors that influence modern contraceptive use among in-school adolescents. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted using self- administered questionnaires. Three hundred and ninet...
ABSTRACT Introduction: The convergence of TB and HIV dual epidemics are major public health challenges in Ghana as well as many developing countries. Globally, the TB epidemic is fuelled by the HIV epidemic. The chances of death in TB-HIV co-infected patients are higher than TB only patients as reported by most studies. Treatment outcome monitoring is a vital part of the surveillance needed to successfully eliminate TB. Aim: The study was conducted to determine the factors associated with T...
ABSTRACT Objective The main objective of the study was to determine which component of the National Drug Policy was working and which was not. Thus this study aimed to compare the current practices in the implementation of the Drug Policy with findings obtained in 1996 and 1998 and to determine strengths and weaknesses of some of those strategies adopted in the implementation process. The study took place in the Dangme West District. Subdistrict health staff working in the ten Health Centre...
ABSTRACT Background: Menstruation is the recurring peeling of the inner part of the uterus or the shedding of the uterine lining on a regular basis in the reproductive-aged females during the monthly menstrual cycles. Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is an everyday challenge to the adolescent girl child globally, and in developing countries like Ghana. There is great need for the achievement of good hygiene practices among Basic School girls because attitude towards menstrual hygiene acqui...
ABSTRACT This study was on Determinants of Utilization of Youth friendly Reproductive Health services (YFRHS) among school and college youth in Thika West District of Kiambu County, Kenya. The reproductive and sexual health of the youth remains a relatively new and sensitive area mainly due to restrictive norms and policies guiding the services. Sex and sexuality among the young people have remained a sacred area and few structures were in place to address it. After International Conference o...