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. A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF RADIOLOGY SERVICES IN HEALTH FACILITIES IN NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
The riches of a country is its health. Citizens' health is directly or indirectly tied to how productive a nation will be in terms of manpower and concerns relating to wealth creation. Furthermore, health is intimately relate...
3. FACTOR'S AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
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 unrealistic in the next decade. The PHC aims at providing people of t...
4. FACTOR'S AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
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 unrealistic in the next decade. The PHC aims at prov...
5. AN ASSESSMENT ON THE PREVALENCE OF ABORTION AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS
ABSTRACT
The research is carried out on factor that affecting the teenage abortion and causes and Health education on prevalence of Abortion among teenage girls has been taking appropriately, maintenance of teenage girls at the age of 12-18 years should...
6. BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SACHET WATER SOLD IN OWERRI METROPOLIS
ABSTRACT
Water is one of the indispensable resources for the continued existence of all living things including man. The provision of an adequate supply of safe drinking water was one of the eight components of primary health care identified by the International Confere...
7. ANALYSIS ON THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING IMMUNIZATION OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN AMONG MOTHERS ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC (ANC) AT MADONNA UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN ELELE, RIVERS STATE
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The global burden constituted by vaccine preventable disease is immense. Worldwide about 2.5 million children die every year from vaccine preventable infectious disease mainly in Africa and Asia among children less than 5 years old. In the year...
8. ANALYSIS ON DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN GENERAL HOSPITAL
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The ever-increasing focus on enhancing women's reproductive health on a worldwide scale has resulted in an increased need for research, particularly in the field of maternal health. Since the late 1980s, the issue of mate...
9. ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MATERNAL MORTALITY IN GENERAL HOSPITAL CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE
Background of the study
The ever-increasing focus on enhancing women's reproductive health on a worldwide scale has resulted in an increased need for research, particularly in the field of maternal health. Since the late 1980s, the issue of maternal...
10. ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON INJECTION SAFETY AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN OKADA PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN EDO STATE
Background Of The Study
In today's healthcare, when injectable medications and vaccines are often administered, injection safety is an essential concern. In addition to this, there is a high burden of blood-borne diseases with the potential for tran...
11. ADHERENCE TO ETHICAL ADVERTISING BY TRADO-MEDICINE COMPANIES IN EBONYI STATE
Background of the Study
Sub-Saharan Africa has a long tradition of traditional medicine advertising. In the past, advertising was normally done orally, that is, by word of mouth. This was done by the practitioners themselves and or by clients and...
12. 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...
13. COVID-19 VACCINE ACCEPTANCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MADONNA UNIVERSITY NURSING STUDENTS, ELELE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
More than a year after the announcement of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020, the disease continues to cause a global public health catastrophe with continued infections, death, and severe econo...
14. 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...
15. KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE AND OUTCOME OF IMMUNIZATION OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN AMONG MOTHERS ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Immunization is a process in which a person is protected against or made resistant to an infectious disease, and it often involves the injection of a vaccine. This protection or resistance is delivered to the individual. Vaccines...
16. PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR AFFECTING HEALTH PROMOTION IN DELTA STATE
Background of the study
Health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is not only the absence of disease or the capability to carry out daily tasks without difficulty but rather a condition that encompasses one's whole mental, emotional...
17. 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...
18. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIETARY INTERVENTION STRATEGIES (AS PART OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE) AIMED AT REDUCING OBESITY PREVALENCE AMONGST ADULTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Obesity, a global health concern, is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kilograms per square meter (kg/m2). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2014, 1.9 billion adults were ove...
19. THE IMPACT OF HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME ON THE AGED CITIZENS OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Health services are deemed unsatisfactory and inadequate in addressing the public's requirements and demands, as evidenced by the population's poor health (FMOH, 2022). It is plausible to assert that some of the fatalitie...
20. KNOWLEDGE ON THE STANDARD PRECAUTION ON TUBERCULOSIS AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF BOSSO LGA OF NIGER STATE
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the role of public health workers in tuberculosis management and prevention. Two hundred and twenty nine (229) randomly selected (stratification) health workers were administered a 54-item questionnaire. The questio...
21. ORGANIZATION AND FINANCING OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN NIGERIA: PROBLEMS, ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
ABSTRACT
The way a country finances its health care system is a critical determinant for reaching universal health coverage (UHC). This is so because it determines whether the health services that are available are affordable to those that need them. In...
22. KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND ADOPTION OF APPROPRIATE FEEDING PRACTICES BY MOTHERS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES OF THEIR CHILDREN IN AGUATA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and adoption of appropriate infant feeding practices of mothers and the anthropometric indices of their children. Three hundred and seventy nine mothers who attended infant wel...
23. MIDWIVES’ AND MOTHERS’ PERCEPTION OF MIDWIVES SERVICE SCHEME
ABSTRACT
The importance of skilled birth attendants in the reduction of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality worldwide cannot be over-emphasized. The midwives service scheme was established by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in colla...
24. ROLE OF HEALTH AGENCIES IN THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the role of health agencies in the promotion of health with special reference to the national primary health care development agency (NPHCDA) Lagos State. Specifically, the study examine the...
25. PERCEPTION OF MASS MEDIA AS TOOLS FOR SENSITIZING RURAL DWELLERS ABOUT INFECTIOUS EPIDEMIC: A CASE STUDY OF CORONA VIRUS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research work empirically explored the perception of mass media as tools for sensitizing rural dwellers about Corona virus in Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to examine the level of COVID-19 media awareness to the rura...
26. EFEECT OF NURSING- BASED INTERVENTION ON EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING PRACTICE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING TWO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS
Abstract
Exclusive breastfeeding is the practice where a child receives breast milk only from the mother, a wet nurse or expressed breast milk for the first six month of baby life. It is associated with reduction in risk of childhood urinary tract infections, bacterial...
27. FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST FAMILY PLANNING AMONGST WOMEN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Abstract
Family planning is an important preventive measure against maternal and child morbidity and mortality. It is an essential component of primary health care and reproductive health. There is relatively high fertility rate in suburban and rural Nigeria despite the efforts of gover...
28. ASSESSING FAKE DRUGS AND PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Drug Faking is a global public health problem, because the effects can be felt from both the country of manufacture to the recipient countries. Hence, national measures for combating of fake drugs in country might be insufficient because of the a...
29. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
Local government in modern day life is responsible for delivering basic goods and services to its local communities in faster, easier and more efficient manner. Local government is the level of government in Nigeria at which the momentum to sustain national development is creat...
30. PERCEPTION OF MASS MEDIA AS TOOLS FOR SENSITIZING RURAL DWELLERS ABOUT INFECTIOUS EPIDEMIC A CASE STUDY OF CORONA VIRUS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research work empirically explored the perception of mass media as tools for sensitizing rural dwellers about infectious epidemic: a case study of corona virus in Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to examine the level of COVID-19 media...
31. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN NIGERIA: CRITICAL ISSUES AND STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING THE USE BY THE RURAL COMMUNITIES
ABSTRACT
Quality health is a fundamental right of all Nigerian citizens. While primary health care (PHC) centers are relatively uniformly distributed throughout local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria, the rural people tend to underuse the basic health services. This p...
32. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AT GRASSROOT LEVEL
Abstract
This study seeks to highlight the recent activities of local government in health care delivery. Health care in Nigeria is prone to so many problems which are attributed to the fact that health services are in great demand but accessibility to health services...
33. EFFECT OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECT OF FAMILY PLANNING ON MARRIED WOMEN
Abstract
Family planning is an important preventive measure against maternal and child morbidity and mortality. It is an essential component of primary health care and reproductive health. There is relatively high fertility rate in sub...
34. UTILIZATION OF DONABEDIAN MODEL IN EVALUATION OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHCARE QUALITY SERVICE
ABSTRACT
Several efforts aimed at improving maternal health indices in Nigeria, have not yielded much fruit, as women are still dying from pregnancy related causes. This raises some doubts over the possibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 by 2015...
35. EVALUATION OF DRUG THERAPY PROBLEMS AND PHAMACIST’S INTERVENTION AT TWO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN DALA, KANO STATE
ABSTRACT
The consequences of drug related problems from Primary Healthcare facilities in Kano are so huge that there is need to address these issues. The aim of this study was to evaluate the types and frequency of drug therapy problems (DTPs), identify patient risk factors to DTPs as w...
36. ISOLATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATES FROM STOOLS OF DIARRHOIEC CHILDREN BELOW 5 YEARS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
E. coli has become widespread in distribution and recognised both as harmless commensal and a versatile pathogen. It has emerged as an important cause of diarrhoea illness with diverse phenotypes and pathogenicic mechanisms. E. coli and other members of the family enterobacteri...
37. KMOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN ADAMAWA STATE (CASE STUDY; YOLA SOUTH)
ABSTRACT
The importance of breast milk over all other types of milk as the main food source for infants cannot be over-emphasized as established by numerous health and nutrition organizations. Early childhood is characterized by rapid growth, development of tissues and formation of orga...
38. ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SELECTED SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ZURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KEBBI STATE
ABSTRACT
Social infrastructure includes public primary schools (PPSs) and primary health care facilities (PHCs) which are essential in fostering community wellbeing, cohesion and development. For efficiency in the distribution of social infrastructure, population or travel distance can...
39. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF DOUBLE – MODALITY THERAPY, PHONOPHORESIS AND CRYOTHERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES IN JOS
ABSTRACT
Musculoskeletal injuries ( MSIs ) account for approximately 25% of patients‟ complaints in the primary health care settings and are a leading cause of work absenteeism world-wide. Physical treatments like phonophoresis ( PH ) and cryotherapy ( CRYO ) are being used to reduce pa...
40. EVALUATION OF HAEMATOLOGICAL PROFILES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN INFECTED WITH MALARIAL PARASITES IN BOSSO AND PAIKORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF NIGER STATE
ABSTRACT
Malaria continues to be a major public health challenge especially in the African region despite the availability of anti malarial drugs and the application of several preventive strategies such as the use of insecticide treated nets, indoor residual spraying, and intermittent...
41. DEVELOPMENT OF INFANT HAND TUFTED THERMAL INSULATION WEARS IN KANO MUNICIPAL, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Hand tufting is the decorative techniques applied on the surface of textiles fabric, in the past, women in Kano Municipal embellished various house hold articles with hand tufting and depended on it for income generation. The extinction of the hand tufting craft resulted to man...
42. AN ANALYSIS OF UTILIZATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
Individuals all over the world continue to utilize traditional medical care, despite the increased availability of modern medicine. However, there is very little understanding of why this is so. In recent years, there has been a steady erosion of faith in the ability of modern...
43. AWARENESS OF INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS
ABSTRACT
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) also known as a nosocomial infection is associated with increased morbidity and mortality among hospitalized clients and predisposes health care workers (HCWs) to an increased...
44. 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...
45. 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...
46. AN EVALUATION OF EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION AND THE FACTORS INFLUENCING COMMUNITY PARTICIAPTION ( CASE STUDY OF ELIMINA SUB-DISTRICT)
Background Of Study
In community development programs, community engagement now appears to be the "software." Community participation as a developmental strategy is an important cog in the wheel of ensuring that community programs are well-pla...
47. AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPORTANCE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION AMONG CHILDREN 0 TO 5 YEARS
Background of 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, immunizatio...
48. FACTORS AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the factors affecting utilization of health care services using Moro LGA, kwara state as case study. To achieve this 4 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple rand...
49. PREVALENCE AND RESISTANCE OF SALMONELLA TYPHII IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS, A CASE STUDY IN TIRWUN AND GIDA DUBU PHC
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Salmonella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, remai...
50. X-RAY REPEAT REJECT ANALYSIS IN PHC NINGI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BAUCHI STATE
Background of the study
X-ray imaging plays a crucial role in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in healthcare facilities worldwide. However, the occurrence of repeated X-ray examinations, known as repeat rejects, can impact patient safety, increase...
