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1. 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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2. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 5,327 engagements |

3. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,913 engagements |

4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 4,505 engagements |

15. 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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16. 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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17. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 6,933 engagements |

18. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 10,290 engagements |

19. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 5,857 engagements |

20. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 10,375 engagements |

21. 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 »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 8,624 engagements |

22. PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA 1986-2016

» PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA 1986 2016 Abstract Conventional wisdom holds that health is central to human general well being, as well as a prerequisite for increased productivity, and overall economic growth and development of an economy. This explains why governments across the globe are making enormous efforts to achieve good health for all and Nigeria is no except...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 9,475 engagements |

23. ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AMONG FEMALE UNDERGRADUATE STU...

» ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the attitude of the female undergraduate students of Benson Idahosa University towards breast self examination, if they practice it, how often and strategies that can be adopted to curb unfavourable attitudes towards breast self examination. The questionnaire were the instrument for data collection, the population consisted of 100 female under...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 33 pages | 8,912 engagements |

24. DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG THE YOUTHS

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Drug abuse is one of the top problems confronting the nation today especially among the youth. Incidences of drug abuse and related anti social behavior have tremendously increased in recent years. This has become a matter of concern to the government, parents, teachers, Non governmental organizations and all other relevant agenc...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 57 pages | 32,282 engagements |

25. KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE AND SAFETY PRACTICE AMONG PATIENTS...

» KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE AND SAFETY PRACTICE AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING MEDICAL IMAGING IN 3 SELECTED HOSPITALS IN THE F.C.T CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The use X rays in imaging modalities such as Computed Tomography (CT scans) and mammography to diagnose injury and illness is on the increase in modern medicine. The biological effects of i...Continue Reading »

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