KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION WITH REGARDS TO PREVENTION OF HYPERTENSION AMONG...
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
to the Study
Globally,
hypertension is the third leading risk factor contributing to mortality and
morbidity rate, and this is over powered only by malnutrition...
INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLES ON ADOLESCENTS’ SELF-ESTEEM IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS...
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
to the Study
There
is no one way to parenting. Differences in parenting styles can happen within
individual societies as well as between different cultures...
INFORMATION, MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS AS PREDICTORS OF UTILIZATION OF UNIVERSAL...
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background
to the Study
Health-care
providers are at major high-risk for contracting blood-borne infections during
the discharge of their duties in health-care facilities now than ever before. Despite
the...
DETERMINANTS OF RESPONSIVE EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC REFERRALS AND REFERRAL INTENTIONS AMONG TRADITIONAL...
ABSTRACT
Despite all efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate
during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) initiative, maternal mortality
remains unacceptably high. In Nigeria, the maternal mortality rate...
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH CARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR REGARDING PRE-ECLAMPSIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN...
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
Pregnancy
and delivery for most women, include physiological and psychosocial changes in
the body constituting a major life event. Pregnancy throughout the...
DETERMINANTS OF BIRTH-DELIVERY INTENTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL...
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
Child delivery is a critical and sensitive stage of
pregnancy. The day of delivery is a day when the pregnant woman...
CHILD-SURVIVAL MESSAGE-COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ATTITUDE OF HEALTH WORKERS AND MOTHERS’ READINESS TO...
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the
Study
Child
mortality constitute a major concern of public health as shown by records few
years back that the rate of newborn mortality...
BARRIERS TO EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING PRACTICE AMONG HIV POSITIVE MOTHERS ATTENDING PREVENTION...
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
 There are 36.7 million (34.0 million – 39.8 million) people estimated to be living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Worldwide...
AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF ILISHAN REMO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON CHRONIC KIDNEY...
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the
Study
In most developed countries, chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension are presenting high rate of prevalence, posing significant burdens on those who...
A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS OF RETENTION IN HUMAN...
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
belongs to the family of ‘retroviruses’and possesses the ability to transform
its genetic material from viral...
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PARENTAL INFLUENCE IN PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS AMONG...
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
One of the leading causes of premature death in the last thirty years has been the scourge of Acquired Immune...
CAUSES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF INFANT MORTALITY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
An infant is a child less than a year old; although in legal terms, it includes children up to the age...
EFFECT OF DRUG ABUSE ON MENTAL HEALTH
Abstract
This study is on effect of drug abuse on mental health. The total population for the study is 200 staff of psychiatric hospital, Benin...
EVALUATING THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONFLICTS IN NIGERIAN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
Abstract
This study is on the challenges of managing interdepartmental conflicts in Nigerian Health institution. The total population for the study is 200 staff of...
FACTOR AFFECTING DIETARY CHOICES AMONG PREGNANT WOMAN ATTENDING HEALTH CARE FACILITIES...
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
Pregnancy is a crucial period of every woman’s life. At this stage nutritional status of woman is very essential as...