Prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among University undergraduates in Nigeria CHAPTER ONE/Introduction Background to the Study Overweight and obesity are the most common nutritional disorder of recent years, despite the knowledge on its prevention; health implications and advancement in its treatment, there seem to be a number of new cases each […]
BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY READINESS PLANS OF ANTENATAL CLINIC ATTENDEES IN AMAKU GENERAL HOSPITAL AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA Background: Maternal mortality is an enormous public health burden in developing countries of the world. Birth preparedness and emergency readiness is the process of planning for safe delivery and anticipating the actions needed in case of emergencies. When a woman […]
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF CHILD HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN NNEWI NORTH LGA OF ANAMBRA STATE. Background. Children as a vulnerable group bear an undue share of the global burden of disease. Attention to the provision of quality child health services can prevent many diseases that cause severe illness and […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study: Stress in medical practice has always been a topical issue. Health care profession has been depicted as one of the most stressful occupations. There are several studies which indicated that the stress is intrinsic in health care and it adversely impacts the physical and psychological well-beings of health […]
SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN IPOKIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study The issue of pregnancies among teenage girls seems to be one of the social problems facing not only Nigeria, but also several other nations of the world. Surveys by […]
THE EVALUATION OF THE OPERATION OF NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICES IN THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF EXOTIC DISEASE IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ADALPALM NIGERIAN LTD) ABSTRACT Although it is now generally acknowledged the operation of Nigeria Immigration service The Nigeria Immigration Service has witnessed series of changes since it was extracted from the Nigeria […]