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Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, 1970

BACKGROUND: The utilization of health services is an important policy concern in most developing ... more BACKGROUND: The utilization of health services is an important policy concern in most developing countries. Many staff and students do not utilize the health services within the university system despite the availability of good quality services. This study investigated the provider-related factors related to utilization of university health service by staff and students in a privately owneduniversity in Nigeria.METHODS: The perception of the quality of a university health service was investigated among a cross-section of 600 university staff and students who were selected by a stratified random sampling scheme. A self-administered questionnaire-based study was conducted. The structure, process and output predictors of utilization of the university health facility were assessed. Data analysis was carried out using Stata I/C 15.0.RESULTS: The average age of the participants was 22.93±7.58 years. About two-thirds of them did not have opinion about the mortality and morbidity rates at ...

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2021

PURPOSE The study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of interactive and tailo... more PURPOSE The study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of interactive and tailored short message reminders on antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents (15-19 years) living with HIV in southwest Nigeria. METHODS The study was a single-blind, parallel-design (ratio 1:1), and multicenter RCT of 209 medication-non-adherent adolescents living with HIV at HIV clinics in two states in southwest Nigeria. The research assessed ART adherence using the visual analog scale, viral suppression, pill count, and ACTG scores; the feasibility of the intervention by the SMS delivery and response (overall and individual) rates; and acceptability using self-report, willingness to continue receiving the intervention, and desire for its scale-up. RESULTS A total of 17,690 text messages were sent while 10,119 (57.2%) got delivered to the participants. Out of 9,216 responses that were received from the study participants, 8,781 (95.3%) indicated acceptability of the intervention. The end-of-study log10 of viral load values between control and intervention groups had a mean difference of 0.66 (95% CI 0.26-1.06) and p-value of .001. Also, the unadjusted odds ratio of undetected viral load (≤20 copies/ml) was 1.356 (1.039-1.771) with a p-value of .002. However, the intervention had no effect on subjective measures of antiretroviral therapy adherence. CONCLUSIONS The use of interactive and tailored short message reminders to enhance antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents has good potential. It seems feasible, highly acceptable, and possibly leads to improved viral load count. It is likely that the associated antiretroviral therapy adherence enhances viral suppression and, therefore, improves outcomes in adolescent HIV.

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2019

Purpose The burden of hypertension is rising both globally and in Africa specifically. We determi... more Purpose The burden of hypertension is rising both globally and in Africa specifically. We determined the prevalence of hypertension and the risk factors for clinical hypertension in a population of new university intakes over a 4-year period. Methods We analyzed retrospectively, the records of 6980 older adolescents (15–19 years). We used population-specific metrics to categorize blood pressure (BP) based on the 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Results The overall prevalence of high BP in our study was 25.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) 24.1–26.2] for elevated BP, 19.8% (95% CI 18.9–20.8) for stage 1 hypertension, and 5.5% (95% CI 5.0–6.1) for stage 2 hypertension. The prevalence of stage 2 hypertension was 8.7% (7.5–9.5) among the male participants and 3.2% (95% CI 2.7–3.2) among the female participants (p < 0.001). The multivariate analyses demonstrated an increased risk of high levels of BP (p < 0.001) with age (1.21: 95% CI 1.16–1.2...

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2017

This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Author OA wrote the protocol, pe... more This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Author OA wrote the protocol, performed preliminary data analysis, interpreted the data, managed the literature searches and produced the initial draft. Author OOA designed the study, anchored the field study and gathered the initial data. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2013

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2017

International STD Research & Reviews, 2017

Background: Comprehensive sex education programs are most impactful when they are evidence-based ... more Background: Comprehensive sex education programs are most impactful when they are evidence-based and rooted in social theories that are proven to enhance adoption of healthy behaviours. This study used the reasoned action approach to investigate the socio-cognitive predictors of intention to delay sexual intercourse and to use a condom during next sexual intercourse. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 714 in-school adolescents in Ikenne Local government Area, Southwest Nigeria who were selected through a multistage sampling method. Participants completed questionnaires that measured their socio-cognitive characteristics and the intention to Original Research Article

Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research, 2016

Introduction: Very minimal efforts have been made, especially in rural settings to address adoles... more Introduction: Very minimal efforts have been made, especially in rural settings to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health concerns, or to provide the required sexual and reproductive health services. The Study of adolescents' knowledge, services utilization, and associated factors is pertinent to the design of appropriate program interventions. Materials and methods: A junior secondary school-based cross-sectional study of 714 eligible Nigerian adolescents interviewed with the use of self-administered questionnaires. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results: About half of the respondents were knowledgeable about sexually transmitted infections while 31% were knowledgeable about fertility issues. The overall mean score for sexual and reproductive knowledge was 28.08±9.70 (out of a maximum of 48). The predictors of being knowledgeable were being male (AOR=3.048, p=0.028), and having regular access to a telephone (AOR=1.487, p=0.029) and the internet (AOR=1.554, p=0.022).Almost twothirds, (64.7%), of the respondents, had ever heard about sexual and reproductive health services while 51.0% had ever used the services. Schools were the main sources of information (29.7%). The predictors of service utilization were knowledge, regular access to telephone and parent-adolescent communication (p<0.001). Conclusion: Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of in-school rural adolescents in Nigeria is fair but some misconceptions still exist. Service utilization, however, remains low largely due to lack of awareness. It is, therefore, important to design interventions that increase awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues; correct existing misconceptions, and to showcase and increase available RSH services using veritable tools including telephone and the internet.

Smoking is the most important avoidable cause of premature morbidity and mortality in the world. ... more Smoking is the most important avoidable cause of premature morbidity and mortality in the world. The estimated annual death rate of 4.9 million people in 1999 is expected to rise to 10 million by the 2020s and 2030s, 7 million of which will occur in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of smoking and assess its pattern among commercial motorcyclist in a semi urban town in Nigeria. It was a cross-sectional study of 400 commercial motorcyclists selected by multi-stage random sampling technique with proportional allocation. Data were collected using an interviewer administered modified WHO Global Youth Tobacco Survey questionnaire. The prevalence of smoking among commercial motorcyclists in Sagamu was 44.3%. The mean age at which smoking started was 28.3±10.5 years, with a minimum of 15 years. The mean no of sticks of cigarette smoked per day is 6.2±3.0. Association between age, marital status and smoking were significant P= 0.0000 and 0.002...

Cervical screening is effective in mitigating the morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer. How... more Cervical screening is effective in mitigating the morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer. However, the uptake of cervical screening is still unsatisfactory in many countries. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and perception of rural Nigerian women about cervical cancer and screening. The study also investigated the predictors of cervical screening. A survey with interviewer administered questionnaires was conducted on 800 Nigerian women recruited from households in Ogun State by a multi-staged sampling method. Participants were aged 25 to 64 years. Proportion of respondents with very poor knowledge and poor perception about cervical cancer were 93.9 and 94%, respectively. Hence, it is not surprising that the uptake of cervical screening is abysmally low (3.9%). Age, knowledge and perception about cervical cancer were related to uptake of cervical screening; however, only perception about cervical cancer was found to predict the uptake of cervical screening. There...

IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2014

BMC public health, Jan 7, 2014

Cervical cancer is a disease of public health importance affecting many women and contributing to... more Cervical cancer is a disease of public health importance affecting many women and contributing to avoidably high levels of cancer deaths in Nigeria. In spite of the relative ease of prevention, the incidence is on the increase. This study aimed to determine the effect of health education on the awareness, knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and screening among women in rural Nigerian communities. The study design was quasi-experimental. The study was carried out among adult women in Odogbolu (intervention) and Ikenne (control) local government areas (LGA) of Ogun state. Three hundred and fifty (350) women were selected per group by multistage random sampling technique. Data was collected by semi structured interviews with the aid of questionnaire. The intervention consisted of structured health education based on a movie. The intervention raised the level of awareness of cervical cancer and screening to 100% (p < 0.0001). The proportion of women with very good knowledge o...

PLOS ONE

Vaccine acceptance among a large population of people can determine the successful control of the... more Vaccine acceptance among a large population of people can determine the successful control of the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to assess the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and to identify the predicting factors to the non-acceptance of the vaccine in Nigeria up to date. In line with this, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases were searched for relevant articles between January 2020 and November 2021 in this rapid review. Ten articles with 9,287 individuals met the inclusion criteria and formed the basis for the final COVID-19 acceptance estimates. A total of ten peer-reviewed articles were reviewed. The vaccine acceptance rate ranged from 20.0% to 58.2% among adults across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Non-acceptance of the vaccine was found to be a result of propaganda, adverse effect concerns, and conspiracy theories. National, community, and individual-level interventions need to be developed to improve the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate i...

IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences

This is an insight into women’s understanding of cervical cancer risk factors, symptomatolog y, p... more This is an insight into women’s understanding of cervical cancer risk factors, symptomatolog y, prevention and screening. Quantitative Data was collected using questionnaires administered to 2000 women (aged 20 to 64 years ) who were selected by multi - stage sampling technique across the 20 local government areas in Ogun State, Nigeria. T he study showed that the awareness of cervical cancer and screening was very low (6.5% and 4.8% respectively). The knowledge about cervical and screening was very poor. Only 2.3% of the women could identify a virus as the cause of cervical cancer while 4.1% identifi ed cervical screening as a way to prevent cervical cancer. 97.7% and 97.9% had no or poor knowledge of risk factors and knowledge of symptoms of cervical cancer. 90.5% identified lack of awareness as the barrier to uptake of cervical screening. 1.4% of the women have had cervical screening done. In order to step up the campaign for the control of cervical cancer in Nigeria, it is there...

This review thoroughly and meticulously reviews the article titled 'Legal Awareness and Responsib... more This review thoroughly and meticulously reviews the article titled 'Legal Awareness and Responsibilities of Nursing Staff in Administration of Patient Care in A Trust Hospital'. Firstly, the details and contents of the article will be critically summarized by the review. Secondly, the validity or efficacy as regards the structure of the article will be examined by the review in order to ensure that the given information is properly organized. In addition, the review will also conduct an investigation to determine if the article can be conveniently accessed