Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus. The Lassa virus is an enveloped single-stranded, non-lytic bi-segmented negative-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family Arenaviridae. Lassa fever is relatively common or endemic in West Africa or particularly in countries such as Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria. Humans usually become infected with the virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with the urine or faeces of infected multimammate rat while spread of the disease between or among persons is by direct contact. The disease cases rises to the peak during the dry season particularly between December to April and falls in May annually. The incubation period for the disease is between 1 – 3 weeks, which can lead to spread from region to region. This review focuses on the secondary data for the epidemiological trend of the Lassa fever disease in Nigeria. The rodent host and reservoir is the primary driver of the Lassa fever seasonal trends. Therefore, to control the disease, it is necessary to control the rodent host by killing it. This can be achieved through the use of trap,poisoned bait and interference with their breeding by killing the newly born off springs.
{"title":"Lassa fever situation report for week 1 to week 15 from 2021 to 2023 in Nigeria: a review","authors":"Bright Chukwudi Francis","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.16","url":null,"abstract":"Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus. The Lassa virus is an enveloped single-stranded, non-lytic bi-segmented negative-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family Arenaviridae. Lassa fever is relatively common or endemic in West Africa or particularly in countries such as Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria. Humans usually become infected with the virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with the urine or faeces of infected multimammate rat while spread of the disease between or among persons is by direct contact. The disease cases rises to the peak during the dry season particularly between December to April and falls in May annually. The incubation period for the disease is between 1 – 3 weeks, which can lead to spread from region to region. This review focuses on the secondary data for the epidemiological trend of the Lassa fever disease in Nigeria. The rodent host and reservoir is the primary driver of the Lassa fever seasonal trends. Therefore, to control the disease, it is necessary to control the rodent host by killing it. This can be achieved through the use of trap,poisoned bait and interference with their breeding by killing the newly born off springs.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131511477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sexual and Gender-based violence (SGBV) is a common and serious public health problem affecting millions of Nigerians which COVID-19 has escalated. The capacity of health personnel in managing SGBV survivors should be determined in order to ensure effective health promotion. This paper therefore investigated the capacity needs of health personnel in Rivers State in managing SGBV survivors. The study adopted descriptive survey research design which was carried out during a workshop organized for randomly selected health personnel in the employ of the Rivers State government in August, 2021. The questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection, administered on 40 respondents which included doctors, nurses, community health extension workers (CHEWs) and medical records officers. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study, and data were analysed using mean, percentage and chi-square. The result showed that majority of the respondents (67.5%) needed training on skills of managing SGBV survivors. The hypothesis showed significant difference on the knowledge level of SGBV among nurses and doctors in Rivers State. The study recommended that government and non-governmental organisations should provide health workers in Rivers State with comprehensive capacity training on management of SGBV survivors to achieve health promotion.
{"title":"Assessment of capacity needs of health personnel in management of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Rivers State: a case for health promotion in the era of COVID-19","authors":"Mary Henjieru Obisike, Iheanyi Osondu Obisike","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual and Gender-based violence (SGBV) is a common and serious public health problem affecting millions of Nigerians which COVID-19 has escalated. The capacity of health personnel in managing SGBV survivors should be determined in order to ensure effective health promotion. This paper therefore investigated the capacity needs of health personnel in Rivers State in managing SGBV survivors. The study adopted descriptive survey research design which was carried out during a workshop organized for randomly selected health personnel in the employ of the Rivers State government in August, 2021. The questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection, administered on 40 respondents which included doctors, nurses, community health extension workers (CHEWs) and medical records officers. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study, and data were analysed using mean, percentage and chi-square. The result showed that majority of the respondents (67.5%) needed training on skills of managing SGBV survivors. The hypothesis showed significant difference on the knowledge level of SGBV among nurses and doctors in Rivers State. The study recommended that government and non-governmental organisations should provide health workers in Rivers State with comprehensive capacity training on management of SGBV survivors to achieve health promotion.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125023655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study was carried out on black soot pollution induced by illegal oil refiners in Aleto Community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. To achieve the aim of this study, three objectives were formulated. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprises of all members of Aleto community, and a sample size of 260 respondents was selected from the total population. A structured questionnaire was used were used for the study. Data collected were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage. Results from findings showed that the attitude of the people in Aleto contributed to black soot pollution to the environment Hence, the researcher recommended that environmental impact assessment should be carried out before any development in order to prevent the occurrence of black soot, also sensitization and education of the public on the dangers of some of the activities on the environment by government and non-governmental agencies should be carried out.
{"title":"Awareness of environmental hazards of black soot induced by illegal oil refiners in Aleto Community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State","authors":"Letamdoole Nmeakor, Justina Uche Onuwa, Fortune Uloma Wondikom, Evelyn Nwakaego Dike","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.9","url":null,"abstract":"This study was carried out on black soot pollution induced by illegal oil refiners in Aleto Community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. To achieve the aim of this study, three objectives were formulated. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprises of all members of Aleto community, and a sample size of 260 respondents was selected from the total population. A structured questionnaire was used were used for the study. Data collected were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage. Results from findings showed that the attitude of the people in Aleto contributed to black soot pollution to the environment Hence, the researcher recommended that environmental impact assessment should be carried out before any development in order to prevent the occurrence of black soot, also sensitization and education of the public on the dangers of some of the activities on the environment by government and non-governmental agencies should be carried out.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117152861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has become increasingly important in meeting the needs of the global workforce. The objective is to examine some activities that promote quality assurance in TVET institutions and recommend solutions to any challenges. A hundred and fifty questionnaires were administered only 50 responses were returned. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data collected. Results showed that the National Board for Technical Education curriculum is not reviewed regularly and the time span for the review varies from department to department. Also, local content is integrated into the NBTE curriculum. TVET institutions take accreditation seriously, all programmes for departments surveyed are accredited. 96% of the academic staff give feedback to students after continuous assessment and examination. Some equipment for students’ practical are obsolete. TVET trainers do not attend conferences/workshops/seminars as regularly as expected due to lack of sponsorship. Most departments do not conduct industry needs assessment and about 90% are not in partnership with any industry for curriculum enhancement nor job placement. The study concludes, curriculum review should be done at least once in two academic sessions with more emphasis on local content. For quality assurance the accreditation pattern should be improved upon. Also, feedback mechanism must be improved. The obsolete equipment needs to be replaced through increased funding for TVET institutions. For continuous professional development, conspicuous allowance should be provided for TVET trainers for conferences/workshops/seminars. Invariably, ccollaborative curriculum development with the industries is a key to entrepreneurship, and relevance in the work environment.
{"title":"Quality assurance in Nigerian technical and vocational education and training institutions: strategies for improvement","authors":"G. Korter","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.14","url":null,"abstract":"Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has become increasingly important in meeting the needs of the global workforce. The objective is to examine some activities that promote quality assurance in TVET institutions and recommend solutions to any challenges. A hundred and fifty questionnaires were administered only 50 responses were returned. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data collected. Results showed that the National Board for Technical Education curriculum is not reviewed regularly and the time span for the review varies from department to department. Also, local content is integrated into the NBTE curriculum. TVET institutions take accreditation seriously, all programmes for departments surveyed are accredited. 96% of the academic staff give feedback to students after continuous assessment and examination. Some equipment for students’ practical are obsolete. TVET trainers do not attend conferences/workshops/seminars as regularly as expected due to lack of sponsorship. Most departments do not conduct industry needs assessment and about 90% are not in partnership with any industry for curriculum enhancement nor job placement. The study concludes, curriculum review should be done at least once in two academic sessions with more emphasis on local content. For quality assurance the accreditation pattern should be improved upon. Also, feedback mechanism must be improved. The obsolete equipment needs to be replaced through increased funding for TVET institutions. For continuous professional development, conspicuous allowance should be provided for TVET trainers for conferences/workshops/seminars. Invariably, ccollaborative curriculum development with the industries is a key to entrepreneurship, and relevance in the work environment.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125584254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ikpoko-ore-ebirien Dike Isaruk, Justina Ikpoko-ore-ebirien Dike Isaruk, Deborah Thelma George
Health service consumers' satisfaction with the services they receive has been a challenge over the past decade, and this has been attributed to many factors that diverse scholars have investigated using different variables. In this study, the attitude and ethical behaviours of healthcare providers as antidotes to health service consumers' satisfaction in the Primary Health Centre at Mgbuoshimini, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, were investigated. A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used to select participants from pregnant women, nursing others, couples for family planning, and sick patients. The data were analysed using descriptive statistical tools. The results of the grand total response values were 400 (100%) and strongly agree had 190 (47.5%), agree had 160 (40%), 390 (100%) and strongly agree had 260 (66.7%), agree had 100 (25.6%), and strongly disagree had 13 (3.3%). The overall results were strongly agreed (66.7%) and agreed (25.6%); these connote that the attitudes and ethical behaviours of the healthcare providers towards healthcare service consumers in the primary healthcare facility were poor and that healthcare providers do not execute good ethical behaviour towards health service consumers in the facility, leading to low levels of health resource consumption, low patronage image promotion, and consumers' loss of confidence in the service provider. Therefore, the government should put mechanisms in place to ensure a positive attitude and favourable ethical behaviour among healthcare providers, and individual healthcare providers should also acquire soft skills to improve their attitude and ethical behaviour.
{"title":"Attitude and ethical behaviors of healthcare providers as antidotes of health service consumer satisfaction in Mgbuoshimini Primary Health Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria","authors":"Ikpoko-ore-ebirien Dike Isaruk, Justina Ikpoko-ore-ebirien Dike Isaruk, Deborah Thelma George","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.4","url":null,"abstract":"Health service consumers' satisfaction with the services they receive has been a challenge over the past decade, and this has been attributed to many factors that diverse scholars have investigated using different variables. In this study, the attitude and ethical behaviours of healthcare providers as antidotes to health service consumers' satisfaction in the Primary Health Centre at Mgbuoshimini, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, were investigated. A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used to select participants from pregnant women, nursing others, couples for family planning, and sick patients. The data were analysed using descriptive statistical tools. The results of the grand total response values were 400 (100%) and strongly agree had 190 (47.5%), agree had 160 (40%), 390 (100%) and strongly agree had 260 (66.7%), agree had 100 (25.6%), and strongly disagree had 13 (3.3%). The overall results were strongly agreed (66.7%) and agreed (25.6%); these connote that the attitudes and ethical behaviours of the healthcare providers towards healthcare service consumers in the primary healthcare facility were poor and that healthcare providers do not execute good ethical behaviour towards health service consumers in the facility, leading to low levels of health resource consumption, low patronage image promotion, and consumers' loss of confidence in the service provider. Therefore, the government should put mechanisms in place to ensure a positive attitude and favourable ethical behaviour among healthcare providers, and individual healthcare providers should also acquire soft skills to improve their attitude and ethical behaviour.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116331660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The representation of black identity in African American literature is a subject of great and critical concern. Scholars have made deliberate efforts to address the racial issues, language, its oral nature among others; but little attention has been given to the identity and the representation of these identities in African American Literature. This study therefore, is an attempt to examine the concept of identity and its aesthetic representations in African American literature. The study engages a survey of texts in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, speeches, musical forms, rap and film which are selected as a result of their relevance to the research focus. These texts are subjected to critical analysis while references are made to secondary texts where applicable. It is discovered that the literature of the black diaspora. considers identity as a major theme in its discourse and this is represented in all forms of their literature. Identity, which could refer to a sense of ownership, is a major concern in the literature of the Black diaspora.
{"title":"Identities and aesthetic representations in the black diaspora literature","authors":"Joseph C. Asangaeneng, Godwin U. Eka, I. E. Okon","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.13","url":null,"abstract":"The representation of black identity in African American literature is a subject of great and critical concern. Scholars have made deliberate efforts to address the racial issues, language, its oral nature among others; but little attention has been given to the identity and the representation of these identities in African American Literature. This study therefore, is an attempt to examine the concept of identity and its aesthetic representations in African American literature. The study engages a survey of texts in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, speeches, musical forms, rap and film which are selected as a result of their relevance to the research focus. These texts are subjected to critical analysis while references are made to secondary texts where applicable. It is discovered that the literature of the black diaspora. considers identity as a major theme in its discourse and this is represented in all forms of their literature. Identity, which could refer to a sense of ownership, is a major concern in the literature of the Black diaspora.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121594846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educational institutions are knowledge factories where individuals are enriched with skills, knowledge and capacity to nurture and develop their potentials. University consists of teachers who are widely read with knowledge and skills with the onus of producing students worthy in character and learning. The study explores the emerging issues in university administration in Nigeria in educational institutions. Emerging issues in university administration are behavioral patterns that undermine the integrity of the educational system. Some of these ethical issues are examination malpractices, indecent dressing, cult-related activities, sexual harassment, extortion from students through the sale of textbooks andblatant disregard for schools ethos and code of conduct. As a way forward, the study suggests that educational institutions should, as a priority, establish dress codes for students and teachers and sensitize students on the core values of Nigerian culture and the likely consequence of unethical issues on the psychic of individuals and the university community.
{"title":"Emerging ethical issues in university administration in Nigeria educational institutions","authors":"John Amaoge Wordu","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.5","url":null,"abstract":"Educational institutions are knowledge factories where individuals are enriched with skills, knowledge and capacity to nurture and develop their potentials. University consists of teachers who are widely read with knowledge and skills with the onus of producing students worthy in character and learning. The study explores the emerging issues in university administration in Nigeria in educational institutions. Emerging issues in university administration are behavioral patterns that undermine the integrity of the educational system. Some of these ethical issues are examination malpractices, indecent dressing, cult-related activities, sexual harassment, extortion from students through the sale of textbooks andblatant disregard for schools ethos and code of conduct. As a way forward, the study suggests that educational institutions should, as a priority, establish dress codes for students and teachers and sensitize students on the core values of Nigerian culture and the likely consequence of unethical issues on the psychic of individuals and the university community.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123325166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. M. George, Augustine Vincent O. Amachree, N. J. Brown, Dumoteim Stephen O. Ekine
The concentration of aluminum in two brands of dry tea leaves and health risk assessment associated with its consumption was determined using standard methods. The dry tea leaves was Purchased from livinchu supermarket along Adageorge road in the heart of Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria, and brought to the laboratory of School of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy Technician. The leaves were removed from their pouches and transferred into sample bottles, followed by acid digestion and an aspiration of an aliquot of the digested solution into an Agilent 42100 MP-AES machine to determine the residual aluminum content of the various teas, which was subsequently used to estimate the health risk associated with its consumption. Results showed that all the teas studied contained aluminum at varied concentrations with green tea containing moringa and strong black tea for men having values above 1000mg/kg while the rest had values less than 1000mg/kg. The result has clearly shown that green tea with moringa and black strong tea for men are hyperaccumulators of aluminum from soils than others, which can used for hytoremediation of aluminum contaminated soil. It also suggests that consumption of dry tea leaves is a major source of dietary exposed to aluminum in humans. Health risks assessment indicators depicted that all ADIs and HQs were less than unity (ADD < 1 and HRI or HQ < 1), and implies that there is no possibility of contracting non-cancerous disease that would have caused undue health issues of public health interest via consumption.
{"title":"Bioaccumulation of aluminum in dry tea leaves and health risks associated with its consumption by an urban populace in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria","authors":"D. M. George, Augustine Vincent O. Amachree, N. J. Brown, Dumoteim Stephen O. Ekine","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.1","url":null,"abstract":"The concentration of aluminum in two brands of dry tea leaves and health risk assessment associated with its consumption was determined using standard methods. The dry tea leaves was Purchased from livinchu supermarket along Adageorge road in the heart of Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria, and brought to the laboratory of School of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy Technician. The leaves were removed from their pouches and transferred into sample bottles, followed by acid digestion and an aspiration of an aliquot of the digested solution into an Agilent 42100 MP-AES machine to determine the residual aluminum content of the various teas, which was subsequently used to estimate the health risk associated with its consumption. Results showed that all the teas studied contained aluminum at varied concentrations with green tea containing moringa and strong black tea for men having values above 1000mg/kg while the rest had values less than 1000mg/kg. The result has clearly shown that green tea with moringa and black strong tea for men are hyperaccumulators of aluminum from soils than others, which can used for hytoremediation of aluminum contaminated soil. It also suggests that consumption of dry tea leaves is a major source of dietary exposed to aluminum in humans. Health risks assessment indicators depicted that all ADIs and HQs were less than unity (ADD < 1 and HRI or HQ < 1), and implies that there is no possibility of contracting non-cancerous disease that would have caused undue health issues of public health interest via consumption.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"26 7‐8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113977218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. C. Anele, Reginald Onwezi Ubochi, Anderson Anyaso Ukeh
This paper examined the prevalence of baby factory and educational access in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Specifically, the paper aimed at determining the impacts of baby factory prevalence on educational access of students, identifying areas mostly used for baby factory in Rivers State, determining factors responsible for the prevalence of baby factory in Rivers State, and to ascertain the extent baby factory prevalence impacts on educational access of students in Rivers State. The study adopted qualitative and descriptive research approach where secondary data were used as the main sources of data collection. The secondary data were collected from published journals, articles, seminar papers, periodicals, as well as interviews and semi-structured questionnaire. The population of the study consisted of all 185,146 senior secondary schools Students in Rivers State. A sample of 400 students was used. This was derived using Taro Yamane population determination formula. A self-designed questionnaire instrument titled: “Prevalence of Baby Factory and Educational Access Questionnaire (PBEAQ)” was used to elicit information from the respondents. Test re-test method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which reliability co-efficient of 0.84 at 0.05 level of significance. Data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation with the criterion mean of 2.50 as accepted while below is rejected. The study revealed that maternity, clinics, water bottling companies, prayer houses etc., are areas mostly used for the perpetuation of baby factory. The study further revealed that poverty, lack of information on human trafficking, corruption, are among the factors responsible for the prevalence of baby factory and can impact on access to education .Based on the confirmation, the following recommendations were made among others; intensive advocacy against baby factory prevalence, promulgation of laws, enlightenment of the teenage girls on prevention of unwanted pregnancy among others.
{"title":"Prevalence of baby factory and educational access in public secondary schools in Rivers State","authors":"C. C. Anele, Reginald Onwezi Ubochi, Anderson Anyaso Ukeh","doi":"10.4314/johasam.v6i3.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/johasam.v6i3.12","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examined the prevalence of baby factory and educational access in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Specifically, the paper aimed at determining the impacts of baby factory prevalence on educational access of students, identifying areas mostly used for baby factory in Rivers State, determining factors responsible for the prevalence of baby factory in Rivers State, and to ascertain the extent baby factory prevalence impacts on educational access of students in Rivers State. The study adopted qualitative and descriptive research approach where secondary data were used as the main sources of data collection. The secondary data were collected from published journals, articles, seminar papers, periodicals, as well as interviews and semi-structured questionnaire. The population of the study consisted of all 185,146 senior secondary schools Students in Rivers State. A sample of 400 students was used. This was derived using Taro Yamane population determination formula. A self-designed questionnaire instrument titled: “Prevalence of Baby Factory and Educational Access Questionnaire (PBEAQ)” was used to elicit information from the respondents. Test re-test method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which reliability co-efficient of 0.84 at 0.05 level of significance. Data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation with the criterion mean of 2.50 as accepted while below is rejected. The study revealed that maternity, clinics, water bottling companies, prayer houses etc., are areas mostly used for the perpetuation of baby factory. The study further revealed that poverty, lack of information on human trafficking, corruption, are among the factors responsible for the prevalence of baby factory and can impact on access to education .Based on the confirmation, the following recommendations were made among others; intensive advocacy against baby factory prevalence, promulgation of laws, enlightenment of the teenage girls on prevention of unwanted pregnancy among others.","PeriodicalId":131601,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health, Applied Sciences and Management","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134345028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Atoukaritou Osuosa, F.B. Dimkpa, C. Nyenke, Queen Elechi, Felix Ejileugwuegbum Nwanyanwu
This cross-sectional and case control study evaluated the effects of malaria parasites on selected haematological parameters of children living in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. A total of 352 participants were randomly recruited and their blood samples collected. Malaria diagnosis and estimation of haematological parameters were determined using standard parasitological and haematological methods respectively. Sociodemographics of participants showed that 109 (31%) of female children and 106 (30%) of male children were infected with malaria parasites. Overall prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum found was 215(61%). The study found a statistically significant difference in the mean values of packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin concentration (Hb), and white blood cell count (WBC) of Plasmodium parasitized children compared with their matched controls: PCV(34.83±2.76% versus 36.06±1.41%; P=0.001); Hb(11.58±0.92g/dL versus 11.98±0.46g/dL; P=0.001); WBC (8.96±4.56(x109/L) versus 7.33±1.39(x109/L); P=0.001).While the mean values of lymphocyte counts were relatively reduced in malaria infected children than their control participants (41.66±13.57(x109/L) versus 42.95±8.36(x109/L); P=0.27). A weak relationship was found to exist between density of parasitaemia and ages of children infected with malaria parasites (R2=0.0093; P=0.1584). Though more children had low parasitaemia (1-999 parasites/μL), followed with high parasitaemia (>10,000 parasites/μL), while few had moderate parasitaemia (1000-9999 parasites/μL). There was no case of complication with respect to WHO standard which described complicated or severe anaemia in malaria as haemoglobin (Hb) of < 5g/dl or packed cell volume (PCV) of < 15% with parasitemia of > 250,000 parasites/μL. Malaria parasites affect outcomes of some haematological parameters. We recommend that all febrile children in our study area should be tested for malaria parasites in conjunction with estimation of their full blood count for effective malaria diagnosis and treatment particularly in sub patent cases.
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