OLANREWAJU M. F. PhD
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH/
Babcock University
Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State
olanrewajum@babcock.edu.ng 08028335787
Assessing the Economic Burden and Determinants of Violence among Households in Ogun
State, Nigeria
Babalola D A1, Omeonu P E , Agbede C O, Odewusi T A and
Olanrewaju M F
1
Department of Agricultural Economics and extension, School of Agric & Ind. Tech. Babcock
University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
2
Department of Public Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
3
Department of Nursing Science, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Abstract: The paper examined the incidence, economic burden and determinants of domestic
violence among households in Odogbolu community of Ogun state. Primary data were collected
from 80 respondents purposively selected. Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive
statistics. Results showed that mean age of the respondents was 35, mean years of educational
was 8 years and average household size was 6. Some 67% of the respondents earned above
N20,000 per month, 45% have experienced one form of domestic violence or the other. Further
results showed that domestic violence exists among households in the study area. In-law’s
influence, extra marital affairs, polygamy, poor education and alcohol/substance use were the
major determinants domestic violence. Economics burden of domestic violence among
respondents included cost of treatment of injured victims and loss of work output. The majority
(53%) of the households with incidence of violence were farming households. Interventions of
spiritual/traditional leaders (67%), counselors/social workers (63%) are foremost in respondents’
coping strategies for domestic violence. The study recommends community-based efforts
encouraging women economic empowerment to reduce poverty and food insecurity and fostering
unity of the nuclear family and discouraging unhealthy interference of extend family members in
the affairs of the household.
Keywords: economic burden, income, Ogun, violence.
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Volume 19, Issue 9, Ver. III (Sep. 2014), PP 62-68
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ASSESSING THE ADOPTION OF ROLL BACK MALARIA PROGRAMME
(RBMP) AMONG WOMEN FARMERS IN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AREA OF LAGOS STATE
Babalola1, D A, Olanrewaju M.F2, Omeonu PE2, Adefulu A O1 and Okeowo, R2
1
2
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Babcock University, Ogun State
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State
ABSTRACT
Combating malaria globally, especially among women and infants, has become a public health,
environmental and economic priority, as such special focus has been given to it in the millennium
development goal. This has also led to the initiation of programmes such as the Roll Back malaria
Programme (RBMP). In view of this, this paper assessed the adoption of RBMP among women in
Ikorodu local government area of Lagos state. Data were obtained from 150 women farmers who were
purposively selected. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and logit regression analysis.
About 62% of the respondents were between 31 and 50 years of age and 52% had more than 6 persons in
their household, 60% had at least secondary education, 74% earned less than N20,000 (122.6 USD) per
month, 72% were full-time farmers, 82% had access to primary Health Care (PHC), 55% were aware of
the RBMP but only 46% have adopted the use of insecticide-Treated net (ITN). Furthermore,
respondents’ awareness of RBMP income level, educational status, membership of cooperative
association, frequency of malaria attack and negative influence on adoption of RBMP among
respondents. To accelerate adoption of RBMP, there is yet the need to focus policy on collaborative
efforts of health personnel, cooperatives, media houses and government agency in fashioning out
awareness programmes that incorporate socio-economic characteristics of the audience especially at the
local government level.
Keywords: Roll back malaria programme, insecticide treated net, logit regression, Ikorodu.
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Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.2375-2379, June 2013
Online ISSN: 1920-3853; Print ISSN: 1715-9997
Trends of Low Birth Weight in Ogun state, Nigeria, 1991-1999:
Reference to the World Summit for Children target for the 1990’s
Ademola M Amosu1; Adenike M Degun2; Adebo M Thomas3; Motunrayo F Olanrewaju4;
Abraham O Babalola5; Precious E Omeonu4; Omolayo O Ola4 and Oyewole O Oyerinde4
1 Department
of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
2Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
3Department of Anatomy, Bowen, University, Iwo, Nigeria
4Department of Public and Allied Heealth, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria
5Department of Nursing Science, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria
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ABSTRACT
This retrospective and cross-sectional study on trends of Low Birth Weight (LBW) as observed
in selected health facilities in Ogun state, Nigeria, covered the period 1991 – 1999, with
reference to the World Summit for Children (WSC) target for the 1990’s. LBW is a serious
threat to survival of infants in both perinatal and neonatal periods, and to normal physical and
mental development in the post natal period. The study was carried out to determine how far the
WSC goal of reducing the LBW incidence to 10% by the year 2000 has been achieved, and also
to gain an understanding on the determinants of LBW in the study area. Data were generated
from five randomly selected
health facilities (three rural and two urban), with a total of 33,321 deliveries having fairly
complete antenatal records during the study period. Out of this number, 5,598 cases of LBW
deliveries were extracted. The data obtained were analysed using SPSS package version 14.0.
The overall incidence of LBW was 16.8%. A regression model further showed the percentage
contribution of sex of baby (r2 = 0.43), maternal height (r2 = 0.41) maternal age (r2 = 0.27) and
parity (r2 = 0.09) to observed LBW incidence. The findings from this study showed an almost
consistent departure from the WSC target and explained why Nigeria did not attain the WSC
goal. Adolescent
nutrition and reproductive health behaviours, measures for improved pregnancy outcomes and
reversal of negative implications of LBW incidence in Nigeria, must be effectively addressed.
Keywords: Low birth weight, World Summit for Children, Survival of infants, Perinatal and
Neonatal periods.
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Retrospective study of some factors influencing delivery of low birth weight
babies in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
A.M. Amosu 1,2*, N.O.S. Atulomah3, M. F. Olanrewaju 3, T.I. Akintunde3, A. O. Bablola4, A. M.
Akinnuga 1 and M.O Ojezele 1
1
Department of Nursing Science, Lead City university, Ibadan, Nigeria
2
3
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife Nigeria
Department of Public and Allied health, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria.
4
Department of Nursing Science, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo
A retrospective and cross-sectional study of low birth weight (LBW) incidence in Ibadan,
Nigeria, was conducted covering the period 1995 – 2005. LBW is defined by the World Health
Organization (WHO) as birth weight less than 2500 g. it is serious threat to survival in both
perinatal and neonatal periods, and to normal physical and mental development in the post natal
period. The study was aimed at gaining understanding on the determinants of LBW in the study
area. Data were generated from two randomly selected urban hospitals and three rural maternity
centres, where a total of 7,012 cases of LBW deliveries with fairly complete antenatal records
were extracted. The data were analyzed using SPSS package. The overall incidence of LBW
from the study was 16.8%. LBW incidence was higher among females than male babies (P <
0.005). Mean birth weight for males was 1.74±0.55 kg, and 1.66±0.54 kg for females. A
correlation analysis showed that maternal age, parity and height significantly influenced birth
weight (P < 0.005). A regression model further showed the percentage contribution of sex of
baby (r2 = 0.43), maternal height (r2 = 0.41) maternal height (r2 = 0.27) and parity (r2 = 0.09) to
observed LBW incidence. Adolescent nutrition and reproductive health behaviours, maternal
malnutrition for improved pregnancy outcomes and reversal of negative implications of LBW
incidence in Nigeria, must be effectively addressed.
Keywords: Low birth weight, prematurity, maternal parity, perinatal and neonatal periods.
Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 6 (2), pp.236-240, 18 January, 2011
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The Level of Knowledge Regarding Occupational Hazards among Nurses in Abeokuta,
Ogun state, Nigeria
1
A.M. Amosu, 2A.M. Degun, 3N.O.S. Atulomah, 3M.F. Olanrewaju and 4K.A. Aderibigbe
1
2
3
Department of Nursing Igbinedion University,Okada, Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University, Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
4
National Open University, Ibadan Study Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria
Abstract: This descriptive survey was carried out investigate the level of knowledge on the
predisposing factors to occupational hazards, among nurses in health facilities in Abeokuta,
Ogun State, Nigeria. The study population consisted of nurses of varying categories working in
ten public and two privately owned health facilities in five local government areas of the state.
The simple random sampling technique was employed in selecting 1,200 respondents across the
health facilitates. A validated structured questionnaire developed with reliability of 0.79 was
used to collect information. Data collected were males, 94.3% were females, and 37.1% were
single while 62.9% were married. Among the respondents, 44.8% were between 21-30 years of
age, 15.2% between 31-40 years and 23.8% between 41-50 years while the remaining 16.2%
were aged 51 years and above. Four hundred and sixty-nine (39.1%) respondents have 1-10years
working experience while 60.9% have spent11 years and above in the nursing profession. It was
found that 96.2% of the respondents knew that the profession is prone to occupational hazards,
and as expressed by 88.6% of the respondents, back injury is the commonest hazard, followed by
neck and back pain as attested to by 84.8% of the nurses, the most prominent predisposing factor
is prolonged standing as viewed by 84.5% of the sample. Avoidance of lifting of patients and
heavy equipment, among others is the most notable way of avoiding occupational hazards as
attested to by 90.5% respondents. Nursing professionals should therefore make conscious and
concerted efforts to minimize avoidable occupational hazards in the course of discharging their
duties, so that their health would not be jeopardized.
Keywords: back injury, heavy equipment, occupational hazards, protective gadgets
Current research Journal of Biological Science 3 (6): 586-590, 2011
ISSN: 2041-0778
Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2011
A Study on the Acceptance and Practice of Focused Antenatal Care by
Healthcare Providers in the South-West Zone of Nigeria
Ademola M AMOSU1; Adenike M DEGUN2; Adebo M THOMAS3; Motunrayo F
OLANREWAJU4, Abraham O BABALOLA5 ,Precious E OMEONU4
4
Omolayo O OLA4 ; Oyewole O Oyerinde4 and Susan NWOGWUGWU5
1 Department
2Obafemi
of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria .
Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
3Department
4Department
of Anatomy, Bowen, University, Iwo, Nigeria
of Public and Allied Heealth, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeri
5Department
of Nursing Science, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This is a study on the acceptance and practices of focused antenatal care by healthcare
providers in five public hospitals the south-west zone of Nigeria. Its goal is to provide a
comprehensive and integrated system of reproductive health care that offers an integrated set of
services and within a four visit model. This research focused primarily on the knowledge of the
health care providers including nurses and doctors, on the new World Health Organisation
(WHO) initiative, and aimed to determine how the health workers can enhance its practice. Of
the six hundred validated semi-structured questionnaires administered in this cross-sectional
study 500 were found usable for data analysis. Analysis was carried out using descriptive
statistics. The result showed that 42% of the respondents considered frequent routine as the norm
and that women should be classified by risk category, 52% identified ignorance as one of the
factors affecting focused antenatal care. Furthermore, 66% accepted that focused antenatal care
is not enforced by their healthcare facility as a result of lack of policy concerning the practice of
focused antenatal care. Only 6% of the respondents disagreed that early detection and prevention
of diseases are a major component of focused antenatal care. It was observed that establishing
link between the community and the facility in order to increase utilization of the services
offered by the new WHO package can enhance its practice. In addition, proper supervision by a
skilled, trained healthcare provider will also be effective in enhancing its practice. The package
is accepted by the health care workers but not practiced.
Keywords: Focussed antenatal care World Health Organisation, healthcare providers, healthcare
facilities, WHO package.
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Treatment adherence and risk of non-compliance among hypertensives at a
Teaching Hospital in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria.
Nnodimele
Onuigbo Atulomah, Olanrewaju Motunrayo Florence and Akinbolajo Oluwatosin
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
The level of medication adherence of hypertensives and the attendant risks of non compliance
were studied in a University teaching hospital in Ogun state. The study was a cross-sectional
design utilizing a pretested 35-item questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.781) to collect
information about perceived severity and threat to life from poor treatment response and
medication adherence in hypertensives. One hundred and three participants were enrolled for the
study by systematic random selection of patients attending the outpatient clinic. Results indicated
that 56(54.4%) Males and 47(45.6%) females with mean age 62.6 ± 12.19 years participated in
the study. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 155.2 ± 16.3 and 99.2 ± 8.78 mm of Hg
were recorded. Perception of risk of complications from poor treatment measured on a 30-point
scale recorded a mean score of 22.63 ± 4.47 and treatment adherence measured on a 42-point
scale similarly recorded a mean score of 29.12 ± 5.70 representing, representing 69.3%
adherence rate for the participants in the study. There was no significant difference in measures
of adherence to treatment and perception of risk of poor treatment recorded between males and
females. The findings suggest that the adherence rate in this study was unacceptably low and
require stimulation through appropriate health promotion intervention to improve treatment
outcomes.
Keywords: Perception of risk, Treatment adherence, hypertension, health Promotion, blood
pressure
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Child care Practices and the Nutritional status of Infants of working
Mothers in day care Centres in Oshun State, Nigeria
Amosu A M1; Atulomah N O S2;Thomas M A3; M F Olanrewaju2 and Degun A M4
1
2
Department of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
3
4
Department of Anatomy, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to examine the impacts of child care practices on
the nutritional status of infants of working mothers attending day care centres in Irewole local
government area, Oshun state, Nigeria. Out of the wards in the purposively selected local government
area, 8 were randomly selected and a comprehensive list of the registered daycare centres in those wards
was obtained from the local government secretariat in Ikire. Data collection was done using
anthropometric measurements of the infants, and a self-developed pretested questionnaire administered
on the infants’ parents and care providers by trained research assistants. The questionnaires were then
sorted, cleaned and coded before entry into the computer. Data analysis was carried out using Statistical
Package for Social Sciences version 12.0. Majority of the care providers were females (91.3%) and
married (84.4%). Most of them (72.9%) were aged between 18 and 38 years and 83.7% have had over 10
years working experience in infant care. Among the care providers 58.9% were College of Education
graduates, 33.5% were holders of Senior Secondary School certificate while a small proportion (7.6%),
had no formal education. About 42.5% of them specialised in education of young children. Most of the
parents, 87.7%, were university graduates, 97.8% of them were married, 1.5% divorced and 0.7% were
separated. Also, 46.23% of these parents were bankers, 10.67% were high cadre civil servants/university
lecturers and 4.7% were secondary school teachers. Most of the care providers (87.5%) and (62.6%)
have had training before and while working in the day care centres respectively. The weight and height
(length) of the infants ranged from 4.0-15.0kg and 50-100cm respectively, while majority of them
(58.6%) were females. Nutritional status assessment revealed that none of the male infants was wasted,
4.5% of the female ones were wasted; 3.2% of male and 5.2% female infants were stunted. Also, 0.4%
males and 2.7% females were underweight. Environmental characteristics and sanitation of the day care
centres revealed that majority of them used water closet system (72.5%) and refuse disposal was mostly
by either city service or open dumps (61.3%). Primary water source was deep well (83.8%) while 16.2%
obtained water from bore holes. Results indicated that most of the children studied were well nourished.
Keywords: Child care practices, day care centres, nutritional status, infants, working mothers.
A Study of the Nutritional Status of Under-5 Children of Low-Income
Earners in a South-Western Nigerian Community
1
A.M. Amosu, 2A.M. Degun, 3N.O.S. Atulomah and 3M.F. Olanrewaju
1
2
3
Department of Nursing Igbinedion University,Okada, Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University, Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
Abstract: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the nutritional status of children
aged 6-59 months, of low-income earners in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, Nigeria, in order
to establish and provide baseline information on the health and nutritional status of the target group.
Nutritional status was assessed using anthropometric measurements of height, weight, chest and arm
circumference, and was compared with NCHS standards. Dietary assessment was based on weighed
inventory method and 24 h recall obtained from their mothers. The nutrient intakes were compared with
the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA). A structured pretested questionnaire was utilised to gather
information on the sociodemographic and economic characteristics, household food purchase and infant
feeding practices of the children’s mothers. Anthropometric measurements of height and weight of the
subjects were used in calculating weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height. Data was analysed
using SPSS version 12.0. There were no significant differences between the males and females except for
males having a significant higher Lean Body Mass (LBM) than the females. Using weight-for-age,
82.13% of the Under-5 children were underweight, 33.52% were stunted while 85.15% were wasted. The
intakes of protein, iron, calcium and vitamin A were inadequate in both males and females. Majority of
mothers of the children were uneducated (80.7%) and earned a paltry monthly income in the range of N1,
500-N5, 900. The findings show that the nutritional status of Under-5 children in the study location which
happens to be a rural area, was quite poor. Also from the results, it is evident that malnutrition is still a
major public health problem among young children due to the poor socioeconomic status (poverty and
poor educational background) of their parents, and thus, there is a need for better nutrition of the Nigerian
child.
Key words: Infant feeding practices, low-income earners, nutritional status, socio-economic status
Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences 3 (6): 578-585, 2011
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Growth faltering among exclusively breastfed infants in
Ogun State Nigeria
Amosu AM1, Oyewole OE2, Amosu AM3, Olanrewaju MF4, and Ojo EF1,
1
Department of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
2
Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
3
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife, Nigeria.
1
Department of Nursing Science, Lead city University Ibadan, Nigeria.
4
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria.
Abstract
This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study of the nutritional status of exclusively breastfed
infants under six months of age in Ogun state, Nigeria. The objective of this community-based
study was to examine the pattern of growth of infants whose mothers claimed were being
exclusively breastfed within the first 6 months of life. Data were obtained from purposely
selected 400 nursing mothers with the use of focus group discussions (FGDs) and observational
methods, using a combination of exclusive breastfeeding indicators developed from the “Ten
Steps to Successful Breastfeeding”guidelines and tips from “Helping Mothers to Breastfeed”
guide. Findings revealed that majority of nursing mothers were not exposed to the basic practical
steps in breastfeeding during the antennal period. It was also observed that nursing mothers
usually transferred the baby from one breast to another arbitrarily without allowing the baby to
exhaust the milk in each breast, thereby depriving the baby of the hind milk necessary for
energy. This resulted in a technical deficiency in the practice of exclusive breastfeeding. These
findings suggest that health care providers and nursing mothers need to know more about
nutrition education on exclusive breastfeeding.
Keywords: Exclusive breastfeeding, growth faltering, hind milk, nutrition education.
Biomedical Research Volume 21 Issue 3
Level of Awareness, Perception and Screening Behaviour Regarding Prostate
Cancer Among Men in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government
Area, Nigeria.
1
1
Nnodimele O. Atulomah, 1Motunrayo F. Olanrewaju, 2Ademola M. Amosu and 1Omotoyosi
Adedeji.
Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
2
Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Abstract: The Objective of the study was to measure the level of awareness, specific knowledge,
perception and screening behavior of prostate cancer among males in rural community of the
Ikenne local government area of south-western Nigeria. The study was a cross-sectional design
utilizing a pre-tested 36-item questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.62) to collect information
about Knowledge regarding prostate cancer, perceived susceptibility and seriousness, perceived
benefits of screening and screening behavior among men in a rural community in south-western
Nigeria. Three hundred and ninety eight participants were enrolled for the study by systematic
random selection of men in the community of the Ikenne Local government area. Results
indicated that the mean age of participants was 44.24 (standard error of mean (SEM) 0.47) years.
Knowledge about prostate cancer as an important disease in men measured on a 12-point scale
recorded a mean score of 4.97 (SEM 0.15) and perception of prostate cancer considered in three
sub-domains of susceptibility, seriousness and benefit, measured on a 30-point scale, similarly
recorded a mean score of 17.65 (SEM 0.18): while screening behavior, measured on a 11-point
scale, showed that participants in the study recorded a mean scored of 2.40 (SEM 0.071).
furthermore, 156 (39.2%) of the respondents reported having heard about prostate cancer while
377 (94.7%) had heard of breast cancer as a condition affecting women. The findings suggest
that level of awareness about prostate cancer among men in this study was low while their level
of perception was just above average and screening behavior was very low. Again, perception
variables positively and significantly correlated with screening behavior among the participants.
We conclude that in order to stimulate regular screening among men, there should be an
aggressive health promotion intervention designed to increase awareness and to correct
impressions about prostate cancer in the community.
Keywords: prostate cancer, knowledge, perception, screening for prostate cancer.
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ASSESSMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT LEVEL OF BREASTFEEDING AMONG THE WORKERS IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
1
Amosu A.M, 2Degun A.M, 3Atulomah N.O.S, 4Thomas MA, 3Olanrewaju M.F, 3Omeonu P.E,
and 3Ola O.O,
1
Dept. of Nursing Science, Lead City Uni., Ibadan Oyo State,
2
Obafemi Uni., Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife,
3
Dept of Public and Allied Health, Babcock Uni., Ilisan Remo, Ogun State,
4
Dept of Anatomy. Bowen Uni., Iwo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
This cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out to assess the knowledge and support
level of breastfeeding among professionals in formal employment institutions. One thousand and
twenty-five randomly selected professionals recruited for the study were served with structured
questionnaires. Data were analyzed with the method of descriptive statistics using frequencies
and percentages. Analysis of the questionnaires showed that out of the 1025 respondents, 10.1%
were below 20 years of age, 55.1% between 20-30years, 24.9% between 31-40 years and 9.9%
above 40 years of age. The respondents were made up of 492 males and 533 females. Out of
these, 46.0% were single, 51.0% were married and 3.0% divorced. Occupationally, the
respondents were made up of 21.0% medical practitioners, 8.8% pharmacists, 37.8% confidential
secretaries, 10.4% computer scientists, 18.5% bankers, and 3.5%lawyers. Also, 78.2% of the
respondents were Christmas, 20.3% were Muslims while 1.5% were of Traditional and other
religious. The professionals represented the various ethnic groups in Nigeria: Yoruba 74.5%,
Igbo 20.0%, Hausa 3.0% and others, 2.5%. Among the workforce, 96.5% were knowledgeable
about the benefits of breast-feeding but only 29.2% were willing to take an extra work in order to
allow a colleague, who is a nursing mother, to go and breast-feed her baby at intervals. The
results of this study show that although the workers have knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, only a few will take on extra duty in order to allow a nursing colleague to go and breastfeed her baby.
Keywords: knowledge and Support Level, Breast-Feeding, Professionals, Formal Employment.
International Journal of Food Science and technology, Volume 2, Number 1, 2010
MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
CHARACTERISTICS AS CORRELATES OF PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN A SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIAN COMMUNITY.
A.M. Amosu; T. I. Akintunde; K. I. Ajiboye; M. F. Olanrewaju; A. O Babalola; C.O. Lawal
and O.F Ajiboye
Abstract
This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study of pregnant women who delivered in four
randomly selected health hospitals’ in urban Abeokuta, Nigeria. The study examined the
influence of maternal nutritional status and socio-economic characteristics on newborn birth
weight and particularly low birth weight (LBW). 512 pregnant mothers were recruited for the
study. Half of them were booked for antenatal care while the remaining half were not complete
physical examination, clinical profile along with weight, biochemical and haematological
measurements were carried out. Data were analyzed using descriptive using descriptive statistics
and chi-square test. The overall mean birth weight of all the newborns was 2.64± 0.312kg.
Antenatal care during pregnancy, maternal parity, age, education, occupation, average monthly
income, weight gain in pregnancy, past obstetric history, maternal haemoglobin, mean
corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, serum cholesterol and serum albumin were all found to
be significant for LBW (p<0.001).
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ASSESSMENT OF THE MALE FACTOR IN THE NON-ACHIEVEMENT OF
PREGNANCY AMONG MARRIED COUPLES IN A NIGERIAN COMMUNITY
Amosu A.M., Akintunde, T.L, Ajiboye, KI., Amosu, A. M., Babalola, A. O. Lawal, C.O.,
Olanrewaju, M. F. and Ajiboye, O. F.
ABSTRACT
This descriptive study was carried out to evaluate the involvement of males in cases of infertility
among couples. Semen samples from 260 men were collected and analyzed. Thirty-eight percent
had normal sperm count (>40 x 106 sperm cells/ml.). 40% were oligospermic and 3.8% were
azoospermic. Only 3% of samples had significantly high white blood cell count/hpf. 79.7% of
patients having above 40x106 sperm count/ml, had progressively motile sperm cells. 83.3% of
the 48 patients having between 20-40x106 sperm cells/ml, had their sperm cells progressively
motile. Morphologically, 57.7% of the subjects had normal sperm cells while 42.3% were
abnormal. The semen samples yielded growth of staphylococcus aureus. Klebsiella spp, among
others. The bacteria isolates were sensitive to antibiotics including gentamyein, crythromyein,
augmentin, tetraecycline, amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, and ofloxacin.
The results showed that males contributed substantially to infertility among the couples nd must
equally be investigated alongside their female counterparts.
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Child care practices and the nutritional status of infants of working mothers in day
care centres in Oshun State, Nigeria.
Amosu A M1; Atulomah N O S2; Thomas M A3; M F Olanrewaju2 and Degun A M4
1
Department of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
2
Department of public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
3
Department of Anatomy, Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria
4
Obafemi Awolowo Teaching hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to examine the impact of child care
practices on the nutritional status of infant of working mothers attending day care centres in
Irewole local government area, Oshun state, Nigeria. Out of the wards in the purposively
selected local government area, 8 were randomly selected and a comprehensive list of the
registered daycare centres in those wars was obtained from the local governments of the infants,
and a self-developed pretested questionnaire administered on the infants ’parents and care
providers by trained research assistants. The questionnaires were then sorted, cleaned and coded
before entry into the computer. Data analysis was carried out using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences version 12.0. Majority of the care providers 58.9% were College of Education
graduates, 33.5% were holders of Senior Secondary School certificate while a small proportion
(7.6%), had no formal education. About 42.5% of them were married, i.5% divorced and 0.7%
were separated. Also, 46.23% of these parents were bankers, 10.67% were high cadre civil
servants/university lecturers and 4.7% were secondary school teachers. Most of the care
providers (87.5%) and (62.6%) have had training before and while working in the day care
centres respectively. The weight and height (length) of the infants ranged from 4.0-15.0kg 50100cm respectively, while majority of them (58.6%) were females. Nutritional status assessment
revealed that none of the male infants was wasted, 4.5% of the female ones were wasted; 3.2% of
male and 5.2% female infants were stunted. Also, 0.4% males and 2.7% females were
underweight. Environmental characteristics and sanitation of the day care centres revealed the
majority of them used water closet system (72.5%) and refuse disposal for mostly by either city
service or open dumps (61.3%). Primary water source was deep well (83.8%) while 16.2%
obtained water from bore holes. Results indicated that most of the children studied were well
nourished.
Keywords: Child care practices, day care centres, nutritional status, infants, working mothers
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Food preparation methods and perceived effects on nutritional quality of
vended foods in South-Western Nigeria
Amosu AM1, Oyewole OE2, Degun AM3, Thomas MA4, Olanrewaju MF5, Babalola A.O6
1
Department of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.
2
Dept. of Health promotion and Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
3
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hosiptal, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
4
Department od Anatomy, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria
5
Department of Public Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
6
Department of Nursing Science, Babcock university, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Methods of food preparation have significant effects on its nutritional quality. In spite of this
knowledge, the practices of street food vendors regarding food preparation have not been well
documented in literatures. This descriptive cross-sectional study was aimed at investigating food
preparation methods and perceived effects on nutritional quality among food vendors in southWestern Nigeria. A semi-structured, pre-tested, interviewer administered questionnaire and
observational method, using a check-list, were employed in the collection of data from purposive
of 1,024 food vendors operating in the study area. Data were analyzed using frequencies,
percentages and Chi-square statistics at 95.0% confidence interval. The study revealed that
90.0% of food vendors were females with 73.3% being of Yoruba origin. There was no
significant spread in their educational attainments as 21.4 and 35.7% had at least primary and
junior secondary school education respectively. The data showed that 55.9% of the food vendors
boiled their vegetables before being added to the sauce while 70.9% of them mentioned the use
of potash to soften the vegetable during the cooking process. Culture was significantly related to
methods of food preparation (p<0.05). Observation showed that almost all food vendors fried
cooking oil to ignition point during cooking as a method of food preparation. Much cooking oil
was also used in stew and vegetable soup preparations. It as also revealed that 59.4% of the food
vendors neither wore aprons nor covered their heads regularly during duty hours while 56.3% of
them did not undergo any form of medical examination before starting their food vending
business. The results have shown that food preparation practices among street food vendors were
devoid of adequate nutrition knowledge and this might affect the nutritional quality and safety of
vended foods. Therefore, the need to organize training workshops on basic food preparation
methods for food vendors is advocated.
Keywords: Food preparation methods, food vendors, food safety, nutritional quality.
Africa Journal of Science, Technology and social sciences
Vol.1, No 1, November 2011 ISSN:- 77-111-79
An Observational Study of Factors Influencing the Level of Performnce of Nurses in
Healthcare Facilities in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
Ademola M Amosu1; Adenike M Degun2; NOS Atulomah3; Motunrayo F Olanrewaju3
and Julianah A Osobisi 4;
1
Department of Nursing Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.
2
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
3
Department of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria
4
Department of Nursing Science, National Open University, Ibadan, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
Job performance is a topic of wide interest to both people who work in organizations and people
who study them. It is a most frequently studied variable in organizational behavior research, and
also a central variable in both research and theory of organizational phenomena, ranging from
job design to supervision. The objective of this cross-sectional and descriptive study was to
investigate the factors influencing the level of performance of nurses in some selected healthcare
facilities located in five randomly selected local government areas of Oyo state, Nigeria. The
research instrument for this study was a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire. One thousand
five hundred participants were recruited for the study systematic random selection of nurses in
the study locations. The data generated were analyzed using the hierarchical Multiple Regression
Analysis to test research questions 1 and 2. Hypotheses 1, 2 and 3 were tested using the t-test
statistical method. In each case, the level of significance set for acceptance or rejection was 0.05.
Results showed that there was 1250 female and 250 male nurse-practitioners who participated,
representing 83.3% and 16.7% respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between
job performance and pay satisfaction (r= 0.305, p=0.001) and a significant negative correlation
between job performance and work stress (r=-0.408, p=0/001) were observed. As for all the
predicted values it was observed that the correlation was above moderate (r=0.616). The adjusted
r2 indicated 37.9% of the variance in job performance is accounted for by all the predictors (work
stress and pay satisfaction) when taken together. This implied that other variables not taken into
consideration in the model have accounted for the remaining variance. The effectiveness of the
prediction as the F-ratio was 28.109, with p<0.0001, implying that 37.9% of the job performance
was truly due to the effect of the predictor variables and not due to chance. In essence, both work
stress and pay satisfaction are effective in predicting job performance of nurses in Ibadan. The
results of the data analysis showed that majority of the respondents had a good understanding of
factors that influence performance of nurses at work and they agreed that serious motivational
parameters can serve as impetus to nurses’ performance and productivity.
Keywords: Job performance, organizational behavior research, work stress, pay satisfaction.
Africa Journal of Science, technology and Social Sciences
Vol. 1, No 1, November 2011 ISSN:- 77-111-79