EFFECTS OF HIGH SALT INTAKE AND VALSARTAN ON BLOOD PRESSURE OF SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT  

2018-03-24
A high salt diet is one of the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease having a high tendency of developing hypertension. Previous studies have shown that high dietary salt intake ...

USAGE OF NON-PRESCRIBED OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS FOR INFANTS BY MOTHERS ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN SAGAMU TOWN  

2018-04-04
The use of non-prescription drugs (NPDs) for children and infants' ailment without a doctor's evaluation and prescription can lead to unnecessary medication use and it is not free of risks. ...

PATIENTS' PERCEPTION OF AND SATISFACTION WITH TUBERCULOSIS SERVICES IN OGUN EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA  

2018-04-04
ln Nigeria, Tuberculosis (IB) remains a major issue despite availability of TB control programme and free anti TB drugs. The decisions about patients' health are made on the bases of ...

KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND PRACTICE REGARDING HAND WASHING AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE  

2018-04-05
Health care associated infections are most commonly transmitted by the hands of Health care workers and other hospital personnel. The objective of this study is to assess knowledge, perception and ...

CONDOM USE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HIV POSITIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING BABCOCK UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILISAN REMO, OGUN STATE  

2018-04-05
The WHO estimates that 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide and 50% of all adults with HIV infection are women predominantly infected via heterosexual transmission, An estimated 2.6 ...

PATTERN OF HEALTH PROBLEMS AND OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS AMONG FOOD INDUSTRY WORKERS IN ADO-ODO OTA LGA OF OGUN STATE  

2018-04-05
The rapid industrialization in the past three decades, which arose from the global technological advancement, has consistently rendered Nigerian workers, especially those in the food and beverage industry, vulnerable to ...

WORK-RELATED MUSCULO- SKELETAL DISORDERS AMONGST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE  

2018-04-05
The term musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) describes a series of micro traumas of body structures like bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons, blood vessels and peripheral nerves that accumulate in the body ...

SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, CONTRACEPTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND USE BY UNDERGRADUATES OF A TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA  

2018-04-05
Undergraduates in tertiary institutions in Nigeria are made up majorly of adolescents and young adults, who are mostly immature and start living independently for the first time on gaining admission ...

IMPACT OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENT SECTOR OF LAGOS STATE  

2018-04-08
This study seeks to examine the impact of Private Public Partnership in achieving sustainable environment of Lagos State. Public Private Partnership is view as a contractual arrangement formed between the ...

REPORTED HEPATITIS B PREY ALENCE AND HBV VACCINE UPTAKE AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN OGUN STATE  

2018-04-09
Hepatitis B is a major biological occupational hazard to health workers especially those who arc at risk or being exposed to blood. blood product and body fluids of infected patients. ...