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Determinants of childhood diarrhea among under-five year old children in Nigeria: a population-based study using the 2013 demographic and health survey data
(Turkish National Pediatric Society, 2018)
The study aims to identify socioeconomic, demographic, environmental and child baseline factors associated with Childhood Diarrhea (CD) among under-five year old children in Nigeria. We utilized cross-sectional data from ...
Economic synergy between rural off-farm income and households' poverty in Ekiti State, Nigeria
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)
Off-farm enterprise is important for rural development and poverty alleviation. This study was undertaken to determine the economic synergy between off-farm income and farming households' poverty level. A total of 120 ...
Determinants of pre-lacteal feeding practices in urban and rural Nigeria; a population-based cross-sectional study using the 2013 Nigeria demographic and health survey data
(AJOL, 2017)
Background: Prelacteal feeding (PLF) is a barrier to exclusive breast feeding.
Objective: To determine factors associated with PLF in rural and urban Nigeria.
Methods: We utilized data from the 2013 Nigerian Demographic ...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigerian children
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2017)
Overweight and obesity in childhood and youth have undesirable physical and psycho-sociological
consequences and therefore need periodic surveillance. One thousand two hundred and twenty-nine school children,
ages 9-13 ...
Analysis of information sources used by fish farmers in Ife Central
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)
Information sources play a vital role in improvement of fish farming, however, the different sources of information do not receive equal attention by farmers, and as a result this study was conducted in the Ife Central ...
Women's empowerment status and exposure to maternal mortality risks in Nigeria
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)
The statistics on maternal mortality clearly show that Nigeria is lagging in the struggle to significantly improve maternal health. Annually, an estimated 50,000 to 59,000 Nigeria women of reproductive age die because of ...
Stereotypical beliefs and attitudes toward psychological disorders in a rural community in Nigeria
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)
Findings have shown the importance of beliefs in formation of people's attitudes toward psychological disorders. Also, understanding the extent at which each of the described stereotypical beliefs contr ibutes in explaining ...
Survival analysis and prognostic factors of timing of first childbirth among women in Nigeria
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background: First childbirth in a woman's life is one of the most important events in her life. It marks a turnaround when she might have to drop roles of career building and education, for motherhood and parenthood. The ...
Conceptualising Afrocentric-feminism and social constructivism through Alma Ata Declaration (primary health care, PHC) in rural Nigeria
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)
Christian and Islamic scriptures reduced women to a second class in any society. They are subjected to helper and relegated to house chores. In some societies, roles of ritual-making and administration are accorded them, ...
A comparative land Use-based analysis of noise pollution levels in selected urban centers of Nigeria
(MDPI, 2015)
Growth in the commercialization, mobility and urbanization of human settlements across the globe has greatly exposed world urban population to potentially harmful noise levels. The situation is more disturbing in developing ...