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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Health education is a principle by which individuals and groups of people learn to behave in a manner conducive to the promotion, maintenance on restoration of health (Mckenzie, et al., 2009). It is a practice that helps to maintain health and prevent the spread of disease. It is combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theorie...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Diabetes mellitus is recognized as a group of heterogeneous disorders with the common elements of hyperglycaemia and glucose intolerance, due to insulin deficiency, impaired effectiveness of insulin action or both.1,2,3 It is a common endocrine metabolic disorder and a leading cause of death worldwide.1,3 There are more than 154 million diabetics gl...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Atopic dermatitis (AD) is defined as a chronic inflammatory pruritic skin disease which occurs most frequently in children but can occur in adults and follows a relapsing course1. It is often associated with elevated serum IgE levels and a personal or family history of type I allergies, allergic rhinitis, and asthma1. The disease occurs in all age groups but is commoner in...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Obesity and overweight could be defined as abnormal or excessive body fat accumulation that may lead to impairment in health.1 They constitute a serious medical condition which excess fat has accumulated in the body to the extent that it may have adverse health consequences, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.2,3 All...Continue Reading »
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» Chapter one Introduction Background of the study This study determined the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) measurements with blood pressure in young adult patients attending the general outpatient clinic of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri. The study is intended to create awareness on the burden of non communicable disease in this locality. Body mass index and...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In Nigeria or African as a whole, the home is the starting point of education or socialization of every human being. The home comprises of the family and its various members. The home is a social institution and an important unit or structure which holds people together in the society in or order to fulfill certain needs of humanity. It is the first...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Rural tourism is an old and a new phenomenon at the same time. Interest in countryside recreation started to grow already in the 19th century as a reaction to the stress of the increasing urbanization and industrialization. The rural scene was admired by poets and artists. In the then developing countries, the new railway companies transported mo...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Bookkeeping and Accounting is one of the skill subjects taught today in senior secondary schools in Nigeria. According to Eguk Udo (1979), Accounting refers to the manner in which financial records and statements are prepared and kept. Bookkeeping and Accounting build a solid background for further study of Accounting. Accounting to Igboke (2002):...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The purpose of the project was to review the etiology of sports hooliganism in the Ishielu/Ezza North constituency. The concern was predicated upon the the observation that while the standard of performance has improved tremendously, the level of sportsmanship has declined considerably, due to the high ranking of sports hooliganism in the above ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study In many ways, human beings who are members of one specie, one great family, with common ancestors are endowed with different skills, knowledge and characters. They perceive the world, feel thirst, and develop language through identical mechanism. This is obvious because the cultural background of every society influences the life style of the in...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Sport may be defined as physical activities recorded history played by opposing sides of people who want to win in order to gain tangible (money, trophy, medals) or intangible (those you cannot touch – national honor, praise, good name or well – being) things of value. Sports involve physical exertion and are organized within a body ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Overview of the Study Breastfeeding give children the best start in life. It is estimated that over one million children die each year from diarrohea, respiratory and other infections because they are not adequately breastfed. Many more children suffer unnecessary illnesses that they would not have, if they were breastfed. Breastfeeding also helps to protect...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It is said that Health is wealth and for one to function effectively in one’s daily activities one has to be healthy. One of the primary objectives of school Health Education is to provide sufficient and accurate information about matters concerning Health. This is well amplified by the Nigeria Education Research Council (N.E.R.C) (2002) w...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Pre marital sex among secondary school students has been increasing in our schools for past decades. According to Nwachi (1984), stated that pre marital sex can be described as having sex outside Wedlock, which usually leads to pre marital pregnancies that prevent students from completing their secondary education. Added to this, Kristin (1980),...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria is a fast developing nation in all aspects of sophistication which should not be limited to building structures but with how people think, reason, feel and understand among their fellow human beings. The period of physical, social, and psychological development of the child, which extends from the ages of about 13 to 20 years is ordinari...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The research work is carried out due to the menace of improper solid waste management in Nkalagu Community which causes, some specific health hazards that probably led to illnesses in the Community. Improper waste management causes various types of pollution; air, soil, thermal, radiation and water. Indiscriminate dumping of waste contaminates surfa...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The learning of sport in Nigeria started right from when the first parent taught his son how to till the soil, throw the spear, climb a tree and even some special events like hunting, craft making etc. Over the centuries, the civilized social scene in sport has changed tremendously, even ways of living have profoundly changed, and new ideas have...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Urinary tract infection is defined as multiplication of organisms in the urinary tract. It could be described as ascending infection involving urinary tract. It is the commonest bacterial infection managed in general medical practices (Chang et al., 2006). Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most prevalent extra intestinal bacterial infections. Nowadays, it affe...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Family scholars have a growing concern about the time demands and hectic pace of parents‘ jobs which are causing families to have less time together (DeGenova, Stinnett & Stinnett, 2011). Data from national research on approximately 2,000 parents indicated that about 50 percent of the parents reported too little time with the children (Milkie, et al., 2004). Simila...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Though colourless, tasteless, and odourless at room temperature, water is vital to life (Nathanson, 2008). Hence the saying that “water is life” is synchronous to the enormous importance of water because next to air, water is the most important need of man. Therefore, it is pertinent and desirable that man harness this natural endowm...Continue Reading »
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