HEALTH EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 61. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME AN ALTERNATIVE TO HEALTH CARE FINANCING

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: This document has been prepared against the historical background of the growth and development of the health services, the previous attempts to formulate national policies on health and the present state of the health services. The policy proposed and the strategies emerging from it have been based on the appreciation of the current status of...Continue Reading »

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• 62. EFFECT OF DRUG ABUSE ON NIGERIA YOUTHS (A case study of surulere local governmen...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Drugs are commonly used by everybody whether young or old. Drugs are not only useful for human beings; they are also useful for animals for good health. Human beings give drugs to their animals when they discovered that they are not healthy. Drug is an effective substance in the life of any living thing to cure sickness and to make life healthy....Continue Reading »

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• 63. THE PERCEIVED EFFECT OF PARENTAL FEEDING PATTERN ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN IKENNE ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Obesity which was majorly associated with adults in the past unfortunately becomes one of the major health challenges now faced by children. Hence it is now referred to as child obesity. Child obesity can simply be defined as’ a state of being excessively fat or over weight. A lot of reasons have been given by several researchers like cent...Continue Reading »

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• 64. PSYCHOATIC DRUG ABUSE AMONG WOMEN IN SLUM DWEELERS IN IDI ORO AND IMPLICATION ON...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Drug abuse according to Laver (1978), simply means the improper use of drugs to the degree that the consequences became detrimental to the user and or the society. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2006), defined drug abuse as a state of periodic or chronic intoxication, detrimental to the individuals and to the society, produced by the repeat...Continue Reading »

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• 65. DEPRESSION: A SILENT KILLER IN 21ST CENTURY, CAUSES, EFFECT AND TREATMENT A CASE...

  » Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Depression is a major cause of the global disease burden, affecting an estimated 350 400 million persons worldwide. This makes depression the largest contributor to years lived with disability globally (Marcus et al.2012). Depressive disorders are the second leading cause of years lived with disability (YLDs) and Major Depressive Disorder accoun...Continue Reading »

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• 66. NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE AMONGST EXPECTANT MOTHERS IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Eating is one activity most of us take for granted (Donatelle & Davis 1989). At times, according to Donatelle and Davis we are concerned about eating sufficient food that would get us though the day and less attention is given on their nutritional contents. The trend towards a healthful lifestyle calls for healthy eating yet in the effort to eat...Continue Reading »

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• 67. ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) OF FAMILY PLANNING AMONG RU...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The act of giving birth is the most serious labour in the world (Ademowore, 2011). The explosive increase in the nation‟s population emanating from indiscriminate child bearing, apart from a small number of privileged and conscientious countries that have succeeded in reducing the population growth, each pregnancy and birth remains a risk fata...Continue Reading »

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• 68. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMPLETE IMMUNISATION OF CHILDREN AGED 9-23 MONTHS IN ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Immunization is basically the process of fortifying a person’s immune system and making him or her resistant to an infectious disease through the use of vaccine, has gone a long way, and its importance cannot be downplayed. As recalled by Blackman (2008), a global vaccination programme was instrumental to the drastic reduction in the incid...Continue Reading »

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• 69. THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND HEALTH HAZARDS AMONG WORKERS ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Workers in construction sites face various occupational health hazards and must engage in some safety practices to avoid these hazards. Workers in construction sites are involved in fabrication, construction and installation activities where they are faced with various sources of hazards from chemical, physical, electrical, biological, to motion...Continue Reading »

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• 70. PERCEIVE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF YELLOW FEVER AMONG CHILDREN OF 5 YEARS IN ILORIN W...

  » CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Yellow fever outbreaks are common in many regions of tropical Africa, especially in western Africa, and are responsible for thousands of cases annually. At least one yellow fever outbreak is reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) every year, and in the past 15 years, the incidence of yellow fever has steadily increased S.E. Robertson, B...Continue Reading »

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• 71. OIL SPILLAGES AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS (NIGER DELTA)

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study In recent years, tremendous attention has been directed towards environmental negative effects by man’s activities which adversely affect the lives of plants and animals on land, water and air and even livelihood of people (OECD, 1976). One activity that has aroused considerable interest across the globe and especially in oil producing cou...Continue Reading »

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• 72. INVESTIGATION SCREEN LIVE FOOD FRESHWATER ZOOPLANKTON (MOINA) THAT ARE FOUND IN ...

  » Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background of study The importance of aquaculture has gained momentum in many countries, especially those whose economies rely mainly on food export.The demand for fish in Nigeria mostly outstrips the local production. Nigeria is the largestfish consumer in Africa and among the largest fish consumers in the world with over 1.5millions tons of fish consumed annually. Ye...Continue Reading »

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• 73. INCIDENCE OF RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE TB AMONG TB HIV CO-INFECTED PATIENTS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic airborne infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). According to a World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 report, MTB remains a major public health problem, ranking above HIV/AIDS. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among infectious diseases worldwide WHO, (201...Continue Reading »

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• 74. ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME ( NHIS...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Several approaches abound in financing healthcare. These range from fees for service to private insurance, general taxation, social insurance, community financing, loans and grants. In Nigeria, combinations of all these in different proportions have been practiced for decades. The most basic form of health care financing is that of fees for serv...Continue Reading »

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• 75. ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADAPTATION AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Globally, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has continued to pose serious health and socio – economic challenges. (Afolabi, Afolabi, Odewale&Olowookers, 2013).There were 23 million new HIV infection globally, showing a (33%) decline in the number of new infections from 3.4 mil...Continue Reading »

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• 76. ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO BODY FLUIDS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN DELTA STATE U...

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess exposure to body fluids among health care workers in Delta State University Teaching Hospital. To achieve this objective, five research questions and five research hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. The primary data were collected with the help of a well structured questionnaire of two sections administered to health care workers in Delta ...Continue Reading »

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• 77. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF FLOOD DISASTER ON HEALTH ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION African countries have been identified as amongst the most vulnerable places in the world due to climate change and climate variability, anthropogenic activities are a contributory cause to the extreme rise in global atmospheric temperature and the resulting climate change phenomena (IPCC{intergovernmental panel on climate change}, 2007). Flooding disaster is when a place ...Continue Reading »

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• 78. PERCEPTION OF POST-NATAL MOTHER ABOUT MIDWIVES ATTITUDE DURING LABOUR AT CENTRAL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study World Health Organization (2007) estimated that over half a million women in developing countries die each year from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, leaving at least one million children motherless and so one feasible way of reducing this mortality rate is to improve the quality of maternal services.In Nigeria with a population of 140 mi...Continue Reading »

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• 79. OXIDATIVE STRESS LEVEL IN FEMALES WITH HEART DISEASES USING VITAMIN A, C AND E A...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Heart disease(cardiovascular disease), defined as coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, and atherosclerosis including cerebral artery disease and strokes, is the leading cause of death in the United States and disability in the world today, (Thom, 1989). In the United States, the heart disease death ...Continue Reading »

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• 80. NEIGHBOURHOOD STUDY OF IKOT UKPONG VILLAGE, EKPE YOUNG ATA II ESSIEN UDIM LOCAL ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Neighbourhood refers to an inhabited area delineated by social and physical boundaries. A neighbourhood study is a detailed study carried out to obtained as many facts as possible about people and their environment in general. When using the term “Neighbourhood” in the context of where we live, it is usually referencing more than just a geographical location, b...Continue Reading »

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