PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. ABORTION LEGALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON SEXUAL PRACTICES OF YOUTHS: A STUDY OF F...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Pregnancy is the common name for gestation in humans. It is the development of one or more offspring, known as an embryo or fetus in the uterus (Truffers, 2003). Pregnancy usually lasts for about nine (9) months in human beings. At this stage the embryo is developing offspring during the first 8 weeks following conception, and subsequently the t...Continue Reading »

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• 2. AN APPRAISAL OF THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The coronavirus disease 2019 (covid 19), which was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has spread fast to practically every corner of the world Lorfa (2020). The condition is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2, a novel and severe variant of coronavirus (sarscov 2)[1]. The coronavirus has caused not only inter...Continue Reading »

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• 3. COMMUTERS AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN PUBLI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Every country's socioeconomic and political growth is aided by transport. As a result, transport may be considered the "lifeline" of every economy. It is very vital throughout the lives of any people within any geographical location because it allows different spatial locations to interact effectively (Environmental Health Perspectives, 2000). T...Continue Reading »

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• 4. ASSESSMENT OF MALARIA AND TYPHOID COINFECTION AMONG INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING TELA P...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Malaria is an acute febrile illness caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles Mosquito. Malaria has been the focus of multiple declarations, and a range of targets have been set since the beginning of the millennium this is because approximately half of the world population is at ri...Continue Reading »

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• 5. FACTOR'S AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The goal of primary health care (PHC) was to provide accessible health for all by the year 2000 and beyond. Unfortunately, this is yet to be achieved in Nigeria and seems to be unrealistic in the next decade. The PHC aims at providing people of the world with the basic health services. Though PHC centers were established in both rural and urban ...Continue Reading »

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• 6. FEVER AS A PREDICTOR FOR MALARIA INFECTION AMONG INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING KOFAI PHC...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Malaria is a life threatening parasitic disease transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. In Nigeria, malaria is responsible for around 60% of the out patient visits to health facilities, 30% of childhood death, 25% of death in children under one year and 11% of maternal deaths (National Population Commission, 2008; Noland et al., 2014). Similarly...Continue Reading »

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• 7. INVESTIGATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH(OSH) COMPLIANCE LEVEL IN ADDRESS...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In December 2019, the global population will be awoken to an outbreak of a disease known as Coronavirus disease 2019. (abbreviated as COVID 19). The disease is an infectious disease caused by the coronavirus that causes extreme acute respiratory syndrome. The COVID 19 virus has spread to over 196 countries and territories on all seven continents...Continue Reading »

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• 8. KNOWLEDGE ON CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Anaemia describes a situation in which there is a reduction of haemoglobin concentration in the blood of pregnant women to a level below 11g/dl. Anaemia is one of the most common nutritional deficiency diseases observed globally and affects more than a quarter of the world’s population (1). Globally, anaemia affects 1.62 billion people (25...Continue Reading »

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• 9. AN ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMU...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Akerman (2001) defines personal hygiene as "practices that an individual engages in to maintain their body health and well being via cleanliness." While many people equate hygiene with "cleanliness," hygiene is a wide concept that incorporates personal behaviors such as how regularly one should bathe, wash their hands, trim their fingernails, an...Continue Reading »

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• 10. KNOWLEDGE AND RISK PERCEPTION OF TYPHOID FEVER AMONG RESIDENTS OF BORNO STATE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of The Study Typhoid fever is a severe, systemic illness caused by specific Salmonella serotypes, including Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi A, Salmonella paratyphi B, and Salmonella paratyphi C. It became a significant infectious disease in the early nineteenth century. The illness often starts with a rising fever, headache, unexplained stomach discom...Continue Reading »

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• 11. THE UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY BY MOTHERS IN ACCESS...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health services is a welcome phenomenon in the health care system. ICT is a diverse set of technological tools and resources to create, disseminate, store, bring value addition and manage information (Urwin, 2009). The use of ICT to facilitate health service use is widely accep...Continue Reading »

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• 12. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF LANDFILLS IN ABUJA METROLIS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to The Study The urban communities of underdeveloped nations are developing at extremely fast rates contrasted with those in the developed countries (UN Habitat, 2010). Such high rate of development of urban areas has suggestions for the arrangement of urban infrastructural administrations to keep the expansion of urban slum. The expanding development of urb...Continue Reading »

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• 13. THE DETERMINANTS OF UTILIZATION OF FAMILY PLANNING AMONG WOMEN IN GAMBARI WARD

  » CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Family planning, as explained by World Health Organization (WHO), allows individuals and couples anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their birth. It is achieved through the use of contraceptive methods. A woman’s ability to space and limit her pregnancies has a direct impact on her health and w...Continue Reading »

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• 14. NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE BELIEF AND PRACTICES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN ONITSHA NORTH...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 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 through 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 nu...Continue Reading »

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• 15. THE PERCEPTION OF DRUG ADDICTS IN KOTORKOSHI METROPOLIS ON ILLEGAL DRUG USAGE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Drug usage is a natural phenomenon as man is known to have borrowed leave from the herbs they use to take it to cure various ailments to drug produced by orthodox medicine. The herbal alternative which we were known begin to give way to modern medicine because the former was accused of being produced under unhygienic condition, lack of dosage and for having no expiry date ...Continue Reading »

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• 16. PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES ON ADULT WELLNESS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the Study The continual decline in health and wellness and the potential impact on society, including the economic, social, physical, and emotional perspectives is a concern for health professionals. Specifically, there are concerns about the lifestyle habits as individuals’ transition through the lifespan from childhood to adulthood. Wellness, espe...Continue Reading »

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• 17. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ATTITUDE OF WOMEN TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING IN OKE EIRI, A...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Family planning is widely acknowledged as an important intervention towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) three (3) as it has proven to reduce maternal and child mortality. Family planning can prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions. Some family planning methods such as condom usage can protect individuals from Sexuall...Continue Reading »

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• 18. ATTITUDE OF COUPLE TOWARD MODERN FAMILY PLANNING PRACTICE IN BIRNIN GWARI, BIRNI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUTION 1.0 Background to the study Family planning as the name implies is having children by choice and not by chance. It is the process of giving birth at interval as acceptable by individuals or couples, to promote the health and welfare of the family Namboze, (2013). According to Rant, (2013) historically most communities in the past used to have police that encourage large pop...Continue Reading »

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• 19. KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THE EFFECTS OF NARCOTIC DRUG USE AMONG STUDENTS OF FE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE INFORMATION Narcotics are addictive drugs that reduce the user's perception of pain and induce euphoria (a feeling of exaggerated and unrealistic well being). The English word narcotic is derived from the Greek narkotikos , which means "numbing" or "deadening." Although the term can refer to any drug that deadens sensation or produces stupor, it i...Continue Reading »

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• 20. THE EFFECT OF ABORTION ON FEMALE STUDENTS IN COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECH...

  » CHAPTER ONE . INTRODUCTION. Abortion is the loss of pregnancy due to the premature exist of the product of conception, (the foetus, fetal membrane, and plancenta)from the uterus due to any cause. (Willianms C., 2018) Abortion may be spontaneous (termed as miscarriage) or it may be medically induced. The miscarriage of three or more consecutive pregnancies is termed habitual abortion or recurrent p...Continue Reading »

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