ABSTRACT Avoidable maternal mortality remains a huge burden more especially in sub-Sahara Africa. Expectant mothers are faced with life threatening complication which a birth preparedness and complication readiness plan helps to actively avoid. When a woman is adequately prepared for normal childbirth and possible complications, she is more likely to access the skilled and prompt care she needs to protect her overall health and possibly save her life and that of her baby. The study assessed ...
ABSTRACT This study was conceived to determine the factors influencing industrial harmony among health care professionals in UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State. The study was specifically aimed at assessing the influence of interdisciplinary collaboration, workplace communication and equitable remuneration among health care professionals on industrial harmony. The study used a descriptive survey design. Non probability purposive sampling was used to select medicine, nursing, pharmacy and med...
Breast cancer is a serious, stressful and life-threatening disease. Breast cancer survivors increasingly experience long-term side effects that influence their quality of life (Wonghongkul, Dechaprom , Phumivichuvate & Losawatkul,2006).This descriptive study was conducted on the health related quality of life of women with breast cancer and those without cancer at the university of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku/Ozalla Enugu. Five objectives and four hypothesis were generated to guide the st...
ABSTRACT Background: High Salt foods are linked to elevated blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, particularly hypertension. Community salt reductions strategies may complement nationally led initiatives and contribute to achieving global salt reduction targets. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of the community-based training intervention among the household mothers towards salt intake reduction to prevent Hypertension in Dodoma, Tanzania. Methods: Uncont...
ABSTRACT Introduction; Prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing globally and the rate of increase is higher in the developing countries than developed countries. The aim of this study was to assess the Knowledge, attitude and practices related to Diabetes among Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Mwanza Region- Tanzania. Methods; The study was descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 330 respondents were interviewed conveniently from OPD - diabetic unit in Mwanza region. Resul...
ABSTRACT Background: Attitude and perception towards clinical examination do influence performance in clinical examination. Little is known on the attitude and perception of student nurses towards clinical examination in nursing higher institution in Dodoma. The aim of this study was to assess the attitude and perception of student nurses towards clinical examination. Method: A total of 425 students were involved in this study .Oral and written consent were given prior to the interview, Str...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at determining the relationship between students’ learning styles and academic performance in Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus. The study was carried out in four Departments in the faculty (Nursing Sciences, Medical Radiography, Medical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Rehabilitation). A descriptive design was adopted for the study. Five objectives and seven hypotheses guided the study. Kolb’s learning style invent...
ABSTRACT Background: This study was conducted in Dodoma Municipality with the aim of determining socio-cultural determinants for intimate partner violence and its impacts to the post-traumatic stress disorder among women in Dodoma municipality. Methods: Across sectional study was conducted amongst 440 women aged 18-60 years from March to April 2016. Data were collected through interviewing women by using structured questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess Soci...
ABSTRACT Background : Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common complication following major surgery, In Tanzania the prevalence of surgical site infection is19% (WHO,2020). A controlled quasi experimental study was used to assess the effectiveness of vignette teaching technique on improving student nurses competence on surgical site infection prevention which was conducted to 132 third year student nurses whom randomly recruited from different two university schools between July to Se...
ABSTRACT Several authorities and researchers have carried out studies around academic performance of students. The reviewed works showed that academic performance of students have been an issue of concern to all stakeholders in the field of education. It was noted from the reviewed works that there are several interacting factors to academic performance which study habit is one of them. The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between study habit and the academic performance o...
ABSTRACT Chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus require daily self management and long term therapies. Regimen adherence poses a unique challenge for patients with chronic illnesses including diabetics resulting to repeated hospital admissions, amputations and even death. There is paucity of information on regimen adherence behaviour among diabetic patients attending diabetic clinic at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu. Thus the study was done to determine the prevalenc...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the food craving and aversion among first time pregnant women in selected health facilities in Enugu metropolis. The objectives of this study were to determine the type of food first time pregnant women crave for or have aversion to, identify their reasons for their specific food craving and aversion, determine the first time pregnant women’s awareness of the implication of food craving and aversion in pregnancy and to identify measures taken by f...
Abstract This study assessed the barriers to maintenance of vaccine cold chain among primary health care workers in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive cross sectional design. From a target population of 267 health workers in health centres in Enugu Metropolis, a sample size of 176 health workers who met the inclusion criteria were selected for this study. Data were collected using two instruments: a 41 item researcher-developed questionnaire used to elicit information...
Abstract This study was designed to obtain information on the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among pregnant women in Udi LGA of Enugu State. Cross sectional descriptive survey design was used for the study. A sample of 400 pregnant women was systematically drawn from the twenty political wards in Udi Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State. Interview administered questionnaire developed by the researcher was the only tool used for data collection. Major findings revea...
ABSTRACT Background: The Competence-Based Education and Training curriculum is a curriculum that emphasizes the complex outcomes of a learning process (knowledge, skills and attitude to be applied by learner). Tanzania adopted and started the implementation of CBET Curriculum among diploma nursing schools since 2008. This study intended to determine the factors influencing nurse students’ perception on implementation of Competence-Based Education and Training curriculum among diploma nursi...