AN EVALUATION OF MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE ON LIFESTYLE OF YOUTHS
ABSTRACT: Mass media refers to those media that are designed to be consumed by large audiences through the agencies of technology. These technologies include the Internet, television, newspapers, film and radio, which are used for mass communication. Mass media a...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES, PREVALENCE AND EFFECT OF FEMALE PROSTITUTION IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR-BENIN
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Prostitution has become rampant in our society today among growing teens and youths. These young people see selling of their bodies as the fastest way of getting income for their keeps. In the past those engaged in prostitution use to be women sellin...
View DetailsASSESSING THE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY IN DAURA, KATSINA STATE
ABSTRACT: This research study examines the influence of poverty on maternal and infant mortality in Daura, Katsina state. The concepts of maternal and infant mortality have long been recognised in the fields of social and medical sciences. Both of these factors p...
View DetailsEVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF POVERTY ON MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY IN THE JOS NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
ABSTRACT: This research work consider the impact of poverty on maternal and infant mortality in Jos North Local Government area. Maternal and infant mortality are not new concept in the social and medical sciences. They both pose serious threats to human survival...
View DetailsAUTOMATED DATA ANALYSIS OF LABORATORY TEST RESULTS AND ITS SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE
INTRODUCTION: As an authentic measure to curb mortality rate, it is important to know the diseases that contribute to increasing mortality rate. Laboratory test results provide information about the health status of individuals. With the information, it is possible to know the nu...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF HIV/AIDS AS A SOCIAL DISEASE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The continuous increase in the infection of HIV/AIDS and the transmission from one source to another has become a major factor leading to death and decrease in population of our society at large, knowing fully well that HIV/AIDS has no cu...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF HIV/AIDS AS A SOCIAL DISEASE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The continuous increase in the infection of HIV/AIDS and the transmission from one source to another has become a major factor leading to death and decrease in population of our society at large, knowing fully well that HIV/AIDS has no cu...
View DetailsDRUGS ABUSE IN BAYELSA AND RIVERS STATE FROM 2010-2023
Background of the Study: Various people describe drugs in a variety of ways. By definition, a drug is anything that when consumed by a living organism tends to alter one or a myriad of its functions. Owing to their chemical nature, drugs (legal or illegal) alter...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN ACHIEVING MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: This project comes up as a result of the observation made about ways that public relations can help to achieve the millennium development goals. Over the years, people are not aware of the millennium development goals, whereas govern...
View DetailsTHE PERCEIVED EFFECT OF FEMALE PROSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Sometimes called “the world’s oldest profession”, pr...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF ORPHANAGE HOMES ON A CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONALITY IN ABUJA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of Study: Children are a country's most important resource and its future generation. They should be supplied by society with enough op...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF SMS POLITICAL ADVERTISING ON THE VOTING BEHAVIOUR OF VOTERS IN THE 2023 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Introduction: Election is the central institution of democratic representative governments. This is because, in a democracy, the authority of the gove...
View DetailsTHE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF CONTRACEPTION AMONG MALE ADOLESCENT STUDENTS OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
Background to
THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS ON THE USE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES IN NKANU AREA OF ENUGU STATE.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background To The Study: Family Planning is the deliberate regulation of conception or delivery, or the use of contraceptives, drugs, abortion, or other methods to prevent or terminate pregnancy, or th...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: It is a widely accepted fact that the main pointer to social and technological advancement of any community is the level of educational development of its citizens. The role that education plays in the improvement of the qualit...
View DetailsPERCEIVED FACTORS AFFECTING HIV VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING UPTAKE AMONG NURSING STUDENT IN ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: HIV is widely recognised as a significant national and global issue and continues to be regarded as a pivotal public health e...
View DetailsKNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING (VCT) FOR HIV/AIDS AMONG NURSES IN ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL ABA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Since the first human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) case was diagnosed over...
View DetailsSEXUALITY AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG ADOLESCENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Sexuality and contraceptives have become a prominent subject in the modern era, as the consequences of unsafe sexual behaviou...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF WOMEN TOWARDS UTILIZATION OF CONTRACEPTIVES: A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE (2013-2022)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: The significant increase in global population in recent years has garnered considerable interest, particularly in Africa, whe...
View DetailsAn analysis of the prevalence of HIV and AIDS at General Hospital Minna using canonical correlation analysis
Chapter One 1.0 General Introduction
Ever since the identification of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1983, the infection has become a global epidemic. HIV/AIDS is a unique and complex crisis that requires i...
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERN OF PRESENTATION OF PARAGONIMUS INFECTION IN THE HUMAN HOST IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA AND THEIR CORRELATIVE SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN SOME ORGANS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE ...
View DetailsPUBLIC PERCEPTION OF MASS MEDIA AWARENESS ON CHILD TRAFFICKING
Background To The Study
Child trafficking or child abuse is one of the critical issues facing almost all societies of the world including the most civilised countries such as US, UK, France which has received several attentions locally and globally with...
View DetailsTREATMENT WITH PROTEASE INHIBITOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF DIABETES AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH HUMAN IMMUNE VIRUS/ ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (HIV/AIDS)
ABSTRACT
Background: The possibility of an association between the use of protease inhibitors (PI) by HIV/AIDS patients and the occurrence of T2DM mellitus (T2DM) is largely debated. Medicare recipients are disproportionally affected by T2DM. Unfortunately, evidence is...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF WOMEN TOWARDS UTILIZATION OF MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES
Background to the Study
The rapid growth of world population in recent times has received widespread attention especially in Africa where the highest crude-birth rates are found. The present population of Nigeria is between 90 and 100 million persons or...
View DetailsIMPACTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ON ADOLESCENTS SEXUALITY AMONG STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL MADAGALI NIGERIA
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This study was carried out on the impact of health education program on adolescent's sexuality among students of government secondary schools using teachers and students from selected government secondary schools in Madagali, Adamawa S...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGH TO HEALTH IN NIGERIA
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Health is an important element of an individual life and also to the individual’s country. A country cannot develop with its citizens sick and dying. A healthy state is a wealthy state. As such, states must provide adequately for the health of its citizens. The research a...
View DetailsAPPRAISAL OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) ORGANIZED COMPETITIONS ON THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to appraise the influence of FIFA Organized Competitions on the attainment of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, a total of 285 respondents were used for the study. A stratified random sampling technique was used.In t...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF RATIONAL USE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN KANO METROPOLIS
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With the national prevalence of 5.0% in Nigeria, HIV infections have become one of the most dreadly medical challenges. Availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has given a new hope of living with somewhat terminal syndrome. The availability, affordability a...
View DetailsCONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF ANTIRETROVIRAL (ARV) DRUGS USING POLYMETHACRYLATE POLYMERS
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To improve patient compliance and ensure better success in the management of HIV, spansule technology was employed to formulate controlled release dosage drug. Generic forms of seven of the most commonly used Anti-retro viral (ARV) drugs (didanosine, indinavir, lamivudine, nelf...
View DetailsDEVELOPMENT OF AN ETHNOSCIENCE DATABASE AND ITS IMPACTS ON STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
1.1Background to the Problem
Science serves as a veritable tool for the sustainable growth and development of a nation. Indeed the strength of a nation and the respect she commands from other nations are functions of her level of scientific and technological development. Science and Mat...
View DetailsEFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION ON SOME INDICES OF HIV INFECTION PROGRESSION AMONG ANTIRETROVIRAL NAÏVE PATIENTS ATTENDING HIV CLINICS IN ZARIA AND KADUNA, NIGERIA
Abstract
Nigeria has the second highest HIV/AIDS burden in the world with an estimated 3,391,546 people living with HIV and AIDS; an estimated 239,155 people acquired new infections in 2013; and about 174,253 people died from AIDS related illness (s) in 2014. HIV infection causes a chro...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF CO-ADMINISTRATION OF PROMETHAZINE AND ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE IN PLASMODIUM berghei berghei INFECTED MICE
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Malaria is the 2nd leading cause of death from infectious diseases in Africa, after HIV/AIDS. It is a major public health problem in Nigeria where it accounts for most cases of hospital visits and deaths than any other country in the world. This study evaluated the effects of c...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF LEAF BASE EXTRACT OF SORGHUM BICOLOR (FAMILY: GRAMINEAE; POACEAE) FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL, IMMUNOMODULATORY AND OTHER PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES
ABSTRACT
Sorghum bicolor is an annual plant having its different parts widely used ethnomedicinally for different ailments, which includes blood stimulation and body defence. A number of clinical conditions like cancer, surgery, certain drugs, HIV/AIDS and various stressors affect diffe...
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