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Perception and Willingness to Adopt a Child Among Women Attending the Infertility Clinic in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in South-South Nigeria
Emmanuel Friday Osagiede,
Oziegbe Pierre Okukpon,
Ese Tracy Abhulimhen,
Eugene Ikhide Erah,
Valentine Abumere Enereba,
Monday Osaro Osagiede,
Victor Oyelola Moody
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
Pages:
102-108
Received:
8 October 2018
Accepted:
11 March 2019
Published:
2 April 2019
Abstract: Background: Child adoption is the legal process carried out through an open statutory or customary laws of creating a parent-child relationship between persons who are not related by blood thereby making the adopted child have equal rights, privileges, and inheritance as the biological children of the adoptive parents. Aims and Objectives: To assess the perception, attitude and willingness to adopt children among women attending infertility clinic in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, with the aim of providing information on adoption as a possible panacea to infertility management. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State Nigeria. One hundred and thirty-four (134) women attending the infertility clinic at this facility were recruited through a systematic random sampling technique and interviewed using structured pre-tested questionnaires. The data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and presented as charts, tables, and associations tested with Chi-square. Results: All of the respondents had heard of adoption, of which 91.8% knew the correct meaning of child adoption. Despite good knowledge of the meaning of adoption, only 38.1% of respondents knew what the process of adoption entails. Attitude towards child adoption was predominantly positive (73.1%). Despite the predominantly high awareness and positive attitude for child adoption, the willingness to adopt was incongruously low. Conclusion: Willingness to adopt children among these infertile women is quite low despite good knowledge and positive attitude. Acceptability and more importantly, actual follow-through with the process of child adoption is still a core issue requiring a multi-prong approach among many childless women in developing countries.
Abstract: Background: Child adoption is the legal process carried out through an open statutory or customary laws of creating a parent-child relationship between persons who are not related by blood thereby making the adopted child have equal rights, privileges, and inheritance as the biological children of the adoptive parents. Aims and Objectives: To asses...
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Knowledge Gap and Poor Satisfaction as Barriers to Hand Hygiene in a Teaching Hospital in South-South Nigeria
Agantem Emmanuel Ekuma,
Olugbemi Oluseyi Motilewa,
Nsini Faith Isong
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
Pages:
109-112
Received:
7 February 2019
Accepted:
12 March 2019
Published:
2 April 2019
Abstract: Health care associated infection remains a global problem and hand hygiene has been identified as an effective strategy for its control. Adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers, however, is low across the world. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of hand hygiene among healthcare workers and identify reasons for poor hand hygiene practice in our hospital. A 19-point questionnaire was administered to available health workers in February 2018 to assess availability of hand hygiene materials, frequency of performing hand hygiene, satisfaction with hand hygiene materials, and knowledge of infection transmission dynamics, efficacy and proper use of hand hygiene methods. Eighty-five healthcare workers participated in this study. Mean knowledge score of participants was 37.87 ± 13.45. Most participants reported performing hand hygiene up to 90% of the time and there were high rates of dissatisfaction among participants with hand hygiene products and their availability. This study shows that there is poor knowledge of some aspects of hand hygiene among healthcare workers in our hospital and there is general dissatisfaction with current hand hygiene products.
Abstract: Health care associated infection remains a global problem and hand hygiene has been identified as an effective strategy for its control. Adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers, however, is low across the world. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of hand hygiene among healthcare workers and identify reasons for...
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Influence of Some Demographic Factors on Infection of Schistosomiasis: The Case of Njombe-Penja Population, in the Littoral Region of Cameroon
Vincent Khan Payne,
Sylvain Tathio,
Leonelle Megwi,
Ghislain Roméo Ngangnang,
Cedric Yamsi,
Cindy José Ouaba Tanefo,
Vanessa Rosine Nkouayep
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
Pages:
113-119
Received:
25 January 2019
Accepted:
21 March 2019
Published:
26 April 2019
Abstract: Schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem within Njombe-Penja population since the very first discoveries made in the sixties. Inadequate knowledge on both urinal and intestinal prevalences as well as socio-demographic influences of this infection in the whole area are some of the crucial factors for making faded epidemiological control of the disease. Between September 2014 and May 2015, according to a cross sectional study, 369 participants (172 males and 197 females) were randomly sampled where feces and urine samples were collected. Therefore they were respectively analyzed using the Kato-Katz and centrifugation techniques. Two species of schistosomes Schistosoma mansoni (19.8%) and Schistosoma haematobium (0.3%) with an overall prevalence of 20.1% were recorded. On the other hand, persons aged from 23 years (5.7%; P ≥ 0.05) and females (10.3%; P ≥ 0.05) were more infected. Furthermore, students (14.7%; P ≥ 0.05) and persons with primary school level of education were more infected as quarters crossed by streams such as Mbouale (5.4%; P ≥0.05) and Mouantaba (4.3%; P ≥ 0.05). However, mean parasitic load of intestinal schistosomiasis was 39.8 eggs/g of feces and 01egg/ 10ml of urine for urinary schistosomiasis. This study reveals that, infection prevalence of schistosomiasis as well as parasitic load within Njombe-communities remain relatively high. While in socio-demographic influences, subjects with 23 and above, females, primary level of education, Mbouale and Mouantaba quarters had highest prevalence. Therefore, there is a huge need for integrated control program by treating the whole population.
Abstract: Schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem within Njombe-Penja population since the very first discoveries made in the sixties. Inadequate knowledge on both urinal and intestinal prevalences as well as socio-demographic influences of this infection in the whole area are some of the crucial factors for making faded epidemiological control...
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The Use of Indigenous Medicine Among Women During Pregnancy and Labour in Rural Ghana
Beatrice Ayelyini,
Adadow Yidana,
Shamsu-Deen Ziblim
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
Pages:
120-128
Received:
28 February 2019
Accepted:
4 April 2019
Published:
15 May 2019
Abstract: The increasing use of herbal medicine and related products in pregnancy has been noticed all over the world, however, the safety of these medicines becomes particularly important among pregnant women and children. In spite of the insufficient data to justify herbal use during pregnancy, exposure to herbal products in unspecified quantities among pregnant women is of great concern. This study assessed the determinants of herbal use (Kaligu-tim), a known local oxytocin and its impact on the maternal birth outcomes in a rural district in Ghana. Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. It consisted of 339 women attending postnatal care and child welfare clinics across the district. Data collection was done using a structured questionnaire. The selection of respondents was done using a systematic sampling technique. The data were coded and entered into SPSS version 22.0 for analysis. From the study, 64.9% and 45.4% of respondents had used local oxytocin in their previous and current pregnancies respectively; 5.5% did so during the first trimester, 26.8% in the second trimester and 67.7% in the third trimester. The study found a significant relationship between the use of herbal medicine and health service-related challenges, maternal age, the gestational term at delivery, parity of the respondents and mothers’ ethnicity. Previous and current use of Kaligu-tim reduced birth weight by 26g and 34.3g respectively, though these were not statistically significant. However, the previous history of Kaligu-tim was significantly associated with perinatal asphyxia, postpartum haemorrhage, obstructed labour and foetal distress in their subsequent deliveries. It can be concluded that the use of this Kaligu-tim possesses a greater long term health challenge for mothers and their babies.
Abstract: The increasing use of herbal medicine and related products in pregnancy has been noticed all over the world, however, the safety of these medicines becomes particularly important among pregnant women and children. In spite of the insufficient data to justify herbal use during pregnancy, exposure to herbal products in unspecified quantities among pr...
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Public Health: An Emerging Specialty Among Medical Students in Francophone Sub-Saharan African Countries
Didier Koumavi Ekouevi,
Boris Tchounga,
Patrick Ahuatchi Coffie,
Fifonsi Adjidossi Gbeasor-Komlanvi,
Mohamed Cissé,
Serge Paul Eholie
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
Pages:
129-135
Received:
18 March 2019
Accepted:
26 April 2019
Published:
20 May 2019
Abstract: Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries severely lack financial and human resources while bearing the heaviest burden of disease. Provision of a sufficient and competent public health workforce is a key component of health system strengthening, but only few data are available on the specialty that health professionals and medical students of francophone SSA countries wish to pursue. The objective of the study was to assess future specialization preference of medical students and the ranking of public health by country in francophone countries. A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from April to July 2017 in medical schools of francophone SSA universities. All students in their last three years of medical training were eligible for the study and were approached via the internet platform of a West African network of medical students named “Réseau des Etudiants en Médecine de l’Afrique de l’Ouest” (REMAO), and the intranet of each university when available. A total of 1,161 medical students in francophone SSA countries were included. Public health was ranked first among medical specialties in francophone SSA countries, and it was chosen by 13.4% of medical students. The main motivations for this choice were the fact that they like the specialty (52.4%), job salary and benefits (39.9%), the fact that this specialty is fulfilling or matches with their personality (31.3%), and the opportunity for conducting research (23.1%). This is the first study on the choice of medical specialties among medical students in francophone SSA countries but also one of the rare studies reporting public health as medical students’ preferred choice. Responding to this growing and urgent demand is critical not only to meet students’ educational needs but also to improve national health systems with special focus on preventive medicine and governance.
Abstract: Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries severely lack financial and human resources while bearing the heaviest burden of disease. Provision of a sufficient and competent public health workforce is a key component of health system strengthening, but only few data are available on the specialty that health professionals and medical students of francophon...
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