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Volume 1 of this thesis focuses on interventions used to combat public stigma towards people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in African countries. It is presented in three parts. Part one presents a systematic review of the types of interventions conducted in African countries to combat public stigma towards people with ID. It also critically appraises the quality of evidence reported by these initiatives. The paper concludes by identifying which interventions are likely to thrive in...

To determine the perception of pain and discomfort associated with orthodontic separator placement in patients attending the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.Sixty four patients scheduled for treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances completed questionnaires before insertion of separators and after placement at 4 hours, 24 hours and 7 days. The level of pain and discomfort during these time periods was assessed by a visual analogue scale.There was a significant increase...

Abstract Introduction Death from colorectal cancer is still a major concern in low- and middle-income countries. According to GLOBOCAN 2018 report, 1,096,601 new cases of colorectal cancer were reported worldwide and about 551,269 would die from the disease process. Colorectal cancer is the fifth most common cancer and accounts for 5.8% of all new cases seen annually in Nigeria. It has been shown incontrovertibly that neoplastic polyps are precursors to adenocarcinomas, even though the rate...

Introduction The negative consequences of stigma for the wellbeing of people with disabilities have raised public and global health concerns. This study assessed the impact of an e-intervention to reduce intellectual disability (ID) stigma among Nigerian and Kenyan internet-users. Method Participants aged 18+ and citizens of Nigeria and Kenya were recruited through online advertising. Qualtrics, a web survey platform, randomly assigned (1:1) participants to watch either a short experimental...

Background and AimThe prevalence of alcohol use has increased globally.Out-of-school youth are a vulnerable group who might have missed opportunities for learning healthy behaviours in a formal school environment.The purpose of this study was to determine the risk perception, pattern of use, and correlates of alcohol use among out-of-school youth in Lagos, Nigeria. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 380 out-of-school youth in motor parks in Lagos State, Nigeria, using...

The advent of Information and Computer Technology (ICT) has suddenly turned the world into a global village.One of the ICT gadgets that appeared to be instrumental to the growing global socialization is mobile learning tablet.This study focused on ascertaining the social impact of mobile tablets on education and sustainable development.Recently, a private university in Nigeria with a population of over 8000 distributed Samsung tablet to all students.Using the clustered sampling technique,...

Appears in: EDULEARN18 Proceedings Publication year: 2018Pages: 337-346ISBN: 978-84-09-02709-5ISSN: 2340-1117doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2018.0160Conference name: 10th International Conference on Education and New Learning TechnologiesDates: 2-4 July, 2018Location: Palma, Spain

Achieving test validity is an essential concern in test development, particularly when a test is used for an important purpose. Conducting mock examinations for students in the terminal classes of Senior Secondary Schools (SS3) is fast becoming the norm in Nigeria as various school managements are persuaded that such examinations do not only ascertain the level of readiness of their student for the summative and matriculation examination conducted by independent examination bodies, but also...

<em>Over the years, technology appears to be making life easier and better. However, in some instances, it appears technology is counterproductive. Mobile learning devices, as the name suggests, have been developed to facilitate learning on the move. The questions are: Are these devices truly facilitating learning? If they are truly facilitating learning, are they facilitating learning positively or negatively? To answer these questions, the survey research design was adopted on a...

Distance Education have a lot of potential gains – such as meeting the education needs of the teeming population of qualified students who could not gain admission to tertiary institution; some of these are indigent students who could hardly afford formal tertiary education and so need to work and learn simultaneously. More so, the higher institutions in Nigeria are hardly able to absorb 30% of applicants on a yearly basis. With population increase, the situation is becoming aggravated with...

This paper assessed metal contamination associated with industrial activities around Agbara Industrial Estate, Southwest, Nigeria. Thirty soil samples collected within the estate were analysed using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrophotometry ICP-AES. The results showed that the concentrations of Mo, Ag, Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Sb, Bi, Cr, Tl, Se, Hg and Cd were higher than their background values as contained in Average Crustal Values (ACV). An evaluation of the...

This study aimed to assess the effect of a short school-based anti-smoking program on the knowledge, attitude and practice of cigarette smoking among students in secondary schools in Lagos State.A non-randomized, controlled intervention study was done among respondents selected using multi-stage sampling. Baseline data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. An anti-smoking awareness programme was carried out among students in the intervention group using health talks,...

It is projected that low and middle-income countries will bear a major burden of tobacco related morbidity and mortality, yet, only limited information is available on the determinants of smoking initiation among youth in Africa. This study aimed to assess the determinants of smoking initiation and susceptibility to future smoking among a population of high school school students in Lagos, Nigeria.Baseline data from an intervention study designed to assess the effect of an anti-smoking...

Background: Risk behaviours including marijuana use, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking have a significant impact on the present and future health of adolescents. There are limited studies in sub-Saharan Africa to show evidence, if it exists, of the relationship between parental monitoring practices and the prevalence of substance use among adolescents. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between parental monitoring practices and alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking...

The increasing awareness of the health risks associated with tobacco use has led many countries to enact tobacco control legislation to protect citizens from the harmful effects of tobacco use. Young people are important stakeholders in many aspects of tobacco control legislation.This study.aims to assess the awareness of existing tobacco control laws among young people, their attitudes towards these laws and the factors associated with youth awareness and support for tobacco control...

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