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Introduction:Risk-taking provides young people with a chance to test their skills and abilities and the opportunity for self-discovery.Some risks, such as early or unprotected sex, pregnancy, and abortion, can have harmful and long-lasting effects on a teen's health and well-being.Despite this, adolescent sexual health remains neglected, marginalized, and ignored in many countries.The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude & factors associated with early sexual debut of high and...
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Background: The anecdotal fear of using cautery for surgical incisions is still common in surgical practice despite recent evidences. The aim of this study is to compare the results of electrocautery and the scalpel in skin incisions. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective randomized double blind study conducted in the Department of Surgery, of a teaching hospital in Ibadan. Patients were randomized to have either scalpel or electrocautery incisions. The duration used in making the...
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Background : Organizational factors are considered to be the cornerstone in achieving psychological and professional security at work, which in turn are positively reflected in job performance both quantitatively and qualitatively. Aim of the Study : The study aimed to assess night shift and education / training developmental factors on performance of professional nurses in north West Bank governmental hospitals. Subjects and methods : A quantitative descriptive study utilized stratified...
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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the most vulnerable region of the world to all aflatoxin-related problems including food insecurity, ill health and reduced foreign exchange earnings. Aflatoxin-contaminated maize, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum and other crops reduce human access to adequate calories from these staples; consumption of aflatoxin-contaminated foods results in severe health conditions, including liver cancer, that deny the region a significant amount of otherwise productive...
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Sociodemographic factors as predictors of sexual behavior of secondary school students in Lagos State, NigeriaBackground: Secondary school students are exposed to risky sexual behaviors that put them at certain risk of negative consequences.The aim of this study was to investigate the sociodemographic factors as predictors of sexual behavior of secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria.Materials and Methods: A survey design was used for the study.The data were collected using...
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The rate at which the climate is changing is a constant challenge to issues of environmental sustainability in Nigeria and other nations of the world. This is because, a sustainable development is not possible when the resources (natural and artificial) and other valuable elements of the city are constantly been challenged without an appropriate breeding space to replenish. This paper through an elucidating literature review examines the issues of climate change and its attendant problems....
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of interpersonal conflicts on students‘ performance in KCSE in public secondary schools: A case of Kasipul Sub County, Homabay County, Kenya. The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of teacher-teacher conflicts on performance in KCSE in Kasipul Division, to assess the influence of administration-teacher conflicts on performance in KCSE in Division and to establish the influence of teacher-student conflicts on...
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The purpose of the study is to ascertain the role of [technical and vocational education and training] TVET in the diversification of Nigerian economy. Three research questions guided the study and the survey research design was used in the study. The population of the study is TVET educators in Nigerian universities. Four hundred TVET educators were randomly selected using simple balloting technique. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire that was validated by three...
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Prosody is the aspect of language that conveys emotion by changes in tone, rhythm, and emphasis during speech and the term specific language impairment (SLI) refers to children whose language development is substantially below their chronological age, despite a normal nonverbal intelligence and no obvious neurological or physiological impairments, or emotional and/or social difficulties that could impact language use. To assess prosodic skills in Arabic speaking children with specific...
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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), among other regions of the world, stands today as one of the hardest hit areas as far as the concomitants of climate change is concerned. This is particularly the case with the agro-pastoral sector which is the lifeblood of most of the economies of this region with about 85% of the indigenous populations relying on agriculture for their survival. Both long and short term climatic oscillations have succeeded to disrupt crop and livestock output thus signaling threats...
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Teacher-led oral health education is equally effective in improving the oral health knowledge and oral hygiene status of adolescents as dentist-led and peer-led strategies.The aim was to determine periodontal disease awareness and knowledge among Nigerian primary school teachers.This cross-sectional study was conducted among primary school teachers in Edo State, Nigeria. A self-administered questionnaire which elicited information on demography, awareness of the periodontal disease and...
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This paper posits that if higher education graduate unemployment was only a mere suspicion in the Nigeria of the 1970s, it became an important social challenge in the mid-1980s. A review of the literature revealed that skills mismatch between the training offered by universities and skills required by the market, structural mismatch between middle and upper level manpower production, the scrapping of National Manpower Planning Board and poor attitude towards vocational training are the major...
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This study examined the health consciousness, health-related behaviors and psychological wellbeing of a sample of 110 teaching faculty at Jimma University. A structured questionnaire was used to generate primary data. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression and partial correlation analysis were conducted to determine the independent and combined contributions of health-related behaviors and health consciousness in predicting psychological wellbeing. It was found that in tune with our...
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Background: In developing countries including Ethiopia, the risk of having work-related injury is 10 to 20 times higher than that of developed countries. In their everyday clinical practice, nurse students are at a great risk of occupational hazards, especially risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens potentially resulting to infections. High levels of occupational hazards are believed to affect students’ health and academic performance. Objectives: To assess prevalence of needle stick...
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This paper aims at contributing to the body of knowledge that exists in the area of differences in participation in elective mathematics, between boys and girls in Secondary Schools in Ghana. A sample of 738 respondents from five Secondary Schools was purposively selected using purposive sampling technique. All the respondents were final year students and had studied extensively more than a half of the elective mathematics syllabus. The selected schools were made up of two single-sex female...
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Abstract Guided by the Inclusive Cities’ vision, a pilot study of the locational characteristics of automobile repair artisans’ workplaces in 69 locations of Idah in Nigeria was conducted. The workplaces along arterial roads of the town and within available open spaces around residential areas negate global best practices. Respondents claimed it is for easy access to customers, but in the absence of comprehensive urban planning accommodating them, their negative impacts manifest in urban...
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Human hookworm infection, as an important soil transmitted helminth, affects both young and adult in most resource-poor communities in sub-tropical part of the developing world. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of hookworm infection in two secondary schools of Okuta, Baruten Local Government of Kwara State, Nigeria. A total of 304 stool samples were screened parasitologically using Kato-Katz thick smear method. Data regarding...
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Primary school Enrolment Trend, Class-Ratio and Head Teachers overcrowded classrooms management strategies in Northern Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nigeria was investigated. The purpose of the study is to examine the current enrolment trend in public primary schools in northern senatorial District of Ondo State. Also, is to ascertain the class-ratio of primary school pupils in 2013-2014 academic session and to find out the management strategies adopted by the head teachers in solving...