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Item Cigarette Smoking: Health Effects Awareness Among Sandwich Undergraduates, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria(Faculty of Arts and Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria., 2022-03) Ologele, I; Abdul, M.; Moshood, O. B.; Dabiri-Adewumi, A. O.; Abdullahi, M. B.Medical experts warns that if the current rate of tobacco use by young people continues, five million of today's children will die of smoking- related illnesses in their later years. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness of lung cancer, heart disease and ulcer disease as an effect of cigarette smoking among sandwich undergraduates, the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The study used a descriptive cross-sectional survey which involved the use of a Multi-stage sampling procedure to select three hundred and eleven sandwich undergraduates across the nine departments of the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin. The result revealed that 66.6% of the respondents had knowledge that lung cancer is an effect of cigarette smoking, while 33.4% do not know 71.1% of the respondents had knowledge that heart disease is an effect of cigarette smoking while 28.9% do not know, 41.8% had the knowledge that ulcer disease is an effect of cigarette smoking while 58.2% of the respondents do not know that ulcer disease can be an effect of cigarette smoking. The research outcome indicated that there is a need to enlighten sandwich undergraduates on the health consequences of cigarette smoking to enable them to desist from the act.Item Knowledge of the Predisposing Factors of Ascariasis Disease among Primary Teacher in Kwara State(The Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education, 2019-01) Ologele, I; Bello, A.; Jidda, K. A.; Abdullahi, M. B.; Stephen, J. A.Ascariasis (roundworm) is an important health issue that is affecting people mostly in less developed countries which It has been associated with causing stunting growth, body weakness, nutritional disturbances, morbidity, mortality and low educational achievement among school children and even in adults The objectives of the study were to investigate whether poor knowledge of personal hygiene and food hygiene were predisposing factors of ascariasis among public primary school teachers in Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive research design of the survey type. The population of the study comprised of all the public primary school teachers in Kwara State (11.963) Multistage sampling techniques of cluster. proportionate, purposive proportionate, and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 470 public primary schools teachers in Kwara state as a sample for the study. The Research instrument adopted for the study was researchers structured questionnaire which had been validated by three experts in the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education. University of Ilorin to ensure both face and content validity. Reliability of the instrument used for the study was established through a split-half method. Twenty (20) copies of the questionnaire administered on twenty public primary school teachers outside the study area and their responses analysed using Cronbach alpha. The correlation coefficient of 0.71r was obtained. The result of the reliability indicated that the instrument was reliable. The result of data collected analysed using frequency counts and percentages. The finding of the study revealed that primary school teachers in the study area know that poor personal hygiene and poor food hygiene are a predisposing factor for ascariasis. It was recommended that the Kwara State Universal Basic Education (KWSUBE) should carry out an educative programme that will enlight both primary school pupils and teachers on the need for them to always wash their hands with soap and water after visit toilet and before handling or eating food to protect them against ascariasisItem Predictors of Utilization of Immunization Programme Among Nursing Mothers in Ogbomosho South Local Government Area of Oyo State(Department of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo, Nigeria., 2021-07) Ologele, I; Olorunmaiye, A.; Ochokwu, A.; Abdullahi, M. B.Immunization has brought sound health to many children in the world, reduced the agony experienced by parents during child rearing and reduced the mortality rate among children This study examined the predictors of the utilization of immunization programmes among nursing mothers in Ogbomosho South LGA, Oyo State. The purpose of this study was to examine accessibility to health centres, cultural belief were predictor of utilization of immunization programmes among nursing mothers in Ogbomosho South LGA. Oyo State Descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. The population comprised of all nursing mothers in Ogbomosho South LGA, Oyo State. Four hundred respondents were selected for the study. A validated researcher developed questionnaire tested for reliability was used for the study. The data collected analyzed using descriptive statistics of chi-square to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that accessibility to health centres and cultural believe were predictor of utilization of immunization programme in the study area (Cal, chi-square value> chi-square Table value) at 0.05 alpha level. The study concluded that accessibility to health centres and cultural belief are predictors of the utilization of immunization programmes among nursing mothers in Ogbomosho South LGA, Oyo State. It was therefore recommended that Federal, State and Local Government authority should make proper planning in relation to the distance of health care centers to residential area in order to encourage and motivate nursing mothers in using their service.