Browsing by Author "Afolayan, J.A"

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    Child Abuse Practice among Parents in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Social Sciences UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto., 2018) Rejuaro, F.M; Onasoga, O.A; Afolayan, J.A; Olubiyi, S.K; Ibitoye, B.M
    Despite the serious long-term health and economic consequences, child abuse is still a global problem that is deeply rooted in cultural, economic and social practices and is on the increase. Therefore, this study was designed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of child abuse among parents in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. Cross-sectional descriptive research design was adopted for this study. A Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 140 parents for the study. A modified standardized child abuse questionnaire was used in gathering data. Frequency count and percentages while SPSS version 22.0 were used to analyze the data collected and chisquare were used to test the research hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings from the study revealed that majority of the respondents were within the age group of 31-50 years and were married. 60 (42.9%) of the respondents were self-employed with 85 (60.7%) having 3-4 children. Despite the fact that majority of the respondents had high knowledge of child abuse, most of them still practice it. The study also revealed that there was significant relationship between practice of child abuse and the occupation of respondents with P<0.05. The study concluded that the practice of child abuse still exists in the Kwara State, Nigeria and of the parents’ occupation influences the practice of child abuse. Therefore, government should intensify efforts towards eradication of poverty in the country by creating job opportunities with good pay so that parents can adequately provide for their children.
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    Compliance with Labour and Birth Information among Postnatal Women Attending General Hospital Ilorin.
    (Association of Behavioural Research Analysts and Psychometricians (ABReAP), 2019) Onasoga, O.A; Aluko, J.O; Afolayan, J.A; Bakare, G.Y
    Childbearing is a life threatening event and compliance with labour and birth information can help reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and childbirth. This study therefore, assessed the level of compliance with labour and birth information received; as well as maternal perception and satisfaction with birth information received by pregnant women. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used for the study. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was administered to 119 postnatal women using purposive sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05level of significance. The study revealed that majority of the participants received adequate labour and birth information and nursemidwives were the major source of information received. Majority of participants received information on signs of labour (93.3%), basic requirement at the time of admission (93.3%), labour process (63%), plan of care and procedure during labour (62.2%) and care of the new born (60.5%). However, less than 40% received information on Pain relief during labour, augmenting and induction of labour, and episiotomy while the remaining claimed that they did not. Also, 109 (91.6%) of participants were satisfied with the information received and more than three quarters of the participants claimed to comply with the birth information given. However, some of the participants did not comply due to inability to cope with labour pain, anxiety and unexpected events. There was significant association between previous birth experience, participants' parity and level of compliance with birth information given (p-value = .005). Therefore, there is need to intensify child birth education during antenatal to ensure compliance during labour
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    Factors Influencing Midwives’ Attitude Towards Women In Labour In Selected Hospitals In Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria.
    (College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin., 2018) Onasoga, O.A; Afolayan, J.A; Ingwu, J.A; Aluko, J.O
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    Maternal knowledge on causes and strategies in home management of childhood diarrhoea in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria., 2019) Onasoga, O.A; Afolayan, J.A; Owoeye, I.D; Umar, G.O
    Home management of childhood diarrhoea is the cornerstone to early recovery and prevention of complications associated with diarrhoea among under-five children in developing countries especially Nigeria. Hence, this study aimed to assess knowledge of mothers of under-five children on causes of childhood diarrhoea and the choice of treatment strategies adopted at home; since the management at the domestic level has significant impact on the health of the under-five children in resource poor countries like Nigeria. A descriptive cross sectional survey was used and purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample frame of 150 mothers using fisher’s formula. Data were collected using validated structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the statistical product for service solution (SPSS) version 21. The results were presented using both descriptive and inferential statistics with level of significance set at 0.05.The study revealed that most of the respondents were predominantly married with a mean age was 31years, minimum age of 17 years and maximum age of 51years. Majority of respondents 75.3% had adequate knowledge of the causes of childhood diarrhoea. All the respondents employed oral rehydration therapy (ORT) in management of childhood diarrhoea at home and the most frequently strategies used were homemade fluids, such as salt/water solution, Salt sugar solution (SSS), coconut juices and garri water. Despite the fact that majority 136 (90.7%) of the respondents claimed that they would recommend their intervention(s) to others, some misconceptions still exist about causes and home management of childhood diarrhoea among respondent.The study also revealed that there was no significant relationship between knowledge about causes of childhood diarrhoea and the choice of treatment strategies with p-value = 0.370 >0.05 and the choice of treatment strategies with p-value = 0.370 >0.05. It was recommended that health education on home management of childhood diarrhoea should be integrated into routine health education package for both antenatal and post-natal women in order to eradicate misconceptions and mortality due to childhood diarrhoea
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    Perceived knowledge of causes and prevention strategies for sexual violence among university students in Niger Delta region of Nigeria
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria., 2019) Onasoga, O.A; Afolayan, J.A; Rejuaro, F.M; Onwordi, O. R
    Sexual violence is a major public health problem that disregards basic human rights globally. Worldwide, mass media reports have shown an increased rate of sexual violence in higher institutions of learning, therefore exploring the knowledge of causes and strategies in prevention of sexual violence among undergraduate students is crucial in order to promote a coordinated movement against it. This descriptive cross-sectional study is aimed at assessing the knowledge of causes and strategies employed in prevention of sexual violence among undergraduate students in Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Data were collected using the questionnaire and a multistage sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 400 respondents from the population. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0 at a 5% level of significance. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. These were presented in tables and figures. All the respondents have heard of sexual violence and opined that sexual violence is prevalent in the university. Most of the respondents demonstrated adequate knowledge on sexual violence but poor knowledge of where to report cases of sexual violence in the university. The major causes identified were Inadequate Punishment of perpetrators (100%), Keeping silent and not reporting the offenders 392 (98.0%), Portrayal of women as sex objects in the media (96.5%), Alcohol and drugs (95.5%), Inadequate security on campus (99.5%), Indecent dressing 374 (93.5%). The major strategies identified for preventing sexual violence include severe punishment for perpetuators/offenders (100%), adherence to dress code of the school (99.0%), mass campaigns against sexual violence (98.5%), enact laws prohibiting pornography (98.5%), avoid late night outing/party (97%), provision of adequate security on campus and avoid walking alone on lonely path (96.5%).
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    Resilience and its relatedness to Mental Distress among Nursing Students in a Nigerian Tertiary Educational Institution
    (Iman Medical Journal, 2018) Olorukooba, H.O; Afolayan, J.A; Jibril, N.U; Olubiyi, S.K; Imam, A.A; Durojaye, O.A
    Background: process of nursing education has been described to be stressful associated with mental distress and unwellness. The cost of this has been exorbitant on the individual, significant others and the society at large. Resilience has been identified as one of the means to to resolved the trend. base on this premise, the study aimed to investigate into Resilience and its relatedness to Mental Distress among Nursing Students in a Nigerian Tertiary Educational Institution. Methodology: data was cross-sectionally collected from 66 nursing students in their 2 to 5 years of their studies. Data on the participants socio-demographic, their resilience characteristics, presence of symptoms of mental distress, anxiety and depression, level o social support and mindfullness practices. Results: the participants mean age was 21.75 years (SD=3.2) and are predominantly females (89.60%).majority of them have mental unwellness (i.e. cases on GHQ.12, HADS-depression subscale and HADS-anxiety subscale respectively. 78.8%, 87.9% and 92.0%) with good resilience characteristics (50.3%), moderate social supports(57.8%), and good mindfullness practices (51.5%). Resilience was moderately and significantly related to depressive symptoms and mindfullness practices. Conclusion: Mental distress is common among undergraduate nursing students and that distress was more among resilience students despite their noted good mindfullness practices. it was recomended that a way to revers this to boost participants resilience with benefit of improving academic performance and limiting future professional burnout.