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Item Causes of Bone injury and Patronage of Traditional Bone Setters in Maiduguri, Nigeria.(Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research., 2009) Ngohi, B.U; Aliyu, U; Jibril, N.U; Nuhu, L.A; Ngohi, MThe study as an opinion survey identified Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), falling from height and gunshots/matchets as the causes of bone injuries in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Injuries sustained include fracture and dislocation. Structured Interview Schedule (SIS) and Focused Group Discussion (FGD) were the instruments used to obtain data. Population of study comprised of those involved in bone injuries between January and December, 2008. The sample size of 700 respondents was selected using stratified random sampling technique. Frequency distribution and percentages were employed to analyze data. Findings of the study revealed parents/families, relatives and friends as some of the sources of decision to patronize Traditional Bone Setting (TBS) while culture, phobia for hospitalization, no amputation and less expensive were some of the reasons adduced for patronage. Based on the findings, enactment of stringent laws/bye-laws or re-enforcement of existing ones (if any), counselling and enlightenment were suggested/recommended.Item Determinant of patient Health Education in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria(African Journal of Nursing and Health Research, 2021) Jibril, N.U; Olubiyi, S.K; Olusegun, B; Ibraheem, M.A; Aliyu, U; Abdulkadir, KBackground: Patient health teaching is an essential aspect of nurses and other health personnel responsibility that positively influences patient's health and quality of life. This study examined educational qualification and knowledge as determinants of patient health education in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Nigeria. Methodology: A correlational research design was adopted using proportionate sampling technique to select a sample of 280 nurses, doctors and pharmacists. The hypotheses were tested using a cross-sectional correlational design with a sample of 275 nurses from 9 units in UITH. Data collected by structured self-administered questionnaires and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Results: The study revealed that most (74.3%) respondents were female with mean age of 35.5 years and (63.3%) had varying years of working experience. A little above average (58.6%) of respondents had first degree as educational qualifications. The educational status of the respondents influenced positively on the knowledge of respondents about the significance of health education to patient self-care. Conclusion: The study however, concluded that there is significant relationship between academic qualification and the knowledge of health personnel about patient health education (P <0.05, Chi-square(X2) = 10.341, Df= 4 and P- value 0.035). Based on this conclusion,it was recommended that nurses, doctors and pharmacists should adopt patient teaching practices as part of their routine work schedule to improve patient compliance and adherence to treatment regimen in the hospital.Item Effect of Health Education Intervention on Knowledge and Accessibility to Delivery Care Services by Women of Childbearing Age in Edu, Kwara State, Nigeria(Journal of West African College of Nursing, 2018) Jibril, N.U; Rejuaro, F.M; Aliyu, U; Ibraheem, M.A; Markus, N.M; Imam, A.ABackground/Objective: Even with the best possible antenatal screening, any delivery can become a complicated one requiring emergency intervention. Generally, health education is always required to improve health situations of vulnerable populations. This study was conducted to find out the impact of health education on the knowledge and access to Delivery Care services among women of childbearing age in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Using a quasi-experimental design, a researcher-designed questionnaire was used to collect data from a purposive sampling of 120 women, divided into two groups: an experimental and a control group made up of 60 women each. A split-half test of reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The results were analyzed using descriptive (frequencies, mean and standard deviation) and inferential (t-test, Alpha level of 0.05 used as a criterion) statistics were used to answer research questions and test hypotheses respectively. Results: A significant improvement in knowledge level among WCA about delivery care services after health education intervention programme in experimental group over those in control group after the intervention was found. Findings also indicate a very poor willingness of WCA to utilize delivery care services in both experimental group and control group before and after HEIP. Conclusion: Health education intervention programme had positive impact on the knowledge of women of childbearing age about delivery care services but there was no significant impact on their willingness to access delivery care services in Edu local Government Areas. Recommendations: Health education intervention programmes should be intensified to create further increase health awareness and knowledge while efforts should be made to encourage WCVA to patronize available delivery care services being provided. This may require further research to identify motivator factors to make WCA become willingItem Health Education Intervention on Knowledge and Accessibility of Antenatal care Services among Women in Edu Local Government Area, Lafiagi, Nigeria(Aras Part Medical International Press, United States, 2018) Jibril, N.U; Garba, N.S; Olusegun, B; Anyebe, E.E; Aliyu, U; Abdulkadir, KObjectives: Poor knowledge about importance of early antenatal care visit and awareness on health risk during pregnancy among pregnant women prevented them from accessing early antenatal care services. This study examined the impact of health education intervention (HEI) on access to antenatal care services by pregnant women in Edu Local Government Area (LGA), Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental research employing pre-test and post-test control group design was adopted.A researchers-designed questionnaire was used for data collection and the split-half test of reliability was used to determine its reliability. One hundred and twenty pregnant women were exposed to 10 weeks of HEI after pre-test, 60 experimental groups were exposed to the lectures on antenatal care services, and 60 control groups were exposed to HIV/AIDS sessions, followed by post-test. The descriptive statistics was used to answer research questions, while the inferential statistics of t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. Results: This study showed upward shift from pre-intervention mean of 71.08 to 93.33 post intervention mean in the experimental groups which implied the positive impact of HEI on the knowledge and willingness of pregnant women to access antenatal care services in Edu LGA. Conclusions: It was concluded that HEI could have positive impact on the knowledge and willingness of pregnant women to access antenatal care services, hence HEI needs to be sustained to improve the pregnant women’s health-seeking behaviors about antenatal care services in Edu LGA.Item Impact of Health Education Intervention on Knowledge and Utilization of Postnatal Care Services among Women in Edu Loca lGovernment of Kwara State, Nigeria(Journal of Basic and Clinical Reproductive Sciences., 2017) Jibril, N.U; Garba, N.S; Afolayan, J.O; Rejuaro, F.M; Aliyu, U; Durojaye, O.ABackground: This study examined the impact of health education intervention (HEI) on the knowledge and utilization of postnatal care services among women in Edu, Nigeria. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design using pre-test and post-test control group to examine impact of HEI among women. Researchers-developed questionnaire was used for data collection. Intervention: One hundred and twenty women were exposed to ten weeks health education intervention; sixty (n=60) experimental group exposed to postnatal care services lectures and sixty (n=60) control group were exposed to HIV/AIDS prevention lectures. The results were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics to answer research question and test null hypothesis at 0.05 significant levels. Results: The findings showed an improvement from pre intervention mean scores of 64.26 to post intervention scores of 98.15 for the experimental group against 68.88 post intervention mean score of control group. While, the pre intervention mean score of utilization was 56.67 compared with post intervention mean scores of 92.91 for the experimental group and 61.04 for the control group utilization This showed positive impact of health education intervention on knowledge and willingness of women of childbearing age to utilize postnatal care services in Edu LGA. Conclusion: Study concluded that, health education intervention had positive impact on knowledge and willingness of WCA to utilize postnatal care, and the knowledge gained need to be sustained to improve WCA health seeking behaviour in the communities of Edu LGA.Item Knowledge and accessibility of Obstetric Care Services among Women in Edu Local Government Area, Nigeria(Tropical Journal of Nursing, 2017) Jibril, N.U; Sanusi, A.A; Nuhu, L.A; Kamar, A; Aliyu, U; Ayo, Jthis study aim to determine the knowledge of Pregnancy problems (PRP)and accessibility of obstetric care services in Edu Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria.Four research questions answered and three hypotheses were tested in this study.A descriptive research design was used for this study. Two hundred and forty women were purposively sampled for the study. Researchers-designed questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection and a split-half test of reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The results were analyzed using frequency count and percentage, mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while t-test was used to test null hypothesisat Alpha level of 0.05. The finding shows that women of childbearing age knowledge about pregnancy related problems were low. This study also showed poor willingness of women of childbearing age to report early and access obstetric care services in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. This study concluded that there is no significant difference between the knowledge about PRP and accessibility of obstetric care services among women of childbearing age. This study recommended that Edu LGA, Kwara State, Federal ministries of health and Non-governmental Organizations should strengthen the existing primary health care services particularly health education intervention programmes on pregnancy related problems and obstetric care services among women of childbearing age in the communities.Item Operating Theater Personnel’s Perception of Causes of Delay in commencement of Surgical Operations in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital(Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria., 2017) Jibril, N.U; Nuhu, L.A; Rejuaro, F.M; Ibraheem, M.A; Onasoga, O.O; Aliyu, U; Imam, A.ADelay in commencement of surgical intervention as been a source of distress and apprehension to both patients and their relatives. the delay in preparation and subsequent commencement of surgical operation was associated with various factors with consequences on patient surgical operation outcome in the theaters of University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). Descriptive research of cross sectional design was adopted with sample population for this study drawn from main theater and obstetrics unit of UMTH. The researcher designed questionnaire was validated and the reliability was determined by a pilot study on a similar population in Umar Shehu Specialist Hospital Maiduguri with reliability index of 0.8 reliability index. the questionnaire was administered on 60 respondents from the two theaters with 100% response rate. Data analysis was done using SPSS. A one way analysis of variance pair sample t-test was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 p- value. the findings shows that majority (88.3%) respondents opined that there is delay in commencement of surgical operations in the two theaters and 91.7% in of them claimed that several factors such as lack of theater personnel and equipment and erratic power supply to the theater are responsible for delay in commencement of surgical operation in the two theaters in UMTH. The study concluded that there is significant relationship between the time of starting the operations and the standard time adopted for the commencement of theater operations in the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital theaters. the study recommended that lack of theater facilities and poor working environment, delay in preparations and in commencement of preparations should be address by the hospital management to ensure smooth commencement of surgical operations for better patients care outcome in the theaters of UMTH