Browsing by Author "Baba, D. A"

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    EFFECT OF HEALTH-EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE AND ADHERENCE TO COVID-19 PROTOCOLS AMONG KWARA STATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
    (University of Botswana, 2023) Jidda, K. A.; Oyerinde, M. F.; Baba, D. A; Abdulraheem, A. M.; Ologele, I.
    This research examined whether or not secondary school pupils in Kwara State understood and followed COVID-19 recommendations after receiving a health education intervention. A quasi-experimental approach was taken for this study. Participants' entering behaviours or prior knowledge were assessed, and participants' knowledge gains following the intervention were measured using a non-randomized pre- and post-test control group design. All high school senior students in Ilorin, Kwara State, were included in the study, but only 116 students from the Ilorin East and South LGAs were surveyed for the study. Students in senior secondary school from two distinct local governments were randomly selected using a multistage selection procedure. The results showed, for example, that students who were exposed to the COVID-19 protocol (treatment intervention) scored higher on the post-test regarding their knowledge of COVID-19 compared to those who were exposed to the personal hygiene protocol (placebo), who scored higher on the post-test regarding their knowledge of COVID-19 but scored lower on their adherence to the COVID-19 protocol. The study revealed that the health education intervention significantly improved students' knowledge of and compliance with COVID-19 protocols in Kwara State's secondary schools. Consequently, it has been proposed that professional associations spanning several fields collaborate to provide health education interventions aimed at fostering compliance with COVID-19 standards, with a particular focus on the male demographic.
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    Health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding on children as perceived by pregnant women in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Directorate of Research, Innovation and Development, the University of Zambia, 2023) Kperogi, I. I.; Baba, D. A; Jidda, K. A.; Ologele, I.; Abdulrasaq, Q. O.; Gideon, F. I.
    Breastfeeding aids general health growth and development in the infant. This study examined the impact of exclusive breastfeeding on the health of children as perceived by nursing mothers in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara State. The objective of the study was to examine if exclusive breastfeeding reduces infant mortality or promotes rapid growth and development in children as perceived by pregnant women in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria. A descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted. A multistage sampling technique was used for the study. Four hundred (400) respondents were sampled for the study. A researcher-structured questionnaire, which was validated and tested for reliability, was adopted for the study. The instrument was administered by the researchers and supported by the research assistants. The data collected for the study was analysed using the inferential statistics of chisquare was used to analyse the hypotheses postulated for this study at 0.05 alpha level. The findings revealed that exclusive breastfeeding reduced infant mortality as perceived by pregnant women with the calc. x2 value of 881.17 is > the critical value of 16.92 at the degree of freedom of 9 @ 0.05 alpha level. Exclusive breastfeeding promotes physical growth and development in infants as perceived by pregnant women with the calc. x2 value of 856.62 is > the critical value of 16.92 at the degree of freedom of 9 @ 0.05 alpha level. Based on the findings, it was concluded that exclusive breastfeeding reduced infant mortality and promoted physical growth and development. The researchers recommended, among others, that the Primary Health Care Development Agency in Ilorin South Local Government should create specific programmes aimed at educating pregnant women about the advantages of exclusive breastfeeding. This is to decrease the rate of infant mortality in the area under study.
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    Impacts of personal protective equipment utilisation on prevention of coronavirus among healthcare workers in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Directorate of Research, Innovation and Development, the University of Zambia, 2022) Kperogi, I. I.; Baba, D. A; Jamiu, A. T,; Ologele, I.; Abdulrasaq, Q. O.; Abdullahi, M. B.
    This study examined the impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) utilisation on the prevention of the coronavirus (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Kwara State, Nigeria. Personal protective equipment (PPE) means personal protective equipment, which are devices designed to protect healthcare workers from contracting infectious diseases during the treatment of patients with the threaded pandemic COVID-19 infection. These instruments can be hand gloves, nose masks, and protective footwear, among others. However, the effect of the non-utilisation of these devices can be devastating, particularly among HCWs treating coronavirus patients because of its volatile nature of transmission through airborne and contacts. This study aims at determining if HCWs perceive that utilisation of PPE has effects on the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kwara State, Nigeria. A descriptive research design of the survey type was used for this study. The instrument used was a researchers’ structured questionnaire, which was validated by three experts in health education. A multistage sampling procedure to sample 230 HCWs from Kwara State government-owned hospitals was used for this study. The instrument was then subjected to a test re-test reliability method and analysed by Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC), which yielded 0.81r, showing that the instrument was reliable enough for the study. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency count, simple percentage and inferential statistics of Chi-square (χ2) at 0.05 alpha level. Results revealed that HCWs significantly perceived that utilisation of PPE has an impact on the prevention of COVID-19 in Kwara State, Nigeria, with a calculated χ2 value of 146.174, which is greater than the critical table value of 43.773. It was concluded that HCWs perceived that the utilisation of PPE has an impact on the prevention of COVID-19 in Kwara State, Nigeria. It was, however, recommended that the government should increase the training of HCWs through seminars and workshops. More so, the government should provide and enforce the adequate use of PPE to be used by HCWs against COVID-19 infection in Kwara State, Nigeria.
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    Influence of media enlightenment programmes on control and prevention of cerebrospinal meningitis among people of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (The Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2015) Baba, D. A; Falaye, K.; Kperogi, I. I.; Garuba, I.; Ahmed, S. A.
    The study examined the influence of media enlightenment programmes on control and prevention of cerebrospinal meningitis among people of Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. The study population comprised all the people within Ilorin metropolis, Kwara state. A descriptive research design of survey method was adopted for the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select two hundred (200) respondents for the study. The instrument used for the study was researchers' structured questionnaire validated by experts in the field of community health and health education. A test re-test method was used establish the reliability of the research instrument and a correlation coefficient of 0.75 was obtained. Three research hypotheses were tested with the use of chi-square (x²) statistical method at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that enlightenment programmes have much influence on control of cerebrospinal meningitis infection among people of Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. Also, media enlightenment programmes have positive influence on prevention of cerebrospinal meningitis infection among people of Ilorin metropolis, Kwara state. Based on the findings above, the study it was recommended that more programmes on media enlightenment should be organized on effective control of meningitis infections. Private organizations, individuals' and governments at all level should join hands to ensure effective prevention of meningitis infections.
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    Influence of primary health care facilitating strategies on realization of health for all in Okene Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria
    (Kabale University, Uganda, 2024) Baba, D. A
    This study examined the influence of primary health care facilitating strategies on realization of health for all in Okene Local Government Area, Kogi State. The study adopted a descriptive research design of survey type. The study population involves all health workers and members of health facilities in Okene Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 280 respondents for the study. Researcher’s structured and adequately validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability was established with use of test re-test method in which correlation coefficient of 0.82 was obtained using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The data collected were analyzed using chi-square (x2) statistics at 0.05 alpha level. The findings revealed that adoption of cohesive team approach, community mobilization strategy, health advocacy initiative and intersectoral collaboration in implementation of primary health care have much influence on realization of health for all in Okene Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria. The study concluded that discreet adoption and application of primary health care facilitating strategies will greatly influence attainment of health for all in Okene Local Government Area, Kogi State. It is recommended that government should constitute formidable health team to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of performances of health and health related programmes.
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    Perception of physical and health educators on implications of burial ceremony on quality of life of the deceased family in Ilorin Metropolis.
    (Al-Hikmat Journal of Education, 2014) Baba, D. A; Ajao, S. A.; Abubakar, L. I.; Falaye, K.
    The study examined perception of people on implication of burial ceremony on quality of life or the deceased family in ilorin metropolis. The population for the study comprises all the people in the study area. A descriptive research design of survey method was used for the study. stratified random sampling technique was used to select 200 respondents that were used for the study. A likert-Scale format questionnaire was used to collect relevant data used for the study. The instrument was validated by the experts and tested for the reliability. A correlation co-efficient of 0.65r was obtained. The instrument was administered by the researcher and research assistants. The data collected was analyzed with the use of chi-square statistical method which was tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The result revealed that, burial ceremonies have many implications on quality of life of people, culture of people we have significant implication on quality of life of people, cost of burial ceremony we have significant implication on quality of life of a deceased family in ilorin metropolis. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends that there is need to change the perception of people as regards burial ceremony in our society, culture of people must be streamlined in accordance with the scriptures in the "Holy book" so as to do away with some beliefs that are not Godly or acceptable in ilorin metro police kwara state.