Browsing by Author "Elusoji, Christianah I."

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    Assessment of Nutritional Status of Children 0 - 2years and Associated Factors in Some Selected Primary Health Centres in Osun State
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria., 2020) Aluko, Joel O.; Adeniyi, 'Nimbe Victoria; Udo, Eunice; Peretomode, Evans; Elusoji, Christianah I.
    This study assessed the nutritional status of. children under 0 - 2 years using anthropometric measurement approach in selected primary Health Centers (PHC) in Ife orth Local Government of Area of Osun State and identified mothers' perceived factors that influenced nutritional status these children. lt also investigated the feeding practices engaged by mothers of 0-2 children. A descriptive cross-sectional study that targeted a population of 200 mothers with children 0 - 2 years attending the selected PHCs used a simple random sampling technique to select a sample size of 160 mothers using Slevin's formula. Weighing scale. stadiorneter. and Shakir's tape were used to get data from 0 - 2 children while a self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from mothers of these children. Face and content validity of the questionnaire were ensured by experts in related research field with a mean reliability coefficient of 0.66 using the test re-test method. Data collected were analyzed using Emergency Nutrition Assessment for Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transition (ENA for SMART) software and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The research hypotheses ",-,ere tested using chi square at 5% level of significance. The study revealed that underweight (8.8%), stunting (9.4%) and wasting (6.9%) were found among the children. Furthermore, lack of readily avai lable nutritional food, lack of money to buy adequate food, inability of child to eat his or her food well, stringent work schedule and husbands being the only source of income were major factors identified as hindering the nutritional status of the children. About 91.2% of the mothers practiced exclusive breastfeeding and 23.8% used locally available food as complementary feeding after exclusively breastfeeding their children. It is recommended that government authorities should organize women empowerment programmes on skills acquisition to help them to be self-reliance.
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    Factors influencing the choice of birthplace among women of childbearing age in selected health facilities in Saki West Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria., 2020) Aluko, Joel O.; Ademola, Shafiu A; Makanjuola, Osuolale J.; Umar, Jibril N.; Elusoji, Christianah I.
    Birthplace is a practically important aspect of childbearing preparation because of its medical effects on the life of the baby and the mother. The study aim was to evaluate the factors associated with. choice of birthplace among women of childbearing age in Saki-West Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used with a validated structured questionnaire administered to 147 women selected purposively within child bearing age to assess their social demography, knowledge, accessibility, attitude of health workers, influence of economic factors on choice of birthplace. - The findings reveal that barriers to healthcare facilities delivery among women of childbearing age were mostly associated with factors surrounding income, accessible healthcare centre to deliver and education. The results of multiple regression show statistically significantly predict the choice of birthplace, F (4, 140) = 0.728,p < .0005, R2 = 0.174. All the variables added statistically significantly to the prediction, p <0.05. The analysis also showed that knowledge ~=- 0.136, satisfaction ~=0.146, and accessibility ~=-0.023 have influence- on the choice of birthplace. This study has brought a better understanding into the factors influencing the choice of birthplace among women of childbearing age. Therefore, there should be focused and intensified counselling for women with more children and those with history of previous home deliveries to emphasize the benefit of facility delivery.