Browsing by Author "Kperogi, I. I."

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    Assessment of factors influencing uptake of national programme on immunization among people in Chanchaga LGA, Niger State.
    (Indian Association of Medico-Legal Experts, 2022) Baba, D. A.; Muhammed, I. N.; Kperogi, I. I.; Jidda, K. A.; Abdullahi, M. B.
    This study assessed the Factors influencing uptake of national immunization programme among people in Chanchaga L.G.A., Niger state. 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. The purpose of this study was to examine cultural belief, fear of parents, religion, level of service and uptake of national immunization programme among people in Chanchaga L.G.A., Niger state. Descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. The population comprised of all people in Chanchaga L.G.A., Niger state. A multistage sampling technique which consist of simple random sampling technique, purposive and convenience sampling technique was used to select 384 respondents for this study. Questionnaire was validated by three experts in the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education for data collection from the respondents. A reliability coefficient (r) of 0.76 was obtained through split half method using Spearman Brown for analyzing data generated. The inferential statistics of Chi-square was used to analyze the data collected for the postulated null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. The findings revealed that: 1. Cultural belief of people is a significant factor influencing the uptake of National Immunization Programme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State because the calculated value 271.20 is greater than the table value 21.3 2. Fear of parents about immunization is a significant factor influencing the uptake of National Immunization Programme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State because the calculated value 175.76 is greater than the table value 21.3 3. level of coverage of service of people will significantly be a factor influencing the uptake of National Immunization Programme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State because the calculated chi-square value 247.09 is greater than critical table value of 21.03 (Cal x2 val > Tab x2 val) The study concluded that cultural belief, fear of parents, religious belief and level of service are factors influencing the uptake of National Immunization Programme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State. It was therefore recommended among others that there should be sensitization programme by health workers to community leaders and indigenes in villages in order to publicize the benefits of immunization, parents should be well informed by health workers or through media before the start of immunization programmes to reduce the fear about immunization among others.
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    Attitudinal and practical differences between male and female primary healthcare workers towards prevention of healthcare associated infection in Kwara-North Senatorial District.
    (Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, 2021) Kperogi, I. I.; Abdulrasaq, Q. O.; Ologele, I.; Abdulraheem, A. M.; James, J. F.
    This study examined Attitudinal and Practical Differences between Male and Female Primary Healthcare(PHCWs) towards towards Prevention of Health and Associated Infections (HAIs) in Kwara-North Senatorial District. The objectives of this research were to examine the attitudinal and practical differences between male and female primary healthcare workers towards prevention of healthcare associated infections in Kwara North Senatorial District. The study adopted a descriptive research design of the survey type, using a multi stage random sampling technique to select 760 PHCWs in Kwara North Senatorial District. Pretested semi structured questionnaire was used to collect data from selected PHCWs, while Mean and standard deviations as well as one sample t- test statistics were used to analyze the data on research questions and hypotheses respectively. Level of significance used was set at P. value <0.05. It was observed that there were more female PHCWs that had better attitude towards prevention of infections than their male counterparts. More so, higher number of the -female PHCWs had good practice of preventive measures during healthcare delivery process than their male counterparts (calculated t-value of 11.102 is greater than 1.972 t critical at df 758). It was therefore concluded that there was good attitude and practice among female PHCWs on preventive measures against HAIs in Kwara-North Senatorial District (calculated t-value of 20.313 is greater than 2.972 t critical at df 758). It was recommended that there is need to intensify refresher trainings on the importance of safety measures towards improving the attitudes and practices of preventing HAls among PHCWs in Kwara-North Senatorial District.
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    Causes of Drug Abuse as Expressed by Secondary School Students in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (University of Zimbabwe’s Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC), Faculty of Education, Harare, Zimbabwe., 2019) Ologele, I; Abdulraheem, A. M.; Jidda, K. A.; Kperogi, I. I.; James, J. F.; Oyewole, S. B.
    Increase in a number of young people abusing drugs has become a subject of public concern worldwide. Therefore, the study investigated the causes of drug abuse as expressed by secondary school students in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprises of all the secondary school students in Moro Local Government Area. The descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. Four hundred and thirty (430) respondents were selected the study with the use of purposive, proportionate and simple random sampling procedures. Researchers' designed questionnaire that had been validated three experts in the related field was used for the study. A test-retest method used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument and the result of 0.72r was obtained. Inferential statistics of chi- square was used to analyze the result of the stated hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The result of the findings of this study showed that peer group and poor parental communication had an influence on the causes of drug abuse (428.01 16.92 at 0.05 alpha level of significant. 234.00-16.92) among secondary school students. The researchers concluded that peer group influence and poor parental communication causes drug abuse among secondary school students in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State Nigeria. The researchers' recommended among others that Parents should show love, happiness and also take responsibility for helping secondary students to attain wholesome development into responsible adults.
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    Causes of Marital Infidelity among Married Residents of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria.
    (Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2024) Ologele, I.; Kperogi, I. I.; Ibrahim, A. S.; Sayofunmi, O. F.; Isiaka, G.; Ogundiran, G. B.
    This study investigates the causes of marital infidelity among married residents in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. A descriptive research design of the survey type was used for this study. The population for the study comprises all married residents in Ilorin metropolis. A multistage sampling technique was used to select three hundred and eighty-three (383) respondents who participated in the study. A researcherdesigned structured questionnaire validated by three experts in the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education, University of Ilorin. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through the test re-test method. A reliability coefficient of 0.74 was obtained. The three postulated hypotheses were tested using the parametric statistics of t-test, mean and standard deviation at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of this study showed that childlessness, lack of sexual satisfaction and distance between spouses were responsible for the marital infidelity in the study area. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that childlessness, lack of sexual satisfaction between spouses and distance between spouses were among the causes of marital infidelity among married residents in Ilorin metropolis. It was recommended that married residents should be informed that procreation is not the basis of marriage, the married partner should be able to adjust to the sexual demands of each other and spouses should not be far from each other, they should keep a close distance from each other
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    Causes of Reproductive Health Diseases among Women of Child-Bearing Age in Ogori-Mogongo Local Government Area of Kogi State
    (The Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2016-02) Ologele, I; Ogunsola, M. T.; Adigun, J. O.; Kperogi, I. I.
    The study investigated causes of reproductive health diseases among women of child - bearing age in Ogori-magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State. The objectives of the study were to:(i) examine whether underutilization of maternal health care facilities have influence on the causes of reproductive health diseases among women of child-bearing age; (ii). investigate whether unsafe abortion have influence on the causes of reproductive health diseases among women of child-bearing age; and (iii) examine whether poor personal hygiene have influence on the causes of reproductive health diseases among women of child-bearing age. A descriptive research design of survey type was employed for this study. The population for the study comprised all women of child-bearing age in the study area. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select two hundred respondents that participated in the study. The instrument was a researcher's designed questionnaire that was validated by three experts in the related field. Reliability of the instrument was established through test re-test method and result of 0.76r was obtained, this indicates a strong consistency and good enough for the study. Data were administered with the aid of three trained research assistants and the result of data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics of Chi-square at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The finding of this study shows that: i. Underutilization of maternal health care facilities had influence on causes of reproductive health diseases because calculated chi-square value of (136.9) > crit. chi-square value of (21.03); ii. Unsafe abortion had influence on causes of reproductive health diseases because calculated chi-square value of (171.6)> crit. chi-square value of (21.03); and iii. Poor personal hygiene had influence on causes of reproductive health diseases because calculated chi-square value of (161.0)> crit. chi-square value of (21.03). Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that underutilization of maternal health care facilities, unsafe abortion and poor personal hygiene had significant influence on reproductive health diseases among women of child-bearing age in the study area. Therefore, it out recommended amongst others that, the local government health department should carry out enlightenment campaign that will educate women on benefits of utilizing maternal health care facilities so as to protect them against reproductive health diseases.
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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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    Level of educational differentials in awareness of contraceptives among antenatal attendees in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State
    (Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 2021) Kperogi, I. I.; Abdullahi, M. B.; Baba, D. A.
    Generally, inadequate awareness of contraceptives had been responsible for the increase in population, high crime rate, insecurity in the country due to high birth rate and cases of unwanted pregnancies. This makes women susceptible to infection for which contraceptives played an important role in their prevention and control of infections thereby helping to maintain the economic growth of the society. This study, therefore, examines the level of educational differentials in awareness of contraceptives among antenatal attendees in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised all women attending antenatal clinics in Moro, Kwara State. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 230 respondents for this study. The instrument used for the study was a researcher structured questionnaire which was used for data collection from the respondents, the instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability of the study was established through a split-half method in which the reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained. The data generated were analyzed using ANOVA statistical tool. The findings for the study revealed that: Married women attending antenatal clinics were aware of contraceptives based on their educational level in Moro L.G.A., Kwara State. This is because there was a statistically significant difference at the p<.000 level in the awareness of contraceptives for the four educational level groups F (3, 226) = 5.96, p < .000. The study concluded that married women attending antenatal clinics were aware of contraceptives based on their educational level in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that religious leaders and followers should be educated by health educators on the importance of being aware of different types of contraceptives, there should be enlightenment for women to prevent them from superstitious belief against having knowledge about contraceptives.
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    Perceived causes of food-borne disease among residents of Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State.
    (Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, 2019) Baba, D. A.; Akorede, S. N.; Kperogi, I. I.; Ambali, A. O.; Atanda, G. O.
    The poor state of food hygiene and safety, coupled with poor sanitation practice, have led to outbreak of food-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, diarrhoea, dysentery and so on. This study examined perceived causes of food-borne diseases among residents of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. The study also aimed at determining the influence of poor food hygiene, inadequate food knowledge and dirty cooking environment on incidence of food-borne diseases among residents in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. The study adopted descriptive research design of the survey type. The study population comprised all the residents of Ilorin West Local Government, estimated to be about 365,221. The main instrument used for the study was the researchers' structured questionnaire adequately validated by experts from Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education; and Epidemiology and Community Health in University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The reliability of the research instrument was ascertained with the use of test re-test method in which a reliability correlation coefficient of 0,75 was obtained. Three (3) hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. The data generated for the study were analyzed with the use of chi-square statistical method. The findings from the test of hypotheses revealed that poor hygiene practice caused food-borne diseases among residents of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State; inadequate food safety knowledge cause food-borne diseases among residents of Ilorin West Local Government area of Kwara State; dirty cooking environment caused food borne diseases among the residents. Based on these findings, it is recommended that the local government through its health workers, should mount heavy campaigns on the need to ensure good personal hygiene practice by the residents; government should organize workshop/symposia to educate the residents on how to ensure food safety; it is also recommended that environmental health officers and sanitarians should endeavour to carry out regular house-to-house inspections to ensure good cooking environments.
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    Problems Associated with the Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV/AIDS patients in Ilorin, Kwara State Referral Hospitals in Nigeria.
    (Published by the Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaira, 2016) Kperogi, I. I.; Aliyu, I. A; Jidda, K. A.; Oniyangi, S. O.
    The study examined problems associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV/AIDS patients in Ilorin Kwara State referral Hospitals. Antiretroviral therapy has transformed the HIV infection into a chronic manageably disease. Optimal adherence (> 95%) is required to achieve treatment success; but non-adherence still remains a major problem among patients. The objectives of this study includes examination of the association between: Adverse effects of ART among patients; Patients stigmatization: Patients' proximity to hospitals and adherence to ART. A descriptive surrey research was used. A total of 50 health workers and 150 people living with HIVIAIDS (PLWHA) Who are on ART were used (200 respondents). 15 patients and 5health workers from each of 10 selected referral hospitals were selected by simple random sampling technique. Researchers' structured questionnaire of four-point Likert scale, validated and rested for reliability (with a reliability coefficient of 0.73r obtained) was used. Chi-Square test was used to rest the association between adherence and identified problems, using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. All the null hypotheses were rejected implying thar adverse drug effects, stigmatization and proximity to health facilities were all problems militating against adherence ot antiretroviral therapy among patients in Ilorin referral hospitals. Recommendations proffered includes: Implementation of the existing policy against stigmatization, providing antiretroviral therapy centers to Local Areas towards solving proximity problems, among others.