Browsing by Author "Yusuf, A G"

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    DICHOTOMY BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND UTILIZATION OF DELIVERY CASE SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF CHLD BEARING AGE IN EDU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE NIGERIA
    (Department of Nursing Osogbo, Osun State Nigeria, 2018-12) Jibril, N U; Olubiyi, S k; Rejuaro, F M; Ibraheem, M A; Imam, Abubakar Ayinla; Yusuf, A G
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    Knowledge and utilization of Family Planning Services among women in Edu Local Government Area, Lafiagi, Nigeria.
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria., 2020-05) Jibril, Nda Umar; Olubiyi, Simeon Kayode; Rejuaro, Falilat M; Imam, Abubakar Ayinla; Yusuf, A G; Ibraheem, Ayoola M; Aminat, G U; Kamar, A
    This study determined knowledge, sources of information about and accessibility of Family Planning (FP) services among women in Edu Local Government of Kwara State using a descriptive research design. Three research questions were answered and a hypothesis was tested in this study. A researchers-designed questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection from 480 women and a split-half test of reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Three hundred and sixty women were purposively sampled for the study. The result was analyzed using frequency count and percentages, while, Chi-square was used to test null hypothesis at Alpha level of 0.05. The research findings showed that women of childbearing age sources of information about FP services was mainly by health workers (62.5%) while women knowledge about FP was below average (43.3%) and women showed poor willingness to utilize FP services in Edu Local Government Area. This study concluded that knowledge has no significant influence on utilization of family planning services by women of childbearing age in Edu LGA, Kwara State. The study however, recommended that all levels of Governments health workers and Non-governmental Organizations should strengthen health education intervention programmes on the significant of FP services utilization in the existing primary health care centres in Edu LGA. Keywords: Family Planning Services, Women of Childbearing Age, Knowledge, accessibility and Utilization.
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    Socio-Demographic Factors as Determinant of Causes of Gastroenteritis among Children under Five Admitted into Children Specialist Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State..
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2018) Rejuaro, Falilat M; Jibril, Nda Umar; Imam, Abubakar Ayinla; Ibraheem, Ayoola M; Umar, G A; Onasoga, O A; Yusuf, A G
    Gastroenteritis is one of the major diseases in childhood responsible for high morbidity and mortality among under 5 children in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of maternal age, family income and family size on the causes of gastroenteritis. This study adopted descriptive research design of cross sectional method; purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 220 mothers of under 5 children in children specialist hospital Ilorin. The researchers-structured and developed questionnaire was administered on the selected mothers. The validity of the instrument was determined by its face and content base on the research objectives, while the reliability was determined using test re-test method with reliability coefficient of 0.87using Pearson correlation coefficient. Data for this study was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Version, 23.0. Descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage was used to present results, while inferential statistics of chi square was used to test the research hypotheses. The findings of this study shows that maternal age, family income and family size are determinant factors for gastroenteritis among under five children admitted in children specialist hospital Ilorin, Kwara State. The study however, concluded that factors such as maternal age, family size and family income significantly determined the cause of gastroenteritis among children under five years admitted into Children Specialist Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State. Based on this conclusion, we recommended that mothers be health educated on the importance of ripe marriage to prevent poor parental care of children in order to reduce infant morbidity and mortality and the government should intensify efforts on women empowerment and improve the maternal and child health care services in the communities. Keyword: Socio-demographic Factors, Gastroenteritis, Mothers, Under 5 Children