Aims: The aims of this study was to analyze the influence of knowledge Practices and,Culture on the low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding. Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding is breastfeeding as early as possible after delivery, given without schedule, and not given other foo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i9850
This study focused on Knowledge, Attitude and Male involvement in family planning as predictors to contraceptive use in Kalabari communities of Rivers State. The descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. A 2-staged sampling technique was used to select...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i6821
Aim: The study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among undergraduate students in a tertiary institution in Southern Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Rivers State University, June, 2022 Me...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i12811
Background: Students are usually exposed to all kinds of injury in schools and with inadequate health care services in most schools; administering first aid is important in such emergency situations. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the awareness, knowledge and behaviora...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i930490
The purpose of the present study was to investigate about the knowledge and attitude of women residing in the rural area regarding sterilization. This study deals with the analysis and interpretation of the data collected from 100 women attending selected rural antenatal clinic t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i930486
The investigator conducted a descriptive study to assess the knowledge, existing practices of assessment of growth and development of under five children and its contributing factors in selected sub-centres of district Hooghly in West Bengal. The conceptual framework was based on...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i930484
Background: Organ donation and transplantation is a boon to the medical industry as it has helped in saving the lives of critically ill patients with organ failure but the shortage of organ donors is an emerging health problem in Nepal. Improving the knowledge and attitudes of he...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i630467
Background: The case of sexual behavior in adolescents is increasingly worrisome because teenage sexual behavior is now exceeding the limits and quite alarming. This is supported by research an increasing pattern in adolescent pregnancy in sub-Sahara Africa. Methods: An interview...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1030377
Grace Okaliwe, Glory Mbe Egom Nja, Isaac Olushola Ogunkola, Regina Idu Ejemot-Nwadiaro & Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women globally. Early screening remains a critical approach to reducing morbidity and mortality. Mammography, one of such screening tools, is vital in improving outcomes and survival. However, poor knowledge and ignorance ha...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i830351
Background: Eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy; it is major global health problem and a common medical complication of pregnancy among pregnant women residing in low and middle income countries. It is the development of convulsions and or coma that is not related t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i630333
Y. E. Oku, E. O. Orieno, N. O. Micah, E. U. Eric, I. William-Ebil, E. J. Akpan, J. O. Iyabi-Allagoa & E. A. Olowu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Breast self-examination (BSE) is a recommended technique in medical science for early detection of breast cancer. It is a simple technique with no specific equipment and no cost implication. It has been shown to improve breast health awareness and thus detect potential abnormalit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330315
Aims: To assess the prevalence of herbal use and factors that predispose (predictors). dermatology patients to the use of herbal preparations and medications at the Dermatology clinic of University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330309
Oluwalana Timothy Oyekale, Samsudeen Adeniran Adegbile, Oluwatosin Bola Ojo, Damilola Esther Oguntunmbi & Oluwatoyin Ige Oyekale·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: The most common means of transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) is the contaminated hand of Healthcare Workers (HCWs), proper handwashing by HCWs is the best method of halting this transmission, however, there is poor adherence to the practice of the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130295
Background: Early diagnosis of breast cancer has been associated with better outcomes in diagnosed cases. Breast self-examination (BSE) is an inexpensive but effective method of identifying breast masses that may be cancerous. Objectives: To identify the knowledge, attitude and p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230281
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in 2020 has illustrated how transmissible, virulent, and unpredictable this novel coronavirus is. As of mid-December 2020, over 73.6 million cases have been recorded, with 1.64 million deaths attributed to the disease. This most probably is an underes...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1130278