Pattern of admissions and needs assessment for palliative care services among in-patients in a tertiary health facility in South-Western Nigeria.

Background: Palliative care evolution focuses on education and medication accessibility. As little as 12% of palliative care needs are met. Assessment of the domains of Palliative care and patients' and families' experience are essential in life-limiting conditions.

Online palliative care curriculum: contextual adaptation for Nigerian healthcare workers.

Objectives: This study reports on a yearlong sequence of three periodic, virtual trainings in primary palliative care for healthcare professionals across Nigeria. Our overall objective was to determine the impact of the full course on participants' attitudes, knowledge, skills and plans to implement and deliver palliative care in their local contexts.

Methods: The curriculum for this programme was codeveloped by a team of USA and Nigerian palliative care professionals and delivered via three 3-day virtual sessions.

Perceptions and beliefs of community gatekeepers about genomic risk information in African cleft research.

Background: A fundamental ethical issue in African genomics research is how socio-cultural factors impact perspectives, acceptance, and utility of genomic information, especially in stigmatizing conditions like orofacial clefts (OFCs). Previous research has shown that gatekeepers (e.g.

Co-occurrence of Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease amongst Diabetic Patients in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Background: Diabetes significantly increases the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). This risk can be reduced by addressing modifiable risk factors. The objectives of this study were to assess the modifiable risks for CVD amongst persons with diabetes and identify the factors associated with multiple risk factors.

MORBIDITY, COMORBIDITY AND MULTIMORBIDITY AS PORTALS FOR SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AMONG OLDER PERSONS IN A RURAL NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT: A CROSS-SECTIONAL HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY.

Background: Subjective well-being (SWB) has been described as a new vital sign that predicts the overall health and future health status of individuals. Despite the process of natural ageing, older persons in addition suffer morbid, comorbid and multimorbid medical conditions that affect their SWB.

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the morbidity, comorbidity and multimorbidity as predictors of SWB among older persons in a rural environment of Nigeria.

An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study.

Background: Basic Life Support (BLS) is considered a lifesaving measure and sound knowledge is expected among health professionals. Studies conducted among medical doctors and students in many developing countries show deficiencies in knowledge and practice of essential BLS skills. This study assessed the awareness, knowledge, perception, practice, accessibility and barriers to BLS training amongst medical students in South-Western Nigeria, exposing skill gaps and training challenges to inform appropriate solutions.

A blended curriculum to improve student community health officers' competencies in newborn infection prevention and control.

Background: Infections contribute significantly to neonatal mortality in Nigeria. Community health officers (CHOs) provide maternal, newborn and child health services at the primary health care level. However, newborn infection prevention and control (NB-IPC) is not included in their current training curriculum, which has little innovation in teaching methods.

Electronic cigarettes use in COVID-19 era among students of a tertiary institution in Nigeria.

Background: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is becoming popular among undergraduate students in Nigeria with a tendency for escalation because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess electronic cigarette use in COVID-19 era among undergraduate students of a tertiary institution in Lagos state, Southwestern Nigeria.

Setting: A tertiary institution in Southwestern Nigeria.

Development and Comparison of Three Data Models for Predicting Diabetes Mellitus Using Risk Factors in a Nigerian Population.

Objective: This study developed and compared the performance of three widely used predictive models-logistic regression (LR), artificial neural network (ANN), and decision tree (DT)-to predict diabetes mellitus using the socio-demographic, lifestyle, and physical attributes of a population of Nigerians.

Methods: We developed three predictive models using 10 input variables. Data preprocessing steps included the removal of missing values and outliers, min-max normalization, and feature extraction using principal component analysis.

Point-of-Care Anti-Counterfeit Medicines Technologies: Awareness and Utilization among Medical Practitioners in Eastern Nigeria.

Background: Substandard and falsified medicines pose a serious threat to public health throughout the world but disproportionately afflict under-resourced nations with weak pharmaceutical regulatory mechanisms. The prescription of medicines is an event in which a medical practitioner(MP) is a decision maker for the ultimate consumer who is the patient.

Aim: The study was aimed at describing awareness, identification, utilization, and barriers to utilization of point of-care overt anti-counterfeit medicine technologies(ACMTs) and the drivers, dangers and preventive measures of substandard and falsified medicines among MPs in Abia State.

Internalization of stigma among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Nigeria: a mixed method study.

Background: Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) has uniquely stigmatizing aspects because children with ASD have no physical markers of their condition. Parents are usually blamed and judgment from others is often internalized (felt stigma).

Aim: This study was conducted to determine knowledge about ASD, negative experiences (enacted stigma), internalization of stigma (felt or self stigma) and its correlates among parents of children with ASD in Lagos, Nigeria.

COVID-19 Biosecurity Protective Items Utilization at the Point of Care: A CrossSectional Study of Drivers, Barriers, Benefits and Perceived Dangers among Frontline Medical Doctors in Non-COVID-19 Hospitals in Abia State, Nigeria.

Background: Globally, COVID-19 is an emerging health problem. As the spread of COVID-19 infection continues worldwide, measures to protect frontline doctors have been in the spotlight on international biosecurity discussions especially in countries with weak health system and infrastructure.

Aim: The study was aimed at describing the drivers, barriers, benefits and perceived dangers of utilization of COVID-19 biosecurity protective items at the point of care among frontline doctors in non-COVID-19 hospitals in Abia State.

Perspectives on the current state of Nigeria's emergency care system among participants of an emergency medicine symposium: a qualitative appraisal.

Introduction: Emergency care systems provide timely and relevant care to the acutely ill and injured. Published commentaries have characterised deficiencies in the Nigerian emergency care system and offered potential solutions but have not included the perspectives of the Nigerian public. A more inclusive approach that includes feedback from the public may help improve the Nigerian emergency care system through better understanding of the needs, values and expectations of the community.

Comparison of respiratory and skin disorders between residents living close to and far from Solous landfill site in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Background: Solid waste dump sites have proven to have potentially high risk to human health as it serves as a source of air, soil and underground water pollution.

Aim: This study aimed to assess and compare the knowledge, respiratory disorders and skin disorders between residents living close to and far from landfill sites in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Setting: Igando (a community within 5 km close to) and Badagry (a community beyond 5 km from) Solous Landfill sites in Lagos state, Nigeria.

Results from the implementation of the World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care Course in Lagos, Nigeria.

Background: The emergency care of time-sensitive injuries and illnesses is increasingly recognized as an essential component of effective health care systems. However, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack healthcare providers formally trained in the care of emergency conditions. The Disease Control Priorities 3 project estimates that effective emergency care systems could avert up to half of all premature deaths in LMICs.

Knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices for human Papilloma virus infection among female sex workers in Lagos metropolis.

Introduction: risky and hard-to-reach populations like female sex workers (FSW) face a huge burden with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among which is human Papilloma virus (HPV) infection. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices for HPV infection among FSW in Lagos, Nigeria.

Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 403 respondents.

Amputation Characteristics, Caregiver Support and Psychosocial Effect of Amputation among Adult Amputees at Tertiary Hospitals in Lagos Nigeria.

Background: There is usually a strong worry with feelings over the lost individual or body parts. Amputation sometimes leads to feelings of social discomfort or public self-consciousness. Social discomfort has been linked with further psychosocial problems such as increased activity restriction, heightened worry and low mood.

Knowledge, attitude and compliance towards travel vaccines among Nigerian travellers at an international airport.

Background: The risk of contracting a travel-related disease does not only depend on the destination of travel and length of the trip, but also on the traveller's own health status. Travel vaccines avert the increase of communicable disease. Awareness of traveller's behaviours and their attitudes concerning infectious diseases can inform policy aimed at protecting the individual travellers, their contacts and the communities into which they travel.

Knowledge, prevalence and psychological effect of miscarriage among women of reproductive age group attending obstetrics and gynaecology clinics of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the knowledge, prevalence and psychological effect of miscarriage among women of reproductive age attending the obstetrics and gynaecology clinics of a tertiary healthcare facility in Lagos Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Study design was a descriptive cross sectional study and 300 respondents were enrolled. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire and Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL) authored by M.

Knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B vaccination among health workers at the Lagos State accident and emergency centre, Toll-Gate, Alausa, Lagos State.

Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is a priority job related disease that has both serious public and private health implications. Hepatitis B vaccine is the first anticancer vaccine that has outstanding record of safety and effectiveness and 95% effective in preventing children and adults from developing chronic infection.

Study Design/methodology: The study design was a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Pattern and outcome of cases seen at the Adult Accident and Emergency Department of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos.

Background: The accident and emergency department constitutes one of the vital entry points of patients into the healthcare facility of the hospital the world over. It responds to and manages variety of cases in all the clinical areas and thus pr vides an insight to the quality of care available in the health institution.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the pattern of cases seen as well as the causes of deaths at the adult accident and emergency department of the Lagos UniversityTeaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos.