Comparison of domestic violence against women in urban versus rural areas of southeast Nigeria.

Background: The perception and prevalence of domestic violence (DV) in rural areas is poorly understood; the result is that most efforts at eradicating this harmful practice are concentrated in urban areas. The objective of the study was to compare the burden and perception of DV among women living in rural and urban Igbo communities of southeast Nigeria.

Methods: This was a comparative, cross-sectional study of women residing in rural and urban communities in Enugu, Nigeria, who had gathered for an annual religious meeting from August 1-7, 2011.

Constraints, challenges and prospects of public-private partnership in health-care delivery in a developing economy.

Background: In Nigeria, concerns on the quality and financing of health-care delivery especially in the public sector have initiated reforms including support for public-private partnerships (PPP) at the Federal Ministry of Health. Likewise, Enugu State has developed a draft policy on PPP since 2005. However, non-validation and non-implementation of this policy might have led to loss of interest in the partnership.

Integrating maternal health services into a health insurance scheme: effect on healthcare delivery.

Background: Healthcare delivery is a foremost important basic social services.

Objective: This study reviews the influence of the integration of maternal health services into the Anambra State of Nigeria government-community health care financing scheme on health service delivery at primary health care level in Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.

Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study with an intervention component, conducted amongst 120 women of reproductive age group at Obiuno health centre, Igboukwu.

Enhancing data management skills of primary health care workers in enugu state, Nigeria.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of a training scheme on data collection, recording, reporting and utilisation practices among primary health care workers in Enugu State.

Methods: This is a "before and after" intervention study conducted among 107 Primary Health Care (PHC) workers in Enugu State. A multistage sampling technique was used.

Cardiac risk indices of staff of Federal University Of Technology Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.

Non-communicable diseases are the major health burden in the industrialized countries and are increasing rapidly in the developing countries owing to demographic transitions and changing lifestyles among the people. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are increasingly becoming a great cause of morbidity and mortality. A total of 100 senior and 141 junior staff in Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, Nigeria was randomly selected for a study on cardiac risk factors.