Seroprevalence survey of rubella infection in pregnancy at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.

Objective: To determine the serosusceptibility of rubella infection in pregnancy and the feasibility of establishing an organized prevention program in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional, laboratory-based study involved 300 consecutive pregnant women who gave informed consent and were screened for rubella immunoglobulins G (IgG) and M (IgM), using the ELISA-based quantitative assay at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Of the cohort, 30 women later withdrew.

Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among Nigerian primary school teachers.

Background: A multi-disciplinary approach is needed for effective dental education of children. Teachers can be used as oral health educators but only if they have a good knowledge, attitude and practice of oral health. This study's main objective was to compare the oral health knowledge, attitude and practices of public and private primary school teachers and to determine the proportion of teachers presently involved with oral health education of school children.

"He does his own and walks away" perceptions about male attitudes and practices regarding safe motherhood in Ekiadolor, Southern Nigeria.

The main study objectives were to highlight male attitudes and practices regarding safe motherhood, and to demonstrate the usefulness of qualitative research methods in studying behaviour-related health problems. The setting was Ekiadolor, a semi-urban Nigerian community with an under-resourced district hospital. The study design was a qualitative research, using Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with females and the local hospital staff as participants, triangulated with Free Listing Interviews (FLIs) and group interviews of males.

Maternal health-seeking behavior and associated factors in a rural Nigerian community.

Objectives: To assess maternal health services and health-seeking behavior in a rural community (Ologbo), located in the South-south zone of Nigeria.

Methods: Structured questionnaire was administered to 225 randomly selected mothers (age 15-49 years), and was analyzed using SPSS. Six focus group discussion sessions were also conducted-four for community women and two for health workers.

Socio-cultural factors in maternal morbidity and mortality: a study of a semi-urban community in southern Nigeria.

Study Objective: To understand community based or socio-cultural factors that determine maternal morbidity and mortality in a semi-urban setting.

Design: The study is an exploratory multidisciplinary operations research and the instruments were focus groups and interviews.

Setting: Ekpoma, a semi-urban community with a population of 70,000 in central part of Edo state in southern Nigeria.