Background: Breastfeeding is crucial in providing infants with needed nutrition and immunity to foster their healthy growth and development; yet, optimal support from health workers is critical for it to be successful.
Aim: To determine factors influencing tangible breastfeeding support among health workers in Nigeria.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Nigeria's six geopolitical zones between August 2022 and February 2023 among health workers ( = 2,922).
BMC Public Health
September 2021
Background: Currently, there is a paucity of data on the knowledge and practice of preventive measures for Hepatitis E infection in Nigerian populations. This study provided data on the prevalence, knowledge and practices of prevention in an adolescent population from Nigeria.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted over 3 months among rural Nigerian secondary school adolescents.
Background: There is paucity of data on objectively measured lung function abnormalities in Nigerian children using diagnostic testing methods such as spirometry. Such assessments could prompt early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.
Methods: This was a cross sectional study among children aged 6 to 12 years in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Objectives: Use of Psychoactive substances by young people poses an important public health threat despite mass campaigns and education. There have been documentations of rise in prevalence and use of psychoactive substances by Nigerian adolescents in urban areas of Nigeria. Few reports exist on in-school adolescents in rural areas, and differences in their sociodemographic profile such as public/private school attendance, day/boarding status and socioeconomic status of students.
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