Exclusive Breastfeeding Intentions Among Adolescents In Urban Communities In Ibadan, Nigeria.

: During adolescence, a female child makes several decisions, and the choice to breastfeed in the near future is conceivably shaped. But in sub-Saharan Africa where teenage pregnancy and teenage motherhood is on the rise, there is a dearth of information on the intention of adolescents to exclusively breastfeed (EBF) in community settings. Therefore, this study assessed exclusive breastfeeding intentions, knowledge and attitude of adolescents in urban communities in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The potential role of patent and proprietary medicine vendors' associations in improving the quality of services in Nigeria's drug shops.

Background: Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) play a major role in Nigeria's health care delivery but regulation and monitoring of their practice needs appreciable improvement to ensure they deliver quality services. Most PPMVs belong to associations which may be useful in improving their regulation. However, little is known about how the PPMV associations function and how they can partner with relevant regulatory agencies to ensure members' compliance and observance of good practice.

Malaria testing and treatment knowledge among selected rural patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMV) in Nigeria.

Background: Malaria is a leading cause of illness and death in Nigeria, but access of poor people to quality anti-malarial services remains low especially in the rural areas. Patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) provide the majority of malaria treatment in rural areas, but little is known about their knowledge of malaria testing and treatment of uncomplicated malaria as recommended in the 2011 National Malaria Control Programme policy.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two purposively selected states (Oyo and Bayelsa) in Nigeria with each state representing a different geographic and linguistic-ethnic region in the southern part of the country.

Behavioural risk factors for sexually transmitted infections and health seeking behaviour of street youths in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Background: Street youths are faced with a number of health challenges that could be linked to their exposure to the risk elements, accessing medical care including motivation and /or ignorance to utilise available health care.

Objective: This qualitative study therefore aimed at determining the behavioural risks for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and health seeking behaviour of street youths in Ibadan.

Methods: Sixteen focus group discussion (FGD) sessions were conducted among 160 street youths aged between 15-24 years.

Negotiating quality standards for effective delivery of labor and childbirth care in Nigeria and Uganda.

Objective: "Negotiated standards" describe a level of quality of care that is acceptable and achievable within a specific health system, based on consensus between key stakeholders. This paper presents the development of negotiated standards for effective labor and childbirth care in selected hospitals and communities in Nigeria and Uganda.

Methods: A four-step development process involving different methodologies.

Healthcare providers' perspectives on labor monitoring in Nigeria and Uganda: A qualitative study on challenges and opportunities.

Objective: To explore current practices, challenges, and opportunities in relation to monitoring labor progression, from the perspectives of healthcare professionals in low-resource settings.

Methods: Thematic analysis of qualitative data (in-depth interviews [IDIs] and focus group discussions [FDGs]) obtained from a purposive sample of healthcare providers and managers in selected health facilities in Nigeria and Uganda.

Results: A total of 70 IDIs and 16 FGDs with doctors, midwives, and administrators are included in this analysis.

The communication and emotional support needs to improve women's experience of childbirth care in health facilities in Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study.

Objective: To improve women's childbirth experiences in health facilities, their psychosocial and communication needs have to be met. However, what constitutes these specific needs is poorly understood, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores women's needs for communication and emotional support during facility-based childbirth.

Defining quality of care during childbirth from the perspectives of Nigerian and Ugandan women: A qualitative study.

Objective: To explore what "quality of care" means to childbearing women in Nigeria and Uganda, as a means of ensuring that women's voices and opinions are prioritized when developing interventions to improve quality in maternity care provision.

Methods: Qualitative methods, with a purposive sample of women in Nigeria and Uganda. Participants were asked to define quality of care and to provide examples of when it was and was not provided.

"": A qualitative study on social norms and acceptability of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria.

Background: Many women experience mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities across the world. However, limited evidence exists on how social norms and attitudes of both women and providers influence mistreatment during childbirth. Contextually-specific evidence is needed to understand how normative factors affect how women are treated.

Mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria: a qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of women and healthcare providers.

Background: Global efforts have increased facility-based childbirth, but substantial barriers remain in some settings. In Nigeria, women report that poor provider attitudes influence their use of maternal health services. Evidence also suggests that women in Nigeria may experience mistreatment during childbirth; however, there is limited understanding of how and why mistreatment this occurs.

Experiences of girls with hearing impairment in accessing reproductive health care services in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Delivery of health services to people with hearing impairment is poorly understood in Nigeria and limited research has been done to throw more light on the process involved. This study described experiences of 167 girls with hearing impairment in accessing reproductive health services in Ibadan using a validated questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data.

Malaria knowledge and agricultural practices that promote mosquito breeding in two rural farming communities in Oyo State, Nigeria.

Background: Agricultural practices such as the use of irrigation during rice cultivation, the use of ponds for fish farming and the storage of water in tanks for livestock provide suitable breeding grounds for anthropophylic mosquitoes. The most common anthropophylic mosquito in Nigeria which causes much of the morbidity and mortality associated with malaria is the anopheles mosquito. Farmers are therefore at high risk of malaria - a disease which seriously impacts on agricultural productivity.

Infant weaning methods: an intergenerational view from Igbo-Ora Nigeria.

This study documents and compares the methods by which mothers and grandmothers feed children under 2 years of age in a southwest Nigerian town and the factors which influence their choice of weaning methods. The study was exploratory in design and stratified sampling was done to select respondents from all six wards of the town studied. Two hundred and forty mothers with children under 2 years of age and 246 grandmothers were interviewed.

Observations of barbers' activities in Oyo State Nigeria: implications for HIV/AIDS transmission.

In Nigeria, most studies concerning HIV/AIDS transmission have looked at the sexual route from both epidemiological and behavioral perspectives. A few have examined the role of blood transfusion and the potential for indigenous surgical practices. None have specifically looked at the transmission of potential barbers.