Characteristics of higher education students who reported sexual violence: a Nigerian national study.

Background: Sexual violence among higher education students is a global public health problem. Identifying the characteristics of students who report victimization can serve as basis for programmes that target vulnerable students.

Methods: The study was conducted among 30,114 Nigerian higher education students.

Intention for internal whistleblowing to report sexual violence in higher education institutions: a Nigerian national study.

Background: Sexual violence is prevalent in higher education institutions in Nigeria and stakeholders have encouraged staff and students to blow the whistle whenever they fall victim to or are aware of any sexual violence case. However, there is lack of data about whether the staff and students of these institutions have the intention to blow the whistle internally (within the institution) or not. There is also a lack of data on the existing reporting mechanisms or preferred whistleblowing mechanisms in these institutions.

Utilization of insecticide-treated nets and associated factors among childbearing women in Northern Nigeria.

Background: Studies have explored the correlates of insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria. The few studies that focused on Northern Nigeria mostly examined individual correlates, but largely ignored the community correlates. Also, the persistence of armed insurgencies in the region calls for more research attention.

Intention of Staff and Students to Use Internal Whistleblowing to Report Sexual Violence: A Case Study of a Nigerian University.

Sexual violence with its enormous negative consequences has become an epidemic most especially among the young populations. An effective danger-proof reporting system is necessary for curbing this menace including use of the internal whistleblowing mechanism. The study employed a concurrent (parallel) mixed method descriptive design for explaining the sexual violence experiences of university students, the intention of staff and students to blow the whistle, and their preferred whistleblowing strategies.

Do the prevalence and correlates of adverse reproductive health outcomes differ by marriage cohorts? Evidence from a study of two marriage cohorts in Nigeria.

The researchers examined the prevalence and correlates of adverse reproductive health outcomes among two cohorts of married women in Nigeria based on the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. A weighted sample size of 8,704 and 6,076 women were analyzed respectively for the child and delayed marriage cohorts. Our results showed differences in adverse reproductive health outcomes by marriage cohorts with higher prevalence in the child marriage cohort and also differences in the correlates of adverse reproductive health outcomes.

Knowledge, Perception, and Utilization of Standardized Nursing Language (SNL) (NNN) among Nurses in Three Selected Hospitals in Ondo State, Nigeria.

The use of standardized nursing languages helps nurses understand patients' needs with precision and speed. This study assessed the knowledge of standardized nursing languages (SNL); how nurses perceive SNL and nurses utilization of SNL. The study adopted a cross sectional research design.

Pubertal Communication Between School Nurses and Adolescent Girls in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

We examined information on pubertal changes provided by school nurses to adolescent girls, the methods, and media of communication. We also examined the challenges faced by the nurses in the course of communication. The study setting was five private high schools located in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.