Publications by authors named "Tunrayo Oluwadare"
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- This study examines how university students at Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) use healthcare services and what influences their usage, utilizing a cross-sectional survey method.
- Out of 429 participants, 87.4% reported using healthcare services, but many had negative perceptions about the quality and cost of the services.
- Key findings indicate that factors such as staff attitudes and drug costs significantly affect students' access to and perceptions of healthcare services on campus.
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- Nosocomial infections are common in hospitals and can significantly impact patient health and healthcare costs, prompting a study on patients' knowledge and perceptions of these infections at Federal Medical Centre, Lagos.
- The study used a semi-structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge and perceptions of 102 in-patients, revealing that while most had fair knowledge (71.6%), only 15.7% showed good knowledge, and over half had a negative perception of these infections.
- Statistical analysis indicated that knowledge and perception of nosocomial infections were significantly influenced by patients' age, highlighting a need for better education and awareness in hospital settings.
Background: Primary health care (PHC) centers help in providing a complete, universal, unbiased, and reasonable healthcare service to all. One major aim of PHC is to reduce health inequality. Most PHC centers in Nigeria cannot deliver fundamental healthcare services due to staffing, equipment distribution, quality infrastructure, and drug supply problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Poor knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer screening and vaccination are significant barriers to effective cervical cancer prevention in developing countries. Knowledge of cervical cancer and vaccination against cervical cancer remains low in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness, and attitude of female staff of Afe Babalola University towards cervical cancer screening and vaccinations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As more people across Generations X, Y, and Z continue to use the Internet meet their information needs, this study assesses the characteristics influencing the online health information seeking behaviour (OHISB) of non-medical university students. Previous studies on the subject in Nigeria have largely assessed the concept of OHISB among university students without examining the determinants of such behaviour.
Objective: To determine the predictors of OHISB among non-medical undergraduate students of a Nigerian private university.
Under-utilization of mental health services among university students is a major public health concern. This study assessed the factors affecting the utilization of mental health services among undergraduate students. This research was a cross-sectional survey carried out among students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Alcohol is classified among legal substances, but its excess consumption can result in road traffic accidents via impairing psychomotor activity and concentration. This study investigated the prevalence of early morning alcohol consumption and its health consequences among commercial motorcycle (Okada) riders in Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Methods: Systematic sampling technique was used to recruit subjects for this study.
Objectives: Medical training has long been globally recognised as involving numerous stressors that can affect the well-being of students. This study, the first to be conducted among first-year medical students at a private university in Nigeria, aims to identify factors associated with students' perceived stress.
Methods: An analytical cross-sectional design was employed.