PATTERN OF DIETARY INTAKE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA: A RURAL-URBAN CROSS-SECTIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY.

Background: Fetal malnutrition has been reported to result in developmental adaptations, which may lead to chronic diseases later on in life. Maternal body composition, nutritional stores, diet, and ability to deliver nutrients through the placenta determine nutrient availability for the fetus. Thus, this study aimed to determine and compare the dietary intake among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in rural and urban primary health centres in the Uyo senatorial district of Akwa Ibom State.

An Assessment of Antihypertensive Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Patients Attending the Outpatient Clinics in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo.

Context: Hypertension is a global cause of significant morbidity, ranking top as a cause of increased disability-adjusted life years. Patients who do not take their prescribed medication show almost a fourfold increase in the risk of dying from stroke by the second year after being prescribed treatment and a nearly threefold increased risk in the 10 year when compared to patients who take their prescribed medication. Medication adherence is a key factor in the control of high blood pressure.

Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems by pregnant women II: Hair biomarkers for exposures to nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamines.

Introduction: Public awareness of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has increased over time, and the perception that ENDS offer a safer alternative to cigarettes may lead some pregnant women to use them to reduce cigarette smoking during pregnancy. No previous studies have used metabolite levels in hair to measure nicotine exposure for ENDS users during pregnancy. We aimed to measure and compare levels of nicotine, cotinine, and tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in hair samples from pregnant women who were current ENDS users, current smokers, and current non-smokers.

Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) by pregnant women I: Risk of small-for-gestational-age birth.

Introduction: The 2016 US Surgeon General's Report suggests that the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) is a fetal risk factor. However, no previous study has estimated their effect on adverse pregnancy outcomes. We assessed the prevalence of current ENDS use in pregnant women and explored the effect on birth weight and smallness-for-gestational-age (SGA), correcting for misclassification from nondisclosure of smoking status.

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Smoking Cessation in Arkansas, 2014.

Objectives: As of October 2015, evidence needed to make a recommendation about the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) for smoking cessation was limited. We used the 2014 Arkansas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System with additional state-specific questions to determine the prevalence of ENDS use, the impact of ENDS use on smoking cessation, and beliefs about ENDS use in Arkansas. Our objectives were to determine if (1) ENDS use was associated with lower odds of quitting smoking, (2) ENDS users believed that ENDS use was not harmful to their health, and (3) ENDS users believed that switching to ENDS reduced their tobacco-related health risks.

Long-Term Nonmalignant Disease Mortality in Subjects Exposed to Transmissible Agents Present in Animals Used for Food.

Objective: To study mortality from nonmalignant diseases in subjects with high exposure to transmissible agents present in animals used for food, and in their raw or inadequately cooked products.

Methods: Mortality was compared in a cohort of meat handlers in slaughtering and processing plants with that of the U.S.

Overweight and obesity profiles in Niger Delta Region, Nigeria.

Introduction: Overweight and obesity are global public health problems because of their effect on individuals, families and communities. The objective of this study was to describe the profile of overweight and obesity amongst adult out patients in Uyo in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study done between October 2011 and March 2012.

Awareness, use and main source of information on preventive health examinations: a survey of childbearing women in Uyo, Nigeria.

The study determined awareness, use and the main source of information about preventive health examinations among 387 childbearing women attending three health facilities in Uyo, Nigeria. Respondents were consenting women aged 15-49 years who had a live birth in the two months preceding the survey. Respondents were interviewed using structured questionnaires during child welfare clinic visits at each facility.