Background: Universities in the high prevalence nations of sub-Saharan Africa have significant proportions of their students and staff being infected with HIV. The prevalence of risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS continues to rise especially among university students. The objective of t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18421
Aims: HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked to the sexual behavior of the population. The knowledge of the impact of socio- demographic and an increasing religious movement, on risk behavior for HIV/AIDS among University students in Nigeria and the rest of the sub-Saharan A...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11739
Background: Comprehensive sex education programs are most impactful when they are evidence-based and rooted in social theories that are proven to enhance adoption of healthy behaviours. This study used the reasoned action approach to investigate the socio-cognitive predictors of...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2017/30447
Aim: To describe a rare case of pelvic desmoid tumour simulating as a huge uterine leiomyoma causing a diagnostic dilemma in a premenopausal woman. Case Presentation: This was a 44-year-old, para 2 (2 alive) who was referred to our gynaecology clinic from a secondary health faci...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230372
Background: The prevalence of Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa because of rapid demographic and epidemiologic transitions. There are several criteria for diagnosing MetS. This study compared the prevalence of MetS in a rural and urban community in Sou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/33993
Oluwakemi Ladipo, Temitope Olusanya, Oluwasegun Adeniyi, Olalekan Kemiki, John Sotunsa, Tobiloba Aweda, Adewale Adetosoye, Olusola Boyede, Ismail Alimi & Mary Adelabu·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2022
Background: Studies have suggested that patients’ medical data could be correlated with the disease outcome in individuals with COVID-19. There is however, paucity of data on the impact of many of these factors especially in rural and semi-urban environment in Nigeria. Objective:...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i1931452
The occurrence of hypertension, obesity, dysglycaemia and dyslipidaemia together has been shown to result in increased risk of development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This present study assessed prevalence of components and the socio-demographic determinants of metabo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/35098