Aim: This study assess the implicated causes of maternal mortality in some rural communities in Bayelsa state. Communities visited having health facilities with existing records of maternal mortality from 2018-2023 include both public and private health / hospitals and TBAs centr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijrrgy/2024/v7i1107
This study aimed to determine the relationship between anthropometric indices of school girls and their regular nutritional dietary intake. Methods: This research adopted a cross-sectional community- based study to assess school girls of age 5-10yrs using well-structured question...
Aim/Objective: This study determines the rate of hypertension among elderly males and females residents in yenagoa LGA in relation to age variations. Methods: A descriptive research design and a simple random method was adopted for this study. A noninvasive (auscultatory) approac...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcr/2025/v8i1319
Aim/Objective: This study aimed to determine the cardio-anthropometric status of child bearing age women with focus on factors responsible to the development of hypertension in Ahoada west LGA River state, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive random samplin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcd/2025/v7i1127
Aim: This study examine the practice and sanitary condition maintained by TBAs when taking vaginal deliveries in Bayelsa state central using cross sectional descriptive random sampling method to select a total of 70 respondents and the required parameters with the aid of structur...
Aim: This study assess the prevalence of malnutrition and underweight among school boys in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa state. Methods: The was a cross sectional study consisting of 250 school boys within the ages of 5-10yrs selected randomly from five communities during school period. Dat...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2024/v16i71486
Aim/Objective: This study assesses the impact of gas flares on neonatal weight and health profile in Okolobiri and its environs. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study design was adopted in this research using well-structured questionnaire and digital infant scale for weight...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2025/v37i65869
The aim of this study was to determine the growth profile of pre-school children in some gas flaring communities in yenagoa, Bayelsa state in relation to under nutrition (PEM), source of drinking water and others. Methods: This study adopted a cross sectional design strategy to d...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i8378