EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY ADO-EKITI

 Published Research

 EFFECTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION PROGRAMME ON CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AMONG WOMEN OF CHILD BEARING AGE IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA.{Ph.D Thesis}

 OBALASE STEPHEN BABATUNDE

 2020

ABSTRACT Cervical cancer is a potentially preventable disease as cytological screening using Pap smear helps to detect this disease in early stages. A declining trend of about 65% in the incidence of invasive carcinoma of the cervix uteri has been documented in the United States and other European countries during the last three decades owing to the widespread introduction of Pap smear as a sensitive screening tool. On the contrary the prevalence of cervical cancer is increasing in developing countries due to lack of knowledge, lack of screening protocol, high cost of vaccine, ineffective and inefficient health care system. Although cancer of cervix is not a major contributor of public health problems affecting women of child bearing age in Ondo State, cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage that require extensive chemo- irradiation due to low level of education among women, poor comprehensive programme on awareness among the community on cervical cancer, resulting in delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer, leading to increase morbidity, mortality, disabilities and hazards to individuals’ health in addition to financial burden on the health system. The study aimed to examine the effects of Health Education intervention programme on cervical cancer prevention among women of child bearing age in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study also evaluate the effectiveness of health education programme on the knowledge of the respondents on cervical cancer prevention. The study also investigate the effect of health education intervention programme on the level of awareness of child bearing mothers on cervical cancer prevention. The study assessed the effect of health education intervention programme on the knowledge of the respondents on cervical cancer prevention. The study also examined the effect of health education intervention programme on the attitude of child bearing mothers on cervical cancer prevention. The study also evaluate the effect of health education intervention programme on behaviour towards cervical cancer screening for early detection of cervical cancer. The study verified the effect of health education intervention programme on demographic variables like age, religion, family type, sexual partners, location and socio –economic status on cervical cancer prevention. The study adopted one shot experimental research design of pre-test, post-test without control group. An intervention programme was implemented in the form of lectures, videos, and poster on cervical cancer and its causative organism called human papilloma virus 30 minutes in a week for (8) eight weeks at the designated centres in the State. The sample for the study were 40 respondents selected in each of the three Senatorial District in the State making a total of 120 respondents for the study. A self-designed questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents to guide the study. The research questions raised were answered descriptively while all the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used for data analysis. There were 120 participants in the study. After the intervention, there was a significant increase in the level of knowledge, awareness about cervical cancer. The respondents showed positive attitude towards prevention after the introduction of treatment on the respondents through early reporting, screening and diagnosis. The respondents were willing to educate the populace the need for vaccination, screening for cervical cancer to ensure early detection and to bring about good prognosis. The effectiveness of the health education intervention programme demonstrated significant change in the level of knowledge for almost all items. However, the percentage increase in the post- test level of knowledge was variable indicating an overall moderate effect. Further research is needed to determine the timing, intensity and duration of interventions in addition to using additional modalities as mobile and internet services in order to get better outcomes. KEY WORDS: Health education, intervention programmes, cervical cancer, cervical education, attitude, women of child bearing age 

 Issues And Challenges In Tertiary Education, IBADAN ,Nigeria

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 THE PREVAILING FOOD INSECURITY IN NIGERIA : CAUSES, EFFECTS AND REMEDIES (PUBLISHED 2018 In Issues And Challenges In Tertiary Education, IBADAN ,Nigeria)

 ADELUSI,Joseph Olusegun, OBALASE, Stephen Babatunde, And DADA , Samuel Olufemi

 2018

Abstract The first essential component of social and economic justice is adequate food production.Even if a nation cannot send cosmonauts to the moon, it should be able to feed her population, only then can it occupy a place of pride in the community of nations.Nigeria is a country richly blessed with abundant natural and human resources, that if properly harnessed can feed its people and export the surpluses to other countries, ironically it is experiencing persistent food crisis both in terms of quantity and quality.Cases of malnutrition and under nutrition are alarming daily.Food security exists when all people at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for a healthy life. Food insecurity by constrat, exists when people do not have adequate physical, social or economic access to food.Food insecurity refers to the consequences of inadequate consumption of nutritious food, considering the physiological use of food by the body as being within the domain of nutrition and health.Food insecurity can be attributed to a number of factors, such as unstable social and political environments that preclude sustainable economic growth, war and civil strives, macroeconomics imbalances in trade, natural resource constraits, poor human resource base, gender inequality, inadequate education, poor health, natural disasters, such as floods and locust infestation and the absence of good governance.However, in Nigeria, food insecurity are caused by the following among other factors like gender inequality, policy inconsistency and corruption, poverty and hunger, conflicts, climate change and natural disasters, insufficient production, lack of adequate storage facilities, low level of technology, inadequate food processing, and the impact of biofuels.The consequences of food insecurity include malnutrition and malnourishment,decrease energy level, delayed maturation, growth failure, decrease ability to resist infections, impaired cognitive ability, shortened life expectancy, increased infant and maternal mortality and morbidity, low birth weight among others.Food insecurity and malnutrition are viewed as a lack of human rights.Based on the foregoing , it is recommended that the Nigerian government should give priority to the provision of food for her citizenry.This could be achieved by encouraging the teaming jobless youths to go into small and large scale mechanized farming, money should be released to individuals and corporate bodies who are interested in farming, backed up with close monotoring by relevant authorities. KEY WORDS : Prevailing, food security, food insecurity, consequences, poverty , hunger and malnutrition. 

 GLOBAL JOURNAL

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 HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AS A PANACEA TO PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE

 KAYODE AKINMUSERE A, JOSEPH OLUSEGUN ADELUSI & OBALASE STEPHEN BABATUNDE

 2017

Abstract Humans are most times very conscious of their environment. Some, though aware of how neat or how filthy their environment may be, make do with what the environment has to offer. What emanates from the environment proclaims itself through the effect it has on the inhabitants? The effect, on the other hand, steers out how well the inhabitants will relate towards the environment which includes the inhabitants themselves. A healthy and pleasant environment is most likely to make the inhabitants very comfortable and comfortable and peaceful while an unhealthy environment may make the inhabitants uneasy, uncomfortable and aggressive, which in turn could translate to chaos within the community. It is as a result that this paper took a look at what a healthy environment, characteristics of a healthy environment, peaceful co-existence and healthy environment and peace-making tool. Conclusion was arrived at and recommendations were advanced among which is that environmental sustainability should be ensured and extreme poverty and hunger should be eradicated to bring about peace. Keywords: Healthy; Environment; Peaceful; Coexistence; Inhabitants 

 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN TERTIARY EDUCATION IN IBADAN NIGERIA

 Published Research

 APPRAISING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND STAKEHOLDERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SANITATION IN NIGERIA

 ADELUSI, JOSEPH OLUWASEGUN, OLOYEDE, RASHEED OWOLABI, OBALASE, STEPHEN BABATUNDE, & GBENRO VICTOR

 2017

ABSTRACT Environmental health sanitation in Nigeria has established itself as a vehement tool towards achieving all round health goals as well as eliminating all health related hazards to an appreciated level .Environmental health as a holistic term indicate proper and just management of ones immediate surrounding as well as proper waste management towards ensuring a disease free environment usually caused by pathogenic organisms.Basically the environment is capustulated with both human and activity control and determine the module and extent of the non - human material in the environment.Stakeholders and Government involvement in ensuring environmental health sanitation is a major key to its actualization.Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life that are determined by physical , chemical, biological , social and psycho-social factors in the environment.The paper examined environmental health under the following sub - headings : waste disposal management, sewage disposal management, water sanitation, food and eating places sanitation and school environment.The individuals role in environmental health cannot be overemphasized because it is the individual that interacts constantly with the environment.Corporate bodies involvement in environmental health sanitation is important for the achievement of a healthy worthwhile environment.The constraits to government's involvement include technical , institutional constitutional constraits, financial constraits,low level of literacy, lack of adequate professional man power and poorly enforced public laws.The authors made the following recommendations : The government should set up a surveillance committee as a means of ensuring the all Environmental sanitation officers carry out their responsibilities of ensuring strict compliance with environmental laws and policies.The funding and implementation fund by the federal ministry of environment should be monitored via outsight fonction of the national assembly. Key words : Appraising, role , stakeholders, Environmental Health , Sanitation. 

 International Jornal Of Caring Sciences

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 BREAST CANCER SCREENING PRACTICES AMONG WOMEN IN AKURE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE

 OBALASE, STEPHEN BABATUNDE AND ADEGBORO, JOSEPH SUNDAY (Ph.D)

 2017

Abstract This study examined breast cancer screening practices among women in Akure South Local Government area of Ondo State. The descriptive research of the survey type was adopted for the study. The sample consisted of 180 respondents between the ages of 18 and 50 selected from all political wards in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. The validity of the instrument was established by three experts in health education, while the reliability coefficient of 0.77 was obtained and deemed fit for the study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the research questions while inferential statistics was used to test all the hypotheses raised for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that the prominent source of information and knowledge about breast cancer screening came from hospitals, at home and mass media. The respondents conducted breast self examination once a while. Level of education has a significant influence on women susceptibility to breast cancer screening and they used to involve in breast self examination often than clinical screening and mammography Key words: Influence, psychosocial, breast cancer, screening. 

 International Jornal Of Caring Sciences

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 KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN IKERE EKITI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA.

 OBALASE, STEPHEN BABATUNDE, ADELUSI, JOSEPH OLUSEGUN AND ADEGBORO, JOSEPH SUNDAY (PhD)

 2017

Abstract Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality in Nigeria. A study was conducted on the knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The study determined the sources of information on cervical cancer screening and how often they engaged in cervical cancer screening. The researchers generated three research questions and formulated three hypotheses to guide the study .The sample for the study was 220 respondents drawn from all the health facilities, churches ,mosque and market places in Ikere Local Government area of Ekiti State. The instrument for the study was self structured questionnaire to elicit information on knowledge and awareness of the respondents on cervical cancer and cervical screening. The instrument was validated by experts and reliability coefficient using Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient was high enough and considered reliable for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The respondents had low knowledge about cervical cancer screening and all the health facilities in the areas do not carried out cervical screening. The risk factors for cervical cancer include age, religious factors, age factors, parity among others. Key words: knowledge, awareness , cervical cancer, Cervical cancer screening 

 BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH

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 Knowledge, Attitude And Acceptance Of Modern Family Planning Method Among Women Attending Post-Natal Clinic In Ayeka Basic Health Centre In Okitipupa Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

 Obalase Stephen Babatunde1* And Joseph Uchenna Evelyn2

 2017

ABSTRACT Unintended or unplanned pregnancy poses a major economical, psychological, social, and/ religious challenge in women of reproductive age, especially in developing countries. Available data indicates that Nigeria currently has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. It is also in evidence that 40% of those maternal deaths are due to complications of unsafe abortions which often is a response to an unwanted pregnancy that could have been prevented by effective contraception programming. Yet Nigeria’s contraception prevalence rate is less than 13%. This was a descriptive cross sectional survey carried out among Women Attending Post-Natal Clinic in Ayeka Basic Health centre in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State a simple questionnaire exploring Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance of modern family planning method. Information obtaining including bio-data, knowledge and awareness information, practice. Data were analyzed using frequency and percentage counts data statistics. A total of 200 women with 107 below 31, 78 were between age 31-40 and 15 were greater than 40. Majority 157 (78.5%) have heard about contraceptive while 55 (22.5%) heard the information from government hospital/ health care. Majority could identify contraceptive method. The major barrier to the usage of contraceptive was husband’s refusal. This study concluded that there is high level of awareness of contraceptive among the respondents as only 43.5% of respondents discuss contraceptive with spouses and partners. Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Acceptance; Modern family planning. 

 GLOBAL JOURNAL

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 PERCEPTION OF MOTHERS ON THE FACTORS PREDISPOSING TO ADOLESCENT TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN AKURE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ONDO STATE

 OBALASE STEPHEN BABATUNDE., ADELUSI JOSEPH OLUSEGUN., AKINMUSERE AYO KAYODE., EBUN OLUWAGBEMI. AND EGOMSON BOLADE ADENIKE

 2017

Abstract: The study is on perception of mothers on the factors predisposing to adolescent teenage pregnancy in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. The present study aimed at identifying mothers perception on the factors predisposing to adolescent pregnancy. The researchers formulated three research questions to guide the study. Cross sectional descriptive research survey was adopted. The sample for the study were 400 respondents randomly selected from 15 political wards in the entire local government. The instrument for the study was self developed structured questionnaire .The validity of the instrument was established by expert judgment in the field of public health while reliability of the instrument was established by test retest method .The instrument was distributed by the researchers and same collected back on the spot to avoid instrument mortality.100% return rate was realized from the instrument. Data were collected and collated using simple percentage, mean and standard deviation. The data collected were rated using 5 points Likert scale with the criterion mean of 3 was used to interpret the result .The findings of the study revealed that perception of mothers on factors that can predispose adolescent to teenage pregnancy include desire for wealth and other material things ,sexual permissiveness in the society, influx of pornography among others. Consequences of teenage pregnancy include emotional instability, complication during delivery and reproductive health problems among others. Strategies to reduce incidence of teenage pregnancy include massive public campaign and availability of family planning services. Appropriate preventive interventions are suggested to modify the risk factors. Key words: perception, teenage pregnancy,adolescent, predisposing, risk factors 

 NIGERIA SCHOOL HEALTH JOURNAL

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 PHYSICAL EXERCISE THERAPY AS CORRELATES OF IMPROVE HEALTH STATUS AMONG MIDDLE AGE STAFF OF ADEYEMI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ONDO

 ADELUSI, Joseph Oluwasegun (M.Ed)., AKINMUSERE, Ayo Kayode (M.Ed) AND OBALASE, Stephen Babatunde (M.Ed).

 2017

ABSTRACT It has been observed from health records that the health status of academics starts to depreciate as from their 50s. This might be results of academic stress and their strive to climb the academic status ladder to the top rung. In many cases, drug therapy has failed in regulating health in relation to stress and aging. This study was carried out based on the observation of the researchers that the age group of workers who patronize the college health faculty most is the middle aged staff. The study investigated the correlation between engaging in regulated physical exercises and improvement in health status of this group. An 8 weeks exercise therapy was carried out on the subjects. A pre-test was carried out on the blood pressure, heart rate, pulse rate and flexibility levels of the subject before they were engaged in physical exercises such as ridding on electrically braked bicycle ergogenic (30 minutes per day, 2 times a week), 30 minutes run on tread mills (2 times) per week, sit-up exercises, (50 times/minutes) for 10 minutes; sit-and-reach exercise with measuring tape to test flexibility records of pre-tests and post-tests were compared making use of t-test statistical tools. Findings show that all the formulate Ho for the study were rejected. By implication, physical exercises serve as therapy to improve health status of the subjects. It could be inferred. Therefore, that physical exercise can serve to improve the health of individuals. On these findings, some recommendations were made. KEY WORDS : IMPROVE ,HEALTH STATUS, MIDDLE AGE ,STRESS, AGING,PHYSICAL EXERCISE 

 Published By International Journal Of Innovative Research In Education, Technology And Social Strategies

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 SELF MEDICATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATES STUDENTS IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA.

 OBALASE, Stephen Babatunde, OGBEYE, Gbemisola Bolanle, ALFRED, Bosede Eyiwumi & SMART -ADESEGHA, Akintunde

 2016

Abstract The study was undertaken to assess the attitudes of students towards self-medication having the knowledge that people often use drugs that were not prescribed for them from time to time. To achieve this, the study was carried out among students of Federal University of Technology, Akure,Nigeria.Three schools were randomly selected from the available seven , school of post graduates studies inclusive. From each school, three departments were chosen and ten students were sampled from each department. Questionnaire was the instrument used for the data collection. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as tables, frequency and percentages and inferential statistics which include t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Regression Analysis.The results showed that a larger percentage of the respondents were male (67%), a larger percentage also practices self medication while negative attitude towards self medication was also found.The population under study was found to be multi- ethnic and multi - religion.Further findings indicated that there was no significant difference between self medication practices and knowledge of self medication among the students.It was recommended that enlightenment campaigns using multi organs of information dissemination, while also, adequate number of staff should be made available at the Health Centre to reduce long queues during consultations and treatment. Key words : self medication, undergraduate, drugs, prescription, over the counter.