A. Lawal

The study examines the impact of knowledge management practices on employees' participation in Nigerian commercial banks, with gender being the moderating variable. It identifies key knowledge management dimensions that impact engagement, assesses the moderating role of gender, and explores gender-based differences in knowledge management adoption...

Background Globally, substance abuse has been identified as a major public health issue. The aim of the study was to determine and compare the prevalence, pattern, and predictors of substance abuse among adolescents in public and private day secondary schools in Katsina State. Methods A cross-sectional comparative study was employed to investigate...

Background Globally, substance abuse has been identified as a major public health issue. The aim of the study was to determine and compare the prevalence, pattern, and predictors of substance abuse among adolescents in public and private day secondary schools in Katsina State Methods A cross sectional comparative study was employed to investigate...

Introduction: Medication errors (MEs) are important, often overlooked forms of medical error that are associated with morbidity and mortality in health care settings. Among health care workers, knowledge, attitude and perception may affect reporting of MEs. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge and perception of MEs...

Background: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major emerging threats to global public health. It is associated with increased severity of illnesses, costs of care, morbidity and mortality. In the European Union alone some 250, 000 deaths and £1500 million worth productivity loss are attributed to infections by a subset of drug resistant bacter...

Background: Adverse events following immunization (AEFI) surveillance largely depends on the ability of the healthcare worker (HCW) to timely detect and report cases using the correct reporting tools through an appropriate system. AEFI surveillance is carried out regularly during both routine immunization services and supplemental immunization acti...

Context: Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality of newborns, especially in developing countries. Aims: Our study determined the prevalence of neonatal sepsis and its predisposing factors among neonates admitted in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH). Settings and design: This was a cross-sectional descri...

Background: Back pain due to prolapsed intervertebral disc accounts for two thirds of all visits to the orthopaedic clinic. The incidence of this disease is increasing with the increased sports activities in the young and due to degeneration in the elderly. Open lumbar microdiscectomy remains the gold standard amongst surgical procedures for herni...

Background: Inappropriate use of antimicrobials worldwide contributes to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The World Health Organization has identified education of medical students as an important aspect of AMR containment. Surveys from developed countries revealed that medical students recognize the importance of AMR but feel inadequately prepared...

The Nigerian society is rapidly becoming urban as a result of a multitude of push and pull factors. This has generated urban health crises among city dwellers notably the urban poor. A systematic search of published literature in English was conducted between 1960 and 2015. Published peer review journals, abstracts, Gray literature (technical repor...

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to bring to the fore a simple, less expensive, biomechanically sound means of treating a devastating complication of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a neglected haemoglobinopathy which is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality due to a genetic disorder. Avascular necrosis of the femoral head se...

Qualitative health care is a fundamental right of all citizens of a given country. How this health care is delivered depends significantly on the economy, dedication, and quality of the health-care providers and the political will of the government of the country. Health care may be public run or organized by private health-care providers. We can a...

Context The association between antiphospholipid antibodies (APAs) and pregnancy loss has been established and now considered as a treatable cause of pregnancy loss. Data on the prevalence of APA in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss are scarce in our environment. Aims To determine the prevalence of APA in pregnant women with and without recur...

BACKGROUND: Tetanus, a disease that is largely preventable, is still a major public health problem in the developing world and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of published literature on adult (non-neonatal) tetanus in this study area in Nigeria.

Background: Occupationally acquired infections are leading causes of morbidity and mortality among health care workers. The study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of health care workers on needle stick injuries in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. Methods: This was a cross sectional descriptive stud...