Best Ordinioha

University of Port Harcourt · Department of Preventive & Social Medicine

This study investigates the health risks associated with trace elements in Gorean snapper (Lutjanus goreensis) from Buguma Creek, Southern Nigeria. Fish samples were collected monthly from May to August 2023, and muscle tissues were analyzed for potential health risks posed by elevated levels of hazardous metals. The concentrations of various heavy...

ABSTRACT The use of modern contraceptives by rural women of childbearing age in Nigeria is low. The aim of this study is to compare a community-based family planning education and text message reminder with the conventional health-facility based approach to promotion of modern contraceptive use among rural women of childbearing age in Rivers State,...

ABSTRACT Background: The use of herbicide in weed control has grown significantly in Nigeria in recent years. Most of the application are indiscriminately carried out by illiterate farmers, and therefore pose a significant threat to the environment and on crop yield. This study assessed the effects of the use of glyphosate for land preparation, an...

A product of a public lecture, this monograph provides an insight into the human health effects of oil exploration and exploitation in the Niger delta region of Nigeria

A pictorial illustration of the environmental health condition of communities in the four ecological zones of the Niger delta region of Nigeria. A concise reference material for students and practitioners

A concise textbook on the principle and practice of environmental health in Nigeria, suitable for students and practitioners

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant cause of morbidity, emotional stress and financial cost to the affected patients and health care institutions; and infection control policy has been shown to reduce the burden of SSIs in several health care institutions. This study assessed the effects of the implementation of the policy on the prev...

Background: As efforts to reduce maternal and childhood mortality rates continue to yield results in Nigeria, it is time to put more emphases on the health of children. Alcohol consumption is one of the few modifiable risk factors for poor pregnancy outcome. This study assessed the consumption of alcohol among pregnant women attending the antenata...

The prevalences of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria are currently close to those of the developed countries, but the uptake of clinical preventive services (CPS) has been very poor. This study assessed the willingness of respondents to pay (WTP) for a packaged CPS, delivered in one service point. The study was conducted among patients attending...

Abstract: More than 24% of Nigerians are carriers of the sickle cell gene, while about 2% of all the newborns in Nigeria are born with the sickle cell disease. The disease is a lifelong cause of severe morbidity that often require prolonged hospital admission; even as the patients have 92% excess mortality. The prevention of the disease is therefor...

Background: The oral health impact profile-14 (OHIP-14) scale is a valid, reliable and globally accepted tool for comprehensive measure of self-reported dysfunction, discomfort and disability attributed to oral conditions. The objective of this study was to evaluate subjectively the impact of oral disease on the quality of life of public service wo...

Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant cause of morbidity, emotional stress and financial cost to the affected patients and health care institutions, and infection control policy has been shown to reduce the burden of SSI in several health care institutions. This study assessed the effects of the implementation of the policy...

Non-communicable diseases are now very prevalent in Nigeria, but the uptake of clinical preventive services (CPS) that have been shown to be very effective in their control has been very poor. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and use of the services among patients attending a general outpatient clinic, in a tertiary hospital in Port Harc...

The health hazards created by oil exploration and exploitation are covert and slow in action. They are not given the deserved attention in official documents in Nigeria, even as they can be major contributors to the disease burden in oil-bearing communities. This study is an interpretation of the data reported in several published studies on crude...

The prevalence of malnutrition is high in the Niger delta region of Nigeria, in spite of the region's oil wealth and nutrition intervention programs have been found to be effective in similar circumstance. This study is to assess the nutrition intervention program, implemented by UNICEF in some rural communities of Bayelsa State, one of the six Sta...

Background: Hypertension and other noncommunicable diseases are currently responsible for at least 20% of all deaths in Nigeria, and constitute up to 60% of the patients admitted into the medical wards of most tertiary hospitals in Nigeria. Yet, the treatment outcomes for the diseases have remained very poor, prompting calls for better patient edu...

Background: The epidemiological transition has firmly berthed in Nigeria′s oil-bearing communities, but the pace is often different in subsets of the community, depending on how readily the western lifestyle is being adopted. This study determined the prevalence of hypertension and its modifiable risk factors amongst the traditional chiefs of an oi...

Page Ordinioha and Sawyer -health implications of trace minerals in the drinking… (pages 1-12) ABSTRACT The human health implications of the bio-physical parameters measured in EIA studies are often not included in the report. This study assessed the human health implications of the concentration of trace metals found in the water samples of 65 oil...

Insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) is currently distributed free of charge to vulnerable groups in Nigeria, for malaria control. Consistent use of the nets is required for maximum effectiveness; but studies indicate that the nets are often jettisoned in periods of low mosquito activity and high night time temperature. The objective of this study has...

Background: Immunization coverage rates in Nigeria have remained very poor, in spite of numerous programs and strategies, specifically designed to improve coverage. This study was to assess the possible effects of greater community participation on immunization coverage, by comparing the immunization coverage in a rural community with a functional...

According to the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey, the south-south zone of Nigeria had the highest prevalence of domestic violence. This study is to find out if this is related to the widespread consumption of alcohol in the region. The study was carried out in Okoloba, a rural Ijaw community in Bayelsa State, where alcohol is produced a...

Causal relationship has been established between alcohol and more than 60 types of disease and injury. Despite this, alcohol is still widely consumed in several communities in Nigeria, and sometimes considered a health tonic. This study described the pattern, prevalence, and factors associated with alcohol abuse in a typical Ijaw community, where a...

Background: Water is a fundamental human need. This is the basis for target 10, goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals which sets to reduce the proportion of people without access to safe water by half by 2015. This study assessed the access to safe water supply in 22 riverine communities in the Niger delta region of Nigeria. Materials and Met...

The difficulty in recruiting and retaining doctors in rural areas has encouraged the use of substitute health workers in the provision of primary care for undiagnosed patients with undifferentiated health problems. This study was performed to report the experience of the use of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) in the provision of primary...

Injection is a very common medical procedure in Nigeria; but most of the injections are not safe, because inappropriate equipment are used, and wastes generated are not properly managed, such that they constitute hazards to the provider, and others in the community. However, national standards have been set to help correct this. This study is to as...

In May 2000, there was a breach in the crude oil pipeline belonging to a major oil company in Etiama Nembe, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This study is to investigate if the residents in the affected community suffered an increase in self reported symptoms that might be attributable to exposure to the spilled crude oil. A retrospective cohort study, w...

Background: The caesarean section rate in several health facilities in Nigeria is rising, even with the strong aversion to the procedure by women in Nigeria. This study is to explore the experiences and views of women on caesarean section, as to identify areas of conflicts with the medical perception. Methods: The study was carried out in Port Harc...

Background: HIV testing has been shown to be a crucial gateway to treatment, prevention, and support services; hence the urgent need to swiftly scale-up testing in a wide range of clinical encounters, as a means of controlling the pandemic. Fears have however been expressed that such swift scale-ups might result in unethical practices, especially i...

Abortion is illegal in Nigeria. It is a crime to perform or obtain an abortion except to save a woman's life. In spite of this, several medical practitioners working in profit-oriented private clinics still provide abortion services on demand and on a fee for service basis. This study is to find out the motivations and experiences of these practiti...

Oil is the main stay of Nigeria's economy, but most residents in the oil producing communities still depend entirely on the environment for their sustenance; and so likely to have a problem of food security in the event of a deleterious impact on the environment. This study is to examine the effect of a major crude oil spillage on household food se...

Background: The Nigeria\'s national policy on HIV/AIDS did not allow for mandatory HIV testing. But several health institutions in Nigeria insist on an HIV test before certain services are given. Fears have been expressed that such mandatory HIV testing might lead to poorer uptake of associated services. Aim: To assess the impact of mandatory HIV...

In spite of the passage of the 2003 Child Right Act in Nigeria, and the signing and ratification of several international legal instruments that dealt with child abuse, the incidence of child abuse in Nigeria is still very high. We report the deprivation, physical and psychological abuse suffered by a 12 year old girl accused of witchcraft by membe...

Most of the information on abortion in Nigeria are based on information from women hospitalized for abortion complications. However a lot of abortions, especially those carried out by medical doctors do not cause enough complications to register in hospital statistics. This study is to explore the profile of women that obtain these relatively safe...

Assessment of the use and success of insecticide treated nets (ITN) in malaria control requires a good insight into the people's perceptions of malaria and ITN. This study reports on the perception of mothers of malaria, malaria prevention, and ITN, before and one year after the ITNs was bought from a social marketing programme. The study was an in...

Background: The effectiveness of the insecticide-treated bed net in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with malaria has been proved at all levels of malaria transmission. Several models on how to achieve massive coverage have been suggested, but social marketing of the nets is highly favoured for its sustainability. Aim: To report the...

Background: Imperfect control measures like insecticide-treated bed net that merely reduces transmission, appear unlikely to have any significant effect on malarial morbidity in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission. Also, some field studies have indicated that the efficacy achieved might be due to the high coverage rate achieved during...

Insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) is currently being rigorously promoted as a tool for malaria control. This study was to find out whether the buyers of the ITN sold by a social marketing programme in a semi-urban community in south-south Nigeria, did so because they wanted to prevent malaria or control the nuisance of mosquito. A cross-sectional s...