Effectiveness of Conventional and Electronic Health Educational Campaign on Breast Self-Examination Practice Among Adult Women in Oyo State (Published)
This study investigated effectiveness of conventional and electronic health educational campaign on Breast self-examination practice among adult women in Oyo State. This study adopted quasi-experimental design, using two interventional approach: convectional teaching medium and Electronic teaching medium. Multi-stage sampling techniques was employed in the selection process, where two rural and urban communities were selected across three senatorial districts in Oyo State, to give six urban and rural areas. Each educational campaign group had 213 participants, therefore the two groups in total had 426 participants. Validated questionnaire was adopted for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Hypotheses were tested using paired and independent t-test. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Hypotheses tested revealed that, there is a significant difference in conventional and electronic group knowledge (p < 0.05), attitude (p < 0.05); Self-efficacy (p< 0.05) and practice (p< 0.05) respectively. This study concluded that, participants from convectional groups had better knowledge, attitude, Self-efficacy and practice of BSE compare to Electronic group.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Electronic, breast self-examination, campaigns, conventional, practice
Effectiveness of the WHO Combination Treatment Regimen in the Management of Dehydration as a Panacea to Diarrhoea Prevention in Under-Five Children in Oyo State (Published)
This study assessed the effectiveness of WHO combination treatment regimen in diarrhoea prevention through dehydration management amongst under-five children attending primary health care centres in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study used a quasi-experimental design consisting of a pre- and post-test for a single group. Sixty people who met the inclusion criteria were selected at random throughout the admissions process. Children with diarrhoea between the ages of 3 months and 60 months who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were hospitalised at the designated PHC Centres were the study’s participants. Recovery rates at 24 hours, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks post-intervention were used to evaluate the efficacy of the combined therapy regime using a standardised instrument of the WHO observational check-list. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The results of this study demonstrate that the median ages of the participants range from 13 to 24 months (21; 35.0%), 3 to 12 months (18; 30.0%), 25 to 36 months (12; 20.0%), and 36 to 60 months (9; 15.0%). There are a total of 32 men and 28 females in this sample (53.3% vs 46.7%). However, upon arrival (Baseline), 47 individuals (78.3%) were already somewhat dehydrated. However, within 24 hours post-intervention, the majority of subjects (46, or 76.6%) no longer showed any signs of dehydration. After two weeks of intensive monitoring during home visits, the situation had improved significantly, with the vast majority (52, or 86.7%) of participants displaying no signs of dehydration. After 4 weeks of home visits, all 60 participants (100%) were found to be well hydrated upon re-examination. Dehydration status improved significantly after 24 hours, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks post-intervention, suggesting the combination of WHO-ORS and zinc is extremely effective in the treatment of diarrhoea in children younger than five. Therefore, PHC health professionals should use a combination of therapies rather than relying on just one to treat dehydration.
Keywords: Effectiveness, combination treatment regimen, dehydration management, diarrhoea prevention