Papers by ismaila ibrahim yakudima
Global perspectives on health geography, Dec 31, 2022
Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, May 5, 2022
This study analyzed Knowledge, Attitude/Perception and Practice of the people toward hepatitis B ... more This study analyzed Knowledge, Attitude/Perception and Practice of the people toward hepatitis B infection in four local governments of Ringim Emirate, Jigawa State. The data were obtained using questionnaire instrument and organized and processed in SPSS version 20 and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The result shows that very few (4.9%) people showed good level of knowledge of the infection, and only very few (3.4%) show knowledge of good practice. The result also shows correlation coefficient of 0.917 indicated a positive correlation between knowledge scores. The findings also revealed that there is no statistically significant different between educational level and knowledge of Hepatitis B (p=.336). However, there is statistically significant difference, (p=.000) among other items of socio-demographic characteristics. The study suggested that public health education is needed to improve knowledge, attitude and practice on hepatitis B. Implementation of community mass media health education programme to raise the awareness and the knowledge about hepatitis B using all forms of media especially radios. Health care providers who are involved in the hepatitis control programme need to set schedule to provide education, increase awareness of contact case screening, early identifying and treating hepatitis infection especially hepatitis B. This will help to in prevention and controlling of the infection.
EUREKA: Life Sciences
Malaria is the most significant protozoan disease in Africa and the principal vector-borne diseas... more Malaria is the most significant protozoan disease in Africa and the principal vector-borne disease (VBD) in Nigeria, which is influenced by the quality of breeding habitats that are reflected through the stage preceding adult. Control of Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations through source reduction is still considered the most effective way of prevention and control, although it has proven unsustainable in Niger State. Physico-chemical cues were investigated. Samples were taken inside and outside 1m2 cages weekly by dipping and emptying the cages from May 2019 to March 2020. The data subjected to analysis of variance (one and two-way Anova). The findings revealed the mean pupae abundance (MPA), were significantly higher in Large Water bodies (624.50±217.81), and followed by Gutters (436.00±184.2) and Swamps (285.50±125.06). The mean pupae productivity (MPP), followed the order of descending rate >GT (717.50±219.38) >LW (677.21±145.10) >SW (530.40±136.97). The result also show...
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a huge public health problem. Among health profe... more Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a huge public health problem. Among health professionals, medical and health sciences college students are risk groups. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards Hepatitis B virus prevention and associated factors among private Medical, and Health Science’s College students in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 1st – 30th /2017. All the available four private Medical and Health Sciences Colleges in Bahir Dar city were considered and included in the study to select 390 students using a systematic sampling technique. A pre-tested structured questionnaire, which has socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude and practice sections, was used to collect the data. Data were coded, entered and cleaned using Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 21.0 software for analysis. Bivariate logistic regressio...
Kano Region is unique in its physical and human setting not only because of the dynamic changes i... more Kano Region is unique in its physical and human setting not only because of the dynamic changes it manifest, but also its influence in the West African sub-continents. This study describes the physical environment in the region such as climate characteristic, geology and the resultant relief, soil and vegetation as well as hydrology and hydrogeology. The study also describes the associated human variables of the region such as agriculture, manufacturing industries, population and settlement. The paper concludes that, the dynamic interrelationship between the physical and human variables strongly influence the existence of Kano as a region.
Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in developing countries. Despite growin... more Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in developing countries. Despite growing international concern and efforts to provide effective treatment through the development and improvement of vector control mechanisms, malaria infection continues to remain a leading health problem in Africa, particularly south of the Sahara. At present, however, very few studies have been undertaken that investigate the spatial distribution of malaria cases. This study, therefore, aims to employ geospatial tools to map out areas of high and low malaria prevalence among children under the age of ve years. Annual malaria prevalence was computed using con rmed cases from 2014 to 2019 in Jigawa state. Spatial autocorrelation techniques using global Moran's I and Getis-Ord Gi* statistics were applied. Overall malaria prevalence ranged between 2,743 and 12,916 per 100,000 populations. Results of the overall global Moran's I indicate a statistically signi cant degree of positive autocorrelation (I = 0.358122, Z = 3.721018, P = 0.000198) and all the years under study showed clustered patterns. Hotspot analysis was further explored to show the location of clusters. The results of the analysis detected high prevalence clusters in central and northwestern parts of the state. The study recommends targeting hotspot areas in the design and implementation of malaria control activities.
Kano Region is unique in its physical and human setting not only because of the dynamic changes i... more Kano Region is unique in its physical and human setting not only because of the dynamic changes it manifest, but also its influence in the West African sub-continents. This study describes the physical environment in the region such as climate characteristic, geology and the resultant relief, soil and vegetation as well as hydrology and hydrogeology. The study also describes the associated human variables of the region such as agriculture, manufacturing industries, population and settlement. The paper concludes that, the dynamic interrelationship between the physical and human variables strongly influence the existence of Kano as a region.
Severe malaria continues to be one of the most common and serious life-threatening disease causin... more Severe malaria continues to be one of the most common and serious life-threatening disease causing high morbidity and mortality world-wide. Multivariate statistical techniques including principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis (HCA) were applied to the raw data of severe malaria cases. PCA results identified two varifactors which were responsible for about 53% of the total variance in the data set. Rainfall possesses the highest strong positive loading (0.718) among the variables. HCA identified three spatial clusters representing high, moderate and low incidence zones. The study suggest prompt reporting of malaria cases to modern healthcare centres for proper attention so as to reduce the mortality rate attached to the
Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Incidence of the dise... more Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Incidence of the disease varies over the space and time. This study investigates the seasonal trend of malaria incidence Kano State. Data for four years (January 2010 to December 2013) was extracted from the routine consultation and recorded case sheets. A 12x4x2 three between subject effects factor design was performed on the raw da mean differences of malaria over time. Result revealed that there were 3,062,812 confirmed malaria cases reported during the period under study. The highest recorded cases were in the year 2011 with 858,061 cases or 28.02%. Me during the rainy season between May and October with the peak month being September of the years under investigation. For forms of malaria, uncomplicated cases accounts 90.7% and severe malaria constitutes the remaining 9.3%. Further, results from Analysis of Variance (3 showed strong statistical main effect for months (F = 3.27, P = 0.0001); strong statis...
Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, Apr 17, 2018
Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Incidence of the dise... more Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Incidence of the disease varies over the space and time. This study investigates the seasonal trend of malaria incidence Kano State. Data for four years (January 2010 to December 2013) was extracted from the routine consultation and recorded case sheets. A 12x4x2 three between subject effects factor design was performed on the raw da mean differences of malaria over time. Result revealed that there were 3,062,812 confirmed malaria cases reported during the period under study. The highest recorded cases were in the year 2011 with 858,061 cases or 28.02%. Me during the rainy season between May and October with the peak month being September of the years under investigation. For forms of malaria, uncomplicated cases accounts 90.7% and severe malaria constitutes the remaining 9.3%. Further, results from Analysis of Variance (3 showed strong statistical main effect for months (F = 3.27, P = 0.0001); strong statistical significant main effect for years under study (F = 1.03, P = 0.0001) and strong statis significant main effect for forms of malaria (F = 8.80, P = 0.0001). In addition, the interaction effect between the three independent variables (Months, Years and Form of Malaria) was found to be significant (F = 2.19, P = 0.0001). This interaction comparison tests using Bonferroni correction. Results confirmed that the mean differences of months and years were statistically significantly difference. The study indicates that malaria is a common illness occurring all year round and therefore recommends for urgent intervention strategies to arrest the burden of the disease.
Kano Region is unique in its physical and human setting not only because of the dynamic changes i... more Kano Region is unique in its physical and human setting not only because of the dynamic changes it manifest, but also its influence in the West African sub-continents. This study describes the physical environment in the region such as climate characteristic, geology and the resultant relief, soil and vegetation as well as hydrology and hydrogeology. The study also describes the associated human variables of the region such as agriculture, manufacturing industries, population and settlement. The paper concludes that, the dynamic interrelationship between the physical and human variables strongly influence the existence of Kano as a region.
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