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Volume 27, Number 3 July, 2020 Volume 27, Number 3 July, 2020 THE TROPICAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES Official Publication of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A.B. Okesina ASSOCIATE EDITORS K.W. Wahab O.T. Adedoyin O.B. Akinola BUSINESS/CIRCULATION MANAGER M.B. Uthman CONSULTING EDITORS Prof. Egon Amann GERMANY Rania Mohammed El’-Sharkawy EGYPT Prof. J.O. Obafunwa NIGERIA Prof. Akin Osibogun NIGERIA Prof. R. T. Erasmus SOUTH AFRICA Prof. Bappa Adamu NIGERIA ii AIMS AND he Tropical Journal Of Health Sciences (TJHS) is an international journal which provides a forum for exchange of ideas to those SCOPE Tengaged in the Health Sciences and related fields. The journal intends to publish high quality papers on original research, case reports, short communications, commentary, review articles, editorials, correspondence and book reviews. TJHS is an official organ of the College of Health Science (A WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Manpower Development), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria and will also serve as a medium for disseminating information on the activities of the college . Editorial notices The journal will be published quarterly with four issues making one volume with effect from January, 2017. TJHS invites manuscripts from the Health Sciences and related disciplines. Subscription per journal issue: Faculty staff (=N=1,000.00); student (=N=500.00); private individuals (=N=1,500,00); Institution/Libraries (=N=2,000.00); Overseas subscription ($ 20.00 or equivalent). Editorial and all other correspondence should be sent to: The Editor-in-Chief, The Tropical Journal of Health Sciences, % Office of the Provost, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] All Rights Reserved No part of this journal may reproduced, stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission of the publisher. The Tropical Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 1117-4153 iii THE TROPICAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES Volume 27 Number 3 July, 2020 CONTENTS Editorial comments v Research papers The Effect of Training on The Knowledge and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety Measures among Poultry Farm Workers in Kaduna State, Nigeria N.O.Usman, A.U.Shehu, A.G.Nmadu, V.N.Omole 1 Maternal Knowledge and Perception TowardsChildhood Immunization in a Health Facility in Delta State, Nigeria. E.G. Moke, K.E.Edje, E.K. Umukoro, P.Y.Toloyai, T.M.E. Daubry, A.I. Omogbiya, B.E Oshevirhe. 9 Assessment of Level of Depression Among HIV/AIDS Patients Attending HIV Clinic at Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano. H.H. Murtala, M.M. Haddad, B.A. Attahir, A.H. Ibrahim, V.O. Olisah, A.Shehu, F. Balarabe, N.S. Bawa. 15 Clinical Manifestations of Hypovitaminosis-D in Paediatric Patients Attending Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja: A 2-Years' Appraisal. S.A Biliaminu, M.T Lawan, L Cam, E.O Sanni, J. Imran, I.M AbdulAzeez, A.B Okesina, J.O Yusuff, I.B Aremu 21 Delivery Pattern and Perinatal Outcome in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution: A Five Year Review O.A.Ogunlaja, Y.T.Olasinde, I.P.Ogunlaja, A.Olasinde,M.O.Bojuwoye. 26 Evaluating Effect of Prolonged Alcohol Consumption On Serum Gastrin and Secretin and Histo-archiecture of the Stomach and Duodenum In Rats A.E. Ojieh, E.C. Adegor, J.I. Wilson,, E.Agbonifo-Chijiokwu, E.G. Moke 31 Case reports Radiological Findings in Aqueductal Stenosis in a Preterm Infant. H.J. Akande, B.B. Olafimihan. P.N. Omefe, A.T. Ifarinola 36 Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Jaws: A Follow-up Study of 5 Cases and Review of Related Literature B.E. Edetanlen, T.T.Izegaegbe 40 Medical Management of Ectopic Gestation Following a Failed Bilateral Tubal Ligation. O.O. Ogunbode, S.A. Adeyanju. 45 iv elcome to the reading of July 2020 edition of The Tropical Journal of EDITORIAL Health Sciences. Prevention is the best form of treatment, not only for WCOVID -19, whose pandemic the world is currently facing but it is also COMMENTS true for many other diseases. The first two articles in this edition has to do with preventive measures against occurrence of diseases. The objective of the first study was to assess the effect of training on the knowledge and practice of occupational health and safety measures among poultry farm workers in Kaduna state. The result showed that there was a statistically significant difference when post intervention mean knowledge scores were compared between the study and control groups. The authors concluded that training on occupational health and safety led to an increase in knowledge and practice among poultry farm workers. It was therefore suggested that it is of utmost importance that periodic training and retraining exercises be provided. Another study related to prevention, investigated knowledge and perception towards childhood immunization among mothers receiving antenatal care (ANC) at the General Hospital Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria. The result of the study showed that there was good maternal knowledge and positive perception towards childhood immunization, although, there is need for appropriate education of mothers about vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and vaccination schedule. Presence of depression among patients suffering from HIV is a common occurrence. It is projected that the level of depression among HIV/AIDS patients would increase to about 60% by the year 2030.An article in this edition, assessed the presence of depression and factors that contribute to the development of depression among HIV/AIDS patients attending HIV clinic in Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano. The conclusion from the results of the study was that management of HIV patients should include health education of the patients on ways of reducing the level of depression through elimination or modification of factors contributing to incidence of depression. It is essential that hospitals carry our clinical audit of various department in order to assess their performance over a giving period of time. This will provide information on the efficiency of the hospital in caring out its functions. Audit of clinical events helps the clinician to critically appraise the level of care rendered in a health system with the aim of improving the quality of care. A study from Ogbomoso audited the obstetrics practice in an hospital over a five-year period. Foetal outcome was significantly associated with mode of delivery and this study observed that Caesarean section had better outcome. Vitamin D, from various studies have been shown to affect pattern of many diseases in humans. Hypovitaminosis D in children is a common disorder in developing countries with a myriad of non-bony clinical manifestations. A study reported in this edition examined non-bony clinical manifestations of hypovitaminosis D in paediatric patients in Nigeria. Conclusively, this study observed that hypovitaminosis D has myriads of non-bony clinical presentations in children with the frequencies and severity more in females than males. Routine serum vitamin D3 measurements should be encouraged to rule out hypovitaminosis D in paediatric patients with unusual clinical presentations. Happy reading A.B OKESINA Editor In Chief v The Effect of Training on The Knowledge and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety Measures among Poultry Farm Workers in Kaduna State, Nigeria 1N.O.Usman, 2A.U.Shehu, 1A.G.Nmadu, 1V.N.Omole, 1.Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaduna State University, Kaduna State, Nigeria 2.Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna State, Nigeria Abstract Introduction Poor compliance to occupational health and Occupational health deals with health and safety measures contributes to the high prevalence of safety in the workplace with emphasis on primary workplace accidents and occupational illnesses prevention of occupational hazards.1The safety and especially in the informal sector.The objective of this health conditions in the workplacevary between and study was to assess the effect of training on the within countries, economic sectors and social groups. knowledge and practice of occupational health and The health problems emanating from the workplace are safety measures among poultry farm workers in to a large extent preventable and could be prevented by Kaduna state. using a multifaceted approach involving; legislative, The study was quasi-experimental with technical, research, training and education, baseline, intervention and post-intervention information, and economic instruments.2Globally, an components carried out in poultry farmsin two Local estimated 2.78 million deaths occur annually from Government Areas, a study and a control; Kaduna work-related diseases or accidents with an additional North LGA and Sabon Gari LGA respectively. A multi- 374 million non-fatal (causing at least 4 days of staged sampling technique was used to select a total of absence) occupational injuries and/or accidents 140 participants (70 participants per group; from the occurring in the same time period.3Deaths and injuries study and control group) from whom data were take a particularly heavy toll in developing countries, obtained using a pretested, semi-structured like Nigeria, where a large part of the population is questionnaire. The intervention done was by carrying engaged in activities, such as agriculture, fishing and out training on occupational health and safety in the mining.4Poultry farm workers are subject to study group. Three months after the training, post- occupational and environmental hazards on a daily intervention data were collected from the study and basis because, conditions at the poultry farm expose control groups. The data was analysed using SPSS them to numerous agents affecting the skin, respiratory, version 21. gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal systems.5They There was a statistically significant difference commonly have contact with live sick and dying birds when post intervention mean knowledge scores were and as such are at greater risk for zoonotic diseases.