Introduction: This study assessed birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) and its associated factors among pregnant woman attending selected health care facilities in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed. Two hundred...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i111
Aims: This study aimed at investigating maternal malaria and its impact on red cell indices of pregnant women in rural Nigeria. Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in rural Cross River State of Nigeria between May and November...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i110
Aims: This study was to ascertain the barriers in PMTCT Services in private tertiary health facilities in Enugu state, South-east Nigeria Study Design: This was a facility-based analytical cross-sectional study among HIV positive nursing mothers who were accessing PMTCT services....
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i19
Aims: To determine the factors influencing multiple antenatal care bookings among pregnant women in urban and rural communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a community based cross-sectional comparative study design using a sequential mixed method exploratory...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i18
Introduction: This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the breastfeeding attitudes of pregnant women and factors which affect the breastfeeding. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The study sample consisted of 152 pregnant monitored in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2019/v2i16
Early childhood have a critical importance for brain development and for setting in place the structures that will shape future cognitive, social, emotional, and health outcomes. This review tries to shade the light on the origin of adult disease during fetal life. Searching on t...
Promotion of family planning aims to help female adolescents and youths maintain a strategic distance from undesirable pregnancy. It is imperative to the World Health Organization (WHO) in dealing with the improvement in maternal health and is central to accomplishing the sustain...
Background: There are high levels of unintended pregnancy in low income countries. The aim of this research was to determine the immediate factors associated with unintended pregnancies in Kumasi, Ghana. Methodology: A facility-based cross‐sectional study was carried out on four...
Urolithiasis is the most common cause of non-obstetrical abdominal pain that requires hospitalization among pregnant patients. We are presenting a case of symptomatic right ureteric calculi. This was diagnosed during second trimester. The patient did not respond to conservative m...
Introduction: The aim of the study was to ascertain the socio-demographic predictors of choice of place of birth among women in the rural community of Enugu State, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was done. It was a community based study using cluster samplin...