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WELFARE PACKAGES AND EMPLOYEES’ SATISFACTION IN LAGOS AND OGUN STATE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS Content Page Title page i Certification ii Dedication iii Acknowledgments iv Abstract v Table of Contents vi List of Tables viii List of Figures ix CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 3 1.3. Objective of the Study 5 1.4. Research Questions 5 1.5. Hypotheses 5 1.6. Significance of the Study 6 1.7 Scope of Study 6 1.8. Operational Definition ...

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THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SMALL BUSINESS IN OGUN STATE

ABSTRACT Social media is a new phenomenon that has changed how the business environment operates. Businesses are able to gain access to resources that were otherwise not available to them. It has also helped businesses to increase their worthiness, cultivate strategic partnerships and increase their contact with customers and suppliers. It is therefore become important for business owners and marketers to understand how social media work as a communication and ...

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF TOYS IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OGUN STATE

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page   -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Approval Page      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Declaration -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Dedication  -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Acknowledgement         -        -        -        -        -        -        - Abstract      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Table of Contents -        -        -        -        -        -        ...

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ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF FEMALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING IN SOME SELECTED SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page   -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Approval Page      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Declaration -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Dedication  -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Acknowledgement         -        -        -        -        -        -        - Abstract      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Table of Contents -        -        -        -        -        -        ...

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE LABORATORY APPARATUS IN THE TEACHING OF BIOLOGY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS; A STUDY OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IJEBU ODE, OGUN STATE

CHAPTER ONE Introduction Biology is an incredibly fascinating field of study, because it is so fundamental to our world. Biology plays a role in everyone’s lives and touches almost every aspect of our existence in some way. Biological Science Laboratory Apparatus is essential for meeting our basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, health, energy, clean air, water and soil. Biological Science Laboratory Apparatus enrich the quality of life in numerous ...

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AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESOURCES IN TEACHING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN OGUN STATE

  ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the availability and utilization of ICT resources in teaching of business education courses in tertiary institutions in Ogun State. The study adopted a survey research design. A population of 30 business education lecturers was used for the study. Four research questions and three null hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively to guide the study. Data collected were analyzed using the mean ...

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PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF SUPERVISION OF INSTRUCTION ON TEACHERS CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE IN IJEBU NORTH EDUCATION ZONE OF OGUN STATE

Abstract This study investigated the perceived influence of supervision of instruction on teachers’ classroom performance in Ijebu-North Education Zone. The population of the study comprised all 852 teachers in the 18 public junior and senior secondary schools in Ijebu-North education Zone. The sample was made up of 155 female teachers and 100 male teachers from 7 secondary schools drawn through stratified random sampling technique. The study was an Ex-post Facto ...

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PREDICTORS OF INFANT-SURVIVAL PRACTICES AMONG MOTHERS ATTENDING PAEDIATRIC CLINICS IN IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  Background to the Study Global deaths among infants recorded for a period of four years from 2012 to 2015 showed a marginal improvement towards achieving the target for the Millennium Development Goal-four with records of 35 to 32 deaths out of 1,000 live births (United Nations Inter-Agency Group, 2015). In spite of efforts made towards infant-survival all over the world, recent data on infant mortality shows ...

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PREVENTION AND TREATMENT RESPONSIVENESS OF CAREGIVERS OF UNDER-5 YEAR OLDS, TOWARDS DIARRHEA ILLNESS, IN DAYCARE CENTERS IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Diarrhea is a deadly illness that affects both adults and children. It accounted for 9% of all deaths among children under the age of 5 years in 2015. This percentage of mortality means, over 1,400 young children die every day, or about 530,000 children every year (UNICEF, Diarrhoeal Disease, 2016). The worldwide fight against diarrhea has been on for long as indicated by ...

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INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLES ON ADOLESCENTS’ SELF-ESTEEM IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABEOKUTA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study There is no one way to parenting. Differences in parenting styles can happen within individual societies as well as between different cultures (Sanders, 2003). For instance, the way parents in the United Kingdom or the United Sates choose to raise their children may differ dramatically from the way parents in Nigeria or Ghana choose to raise their children. Parenting style is a ...

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PERCEPTION AND CYBER-ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS ON CYBER VICTIMIZATION IN BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Cyber victimization refers to the use of electronic media with the intent of causing harm, humiliation, suffering, fear and despair for the individual who is the target of aggression and this has now grown to be a source of concern to parents, researchers, and teachers. This paper sought to measure the level of knowledge, the attitudinal disposition, perception and cyber-activity of undergraduates in a selected private institution.  It also ...

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INFORMATION, MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS AS PREDICTORS OF UTILIZATION OF UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS AMONG NURSES IN SAGAMU, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Health-care providers are at major high-risk for contracting blood-borne infections during the discharge of their duties in health-care facilities now than ever before. Despite the introduction of these preventive procedures in the training of healthcare workers such as nurses, doctors, medical laboratory scientist among others, the possibility of an occupational injury is high due to risk practices among these individuals. Various studies  have ...

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH CARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR REGARDING PRE-ECLAMPSIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CENTRES IN SAGAMU, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study Pregnancy and delivery for most women, include physiological and psychosocial changes in the body constituting a major life event. Pregnancy throughout the world is regarded as a perfect normal stage, mile stone to motherhood, and a moment of celebration. However to many, especially in the developing Countries, it is a moment of sadness, pain, disability, and death (Zhianian, Zareban, Ansari, & Rahimi, ...

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMPLETE IMMUNISATION OF CHILDREN AGED 9-23 MONTHS IN RURAL AREAS OF ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ODEDA AREA OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background to the Study Immunization is basically the process of fortifying a person’s immune system and making him or her resistant to an infectious disease through the use of vaccine, has gone a long way, and its importance cannot be downplayed. As recalled by Blackman (2008), a global vaccination programme was instrumental to the drastic reduction in the incidence of smallpox in the early 80’s. According ...

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BARRIERS TO EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING PRACTICE AMONG HIV POSITIVE MOTHERS ATTENDING PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION CLINIC, SAGAMU, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study There are 36.7 million (34.0 million – 39.8 million) people estimated to be living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Worldwide in 2015, with 15.7 million and 2 million of these being women and children younger than 15 years of Age respectively, with a global HIV prevalence of 0.8% (WHO, 2015). It has also been established as the leading cause of mortality ...

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AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF ILISHAN REMO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study In most developed countries, chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension are presenting high rate of prevalence, posing significant burdens on those who are diagnosed, and making increase in the costs of healthcare systems. Chronic kidney disease is said to be exhibiting similar trends as diabetes and hypertension, though it is not well known like diabetes and hypertension (Arogundade & Barsoum, 2008). Chronic kidney ...

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INFANT WEANING KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES AMONG MOTHERS IN IKENNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OGUN STATE

CHAPTER ONE                                                   INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study Weaning is the introduction of supplementary food to a child’s diet after the first six months of life. Infant weaning with supplementary feeds of breast milk substitutes, early introduction of complementary feeding and incorrect weaning from breast milk are commonly found practices in communities around the world (Inayati, Scherbaum, Purwestri, Hormann, Wirawan, Suryantan, Hartono, Bloem, Pangaribuan, Biesalki, ...

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PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND SOCIO – DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AS CORRELATES OF QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME PATIENTS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL, OGUN STATE.

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the study Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a pandemic disease in which the body’s defense mechanism is weak and this makes the body unable to get rid of infection (NACA, 2001). HIV/AIDS is an incurable diseases that makes the casualty susceptible (Rajeev, 2012), and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality despite the availability of treatment and care. (Smeltzer, ...

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NURSING INTERVENTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF INFECTION CONTROL IN TWO TEACHING HOSPITALS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Health care workers, particularly nurses are at risk of infection because they constantly come into contact with infected tissues, fluid, blood and blood products. By complying with infection control measures a lot of infections can be prevented. Some survey studies have been conducted in Nigeria on knowledge, perception attitude and practice of infection control and they concluded that there was inadequate adherence to infection control practices and this could ...

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ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

                                       CHAPTER ONE                                      INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the Study Healthcare waste threatens the public health due to its contagious nature. Most healthcare facilities are located in the heart of the cities and therefore, healthcare waste that are not correctly managed can cause dangerous infection and pose potential threat to the nearby environment, health workers, patients and to the public (WHO, 2014). Dehghani, Azam, Changani and Fard (2008) noted that Healthcare ...

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