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Abstract This study was on pregnancy induced hypertension in women in Lagos state. Four objectives were raised which included:  To determine the prevalence of PIH and its complications among women attending ANC at Lagos State General Hospital, to assess the knowledge of pregnant women on PIH and its related complications, to assess the management of PIH and its related complications by health workers (Doctors, Midwives/Nurse-Midwives) and to determine the factors ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.0       INTRODUCTION Prolong labor or dystocia is a common birth complication and constitute the major indication of instrument deliveries and delivery by emergency caesarean section (CS) (J midwifery women health 2007). Prolong labors is inherently difficult and it is discussed ever since freedman introduced the graphic analysis of labor, on labor progress, they propose alternative approach to diagnose a stew progress of labor. According to freedman’s graphic the ...

ABSTRACT It is rare these days to see advertisement broadcast on television without women playing prominent ant visible roles.  Such roles range from complementary, subjective, subordinate to major actors in most television advertisements.  Women’s role in Television advertisements have hitherto generated series of controversial arguments both in favour and against, especially in the advertisement of tobacco and alcohol products. Thoughts are also rife regarding various environmental and societal influences limiting ...

ABSTRACT This research entitled “Omani Women Buying Behavior towards Cosmetics Products” was an exploratory attempt to conduct a marketing research of consumer behavior and the buying pattern of Omani women towards cosmetic products. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: 1.      What are the Cultural, Social, Personal and Physiological factors affecting an Omani woman when buying cosmetic products? 2.      Is there a market for Cosmetics in Oman, and how can this market be exploited ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been observed that for a long time the education of women was not taken seriously and it made women engage in activities mostly related to king care at the home. The traditional beliefs that places women at the home front denies  most women the access to educational opportunities that will empower them to perform their roles creditably as well as enable ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study This project work focuses on an analysis of HIV risk practices amongst Owan East women of child-bearing age.  Owan East L.G.A. is in Edo North Senatorial District. HIV (human immuno deficiency virus) as defined by the Oxford Concise Reference Dictionary of Biology is the retrovirus that causes AIDS in humans.  It has a specific affinity for the helper T cells of its host.  ...

ABSTRACT The study was aimed at examining the role of women’s education in nation building Egor local government area was taken as a case study, using a sample-sized population of women in Edo State to achieve the objectives of the researcher. Questionnaires were sensed on the sample size population of the women, which was fifty (50) in Edo State to obtain data. Results obtained indicated that women both young and ...

ABSTRACT This study examines the relation between marital success and the level of education among women. The method of data collection was the questionnaires administered to respondents. A total number of one hundred (100) questionnaires were distributed to respondents and they were collected back from them and duly completed. The analysis of finding will be the same with a view to answering the questions raised in the study. For the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The impact of women literacy education on the empowerment of women can not be over emphasized.  In Nigeria, as in most developing countries of the world, literacy education is valued so much that it is looked upon as a pre-requisite for all the short-comings of society as well as the surest means for empowering women and for national development. Women literacy education is that ...

ABSTRACT In Nigeria, 116 out of every 100,000 women have breast cancer. On the global scene, annual, breast cancer (BRCA) incidence rate is over 1million cases and over 411,000 deaths. Survival rate is less than 50% in developing countries, in contrast to 90% in developed countries. This, as studies have revealed is due to late detection and diagnosis, poor knowledge, attitude and practice towards breast cancer (BRCA), its causes, risk ...