Prevalence of congenital colour vision deficiency among secondary school students in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
MaryOgbenyi Ugalahi ◽  
Oluyemi Fasina ◽  
OlufunmilolaA Ogun ◽  
BenedictusG K Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Colour Vision ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Colour Vision Deficiency ◽  
South West

scholarly journals Predictors Of Risky Health Behaviours Among Secondary School Students With Hearing Impairment In South -West, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
O.O Isaiah ◽  
Taiwo Adebanke Ola
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
False Belief ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
School Students ◽  
South West

Like every adolescent, students with hearing impairment engaged in Risky Health Behaviour (RHB) such as alcohol consumption, cigarette consumption, drug abuse, inadequate physical activities, unhealthy dietary behaviour as well as indiscriminate sexual acts. These activities have therefore become issues of public health concern. Previous studies have focused majorly on the academic performance, emotional stability and psychological adjustment of students with hearing impairment than on their RHB and its socio-economic predisposing factors. This study, therefore, examined social (discrimination, home, health awareness, peer influence and false belief) and economic (poverty and purchasing power) factors as predictors of RHB among Secondary School Students with Hearing Impairment (SSSHI) in south-west, Nigeria.. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 980 students with hearing impairment from some secondary schools in southwest Nigeria. Five hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression. Social and economic factors had significant composite contribution to RHB (F(7,973)=22.80; R=0.37) and accounted for 17.0% of the variance of RHB. The relative contributions of the independent variables to risky health bebehaviour are: Peer influence (β=0.25), Purchasing power (β=0.23), discrimination (0.15), poverty (β=0.10) home (β=0.08), false belief (β=0.07) )and health awareness(0.02). Unfriendly home situation, negative peer influence, false beliefs, poverty and low purchasing power predicted risky health behaviour among secondary school students with hearing impairment Therefore, government should organise periodic health and sensitization programmes on health issues for students, parents and teachers.

Colour vision defect among secondary school students in enugu, Nigeria: prevalence, pattern and impact

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Gloria C Eze ◽  
Nkiru Kizor -Akaraiwe ◽  
Amalachukwu A Chime ◽  
Cosmas C Anajekwu ◽  
Ifeoma N Asimadu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Colour Vision ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vision Defect ◽  
School Tasks

Aim: To determine the prevalence, pattern and impact of colour vision defects among public secondary school students in Enugu, Nigeria with a view to guiding the affected students on appropriate career choice. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among students attending public secondary schools in Enugu-East Local Government Area, Enugu state. A total of 950 students (361 males, 589 females) were selected by multistage sampling. The students were assessed for colour vision using Ishihara 38 plate edition and Farnsworth D-15 colour caps. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to obtain the socio-demographic data and impact of colour vision on colour-related school tasks and activities of daily living. Data was analysed using statistical package foe social sciences, version 20. Result: The age of the students ranged from 10-20 years with mean age of 14.2 ± 1.9 years. Eleven (1.2%) students were found to have colour vision defect out of whom 9 were boys and 2 were girls, 6 (54.5%) were deutan and 5 (45.5%) were protan. No tritan defect was detected. Greater percentages of the students with colour vision defect had difficulties with colour-related school tasks and daily activities when compared to those with normal colour vision. Conclusion: Colour vision defect may affect students’ performance in colour-related school tasks and activities of daily living. Therefore, early detection of colour vision defect is important so as to guide in the choice of future career

scholarly journals Early sexual debut: prevalence and risk factors among secondary school students in Ido-ekiti, Ekiti state, South-West Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabir Adekunle Durowade ◽  
Oluwole Adeyemi Babatunde ◽  
Lukman Omotayo Omokanye ◽  
Olusegun Elijah Elegbede ◽  
Lawrence Majekodunmi Ayodele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
School Students ◽  
Early Sexual Debut ◽  
South West

scholarly journals Effects of Mentoring in the Utilization and Improvisation of Biology Learning Resources on the Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in South West Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
Olu-Ajayi Funmilayo Elizabeth
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
South West ◽  
Biology Learning ◽  
Senior Secondary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of mentoring in the utilization and improvisation of Biology learning resources on the performance of senior secondary school students. The main purpose of this study is to mentor the senior secondary students on the utilization of the available Biology learning resources in their schools and the improvisation of unavailable resources, when necessary, for effective learning. The study employed the quasi-experimental design which utilizes non-randomized pretest, post-test, and experimental-control group system. The population of the study was made up of senior secondary school students in South West Nigeria. The sample consisted of 180 Biology students selected from six secondary schools. The sampling technique was multi stage, involving simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The instruments used in the study were Biology learning Resources Questionnaire (BLRQ) and Biology Concept Test (BCT). There was a mentoring package involving a Supplemental Instruction Learning Model. The instrument was validated by experts in science education and test evaluation, and the reliability of the instruments was ascertained using test-retest method. Reliability coefficients of 0.72 and 0.67 were obtained through Pearsons Product Moment correlation statistics. The BCT was administered as both pre-test and posttest, while BLRQ was used to gather information on available learning resources in the secondary schools. In addition, SILM was used for treatment. Data collected were analyzed using Pearsons Product Moment Correlation. It was discovered from the study that mentoring served as an effective tool in encouraging the utilization of available and improvisation of unavailable, but needed, learning resources for Biology teaching and learning in secondary schools. This was discovered to improve students' performance in Biology. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made. Among which was that mentoring should be used by Biology teachers as an adjunct to normal classroom teaching, especially in improvisation of learning resources for experiment demonstration during practicals, for effective performance by students.

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