Psycho-social problems of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia in ekiti state, nigeria Lateef Omotosho Adegboyega African Health Sciences, 2021 Background: Sickle-cell disease comprises a group of genetic disorders characterized by the inheritance of sickle haemo- globin from both parents. Sickle-cell disease carries a huge psycho-social burden which has impacts on the physical, psycho- logical, social and occupational well-being as well as levels of independence on adolescents.
 Objective: To investigate the psycho-social problems of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia in Ekiti State. The study also examined whether the variables of age and educational level would influence the psycho-social problems of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia in Ekiti State.
 Methods: Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to draw a total of 121 respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Mean and rank order was used to answer the research question while Analysis of Variance was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
 Results: Findings revealed that psycho-social problems of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia are limited in the choice of career, find it difficult to get suitable partner in marriage and SCD adolescents usually manifest emotional upset, misbehav- iour, and have learning problems. Findings also revealed that there were significant differences in the psycho-social problems of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia based on age and educational level.
 Conclusion: Majority of the respondents attested to the psycho-social problems facing adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that social workers should be employed in health sectors; govern- ment should offered standard health care for all adolescents with sickle cell disease.
 Keywords: Psycho-social problems; sickle-cell anaemia; adolescents.
Counselling Needs of Sickle-Cell Anaemia Adolescents in Ekiti State, Nigeria Lateef Omotosho Adegboyega Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, 2020 BACKGROUND፡ Sickle-cell disease is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder of hemoglobin (Hb) structure and the most common of the hemoglobinopathies. Hence, this study investigated counseling needs of sickle-cell anaemia adolescents in Ekiti State.METHODS: Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to draw a total of 121 respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Mean and rank order were used to answer the research question while chi-square and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.RESULTS: The findings revealed that counselling needs of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia include counsellors are expected to encourage adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia to have confidence in self among others. The findings also revealed that there was a significant difference in the counselling needs of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia based on gender while there was no significant difference in the counselling needs of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia based on religion.CONCLUSION: The counselling needs of adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia include adolescents with sickle-cell anaemia easily comprehend the counselling therapy of counselloramong others. It was recommended that Government should offer standard health care for all adolescents with Sickle-cell disease.
Attitude of married women towards contraceptive use in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria Lateef Omotosho Adegboyega African Health Sciences, 2019 Background Contraceptive use helps in preventing unplanned pregnancy and reducing maternal death among married women. Objective To investigate the attitude of married women towards contraceptive use in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. The study also examined whether the variables of age and educational attainment would influence attitude of married women towards contraceptive use in Ilorin metropolis. Methods Descriptive survey design and analytical methods were adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to draw a total of 200 respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Mean and rank order was used to answer the research question while Analysis of Variance was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. Results The attitude of married women towards contraceptive use in Ilorin metropolis was negative. There was no significant difference in the attitude of married women towards contraceptive use based on age and educational attainment. Conclusion Most married women in Ilorin metropolis have negative attitude towards contraceptive use. We recommended that counselling services be provided to women on how to deal with side effects associated with various modern contraceptive methods.
Family relationship and bullying behaviour among students with disabilities in Ogbomoso, Nigeria Lateef Omotosho Adegboyega, Falilat Anike Okesina, Olumayowa Ayorinde Jacob, and International Journal of Instruction, 2017 This paper examined family relationship and bullying behaviour among secondary school students with disabilities in Ogbomoso South, Oyo State, Nigeria. The research design employed for this study was descriptive method of the correlational survey type. The population for this study comprises all secondary school students with disabilities in Ogbomoso South, Oyo State. Two questionnaires were used to collect the necessary data. Bullying Prevalence Questionnaire (BPQ) was adopted from Rigby and Slee (1994). To measure family relationship, the instrument in this section was adopted from Nuhu (2013). Percentage was used to answer the research questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistical technique was used to test the generated hypothesis. The finding of this study revealed that majority of the respondents’ family relationship was negative. The finding also revealed that majority of the respondents bullying behaviour was low. Also, the finding of this study revealed that there is a significant relationship between family relationship and bullying behaviour among secondary school students with disabilities in Ogbomoso South, Oyo State, Nigeria. It was recommended that for bullying to be reduced, the Ministry of Education is responsible for the welfare of people and their development.
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