Indiscriminate waste disposal habit has caused health related diseases. This study was carried out to investigate the perceived health consequences of indiscriminate waste disposal by the market women of Ijebu -Ode Township. A descriptive survey design was used for the study while market women's perception of health consequences of indiscriminate waste disposal was the main objective of this study. A total of 500 participants were drawn from the population as sample size for the study while stratified sampling technique was used to sectionalize the services and products being produced or sold by the market women. Simple random sampling was used to select 300 respondents from Ita -Osu market and 200 respondents from Oke Aje market. The instrument used for data collection was a self-developed Indiscriminate Waste Disposal and Health Consequences Questionnaire (IWDHCQ) with a reliability index of 0.83. Inferential statistics of chi-square was used to analyse the data at 0.05 level of significance. All the five hypotheses tested were not accepted which revealed that market women significantly perceived Lassa fever, Typhoid fever, Malaria fever, Food Contamination, Water Source Contamination as health consequences of indiscriminate waste disposal. Based on the findings, some recommendations were recommended to government, policy makers, health authorities and market women among were: health campaign on better waste disposal methods to market women, educating the market women in order to appreciate the health problems associated with indiscriminate waste disposal and the enforcement of sanitation laws by the appropriate authorities, just to mention a few.
ABSTRACT:-In a developing nation like Nigeria, it has been observed that stroke patients just like the terminal disease patients suffer more in the hand of the people around them compared to the scourge of the ailment itself. They have suffered a lot of psychological and social withdrawal due to negative attitude and knowledge of every individual which have an adverse effect on their self-esteem, coping strategies, and positive affect. This study examined the psychosocial adjustment of patients suffering from mild stroke and the role played by the family, caregivers, social network in their adjustment to living and life management. Two research questions were raised and answered in this study. The survey research design was adopted for this study. Twenty-one stroke survivors volunteered to participate in the study while just nineteen stroke survivors completed the interviews. The participants included 14 males and 5 females aged between 37 and 66 years. Data were collected through structured interview and questionnaire, which were analyzed using multiple regression and t-test statistical tools of SPSS. Results revealed that 49.9% of the total variability in stroke patients" social and psychological adjustment is accounted for by social stigma, perceived limitation, management of life, financial adjustment, and Intrapersonal adjustment. Also, a significant relative influence was observed on the sources of social support received on stroke patients" psychological adjustment. It was concluded that not all individuals are blessed with the repertoire of psychosocial factors that promote adjustment. Thus, the importance of approaches such as problem solving, decisions about treatment and care, and the potential for personal control over manageable issues of life cannot be over emphasized.
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