Studies have shown that poor solid waste management has remained a major threat to public health as well as a causal risk factor for environmental degradation. This study assessed solid waste management practices, challenges and improvement strategies for households and waste managers in South-South Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November, 2020 through April, 2021 at the households and environmental sanitation agencies in the six States that make up South South Nigeria. Data were collected in the process using structured questionnaires. The final sample was 469 participants, of which 392 responded to questions pertaining to households while 77 responded to questions pertaining to waste managers. Findings reveal that more than half of households adopted good solid waste management practices. Majority of the respondents experienced serious challenges in managing solid waste at the household level. Majority of waste managers experience challenges in solid waste management in South South Nigeria. Majority of waste managers agreed with the suggested improvement strategies for solid waste management at the household level. Education level and marital status were significantly associated with solid waste management practices at household level. Education level was also significantly associated with challenges of solid waste management practices at household level. Many members of the Zone may be willing to participate in measures aimed at improving solid waste management in their community, thus, government and other stakeholders in the scheme need to continue to organize community-integrated programmes and awareness campaigns on solid waste storage, separation, collection, transportation and final disposal.
The global increase in physical inactivity has been implicated for high death rates from non communicable. COVID-19 presents series of constraints to participation in physical activity (PA) to people ranging from intrapersonal, interpersonal and structural constraints. This study assessed constraints to participation in PA during covid-19 pandemic and the environmental implications in University of Nigeria Nsukka Campus Enugu State, Nigeria. A cross sectional study was conducted among undergraduate students during COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (n =370) aged 18 to 30years (22.88±3.62) were recruited online through their individual school e-mail addresses. Physical activity was measured using International Physical Activity Questionnaire short-form (IPAQ-SF/LF) while constraints to PA during COVID-19 pandemic were assessed with COVID-19 scale. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whiney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman correlation. In respect to PA level, 31.1%, 63.2% 5.7% of the participants had low, moderate and high PA Level respectively. No significant difference was found in categorized Metabolic Equivalent Task (MET) values (low, moderate and high) and overall MET value across all the demographic groups. Intrapersonal, interpersonal, structural and overall constraints were significantly associated with gender while structural constraints were significantly different across course level of participants. A significant association was found between low, moderate and high PA MET Values with the Total PA METs value. The findings reveal how COVID-19 influenced PAlevels of individuals thus provides evidence to inform the university administration and policymakers to develop polices to enhance PA Levels of the undergraduate students and the masses during such future pandemic.
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