Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among &lt;i&gt;Almajiri&lt;/i&gt; Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Sarkingobir, Yusuf; Nahantsi, M.S.; Shehu, Z.; Sadiq, Abdul‐Akeem; Malami, N.; Saadu, A.; Hamza, Anhar

doi:10.4314/jasem.v23i7.27

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“…All 17 studies were conducted in Nigeria, though one included almajirai from Niger. 31 Studies reporting original data represented 6 of Northern Nigeria's 19 states. These were Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, and Sokoto.…”

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Almajiri Health; A Scoping Review on Disease, Health Literacy and Space for Participatory Research

Muhammad

Abdulsalam

Petit-Clair

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Introduction Almajirai are male children in Northern Nigeria and Southern Niger who study Islam in the almajiranci system. Almajiranci has been associated with non-participation in formal education, abuse, poverty, and underdevelopment. However, the peer-reviewed literature around health among almajirai remains limited. We conduct a scoping review around almajiri health to synthesize evidence for health problems, draw links between findings, identify research gaps, indicate areas for intervention, and assess participatory approaches in this literature. Methods We searched the academic literature for articles concerning almajiri heath using a framework integrating the biopsychosocial and socio-ecological models of health. We included articles in English and French published between 2000 and 2022. For each study we collected information regarding authorship, study year and location(s), study design and aims, sample characteristics, findings, and almajiri participation in research design, execution, interpretation and dissemination. Results Of 1,944 studies, 17 were found relevant for data extraction. These included 14 cross-sectional studies, 2 descriptive articles, and one case-control study. All were conducted in Nigeria, though one included Nigerien almajirai. No study engaged almajirai in participatory roles. Domains evaluated included infectious disease (10 studies), oral health (2 studies), workplace injury, nutrition, health status, health determinants, and mental health (1 study each). Almajirai represented ranged from 3 to 28 years old. Included studies find high rates of malaria, intestinal parasitosis, urinary tract infection, N. meningitidis, and occupational injury among almajirai. Studies comparing almajirai to controls find significantly higher rates of cholera, urinary schistosomiasis, and psychiatric disorders, lower levels of rabies awareness and poorer oral hygiene among almajirai (p < 0.05). One study, concerning nutrition, describes an intervention to improve almajiri health, though does not provide health outcomes for that intervention. Conclusion We observe that the literature around almajiri health has concerned many domains, though the number of studies within these remains limited. We further note limitations in the geographic scope of this literature, interventions to improve almajiri health, and the consideration of demographic features, like age, that may influence almajiri health. We stress the need for further study in these areas, and for participatory approaches, which may be more likely to effectively improve almajiri health.

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“…Their study nds that 50% of almajirai schooled in mud-or corrugated-metal buildings, 66% of Tsangayu did not have close access to potable water, and 50% were situated around refuse dumps and open wastewater gutters. Of note, in this sample, 30 almajirai reported their citizenship as Nigerian, and 10 reported their citizenship as Nigerien 31.…”

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Almajiri Health; A Scoping Review on Disease, Health Literacy and Space for Participatory Research

Muhammad

Abdulsalam

Petit-Clair

et al. 2023

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“…No study engaged almajirai in participatory roles beyond acquiring their consent. All 17 studies were conducted in Nigeria, though one included almajirai from Niger living in Nigeria [ 31 ]. Studies reporting original data represented 6 of Northern Nigeria’s 19 states.…”

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Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research

Muhammad,

Abdulsalam,

Petit-Clair

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Introduction Almajirai are male children in Northern Nigeria and Southern Niger who study Islam in the almajiranci system. Almajiranci has been associated with non-participation in formal education, abuse, poverty, and underdevelopment. However, the peer-reviewed literature around health among almajirai remains limited. We conduct a scoping review around almajiri health to synthesize evidence for health problems, draw links between findings, identify research gaps, indicate areas for intervention, and assess participatory approaches in this literature. Methods We searched the academic literature for articles concerning almajiri heath using a framework integrating the biopsychosocial and socio-ecological models of health. We included articles in English and French published between 2000 and 2022. For each study we collected information regarding authorship, study year and location(s), study design and aims, sample characteristics, findings, and almajiri participation in research design, execution, interpretation and dissemination. Results Of 1,944 studies, 17 were found relevant for data extraction. These included 14 cross-sectional studies, 2 descriptive articles, and one case-control study. All were conducted in Nigeria, though one included Nigerien almajirai. No study engaged almajirai in participatory roles. Domains evaluated included infectious disease (10 studies), oral health (2 studies), workplace injury, nutrition, health status, health determinants, and mental health (1 study each). Almajirai included ranged from 3 to 28 years old. Included studies found high rates of malaria, intestinal parasitosis, urinary tract infection, N. meningitidis, and occupational injury among almajirai. Studies comparing almajirai to controls found significantly higher rates of cholera, urinary schistosomiasis, and psychiatric disorders, lower levels of rabies awareness and poorer oral hygiene among almajirai (p<0.05). One study, concerning nutrition, described an intervention to improve almajiri health, though did not provide health outcomes for that intervention. Conclusion We find that the literature around almajiri health has concerned a broad range of domains, though the number of studies within each domain remains limited. We further note limitations in the geographic scope of this literature, interventions to improve almajiri health, and the consideration of demographic features, like age, that may influence almajiri health. We stress the need for further study in these areas, and for participatory approaches, which may be more likely to effectively improve almajiri health.

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“…Heavy metals are metals of high density above 5g/cm3 and have tendency to cause toxicity (Rahman etal., 2019;Zhang et al, 2019). Because, the Alamajiri schools suffer challenges including that of poor water, sanitation, and hygiene, it is possible that the rising extent of pollution has led to contamination of Almajiri drinking water at schools (Dalhat et al, 2016;Sarkingobir et al, 2019). A consequent situation that can affect health, and learning of the Almajiri children.…”

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Analysis of heavy metals content in well water and its predictive insights for studentsâ€™ wellbeing in Almajiri Schools, Sokoto East, Nigeria

Sarkingobir,

Umar,

Waheed

et al. 2023

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Education is a right to every child, but Sokoto is suffering from many issues ravaging education, therewith, a major issue is the Almajiri school. Because the Almajiri schools are abandoned there is every tendency that their drinking water is contaminated considering the rising pattern of pollution across the globe. The aim of the study was to carry out an analysis of heavy metal content in well water and propel some predictive insights for students well-being in Almajiri schools in Sokoto, Nigeria. Samples of well water were collected from Almajiri schools in Sokoto state and metals were analyzed using atomic abortion spectroscopy. 60.10 ± 5.1 to 600.1± 0.01, 100.1 ± 0.5 to 600.0 ± 0.02, are the ranges of calcium, and magnesium macroelements determined. The ranges for essential heavy metals zinc, and iron are as follows; 2.34 ± 0.05 to 5.00 ± 0.02 (zinc), and 0.54± 0.05 to 10.43 ± 0.5 (iron) respectively. The ranges of Pb, Hg, and Cd assessed are as follows: lead (0.0 to 1.06 ± 0.005), mercury (0.10 ± 0.002 to 2.501 ± 0.01), and cadmium (0.00122 ±0.0004 to 0.0761 ± 0.0001). The HI for the heavy metals determined are in the order of schools B>D>A>C. The metals determined are either excess or little (with respect to essential heavy metals) in many cases. In one school, the HI is far above 1 and therefore risk the population with effects. Thus, can elicit harm to the consumers. They can affect the academic, cognitive capacity of the Alamjiri children. There is need to take proper measures to save the health and future development of the Almajiri child against heavy metals poisoning possibility.

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Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria

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Almajiri Health; A Scoping Review on Disease, Health Literacy and Space for Participatory Research

Almajiri Health; A Scoping Review on Disease, Health Literacy and Space for Participatory Research

Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research

Analysis of heavy metals content in well water and its predictive insights for studentsâ€™ wellbeing in Almajiri Schools, Sokoto East, Nigeria

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