The use of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counselling and testing (HCT) is a necessary component of implementing HIV prevention and control programs in Nigeria. Knowledge, acceptance, and use of HCT remain low in Nigeria, especially among young people ages 15 to 24 years. Th…
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In the Sub-Saharan African countries, the infant mortality rate (IMR) remains high, especially in rural settings, where access to health services is still limited. In Nigeria, the IMR is reported to be 75 per 1,000 live births, but there is an uneven distribution of IMR among al…
Background: The 4th Millennium Developmental Goal (MDG-4) commits the international community to reduce child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. Neonatal mortality accounts for 30-40% of worldwide child mortality. Globally, 99% of these deaths occur in low and middle…
Complexities of Nigeria's leadership exacerbated major problems influencing citizens' experience of livelihood. Amidst surmounting socio-political challenges, a lack of effective leadership provoked extraordinary social problems. The purpose of the qualitative phenomenological r…
This qualitative study examined the economic benefits of using open source electronic medical record (EMR) software applications to help define and demonstrate its proper implementation without the associated exorbitant operational costs in developing countries, in particular, N…
People who are bicultural engage in a process called cultural frame switching. They shift between their two cultural frames in response to cues in the social environment (Hong, Morris, Chiu, & Benet-Martinez, 2000). The purpose of the experiment was to examine how frame switchin…
Most of the research that pertains to study abroad focuses heavily on students, but not professionals who work in the field of international education. This thesis argues that a different perspective is useful to understand the growing trend of students who are studying abroad i…
This dissertation is a comparative study on policy formulation processes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) approach of three cases in Africa. At the centre of this inquiry are the issues of the replication of the TRC-approach across borders, and the policy formula…
In linguistically heterogeneous societies, language planning constitutes core institutional practice for maintaining social cohesion as well as unique cultural identities. This critical sociolinguistic and comparative analysis examines education language policy process in India,…
The violence and militancy in the Niger Delta region is borne out of the lack of human and infrastructural development in the region. Despite the relative peace and stability currently enjoyed as a result of the Amnesty program, there are still concerns about a return of violenc…
The Niger Delta crises escalated beyond the borders of the Nigerian nation to become an issue that affected individuals and corporations around the world. This study led to the discovery of how the local crises escalated with international implications. This discovery was accomp…
Managers play a major role in ensuring the practice of ethical behavior in organizations. The problem addressed in this study was that bank failures in Nigeria have been associated with fraud, unethical behavior, and malpractices. The purpose of this descriptive multiple qualita…
Background: Nigeria was one of the 13 countries where avian influenza outbreak in poultry farms was reported during the 2006 avian influenza pandemic threat and was also the first country in Africa to report the presence of H5N1influenza among its poultry population. There are m…
This dissertation argues that Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria played active roles in the religious transformations that occurred in their communities between 1900 and 1970. This time period is chosen to permit an exploration of the changes and continuities in Igbo women's rel…
Poverty and food insecurity in low-income countries are at the heart of the current agenda of the international community. The first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with a target of halving the incidence of poverty and hunger by 20…
Nigeria's police force is in a developmental phase as it moves away from a traditionally tribal, corrupt, disorganized, and localized operation toward a higher level of professionalism. Accordingly, Sutherland's social disorganization theory, which posits that criminal behavior …
One of the objectives of any government is the establishment of an effective solution to significantly control crime. Identity fraud in Nigeria has generated global attention and negative publicity toward its citizens. The research problem addressed in this study was the lack of…
Nigeria, like many other African countries, has seen the emergence of chronic diseases such as stroke, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. In particular, the rapid increase in diabetes mellitus type 2 has become a national concern. The effect of social cognitive function asso…
Mangroves are habitat specialists found in the interface between the land and the sea. They have a complex relationship with organisms in their surroundings. They are global biodiversity hotspot, carbon sink and purifiers of the environment. They are used to produce some useful …