Papers by FELIX O L A N I Y I SANNI
Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2022
Aim: Since the covid-19 pandemic began, prevention and treatment services for non-communicable di... more Aim: Since the covid-19 pandemic began, prevention and treatment services for non-communicable diseases have been significantly interrupted. This study assessed the influence of COVID-19 knowledge on using healthcare services during the lockdown in Nigeria. Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey conducted in Ado-Odo Ota, local government areas, Ogun State, Nigeria using a structured questionnaire between January and February 2021. A multistage probability sampling technique was employed to collect data from 383 adults aged 20-60 years and the data were analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 25.0. Results: Although all respondents (100.0%) have heard of COVID-19, only 52.2% believed it was real. The respondents displayed poor overall knowledge of COVID-19 as only 32.1% were knowledgeable about it. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 44.9% said they visited hospitals for treatment compared to 16.2% during the lockdown. The reasons for not using hospitals include the fear of taking a COVID-19 patient (38.4%) and buying medicines from pharmacies (33.9%). Those who used herbs constituted 20.6%, 15.4% could not afford service charges, 12.0% would pray or use spiritual materials instead, and 7.3% were afraid of being infected with the disease. Only 17.9% of those knowledgeable about COVID-19 would go to the hospital during the lockdown. Conclusion: Healthcare workers and the masses should be adequately trained on healthcare management during pandemics to avoid misconceptions about COVID-19. This will help improve access to healthcare services and promote wellbeing among the low-resource setting populations.
JCO Global Oncology
PURPOSE There are strategies to bring quality cancer care to underserved patients, but poor use o... more PURPOSE There are strategies to bring quality cancer care to underserved patients, but poor use of the principles of teamwork is a major barrier to achieving quality services. The intent of this study was to assess teamwork as perceived by health care workers caring for patients with cancer. METHODS We conducted a survey among health care professionals in cancer care at 3 tertiary centers in southwestern Nigeria from July to November 2016. Respondents rated teamwork using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire; we focused on the teamwork climate subscale comparing health care providers and institutions using analysis of variance and on collaboration using logistic regression. RESULTS Three hundred seventy-three professionals completed the survey: 177 physicians (47%), 51 nurses (14%), 21 pharmacists (6%), 31 laboratory technicians (8%), and 88 others (24%); 5 (1%) participants had missing professional information. The average teamwork climate score across all professionals in the study ...
The increasing rate of attack in the North-Eastern parts of Nigeria has caused the deaths of thou... more The increasing rate of attack in the North-Eastern parts of Nigeria has caused the deaths of thousands and thereby forcing many of the residents, including children to abandon their comforts zones. This study assessed the material and health challenges of young IDPs and the impacts of sexual and reproductive health programs in improving the conditions of these young ones. The study was conducted in sixteen local governments of three states (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) in the North-East of Nigeria using mixed methods. The quantitative data were obtained by the administration of a structured questionnaire to the young IDPs in the three states. The quantitative data were analyzed and were complemented by the qualitative data {Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)} that were obtained from the young IDPs. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The majority (78.5%) of the young internally displace persons (IDPs) were within the age group of 10-14 years with 51.8% males and 59.1% have attained primary. The major material challenges facing the young IDPs include lack of food (31.6%), clothing (28.7%), Soap/cream (19.8%) and medicine (13.1%). The most common health problems include Malaria (28.9%), cough 23.1%, diarrhea (18.3%) and cholera (13.1%). The IDPs confirmed that they were fully protected in the camp with no experience of rape. They affirmed that their needs were met by the intervention programs provided for them; 71.7% affirmed that their situation was "Good" since they came to the camps and more than half (55.2%) confirmed a better situation. The training in the IPD camps was mostly artisan related while only 31.7% were schooling. This study found that young IDPs are being faced with material and health-related challenges as well as the lack of proper training and education. However, the outcome of the SRH project is a manifestation of the efficient utilization of the resources of the project. More intervention programs to alleviate the challenges of IDPs are advocated.
Plasmodium falciparum, the most common malaria species in Africa. This study is aimed at assessin... more Plasmodium falciparum, the most common malaria species in Africa. This study is aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitudes and perception of malaria among the pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic in general hospital Gboko, Gboko Local Government, Benue State. Method: This research is an ex post facto cross-sectional study that focuses on only pregnant women. Structured questionnaires were developed, validated and administered to the respondents and information on age, occupation, marital status, number of previous pregnancies, number of children, mosquito control methods and educational levels were obtained. Data analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and cross-tabulations, percentages and mean were used to describe the data. Results:There were 144 participants of which majority, 62.5% were in the age group 20 -30 years. The majority were secundigravid (79.2%). All have ever heard about malaria, chose IPT as an antimalarial drug for pregnant women, have undergone malaria test in the last 6 months and they all sleep under mosquito nets. They chose headache, 54.2% and fever, 39.6% as major symptoms of malaria. 97.9% were tested positive for malaria in the last 6 months. The majority (97.9%) knew that malaria has a cure, 97.9% knew that it is impossible to cure malaria spiritually, 97.9% knew that antibiotics or antiretroviral therapy cannot cure malaria while 85.4% believed that personal hygiene would reduce malaria. None of the respondents had a university education, yet they had very sound knowledge, attitudes, and perception of Malaria in pregnancy.
Background: Access to viral load testing in Nigeria remains a key challenge in achieving the Join... more Background: Access to viral load testing in Nigeria remains a key challenge in achieving the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90:90:90 targets in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This study investigates the impact of 3 party logistics (3PL) on expanding access to viral load testing. Methods: This exploratory, case study research was carried out in Abuja in December, 2018, using in-depth interview method. Open-ended questions were used to interview nine staff from the three polymerase chain reaction laboratories in Federal Capital Territory. The audios of interviews were recorded and transcribed on paper. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 24. Results: This study revealed that the adoption of 3PL services has helped to overcome major challenges of viral load testing such as late delivery of samples, late collection of results, and rejection problems; thereby reduced sample rejection frequencies, increased efficiency, reduced turnaround time and ease viral load testing processes. Though the adoption of 3PL has helped to overcome major challenges of viral load testing, however, the challenges still facing viral load testing include the 3PLs bringing samples at any time-even at closing hours, not delivering results to facilities on time after pickup, poor medical backgrounds and inability of 3PLs to enforce instructions on facilities. However, respondents expressed satisfaction with the services of the 3PLs. Conclusions: The findings of this study revealed that the adoption of 3PL service into viral load transport logistics has positive impacts on the process. However, only one of the laboratories uses two 3PL providers while other two use only one.
PURPOSE There are strategies to bring quality cancer care to underserved patients, but poor use o... more PURPOSE There are strategies to bring quality cancer care to underserved patients, but poor use of the principles of teamwork is a major barrier to achieving quality services. The intent of this study was to assess teamwork as perceived by health care workers caring for patients with cancer.
The increasing rate of attack in the North-Eastern parts of Nigeria has caused the deaths of thou... more The increasing rate of attack in the North-Eastern parts of Nigeria has caused the deaths of thousands and thereby forcing many of the residents, including children to abandon their comforts zones. This study assessed the material and health challenges of young IDPs and the impacts of sexual and reproductive health programs in improving the conditions of these young ones. The study was conducted in sixteen local governments of three states (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) in the North-East of Nigeria using mixed methods. The quantitative data were obtained by the administration of a structured questionnaire to the young IDPs in the three states. The quantitative data were analyzed and were complemented by the qualitative data {Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)} that were obtained from the young IDPs. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The majority (78.5%) of the young internally displace persons (IDPs) were within the age group of 10-14 years with 51.8% males and 59.1% have attained primary. The major material challenges facing the young IDPs include lack of food (31.6%), clothing (28.7%), Soap/cream (19.8%) and medicine (13.1%). The most common health problems include Malaria (28.9%), cough 23.1%, diarrhea (18.3%) and cholera (13.1%). The IDPs confirmed that they were fully protected in the camp with no experience of rape. They affirmed that their needs were met by the intervention programs provided for them; 71.7% affirmed that their situation was "Good" since they came to the camps and more than half (55.2%) confirmed a better situation. The training in the IPD camps was mostly artisan related while only 31.7% were schooling. This study found that young IDPs are being faced with material and health-related challenges as well as the lack of proper training and education. However, the outcome of the SRH project is a manifestation of the efficient utilization of the resources of the project. More intervention programs to alleviate the challenges of IDPs are advocated.
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