Browsing by Author "Owumi, B."

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Socio-cultural determinants of maternal health care seeking behaviour in seme side of Benin republic
(2013) Owumi, B.; Raji, S. O.
Research on maternal health was conducted among the residents of the Seme border community in republic of Benin to determine the available maternal health care services in the community and the level of accessibility to residents, to find out the pattern of the maternal health care seeking behavior and to examine the relationships between the socio-cultural characteristic and maternal health care seeking behavior in the area. The major instruments used were structured questionnaire, key informant interview and non-participant observation method. The study established that there are a considerable number of maternity hospitals and health centers in the community, many of which are privately owned. Residents tend to have a terrible level of access to the maternity services as there is no enough publicity either through word of mouth referrals or information from social service workers. The study also discovered that a very large proportion of the resident of the area use both the western maternal health care services and traditional substances. Due to the setting of this border area, a central cultural connotation is not prominent; hence the cultural influence on the maternal health seeking behavior is not general to the society as a whole. Though many residents use the western (private and public) service, factors like husbands approval, money for treatment, and personal cultural preferences still had negative effects on the maternal health seeking behavior in the area.
This paper is on the rational choice theory and the choice of healthcare services for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. It focuses on the factors that influence or determine the choice malaria treatment using the rational choice theory as the basis. It was discovered that there were many determinants of what informs the maximum utility but it is all wrapped up in the organization of the health care system. Hence, in choosing treatment for malaria, factors like; perceived and actual quality of care, proximity of the services, accessibility, cost of treatment, socio-economic status of the patients, availability of services, etc., are important. These factors in many occasions constitute constraints which in turn makes choices explicit and then patients makes trade-offs between alternatives.
(Macrothink Institute, 2013) Owumi, B.; Raji, S. O.
This paper is on the rational choice theory and the choice of healthcare services for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. It focuses on the factors that influence or determine the choice malaria treatment using the rational choice theory as the basis. It was discovered that there were many determinants of what informs the maximum utility but it is all wrapped up in the organization of the health care system. Hence, in choosing treatment for malaria, factors like; perceived and actual quality of care, proximity of the services, accessibility, cost of treatment, socio-economic status of the patients, availability of services, etc., are important. These factors in many occasions constitute constraints which in turn makes choices explicit and then patients makes trade-offs between alternatives.
Women trafficking and the risk of contacting HIV/AIDS among the trafficked in Edo state, Nigeria
(2009) Jerome, A. P.; Owumi, B.
Woman trafficking and HIV/AIDS have affected the country adversly and has posed a threat to the development of the nation. Although studies haves documented the contribution of commercial sex workers of long truck drivers towards HIV/AIDS, there dearth of knowledge about the phenomena of women trafficking and HIV/AIDS. The study therefore focused on the risk of contacting HIV/AIDS amongst trafficked girls in the two rehabilitation centres in Edo state. Qualitative techniques, which through, a case study, in-depth interviews and focus group discussion were used in elicting data. content analysis was used in the presentation of findings. The study revealed that most trafficked victims have very little or no knowledge about HIV/AIDS and its prevention before they are trafficked. Data showed improved knowledge of HIV/AIDS during the process of rehabilitation after they had been trafficked. The study observed that most of the trafficked girls refused to test for their HIV-status because they were invoved in high-risk sextual behaviour (unprotected sex) before rehabilitation to avoid stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, if they tested positive. The most known and preferred means of preventing HIV/AIDS amongst trafficked victim is condom use. However data showed that, in actual practices, the use of condom is low especially with regularand close partners. It was revealed that only one object is shared amongst subjects in the collection of blood, public and nails during the oath taking process and this is done to ensure that the girls are bound to their sponsor's instructions in the course of being trafficked in the order to avoid repercussions. Following these findings, the study recommends that the effort to combat women trafficking and HIV/AIDS be intensified through poverty alleviation, sentization against women trafficking and HIV/AIDS, reduction of stigmatization towards HIV/AIDS and empowerment of trafficked girls who have been rehabilitated to reduce recidivism