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Item The impact of price reform on the health and productivity of rural women in southern Nigeria(A publication of NISER/SSCN national Research Netwrok on Liberalization Policies in Nigeria supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada, 1996) Isamah, A. N; Owumi, B. E.; Adewumi, F.; Okunola, R.Item Society and health: social pattern of illness and medical care(Resource Development and Management Services, 1996) Owumi, B. E.Item The persistence of female circumcision in Nigeria: a case study of the Okpe people of Delta State(Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, 1994) Owumi, B. E.The paper attempted to examine the reasons accounting for the sustenance of the practice of female circumcision and how to stem it. The basis of the facts presented here are derived from a survey involving a sample of four hundred and five respondents of both sexes conducted in two local government areas (Okpe and Sapele) of Delta state. The subjects that constituted the sample were randomly chosen and the data analysed through simple descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that the persistence of female circumcision is due to the application of western methods in the operation thereby reducing the agony and stress associated with the practice. It also identified the low level of education and urbanisation as factors inducing the sustainability of the practice because they make for the persistence of traditional norms and values. Consequent upon these findings, the paper concluded by suggesting the involvement and enlistment of western trained health care professionals as public health educator in an attempt to stamp out the act. In addition to the above, the paper suggested the rapid development of our educational system and urbanisation as a way of weakening non functional traditional values.Item Traditional medicine and the Nigerian society: a case for the development of traditional medicine(African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1994-04) Owumi, B. E.Item Traditional Practitioners (Healers & Healing Practices)(Resource Development and Management Services, 1996) Owumi, B. E.Item The Hospital Work Environment : A Study of Occupational hazards associated with nursing as an occupation(Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Lagos and Reproductive, Occupational and Mental Health Network, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1995) Owumi, B. E.Item Youth and crime: a study of rural hybrids in Ogun State(1998) Olutayo, A. O.; Okunola, R. A.Urban bias strategy as the development policy in developing nations has contributed largely to the problem of rural-urban migrations in these nations. Attention has therefore been focussed, mainly, on the effect of migration to the rural and urban areas. Toa large extent, however, it is becoming increasingly difficult for youths - educated in European style with the hope of securing European-style job opportunities - to migrate to the urban areas due to the growing economic crisis and depression since the 1980s - with its effect significantly in urban areas. Consequently, this has led to the emergence of a group of youths we refer to as 'rural hybrids'. This study sets out to inquire into the emergence of this group; investigate their life-style; and ascertain their impact on the rural areas. Using the dis-articulation theory, we examined the emergence of this group. We found out that this group engages in activities considered to be criminal and their way of life is totally contradictory to what the typical rural-dwellers expect. As such, they are likely to contribute negatively to the orientation-of the younger generation corning after them. On the whole, therefore the rural areas are likely to be significantly affected in the future particularly in the areas of crime and violence.Item New trends and attitudes toward crime: the phenomenon of area boys in Nigeria(IFRA-Ibadan, 1994) Owumi, B. E.Item Push and sustaining factors of child labour in Nigeria.(Ife Centre for Psychological Studies, 1998) Aderinto, A.A.; Okunola, R. A.This paper examines a particular aspect of child labour activities- Street trading. Using 241 subjects, the paper highlighted the push, pull and sustaining factors of child labour. Data collection exercise involved the use of questionnaires, interview and observation of the children at work. Conducted in a business district Ibadan, Nigeria, the study reveals that the children are generally pushed out of their household given the increasing instability of maintenance; attracted to street trading beacause of its economic yields; sustained in the job by the harmonious social context, but continuously being ruined and denied of their future by the hazards of the hazards of the workplace and the anti-social elements that they daily come in contact with on the streets. Major recommendations include a reworking of various economic policies, the proper implementation of the Family Economic Advancement Programme (FEAD) involvement of various voluntary organizations and a conducive educational and political atmosphere.Item Voluntary healthcare workers and the success of PHC(Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan., 1993) Owumi, B. E.