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Item KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICES AND FACTORS INFLUENCING REPORTING OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN TWO SELECTED RURAL AND URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA(2014-03) GBADAMOSI, O.A.Reporting of notifiable diseases is essential for control and prevention of outbreak of diseases. In Nigeria, reporting of Notifiable Diseases by health workers has not been adequately documented. This study was conducted to assess health workers knowledge, practices, and factors influencing disease reporting in urban and rural communities in Oyo State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey was carried out among the 210 health workers who were responsible for disease reporting at their health facilities. The 33 local government Areas (LGA) of Oyo State were stratified into rural and urban, out of which one rural (Afijio LGA) and one urban (Ibadan North LGA), were randomly selected. All the health facilities in Afijio (39) and Ibadan North (171) were included in the study. One respondent at each health facility (focal person) was then selected and interviewed. A semi-structured, self- administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on knowledge, practices, pattern and factors affecting reporting. The list of diseases included: immediate, routine, international and occupationally notifiable diseases. Knowledge was assessed on a scale of 50 points with score ≥30 as good. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; Chi square, t-test and linear regression. Community Health Officers (30.1%), Nurses (26.0%) and Physicians (16.3%), constituted the majority of the respondents. Seventy-two percent (rural- 14.8% and urban- 57.1%) were aware of the existence of disease notification system while 26.5% knew the current strategy for reporting. Mean knowledge score for notifiable diseases among respondents was 27.6±8.4 with group means for rural and urban being 32.0±8.6 and 26.7±8.2 (p<0.001) respectively. About eleven percent (11.2%) of the respondents had good knowledge of the notifiable diseases. Majority (82.8%) of the respondents forwarded their routine health facilities reports to their respective LGA while 17.1% sent theirs to the Ministry of Health. Fifty-six percent of respondents sent reports through their staff while the rest had their facilities report collected by staff from State Ministry of Health and LGA. Main reasons for non-reporting included: lack of training on reporting (84.0%), absence of legal enforcement (58.0%), ignorance of reporting requirements (50.0%) lack of supervision (48.0%) and lack of reporting forms and telephone facilities (38.0%). Health workers that were aware of notification system were five times likely to comply with reporting than those that were not aware. (OR=5.0, 95% C.I = 1.5-17.5). Reporting of notifiable diseases was poor among the health workers at the Local Government level in Oyo State. Lack of training on reporting, absence on legal enforcement and ignorance on reporting requirements were major influencing factors. Regular training, effective supervision and logistic support to all notifiable diseases reporting health workers are recommended.Item HYGIENE FACTORS INFLUENCING OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN ABUJA, NIGERIA(2011-09) ARCHIBONG, O.E.Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is one of the most devastating global health pandemics. The immune suppression of infected persons predisposes them to opportunistic infections resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Factors influencing HIV/AIDS in Nigeria are known; however, the influences of physical environmental factors on People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs) in Nigeria have not been fully explored. This study was therefore designed to investigate the association between these factors and the occurrence of Opportunistic Infections (OIs) among PLWHAs in Abuja. A case control study was conducted. PLWHAs in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) were randomly selected from the six area councils in FCT. Two health facilities were randomly selected by balloting from the nine that provides special services to PLWHAs in AMAC. Systematic random sampling was used to recruit 66 cases and 68 controls from the facilities. Cases were defined as HIV positive clients with OIs while controls were defined as confirmed HIV positive clients not manifesting OIs. Opportunistic Infections considered were Tuberculosis (TB), persistent diarrhea, oral thrush and herpes. The controls were matched by sex, age and residential area. Respondents’ demographic characteristics, level of knowledge and hygiene practices were assessed using a validated questionnaire. The level of knowledge of Environmental Influence on Health (EIH) was determined using 40 point scale. Observational checklist was used to assess the prevailing environmental conditions in households. Bacteriological examination of drinking water sources of 25.0% of cases and controls was conducted using standard methods as described by the American Public Health Association. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and t-test were used for data analysis. Respondents’ mean age was 35.9 ± 6.7years for cases and 34.4 ± 7.0years for controls. About 48.6% and 51.4% of cases and controls respectively were females. The OIs manifested by cases were TB (56.6%), oral thrush (77.4%), persistent diarrhea (69.8%) and herpes (11.3%). The mean knowledge scores on EIH of cases and controls were 31.7 ± 8.9 and 29.0± 13.1 with no significant different. Majority of the cases (75.8%) and control (70.6%) washed their hands with soap after toilet use. Also 66.7% of cases and controls (68.7%) used water closets for excreta disposal. About twenty four percent of cases as against nine percent of controls obtained drinking water from contaminated sources (OR: 3.25; 95%CI: 1.09 – 10.14). Bacteriological analysis of client drinking water sources indicated that 76.0% of samples for cases and 64.3% for controls contained total coliform, while E.coli was detected in 21.4%, and 15.4% of samples for cases and controls respectively. The occurrence of water borne opportunistic infections among the cases may be attributable to contaminated drinking water sources. Provision of water especially potable water supply and continuing health education on hygiene practices are highly advocated.Item PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE TOWARDS FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA.(2012-05) UMANA, J.E.Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is pervasive, but under-reported by victims because of the associated stigma and fear of reprisals. In Nigeria, there is paucity of information on IPV burden among female university students. This study was therefore designed to assess the prevalence and determinants of IPV experienced by female students in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The study was cross-sectional in design. A four-stage sampling technique was used in selecting the female halls (two undergraduate and one postgraduate), blocks, rooms, and an occupant selected by balloting in each room. A total of 1,100 undergraduate and 255 postgraduate female students were selected. A 43-item self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the sociodemographic characteristics, prevalence, types, determinants, awareness, and health consequences of IPV. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression at p = 0.05. The mean age of the respondents was 22.8±3.9 years (postgraduate mean: 24.3±3.2 years; undergraduate mean: 20.1±3.2 years) and majority (93.8%) were single. Respondents comprised Yoruba (61.7%), Igbo (24.6%), Hausa (3.6%) and others (10.1%). The proportions of respondents who smoked, consumed alcohol and had a family history of IPV were 6.6%, 22.8% and 26.9% respectively. The life-time prevalence of IPV was 42.3% (postgraduate: 34.5%; undergraduate: 44.1%) and those for psychological, physical and sexual IPV were 41.8%, 7.9% and 6.6% respectively. Majority (61.9%) of the respondents who were aware of IPV did not experience it. Respondents who were less likely to have experienced IPV were postgraduate (OR= 0.64; 95% CI: 0.46-0.87), and married (OR= 0.53; 95% CI: 0.35-0.78) students. Life-time prevalence of IPV was higher among the undergraduates (OR=3.82; 95% CI: 1.08-13.40); smokers (OR= 2.46; 95% CI: 1.58-3.83); alcohol consumers (OR= 2.36; 95% CI: 1.82- 3.06 ); and those with family history of IPV (OR= 2.40; 95% CI: 1.88- 3.07). Recent experience (within the last one year) of violence was also more frequently reported by respondents who had a previous history of physical (62.5%) (OR= 2.65; 95% CI: 2.02-3.49) and sexual (53.2%) (OR= 1.63; 95% CI:1.12-2.35) violence. Injuries were sustained by sixty (4.4%) of the IPV victims and these included minor abrassions (60.7%), sprains (17.9%), and facial injuries (15.4%). Adverse effects of IPV on academic performance were reported by 10.3% of victims and these included loss of concentration (71.4%), interruption of studies (17.9%), loss of self-esteem (6.4%) and school absenteeism (4.3%). Majority (60.9%) of the victims of IPV did not seek help. Those who sought help went mainly to religious leaders (12.5%), hospitals (10.5%) and family members (4.9%). The prevalence of intimate partner violence among the female students of the University of Ibadan was high, and the major predicting factors were low level of awareness, family history and previous history of physical and sexual violence. There is the need to design interventions to address modifiable risk factors like smoking and alcohol consumption, and encourage health seeking in order to reduce vulnerability and related health consequences.Item PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALE SEX WORKERS (FSWs) IN ABUJA, NIGERIA(2011-05) ABOSEDE, D.T.Violence against women (VAW) is a major public health problem affecting women globally. In addition to causing injuries and eroding women’s self esteem, violence increases the risk of reproductive health problems. However, only little is known about the magnitude and determinants of violence in female sex workers (FSWs) in Nigeria. This study assessed the prevalence and the risk factors that contribute to violence against FSWs in Abuja A descriptive cross-sectional study design was adopted. Three hundred and five brothel-based FSWs were selected using stratified random sampling and proportional allocation techniques. One hundred and ten FSWs from the high, 63 from the middle and 132 from the low income areas were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Information on occurrence of violence and predisposing factors was obtained from the respondents. In-depth interviews were conducted on 10 FSWs to obtain better insight into their recent experiences of violence. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis. Mean age of the respondents was 27+5.7 years. Seventy five percent had at least secondary education and majority (69.5%) were single. The prevalence of violence experienced by FSWs in the last six months was 52.8% of which 61% had been abused between once and thrice at some point in their lives. The forms of violence experienced among respondents included physical (38.7%), sexual (43.3%), psychological (32.5%) and economic (29.2%). The main perpetrators of violence were clients (47.5%), brothel managers/ owners (38.2%), local thugs (8.0%) and police men (4.0%). Bi-variate analysis showed that respondents below 30 years were less prone to physical violence than their older counterparts (P-value= 0.00). FSWs from who never attended school experienced sexual violence than those who ever attended school (p-value= 0.02). The FSWs with no formal education and those with over 10 years work experience in the sex industry were at a higher risk of psychological violence than those with formal education and with less than 10 years work experience (OR=2.6, 95% C.I= 1.37-5.08 and OR=2.3, 95%CI=1.26-4.31 respectively). Respondents with over 10 years experience in sex work were more vulnerable to economic violence than those with less than 10 years sex work experience (OR=1.9, 95%CI=1.01-3.52). Major health consequences reported were physical injury (14.1%), HIV infection (4.3%) and 10.5% reported ever had STI. Sixty percent accessed services at health facilities while 29.3% used traditional healing homes after they experienced violence. The results from the in-depth interviews showed that violence was a common experience among the respondents with clients and policemen being the main perpetrators. The prevalence of violence against FSWs in Abuja was high. Therefore, there is need to educate FSWs on their sexual rights and how to protect themselves from violence. In addition, FSWs require educational and economic empowerment to enable them move on to other more socially acceptable vocations.Item Childhood blindness, Eye disease screening checklist, Primary eye care, Sensitivity and Specificity(2021-03) OLUSANYA, B.A.Approximately seventy per 100,000 children are blind worldwide. Early detection and prompt treatment play vital roles in prevention of blindness from cataract and other eye diseases in children. However, there are no established screening programmes for blinding eye diseases among infants in Nigeria. This has contributed to delayed presentation to hospital among children with blinding eye diseases. Therefore, this study was conducted to develop and validate a simple screening tool for the early detection of blinding eye diseases among infants as well as assess the perceptions of health care workers regarding the feasibility of using the tool. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 3 phases. The first phase was the development and validation of a screening checklist. This entailed a literature review, expert opinion, stakeholders’ input, content validation and pretesting of the checklist. The second phase was a diagnostic accuracy study which compared the newly developed checklist to a gold standard, which was eye examination by an ophthalmologist. This phase was carried out on 1214 infants receiving immunisation in eight primary health care centres located in four urban Local Government Areas in Ibadan metropolis. Each infant was first screened by a primary health worker (immunisation staff) using the checklist and subsequently examined by the ophthalmologist. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values as well as reliability indices of the checklist were determined. The third phase was a questionnaire survey to assess the perceptions of all the participating immunisation staff (38 in number) about the feasibility of using the checklist. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Level of significance was set at α0.05. A checklist with two sections and 11 items was developed. The first section consisted of six questions that the health workers asked the infants’ mothers or caregivers; while the second section contained five questions that were answered by the health workers after a quick examination of the children’s eyes. The mean age of the infants was 5.2±3.8 months and 52.5% were males. The screening checklist had a sensitivity of 70.0% for detection of blinding eye disease. In addition, it had a specificity of 94.8% for detection of blinding eye disease. The inter-observer agreement was 96.6% (Kappa = 0.71); while test-retest reliability showed an intra-class correlation coefficient of 0.90. All the immunisation staff were females, with a mean age of 43.1±7.6 years. They all reported that the checklist was useful in screening for eye diseases among infants. Majority (81.6%) reported that the checklist was very easy to use. About one-third (34.2%) experienced challenges, such as poor cooperation from mother or child, while using the checklist. A screening tool with good sensitivity, high specificity and high reliability was developed for the early detection of blinding eye diseases in infants. Primary health care workers found the checklist to be easy to administer and useful for screening. Adoption of this checklist as a screening tool at the primary health care level could be instrumental in the establishment of screening programmes and early detection of blinding eye diseases among children.Item MALARIA TREATMENT OUTCOME AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES IN UMUAHIA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE NIGERIA(2010-10) MOSES, A.O.Malaria remains a major health problem in Africa where one child in 10 dies before the age of five years. Despite the availability of affordable preventive/curative interventions in the Primary Health Centres (PHC) in Nigeria, morbidity and mortality from malaria remains high. This study was carried out to determine factors associated with malaria treatment outcome of under-five children that were treated for malaria at the PHC facilities in Umuahia North Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State. An analytical cross sectional study involving caregivers of children less than five years attending PHCs in Umuahia North LGA was carried out. A three stage sampling technique was used to select four of 31 PHCs, at Amaogwugwu, Umuawa-Alaocha, Ojike and World Bank Housing Estate, based on site and population of under-five attendees. Key Informant Interview (KII) was carried out with the PHC coordinator of the LGA and heads of the four selected PHC facilities to assess their knowledge and practices of malaria treatment. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered on caregivers of 562 consecutive children presenting with fever to determine factors associated with malaria treatment outcome. Outcome was considered good when a sick child recovers within 48hrs of commencing treatment. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi square test and logistic regression at 5% level of significance. From KII, the facility health workers based malaria treatment on presumptive diagnosis. Median age for children was 24 months (Range = 2 – 59 months) and mean age of caregivers was 32.5 ± 6.6 years. Two hundred and fifty-five (45.4%) of the children were brought to the health centre early. Among the mothers, 355 (63.2%) had been taught homecare of malaria. At presentation, 48 (8.5%) of the children had anaemia; 248 (44.1%) of them were sleeping under Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN). About 416 (74%) of the children had good treatment outcome. More children (77.9%) treated on outpatient basis had a good treatment outcome compared with those who were admitted for observation (22.1%) p < 0.05. Also, a higher proportion of children presenting without anaemia (76.7%) had a significantly good treatment outcome compared with those that presented with anaemia (23.3%). Presence of anaemia [O.R 0.25 (C.I 0.13-0.500)] and being admitted [O.R 3.40 (C.I 2.22-6.49)], were both associated with poor treatment outcome. Providing health education on homecare of malaria to caregiver [O.R 3.85 (C.I 2.31-5.55)], making a child to sleep under ITN [O.R 2.37 (C.I 1.52-3.71)] and taking a sick child early to the health centre [O.R 2.07 (C.I 1.34-3.18)], were all significant predictors of good treatment outcome. Educating caregivers on home management of malaria for their children, children sleeping under insecticide treated nets and taking sick children to the health centre promptly would improve malaria treatment outcome in the health centres.Item EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES AMONG LONG DISTANCE DRIVERS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE(2014-07) ADEJUGBAGBE, A.M.Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) are major causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. While previous studies had reported increases in RTC among long distance drivers and had associated this with their risky behaviours, not many have focused on the distribution and determinants of RTC among long distance drivers in Ibadan metropolis. Information about the distribution of the risk factors of RTC among this group of drivers could be used to design, implement and evaluate interventions to reduce the risk. Hence, this study was conducted to describe the distribution of RTC by place, time of occurrence, characteristics of persons involved and identify factors associated with RTC among long distance drivers in Ibadan metropolis. Using a cross-sectional study, a two-stage sampling technique was used to select 594 consenting long distance drivers from 5 out of 12 major motor parks in Ibadan metropolis. A pretested interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, driving history, knowledge of road safety measures, perceived effects of use of psychoactive drugs on the safety behaviours and mobile phone when driving. Also incorporated in the questionnaire were history of RTC including place and time of occurrence of the last crash. Knowledge of road safety measures was scored based on drivers’ understanding of 7 road safety measures comprising speed and the six road safety signs, with scores ≥4 indicating good knowledge. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and logistic regression with level of significance set at 0.05. Respondents were males, with median age of 42.0 years (range: 20.0-73.0 years). Secondary education was the highest level of education attained by 38.0%. Most (96.3%) had been driving for more than five years and 77.7% had poor knowledge of road safety measures. About 23.6% reported the use of mobile phone when driving while, 38.7% and 33.8% reported current use of kolanut and alcohol respectively. The life time prevalence of RTC was 35.5% while 16.2% reported having had at least one RTC in the year preceding the study. The RTCs occurred mainly on narrow roads (25.0%) and bad portions of tarred roads (32.0%) with peak occurrence on weekends (Fridays- 20.0% and Saturdays- 21.3%) and in the afternoon (33.1%). Significantly higher proportions of drivers aged ≤39 years (23.9%), those with no formal education (29.9%), those who reported the use of mobile phone when driving (27.9%), those who reported alcohol (21.9%) and Kola nut use (19.6%) were involved in RTC in the last one year. A significant predictor of the last episode of RTC in the last one year was alcohol use (OR=1.8, CI=1.1-2.9). Road Traffic Crashes occurred mostly among long distance drivers who were young, non-formally educated, alcohol users and mobile phone users when driving. Discouraging the use of alcohol, kolanut and mobile phones when driving, as well as the implementation of road safety education programme among young and uneducated drivers is recommended.Item VITAMIN A STATUS AND THE EFFECT OF ORAL SUPPLEMENTATION IN PREGNANT NIGERIAN WOMEN(1991) ADEYEFA, I. O.This study was designed to investigate vitamin A nutritional status of pregnant and non pregnant non lactating Nigerian women. The beneficial effects of oral vitamin A supplementation was also investigated in the pregnant women. The study was carried out in three one was the cross-sectional study carried out on 22, 88 and 61 pregnant women in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters. The controls were 35 non pregnant non lactating women in the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. Their ages ranged from 18 to 45yrs with a mean age of 27.8+/— 6.82yrs. The subjects were randomly selected from both the University teaching and Adeoyo hospitals, Ibadan and the study lasted for a period of nine months. The result of the study showed that 11% of the subjects had plasma vitamin A levels in the deficient range << 20ug/dl) while 60% had marginal values (20 - 29ug/dl). Plasma vitamin A levels was observed to decrease as pregnancy progressedItem ADHERENCE TO CURRENT GUIDELINES ON PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIMALARIALS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN LOKOJA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA(2015-04) WELLE, Sylvanus ChimaAdherence to current treatment guidelines on prescription of antimalarials by healthcare providers can promote better malarial treatment outcomes. However, adherence rate and factors influencing adherence to treatment guidelines have not been well explored. This study was carried out to assess adherence to current guidelines on prescription of antimalarials and associated factors among healthcare providers in Lokoja Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria. The study was cross-sectional in design. A total of 404 healthcare providers aged 18-65 years were selected through proportional allocation from public health facilities and patent medicine stores. Using a semi-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire, data were collected on socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, knowledge and training on current guidelines and prescription practice. Adherence was defined as correct prescription of artemisinin-based combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in a child and adult. Knowledge of current guidelines was assessed on a 5-point scale and scores ≥3 were categorised as good knowledge while scores <3 were categorised as poor. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and logistic regression with significance level set at 0.05. Mean age of respondents was 36.9 years (SD = 9.2 years). Respondents comprised of nurses (36.6%), patent medicine vendors (30.0%), doctors (18.3%), community health extension workers (9.7%), pharmacists (3.2%) and community health officers (2.2%). Over half (53.0%) were males and about three-quarters (74.4%) were married. Half (50.0%) had good knowledge of the guidelines of which 34.2% were doctors and 4.0% each were community health officers and pharmacists. A total of 270 (66.8%) of respondents claimed they requested for confirmatory test before treatment of malaria. In all, 54.2% had been trained on the guidelines of which 36.1% were patent medicine vendors while only 1.4% was pharmacists. Overall adherence to guidelines on anti-malaria prescription was 39.6%. The adherence among doctors was 67.6%, community health officers (55.6%), pharmacists (19.8%). Respondents who were trained on the guidelines were twice more likely to adhere to guidelines. (AOR=2.28; CI=1.41-3.69) while respondents with good knowledge were four times more likely to adhere to guidelines compared to those with poor knowledge (AOR=3.99; CI=2.39-6.69). Knowledge of and adherence to current guidelines on antimalarials prescription was generally low in Lokoja among community health officers, nurses, pharmacists and patent medicine vendors in the study. Government should train these categories of health care providers to improve their knowledge and adherence to the guidelines. Keywords: Treatment guidelines, Antimalarial prescription, Health care providers, Malaria confirmatory test. Word count: 384Item PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE TOWARDS FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA.(2012-05) UMANA, JOSEPH EDEMIntimate Partner Violence (IPV) is pervasive, but under-reported by victims because of the associated stigma and fear of reprisals. In Nigeria, there is paucity of information on IPV burden among female university students. This study was therefore designed to assess the prevalence and determinants of IPV experienced by female students in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The study was cross-sectional in design. A four-stage sampling technique was used in selecting the female halls (two undergraduate and one postgraduate), blocks, rooms, and an occupant selected by balloting in each room. A total of 1,100 undergraduate and 255 postgraduate female students were selected. A 43-item self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the sociodemographic characteristics, prevalence, types, determinants, awareness, and health consequences of IPV. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression at p = 0.05. The mean age of the respondents was 22.8±3.9 years (postgraduate mean: 24.3±3.2 years; undergraduate mean: 20.1±3.2 years) and majority (93.8%) were single. Respondents comprised Yoruba (61.7%), Igbo (24.6%), Hausa (3.6%) and others (10.1%). The proportions of respondents who smoked, consumed alcohol and had a family history of IPV were 6.6%, 22.8% and 26.9% respectively. The life-time prevalence of IPV was 42.3% (postgraduate: 34.5%; undergraduate: 44.1%) and those for psychological, physical and sexual IPV were 41.8%, 7.9% and 6.6% respectively. Majority (61.9%) of the respondents who were aware of IPV did not experience it. Respondents who were less likely to have experienced IPV were postgraduate (OR= 0.64; 95% CI: 0.46-0.87), and married (OR= 0.53; 95% CI: 0.35-0.78) students. Life-time prevalence of IPV was higher among the undergraduates (OR=3.82; 95% CI: 1.08-13.40); smokers (OR= 2.46; 95% CI: 1.58-3.83); alcohol consumers (OR= 2.36; 95% CI: 1.82- 3.06 ); and those with family history of IPV (OR= 2.40; 95% CI: 1.88- 3.07). Recent experience (within the last one year) of violence was also more frequently reported by respondents who had a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN LIBRARY vi previous history of physical (62.5%) (OR= 2.65; 95% CI: 2.02-3.49) and sexual (53.2%) (OR= 1.63; 95% CI:1.12-2.35) violence. Injuries were sustained by sixty (4.4%) of the IPV victims and these included minor abrassions (60.7%), sprains (17.9%), and facial injuries (15.4%). Adverse effects of IPV on academic performance were reported by 10.3% of victims and these included loss of concentration (71.4%), interruption of studies (17.9%), loss of self-esteem (6.4%) and school absenteeism (4.3%). Majority (60.9%) of the victims of IPV did not seek help. Those who sought help went mainly to religious leaders (12.5%), hospitals (10.5%) and family members (4.9%). The prevalence of intimate partner violence among the female students of the University of Ibadan was high, and the major predicting factors were low level of awareness, family history and previous history of physical and sexual violence. There is the need to design interventions to address modifiable risk factors like smoking and alcohol consumption, and encourage health seeking in order to reduce vulnerability and related health consequences. Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence, University female students, Life-time experience. Word Count: 479