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Item Workplace environmental factors and stress management among academic staff of federal universities in south- west, Nigeria(The Faculty of Education University of Port Harcourt, 2017-10) Momoh, A. M.; Ukpabi, D. I.Most academic staff have been found to be experiencing high level of stress, arising from long working hours, increased job demands. lack of control over work-pace and imbalanced work-life relationships. These in turns lead to feelings of worry, anxiety, anger, frustration, depression, high rates of hospitalisation and sudden deaths, and low performance. Previous studies have attempted to address this problem using mostly psychological and medical interventions with little emphasis on the degree of assistance available within the social and institutional networks in the university work environment. The study, therefore, examined the combined influence of workplace environmental factors (work load. role ambiguity/conflict and class size), social (career advice. connectedness and provision of feedbacks) and institutional (research assistance, promotion, collegiality. protection, friendship and opportunity) supports on the management of stress among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west. Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. Four of the oldest federal universities in the South-west were purposively selected. Two research hypotheses were tested for the study al 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and. Multiple Regression. Effective social support System coupled with opportunities for promotion and research assistance as well as availability of flexible work load positively determined the management of stress among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west. Nigeria. There is the need to improve upon thè social supports while effective institutional supports should be provided to enhance the stress management System among thè academic staff. In addition conducive and flexible work environment should be ensuredItem Social and institutional supports influence on stress management among academic staff in federal universities in South-West Nigeria(2016) Momoh, A. M.; Ukpabi, D. I.This study examined the combined influence of social (career advice. connectedness and feedbacks appraisals) and institutional (research assistance, promotion, collegiality) protection, friendship and opportunity) supports on the management of stress among academic staff in four selected federal universities in South-West, Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. The universities were stratified into existing faculties. The proportional sampling technique was used to select 1000 academic staff Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level! of significance. Data were analysed using Pearson product moment correlation and content analysis. Effective social support system coupled with opportunities for promotion and research assistance as well as promotion positively determined the management of stress among academic staff in four(4) federal universities in the South-west Nigeria There is the need to improve upon the social supports while effective institutional supports should he provided to enhance the stress management system among the academic staff In addition conducive and flexible work environment should be ensured.Item Influence of access to HIV/AIDS information on the knowledge of federal university undergraduates in Nigeria(De Gruyter Saur, Berlin, 2018) Bankole, O. M.; Abioye, A.Information and knowledge are the foremost tools in fighting the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Previous studies have focused more on HIV/AIDS and Nigerian undergraduates’ attitudes, beliefs and protective practices than how information factors influence their knowledge of the pandemic. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of access to HIV/AIDS information on its knowledge among undergraduates of federal universities in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design, with a combination of the purposive, proportionate and stratified random sampling technique used to select 1,679 undergraduates from five universities across five geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Questionnaire was the instrument used for collecting data, which were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple regression. The most accessible sources of HIV/AIDS information among undergraduates were television (94.5 %), radio (93.0 %) and the Internet/ICT centers (90.5 %). The types of HIV/AIDS information frequently assessed were information on how to refuse sex (Mean = 3.15), how to be faithful to one partner (Mean = 3.12), sharing of sharp objects (Mean = 3.12), blood transfusion (Mean = 3.11), unprotected sexual intercourse (Mean = 3.10) and how to use condoms correctly (Mean = 3.09). Access to HIV/AIDS information (r = 0.15) resulted in positive significant relationships with HIV/AIDS knowledge, thus access to HIV/AIDS information has a positive influence on the promotion of knowledge of HIV/AIDS among undergraduates. The level of study was also a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge, which was not the case for factors of age, discipline, gender, marital status, tribe and religion. The AIDS service organizations and program developers should come up with strategies that would strengthen and improve the content, accuracy and ease of understanding of HIV/AIDS information that students have access to in order to facilitate its use.