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Item The relationship between environmental factors and health problems of secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria(Medwell Journals, 2008) Anyanwu, F. C.; Adio-Moses, R. O.; Obaretin, M.T.This study investigated the relationship between Environmental factors and health problems of students in Oyo state Nigeria. The environment in which a child stays and learns as a direct effect on his/her health status. The classroom environment where too many students sit together to learn is likely to predispose them to infections and other health related problems. The number of students in a classroom can affect tire condition of the environment where proper ventilation is not possible and the spread of diseases become more prominent. The condition will therefore put the health of those students in jeopardy. A sample of 2000 respondents was used for the study. Data collection involved the use of questionnaire while data analysis was done using frequency counts and percentages. The findings revealed that faulty refuse disposal, lack of toilet facilities, crowded classrooms and poor water supply as environmental factors predisposed the students to health problems. These findings have implications for curriculum planners and policy makers who are interested in the well being of the child.Item Overpopulation and communicable disease occurrence among students in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State(2008) Anyanwu, F. C.; Adio-Moses, R. O.Class size in every school system all over the world is very important with respect to the health status of students in the school. In Nigeria, large classes consist of classrooms with more than the maximum acceptable standard of forty student par class. Large classes therefore are likely to put students at greater risk of injury, reduce learning and increase the possibility of contracting infectious diseases. Other conditions include nutrition, personal hygiene, environmental sanitation, the quality of school building and health care services available in schools, that would influence the health of students. It is however a fact that students come to school with a lot of health problems most of which are infectious in nature and are transmissible through contact especially in an overpopulated classroom. The study therefore, examines the effect of overpopulation on the occurrence of communicable diseases in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. A sample of one thousand (1000) respondents were used for the study. Data were collected using questionnaire while data analysis involved the use of frequency counts and percentages. The result showed that overpopulation predisposed student to communicable diseases. The findings have implications for policy makers, educators and all stake holders interested in the health and well being of students.Item Knowledge and reported symptoms of selected sexually transmitted infections among female secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria(Codat Publications, Ibadan, 2004) Adio-Moses, R. O.This study examined the knowledge and reported symptoms related to some selected sexually transmitted injection (STIs) among Female Secondary School Students in Oyo State, Nigeria The participants (N - 928) were chosen through purposive sampling technique and a self-developed (42-item) validated questionnaire with 0.86 reliability was used as research instrument. Data collected were analysed with descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentage. Results showed that the level of sexual activity among the participants was significantly high. They had significant knowledge of gonorrhea disease. Knowledge of syphilis and HIV/A1DS was however, not significant. A significant number of the participants had reported symptoms related to gonorrhea within the last six months to this study. This result emphasis the need for change in risky behaviours. School campaigns should stress the need for behavioural change. Youth-friendly services, low-cost diagnosis and treatment techniques should also be made available to students, as this would be helpful in reducing the incidence of STIs. Health education would go a long way in controlling the spread of STIs among female adolescents in Nigeria.Item Health education and Nigerian national development in this millennium(ICHPER-SD, 2007) Anyanwu, F. C.; Adio-Moses, R. O.This paper discussed Health education as one of the means of achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria. Health education is a basic right and the most effective means of preventing disabling conditions and diseases that might cripple the entire workforce in the nation. Indeed, the country will reduce the amount spent on sensitization programmes mounted for different diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria cancer etc. where health education exists and is made a core subject at all levels of education (kindergarten, primary, secondary/ and tertiary). It is recommended among others that health education should remain a single separate subject in both primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutions, and should be an examinable subject at senior secondary level.Item Repositioning teaching and teacher education in Nigeria(Stirling-Horden Publishers, Ibadan, 2004) Moronkola, O. A.; Adegbile, J. A.; Adio-Moses, R. O.The art of teaching and the position of teachers in Nigeria today call for evaluation and immediate review. This is because teaching is a very important tool for all round development of every nation and teachers as the vehicle plays an important role in ensuring learners' success. The quality and availability of teachers have great implications on any educational system as the quality of education the learner receives depends largely on this. While teaching is an attempt to bring about desirable change in human learning, the teachers hold the trump cards to proper education and those entrusted to develop the head, heart and hands of others. In Nigeria today, pupils and teachers operate under very harsh conditions. The image of teaching is still very low even with the recent increase in salaries. Poor funding and facilities, incessant strikes, dearth of local and current books are few of the problems being faced. Repositioning teaching and teacher education in Nigeria will go a long way to provide solutions to these problems. Teachers and trainers should be fully involved in the on-going systematic innovative and qualitative reforms of education and emphasis should also be on organising and funding adequate training programmes for teachers. This paper examines the current positions of teaching and teacher education in Nigeria, highlighting the inadequacies in this area. Efforts have been made to offer suggestions on how teaching and teacher education could be repositioned in Nigeria.