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    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.
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    Society and health: social pattern of illness and medical care
    (Resource Development and Management Services, 1996) Owumi, B. E.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Traditional Practitioners (Healers & Healing Practices)
    (Resource Development and Management Services, 1996) Owumi, B. E.
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    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.
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    Voluntary healthcare workers and the success of PHC
    (Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan., 1993) Owumi, B. E.
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    Primary health care in Nigeria: The state of the art
    (Department of Sociology.University of Ibadan., 1993) Oke, E. A.; Owumi, B. E.
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    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.