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Item Changing family structures/values and the incidence of human trafficking in Edo State(2007) Owumi, B. E.; Jerome, P. A.This paper attempts to unravel the underpinning factors that account for the upsurge of human trafficking in Edo State, Nigeria. The discourse is hinged on the Mertonian concept of innovation which explains the circumvention of societal mainstream values and employed as a circuit and routes to achieving societies collectively subscribed goals. The aims and objectives of the study include: identifying the changes in family structures that predispose parents to trafficking their children; examining the changes in family values that predispose parents to trafficking; discussing the perception of parents about trafficking their children and finally explaining the reasons for the persistence of human trafficking despite attempts to curb it. Focus group discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview methods were used in collecting data. The study revealed that parents are predisposed to trafficking their children due to poverty, unemployment, greed, ignorance, illiteracy, polygyny, distortion of social values, dysfunctional families among othersItem 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 Women trafficking and the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS among the trafficked in Edo State(African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 2009) Jerome, P. A.; Owumi, B. E.Women trafficking and HIV/AIDS have affected the country adversely and has posed a threat to the development of the nation. Although studies have documented the contribution of commercial sex workers of long truck drivers towards HIV/AIDS, there is dearth of knowledge about the phenomena of women trafficking and HIV/AIDS. This study therefore focused on the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS amongst trafficked girls in the two rehabilitation centres in Edo State. Qualitative techniques, which through, a case study, in –depth interviews and Focus Group Discussion were used in eliciting data. Content analysis was used in the presentation of findings. The study revealed that most trafficked victims have very little or no knowledge about HIV/AIDS and its prevention before they were trafficked. Data showed improved knowledge of HIV/AIDS during the process of rehabilitation after they had been trafficked. The study observed that most of the trafficked girls refused to test for their HIV-status because they were involved in high-risk sexual behavior (unprotected sex) before rehabilitation to avoid stigma associated with HIV/AIDS if they tested positive. The most known and prefers means of preventing HIV/AIDS amongst trafficked victim is condom use. However data showed that, in actual practice, the use of condom is low especially with regular and close partners. It was also revealed that only one object is shared amongst subjects in the collection of blood, pubic and nails during the oath taking process and this is done to ensure that the girls are bound to their sponsor’s instructions in the course of being trafficked in order to avoid repercussions. Following these findings, the study recommends that effect to combat women trafficking and HIV/AIDS be intensified through poverty alleviation, sensitization against women trafficking and HIV?AIDS, reduction of stigmatization towards HIV/AIDS and empowerment of trafficked girls who have been rehabilitated to reduce recidivismItem 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 The political economy of maternal and child health in Africa(Malthouse Press Limited, 2002) 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 New trends and attitudes toward crime: the phenomenon of area boys in Nigeria(IFRA-Ibadan, 1994) Owumi, B. E.