...Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro; Joseph Ngozi Chukwu; Charles C. Nwafor; Anthony O. Meka; Daniel C. Oshi Purpose – In 2007, Nigeria commenced a nationwide behavioural change communication (BCC) intervention to increase uptake of tuberculosis (TB) care services. The purpose of this paper...

...Emmanuel E. Baro; Loveth Ebhomeya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the information needs of nurses in two hospitals in Nigeria and the ways in which they went about attempting to meet those needs. Design/methodology/approach The study is a descriptive survey of nurses...

...Ademola Ajuwon; Fawole Funmilayo; Oladimeji Oladepo; Kayode Osungbade; Michael Asuzu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to train primary health care workers to be trainers and implementers of community‐based AIDS prevention activities in Oyo State, Nigeria, by describing an evaluation...

...Adeniyi O. Olaleye; Olayinka A. Anoemuah; Oladapo A. Ladipo; Grace E. Delano; Grace F. Idowu Purpose The paper seeks to explore sexual behaviours and reproductive health knowledge among in‐school young people with disabilities (PWD) in Ibadan, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach In the paper...

...Ademola J. Ajuwon; Benjamin Oladapo Olley; Olagoke Akintola; Iwalola Akin‐Jimoh In‐depth interviews with eight female victims of rape in Ibadan, Nigeria were used to explore the context in which the coercive incident occurred, the health‐seeking behaviours that followed and the consequences...

...Olufunmilayo I. Fawole; Ademola J. Ajuwon; Kayode O. Osungbade; Olufemi C. Faweya A total of 345 young female hawkers (YFH) from six motor‐parks in south‐western Nigeria were interviewed to determine the nature and extent of violent acts against them – particularly sexual harassment, economic...