The study investigated prevalence and perpetrators of domestic violence against adolescents in Rivers State. Cross sectional and co-relational designs were used for the study. Three research questions guided the study and four hypotheses were postulated and tested. The population for the study was 93,076 adolescents in Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools. A sample size of one thousand five hundred and twelve (1512) respondents was selected using multistage sampling procedures. The instrument for data collection was validated self-structured/adapted 59-item questionnaire titled domestic violence prevalence and perpetrators questionnaire (DVPPQ). The data generated were subjected to statistical analysis using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while Z-test and ANOVA were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels. The findings of the study revealed that domestic violence against adolescents was prevalent in Rivers State with grand mean of 2.63. Guardians, siblings and parents were the major perpetrators of physical, verbal, economic and emotional abuses, while relatives, friends and neighbors were the perpetrators of sexual abuse against adolescents. The findings also revealed that age, parents'/guardians' educational and occupational status had no significant influence on the perpetration of domestic against adolescents but gender did. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that integrated approaches be adopted to curb the menace of domestic violence in the society, particularly in Rivers State.

Biomass fuels are used by a large proportion of households in most developing countries, including Nigeria, because they are readily available or relatively inexpensive. The purpose of this study was to determine how socioeconomic factors influence the use of biomass cooking fuels in Nigeria's Enugu State. The survey was cross-sectional, and multistage sampling was used. The samples included 502 respondents from 232 households in 6 of Enugu State's 17 Local Government Areas. The sample size was calculated using Fisher's formula. A structured questionnaire was distributed to the respondents, and observations were made. To arrive at results, data was collected and analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. According to the study, 94% of respondents use biomass fuels, with 73% using unprocessed wood. Only 6% of them use fossil fuels. Ninety-one percent (91%) of households earn less than N61,000 per month on average, with only about 1% earning more than N90,000 per month. It was also discovered that 88% of respondents had no more than a secondary school education, and 75% lived in rural areas. This study found a high level of poverty and a low level of education among the study population in Enugu State, which translates to a high use of biomass fuels, particularly unprocessed wood (firewood). The study's findings confirm that socioeconomic factors such as household income level, educational status, and so on influence greater use of biomass fuels when they are readily available and at little or no cost to the people.

The study investigated maternal mortality among women of childbearing age in South-East senatorial zone of Rivers State. The study adopted descriptive survey design. A sample size of 146 respondents, consisting of 21 medical doctors, 110 public health nurses/midwives, and 15 medical record officers was selected, using multi-stage sampling procedures. A self-structured questionnaire was used for data collection, with a reliability value of r=80, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r). Five research questions guided the study and four hypotheses were postulated and tested at .05 alpha level. Frequency and simple percentage were used to answer the research questions, while chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study were that there was high prevalence of maternal mortality among the women of childbearing age in South East Senatorial zone from 2013-2016, occurring majorly twice a month; and that there was significant difference in maternal mortality among the women based on age, parity, level of education except occupation. The study recommended among others, that Ministry of Education in conjunction with Ministry of Health and Ministry of Women Affairs should organize seminars and workshops in health facilities, churches/mosques, and town halls to enlighten women, and even men on causes and prevention of maternal deaths; and there should be aggressive public enlightenment, sensitization and awareness campaign on child and maternal health and how to prevent maternal mortality by Ministry of Information and other relevant stakeholders, using different traditional or conventional and social and mass media platforms. Keywords: Maternal Mortality, women of childbearing age.

The increasing suicide morbidity and mortality rates among the adolescent has become a serious human tragedy of great public health concern. Many facets of suicide such as suicide ideation, intent, attempt, ambivalent, gesture, equivalent, and completion are prevalent among this group of people due to their developmental characteristics in an unsupportive cultural and socioeconomic environment, especially in developing countries. Adolescents may at one point or another perceive suicide as a permanent answer to problems, often due to self-doubts, conflict with older ones like parents, fears, confusion, stress, and pressures to succeed or conform while growing up. Due to the fact that suicide is preventable but very difficult to be predicted accurately, it becomes expedient to start to concentrate efforts on identifying, and enhancing suicide protective factors among this age group, and devising and advancing various public health prevention strategies apart from the conventional psychic-medical approaches to stem the tides of suicide among them, especially in developing countries. This study reviews prevalence of suicide among adolescents in developing countries, and proffers public health-based prevention strategies, which, if properly programmed and implemented would be effective in the containment of this public health problem in different settings.

The study investigated the demographic determinants of health care-seeking behaviour among women in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Five research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted. The sample size of 1,200 women was selected using multi-stage sampling procedures. Self-structured instrument, whose reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha Correlation was used for data collection. The study utilized statistical tools of Mean Standard deviation and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to analyze the data. The result of the study showed that the respondents had good health care-seeking behaviour in terms of action on perceived signs and symptoms ( = 2.67 ± 0.89), test-seeking ( = 2.93 ± 0.94), choice of health care services ( = 3.36 ± 0.76), treatment-seeking ( = 2.86 ± 0.95), and treatment- adherence ( = 2.87 ± 0.85). The findings also showed that demographic factors of age (F=8.767, P < 0.000), occupation (F = 19.304, P < 0.000), educational level (F = 3.019, P < 0.029), and income level (F = 4.680, P < 0.003) were significant determinants of health care seeking behaviour of the women. The study recommended among others that women should be empowered more through educational and employment opportunities Keywords: Demographic Factors, and Health Care-Seeking Behaviour.