Background The nature of training and work of the military personnel and civil servants may affect their relationships with their intimate partners in different ways. Objectives The objective of this study was to assess and compare the prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) against female partners among male military personnel and civil servants in Ibadan, South-western Nigeria. Methods A cross sectional study was carried out using a multi-stage sampling technique. A self administered questionnaire was used in data collection. χ 2 test was used to assess association between categorical variables and predictors of perpetration of IPV were determined using logistic regression at level of significance of 5%. Result A total of 1240 respondents, 631 in the military and 609 in the civil service were interviewed. About 75% were currently married. The prevalence of perpetration of any form of IPV in the last 12 months of the study was 77.8% and 66% among the respondents in the military and civil service, respectively. Significantly higher proportions of respondents in the military had perpetrated various types of IPV except sexual violence. The predictors of perpetrating any form IPV include being a military personnel, childhood exposure to parental IPV, having a negative attitude towards wife beating and use of alcohol. Civil servants were more likely to perpetrate sexual violence against their female partners. Significance Intimate partner violence was quite prevalence in both groups but significantly more among the military personnel. There is a need for educating these men through multidisciplinary approach and different strategies in the two groups. A178Inj Prev 2012;18(Suppl 1):A1-A246

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Individuals within the paediatric age group sustain different types of fractures, as such the need to determine the incidence and pattern of long bone fractures among patients 16 years and below admitted through the different wards of admittance of the university college hospital Ibadan.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a retrospective hospital-based study involving patients 16 years and below admitted through the accident and emergency department, the children emergency department, the neonatal ward and labour ward of the hospital between January 2013 and December 2018 at the university college hospital Ibadan. Using a proformal completed from the electronically stored data that captured the patient’s history, examination findings, X-ray film and treatment offered which was collected on a weekly basis.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> 25.13% of the patients reviewed within the study period were paediatric patients. A total of 337 paediatric patients were reviewed. There were 124 female and 213 males with ratio (F:M-1:1.7). The fractures were mostly secondary to fall and road traffic crash accounting for 68.54% and 23.15% respectively. 65.12% of the fractures involve the bone of the upper limbs while 34.98% occur in the bones of the lower limbs. The radius and the ulnar bones are the most affected. Transverse fracture is the most common pattern observed.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> More than 20% of the reviewed population was in the paediatric age group and the radius and ulnar bones were the most commonly fractured bone in this age group. They usually follow trivial falls.</p>

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<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Trauma is one of the commonest causes of death among young people with significant increase in morbidity and mortality. Following injuries to tissues, the body responds in an attempt to cause repair of the damaged tissue. Although its significance depends on the interplay of various factors involving neurohormonal and immune responses. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a pro-inflammatory chemoattractant produced by the monocyte and causes the further release of chemokines and cytokines needed at the site of tissue injury. It therefore plays a critical role in tissue healing.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a prospective hospital-based study carried out at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Polytrauma patients admitted through the accident and emergency department that met a defined criteria were recruited and had their blood samples taken into an endotoxin free test tube at 48±2 hours after trauma. MCP-1 levels in the serum were estimated though the human MCP-1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. This process was carried out using the ELISA technique based on the producer’s guide.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> 110 patients were recruited for the study. There was no significant difference in gender variations in MCP-1 level (t=-0.935, p=0.351). For the male and female variations in MCP-1 levels, it ranges from 10 to 2841 and 22 to 2687 respectively. Likewise, there was no significant relationship in age variations in MCP-1 values (f=0.959, p&gt;0.05).</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> This study demonstrated no correlation between serum level of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 with age and gender in polytraumatized patient according to age and gender.</p>

Background: Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (CTEV) is a common musculoskeletal congenital disorder. Historically, surgical treatment of various types was popular; however, currently the gold standard of treatment is non-operative care using the Ponseti method. This work evaluates the outcome of this former method of managing CTEV before author adopted the Ponseti Method and compares it with the reported outcomes of the Ponseti method in published literature.Methods: A retrospective review of this data from January 1990 to December 2003 was done, the patients demographics, treatment given, duration and outcome of care were analysed using descriptive statistics. This finding was then compared with outcomes of Ponseti method in literature.Results: Here, 145 patients had initial non operative care; eighteen of those patients (12.4%), eventually require either a posteromedial release, a combined posteromedial and posterolateral releases or a triple arthrodesis.Conclusions: The study shows that the success rate of this method of manipulation preceding the adoption of the Ponseti method is 87.6%. This outcome is inferior when compared to the outcome of Ponseti method in published literature. Also, the extensive nature of eventual surgical intervention required to achieve correction is in contrast to the minimal surgeries needed achieve correction of residual deformities following the use of the Ponseti method.