Assessment of safety practices among modern barbers in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Sarkingobir, Yusuf; Nahantsi, M.S.; Yarima, Sabiu; Adili, S.I.; Bello, Muinat M; Malami, Z

doi:10.4314/jasem.v23i3.6

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“…It is indeed imperative to seek the support of governments at all tiers on Almajiri; likewise, wealthy individuals, and the community need to come up with suitable support. Parents or wards are supposed to be compelled or persuaded to take proper responsibility their children at Almajiri schools, and there is need for truthfully incorporation of Almajiri schools in basic education scheme of the state or country at large (Maigari, 2017;Sarkingobir et al, 2019;Sarkingobir & Sarkingobir, 2017). When there is no WASH, children Almajiri are forced to indulge in open defecation which is detrimental.…”

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“…(Saleem et al, 2019). Additionally, children or women that into open defecation risk being rape, attacked by mob, attacked by reptiles on their search for field to defecate (Saleem et al, 2019;Sarkingobir & Sarkingobir, 2017). Also, the practice causes malnutrition in children and risks of poor academic performance in children that take in water or food contaminated by microbes spread by open defecation of themselves or others (Fauziah et al, 2022).…”

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Issues Affecting Almajiri Schools in Nigeria: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Parameters in Sokoto

Miya,

Abdul-Kareem,

Sa’eed

et al. 2023

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Background: There are many dimensions to the consequences of lack of sanitation, that are threat to public health. Diarrhea and relations due to poor WASH kills and put on cost on family and economy at large. Poor WASH affects economy in the sense that, millions of persons are unable to yield maximum productivity due to sickness, millions of working hours lost, and millions of schooling hours lost. Aim: This study performed an assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene among Almajiri schools in Sokoto state, Nigeria. Method: A survey using a sample size of 300 schools gotten via simple random sampling, analyzed with descriptive statistics and chi-square test. Findings: The Almajiri schools surveyed, 3.3% of them have basic sanitation; 6.7% had limited sanitation; and most of them (90.0%) have no service at all (unimproved sanitation facilities or no sanitation facilities at the school). No Almajiri school had basic hygiene services (that is handwashing water and soap at the latrine vicinity), 33.7% had limited hygiene services, that is, they recorded acquiring of handwashing facilities with water but no soap available at the school at the time of the inspection, 66.6% of the schools had no services, that is no handwashing facilities or no water available at the school during the survey. Chi-square test has shown that there is significant difference in levels of water, sanitation, and hygiene among Almajiri schools in Sokoto state, Nigeria at p<0.05.

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Issues Affecting Almajiri Schools in Nigeria: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Parameters in Sokoto

Miya,

Abdul-Kareem,

Sa’eed

et al. 2023

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“…The validity of an instrument means the document can measure exactly what was intended (Sarkingobir & Sarkingobir, 2017). The questionnaire has subsections as follows: Section A measures the demographic information from the respondents.…”

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Anxiety Effect on Students and Performance in Biology: A Case Study Among Secondary Schools in Sokoto City, Nigeria

Miya,

Dambam,

Abdulkareem

et al. 2023

IJIET

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The Sokoto state needs biology-based students for the making of many useful professionals that works in a diverse array of human lives. However, there is a report showing poor performance in the subject. Anxiety is an issue that may affect education; thus, this work aimed to assess the issue of anxiety among students of biology in secondary school, the related causes, and control. The study design applied was a survey (questionnaire) among 400 students in Sokoto and the data was managed using descriptive statistics. Sources revealed include: How often do you hear from your family while on campus had the greatest percentage with 40.0%, then by Lack taking in a well-balanced diet with 30.0 %, How often have you been following your time table had 20.0%, followed by Distractions or disturbances from a roommate on campus (7.5%), and the least was How often have you been angered because of things that were beyond your control on campus with 2.5%. The effects of anxiety on academics include: Anxiety distracting from the lesson (40.0%), and reduces morale in academics (30.0%). Anxiety prevents students from finishing their assignments (20.0%), and elicits absenteeism (10.0%). Anxiety management includes: Major ploy is enough time and participating in extracurricular activities. Guidance and counselling/discussions with friends are helpful. Thus, academic anxiety can be tamed for better learning. Education on anxiety, enough rest, staying focused, and exercise are needed to enhance students’ academic performance.

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Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Sarkingobir¹,

Nahantsi²,

Shehu³

et al. 2019

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

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Health determinants are factors that can influence our health either positively or negatively. This paper determined the factors that affect the health of Almajiri in their system of study in Gwadabawa local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria. Interview and visual observation were used to collect data, which was analyzed by thematic networks method. The result of this study was shown. Most (50.0%) of the Almajiri live in buildings own by school,whereas, 33.5% of them in donated buildings .There were three types of houses / classes where Almajiri live.Most (50.0%) were made of cement/modern style ,then (33.3%) the mud houses / classes, and (16.7%) were the ones from zinc .There were toilets for urination only ,no one was slated for defecation . In 75% of the schools there was no water, whereas 33.3% have water source from unprotected wells. In 33.3 % of the schools there was refuse dumps .In 33.3% there were no any source of risk. Whereas, in 16.7% there were gutters, and in 16.7% there were roads nearby. Personal hygiene was observed. 75.0% of Almajiri wore dirty garments.25.0% wore cleaned garments, 12.5% wore torn garments, and 87.5% wore untorn garments. 62.5% wore shoes and 37.5% have no shoes. 62.5% take bath weekly, 37.7% take bath daily. Interms of livelihood, most of them relied on begging for food; 25.0% do domestic work to get food and other needs. 70.0% of them eat twice in a day, 25.0% thrice, whereas, 5.0% once; in most cases. The result revealed many health determinants which can negatively affect the health of Almajiri.

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Assessment of safety practices among modern barbers in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria

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Issues Affecting Almajiri Schools in Nigeria: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Parameters in Sokoto

Issues Affecting Almajiri Schools in Nigeria: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Parameters in Sokoto

Anxiety Effect on Students and Performance in Biology: A Case Study Among Secondary Schools in Sokoto City, Nigeria

Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria

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