The Viability of Reuse as a Motivation for Sustainable Management of Faecal Waste in Ogun State, Nigeria

Olapeju, Olasunkanmi Olusola; Majid, Mohammad Rafee

doi:10.17485/ijst/2019/v12i37/147137

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“…A World Bank study had put the economic losses of Nigeria to sanitation as over 3 billion dollars (World Bank, 2012). The study concluded that persons practicing open defecation expend almost 2.5 days a year finding a private location to defecate, leading to substantial economic losses and production of unhealthy flies and pathogens (Olapeju & RafeeMajid, 2019a). This cost is mostly accounted for by the value of time spent in the course of looking out for spaces to defecate; cost of treatment in the event of epidemic outbreak; cost of funeral of those who die as a result of sanitation related disease; and cost of cognitive development of children, as early childhood diarrhoea causes under nutrition and stunted mental growth.…”

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Assessment of the psychological dimension to open defecation in Ogun State

Olapeju¹

2022

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The possibility of faecal exposure increasing risk for COVID-19 infection makes imperative the need to interrogate current sanitation practices, as emerging studies indicate the possibility that the oral-faecal pathway could serve as an alternative to the respiratory and contact transmissions. This would help provide an analytical premise for planned improvement and greater precaution in ensuring human waste is safely contained, emptied, transported, and disposed or treated. This study adopts the RANT model (Risk, Attitude, Norm, and Toilet Management factors) in order to expatiate on the psychological determinants of open defecation by households who currently have toilets and either share them or use them separately. This is with a view to proffering suggestions on the sustainable measures for faecal waste management within Ogun state, Nigeria. Using a four-level multi-stage approach, questionnaires were administered to a total of 330 households within Ogun State, Nigeria. In the logistic modelling of the psychological factors explaining why households still defecate in the open, an indicator of the risk factor was more significant in the tendency of households, where toilets are shared, to still defecate in the open. Moreover, an indicator of the norm factor would explain why households who do not share toilets still defecate in the open. The study recommends the need to mainstream, and implement effectively, initiatives such as planning and landscaping of open spaces, bus terminals with adequate toilets, installations of signpost warning against open defecation, comprehensive water schemes in cities’ master plans of Ogun state, as a sustainable means of discouraging open defecation, and reducing the risk factors for COVID-19 infection and exposure to other infectious diseases.

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Assessment of the psychological dimension to open defecation in Ogun State

Olapeju¹

2022

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Prevalence of mental illness and associated factors among the elderly in Ogun East Senatorial District, Nigeria

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Oluwatoyin

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Background: Mental health problems are common in the elderly; they often go unnoticed, ignored, untreated, or considered part of normal aging. About a quarter of the Nigerian population have mental health problems, out of which 3.26% are elderly. Aim: This study aimed to determine the prevalence, types, and factors associated with mental illnesses among the elderly. Materials and Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional survey of the elderly. Four hundred and two elderly people were selected by a multistage sampling technique and were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires. Data analysis was done using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 22.0. Descriptive statistics were summarized using proportion and presented in frequency tables. Bivariate analyses were done using the Chi-square test and logistic regression analyses. The level of significance was set at a 95% confidence interval with P < 0.05. Results: The prevalence of mental illness among the elderly respondents was 35.8%. Of all the mental illnesses, generalized anxiety disorder ranked the highest (15.4%), followed by current alcohol dependence (14.9%). The factors found to be associated with mental illness in the elderly included monogamous family type (odds ratio [OR] = 0.211, P = 0.034) and monthly income <50,000 Naira (OR = 85.108, P = 0.003). Conclusion: This study revealed that the prevalence of mental illness was high among the community-dwelling elderly respondents of Ogun East Senatorial District. The determinants of mental illness among the elderly were monthly income of <50,000 naira, while monogamous family type was found to be protective of mental illness in the elderly.

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The Viability of Reuse as a Motivation for Sustainable Management of Faecal Waste in Ogun State, Nigeria

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Assessment of the psychological dimension to open defecation in Ogun State

Assessment of the psychological dimension to open defecation in Ogun State

Prevalence of mental illness and associated factors among the elderly in Ogun East Senatorial District, Nigeria

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