Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 662

Table of Content: March, 2015; 7(3)

March 2015

Empirical analysis of factors associated with neonatal length of stay in Sunyani, Ghana

Postpartum length of stay (LOS) in hospital continues to be a subject of intense discourse and research, especially for mothers of neonates born with low birth weight (LBW). This study investigates the association of total LOS (pre and postpartum) with a range of factors related to geo-demographics, maternal health and pregnancy history. It also provides simple estimates of likely duration of neonatal hospital length of...

Author(s): Atinuke Adebanji, Shola Adeyemi and Mark Gyamfi

March 2015

Physicochemical and microbial analysis of portable water sources in Enugu metropolis

Water borne diseases and heavy metal poisoning as a result of poor quality of portable water has been of a major public health concern in Nigeria. The quality of portable water in Enugu, a fast growing and population expanding city calls for a general concern. Hence, this study was aimed to ascertain the quality of portable water sources in Enugu metropolis. A total of twelve water samples were randomly collected and...

Author(s): Engwa Azeh Godwill, Tagbo N. Richard, Iyala Chris Peniel Junior and Unaegbu Marcellus

March 2015

Review: Health literacy intervention and their consequences

Health literacy is one of the most critical issues threating the public health today and there are significant gaps behind the discipline of health literacy. Low health literacy was found to threaten the health and welfare of people. The past decades witnessed a revolutionary alteration in the health patterns and disease spread among the community from infectious diseases to chronic diseases such as, heart disease,...

Author(s): Taha H. Musa, Wei Ping-min and Pu Yuepu

March 2015

Perpetration and perceived spatial patterns of violent behaviours among university undergraduates in South-East Nigeria

The study investigated perceived spatial patterns and formulated preventive strategies against violent behaviours among undergraduates of South-East Universities, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study while multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to draw the sample for the study. Well-completed 1,707 copies of researcher-designed undergraduates violent behaviours perpetration patterns...

Author(s): Chuks E. Ezedum, Olaoluwa S. Agbaje and Benedicta N. Agu

March 2015

Assessment of community knowledge about Tuberculosis and its treatment in rural areas of Shashemane, Southern Ethiopia

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Poverty, malnutrition and crowded living conditions have been recognized for decades to increase the risk of developing TB. In addition, lack of knowledge about TB could affect the health-seeking behavior of patients and sustain the transmission of the disease within the community. A community based cross-sectional study was...

Author(s): Fikru Melaku, Mengistu Legesse, Tariku Lambiyo, and Zenebe Mengistu Hailemariam

March 2015

Household location and self-assessed health among Brazilian adults living in large cities: A multilevel analysis

This paper evaluated the effect of household location on self-assessed health among adults living in large cities, with adjustments for environmental characteristics inside and outside homes and for characteristics of the individual. The results showed that, in comparison with rural areas, urban areas were associated with better self-assessed health levels among adults. Although the adjusted analysis did not show any...

Author(s): José Rodrigo de Moraes, Jéssica Pronestino de Lima Moreira, Karynna Pimentel Viana, Alexandre dos Santos Brito and Ronir Raggio Luiz