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Emmanuel Ude Bassey
Department of Accountancy, Taraba State University, Calabar, Nigeria
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Research Article
Sanitation and Hygiene among Nursing Mothers in Igbo Imabanna of Cross River State, Nigeria: Community Sensitization and Survey
Author(s): Emmanuel Ude Bassey*, Akpan Emmanuel Ifiok, Martina Yankee Eteng and Akeni Sunday Ogbara
The community sensitization and survey were conducted on sanitation and hygiene among nursing mothers. The study focused on how Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) prevent hygiene-related diseases in Igbo Imabana of Cross river state. The study anchored on the nightingale environmental theory in explaining the relative concept. The respondents were sensitized on WASH and the imperatives to a healthy living and the need for proper waste management. The survey research design was further adopted and the questionnaire instrument was used to gather responses from 210 nursing mothers out of the 500 estimated nursing mothers in the 7 wards of Igbo Imabana. Descriptive statistics showing frequencies and simple percentages were used to analyse the data. The findings of the study showed that nursing mothers in Igbo Imabana have above-average knowledge of what water, sanit.. View more»