Research
Profiling Safer Sex among Medical Undergraduate Students of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Background: University undergraduates are at an age when experimentation with sex is prevalent. A significant number of young people still indulge in high risk sexual behavior. Hence, profiling safer sex would be important for the future health of this group. More so an improved knowledge among this group could act as a step down during peer interactions with other non-medical undergraduates. Aim: This study was designed to assess the knowledge and practice of safer sex among Medical undergraduate students and to know to what extent their practice impacts on their health as regards contraction of sexually transmitted infections and having an unwanted pregnancy. Subjects and methods: In this cross-sectional study, three hundred and fifty (350) Medical undergraduate students were interviewed using pretested semi-structured self-administered questionnaires to assess their knowledge and practice of safer sex.
Variations in Gestational Anthropometric Parameters of Pregnant Subjects and their Predictive Values of the Birth Weight of the Neonate
Background: Birth weight is an important determinant of an infant’s well-being as low or large birth weight are associated with morbidities or mortality during pregnancy and later in life. Maternal anthropometry is a potential veritable tool in evaluation of pregnancy status and prediction of birth weight. Aim: This study was designed to determine the predictive values of the gestational variations of some anthropometric parameters in booked pregnant subjects at the antenatal clinic of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki andin which trimester these anthropometric parameters (weight, height, BMI, BSA) correlates better with the birth weight of a neonate.
