Influence of Personality and Educational Level on Nigerian Consumers Preference for Foreign Goods

This study examined the Influence of Educational Level and Personality on Nigerian Consumer for Foreign Goods. The study used 253 final year students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Ordinary National Diploma Students (OND) and Higher National Diploma Students (HND) of Federal Polytechnic Oko, both in Anambra State of Nigeria. The sample was selected through convenient sampling technique. The participants were composed of 51% male and 49% female students; between the age ranges of 19 to 30 years. The mean and standard deviation of their ages were 23.31 and 4.67. The study used Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (E.P.Q) (adult form) and Consumer Perception Scale (C.P.S) to measure the variables of interest. A two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistics was used to analyse data gathered from the scales administered. The study found that personality traits and educational level individually, have significant influence on Nigerian consumers’ preference for foreign goods, at .05 level of significance. Keywords: Personality, Educational level, Consumers, Foreign Good

Exercise has a positive impact on bone mineral density in seropositive human immunodeficiency virus: do health professionals know?

Introduction: Despite the concomitant negative effects of human immunodeficiency virus on bone mineral density in HIV-infected persons, studies on knowledge of effect of exercise on this health parameter in HIV population among health professionals seem unavailable. This study therefore examined knowledge on effect of exercise on BMD in HIV-infected persons among health professionals. Material and methods: This cross-sectional survey employed researcher designed, experts - validated questionnaire to enroll 434 respondents. The reliability coefficient “r” of the questionnaire was 0.75 with 92% response rate. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to summarize and analyze the data respectively. The alpha value was set at 0.05. Results: Age range and mean age in years of the respondents were 21–59 and 35.88 ± 9.09 respectively; age group of 30–39 years predominated (45.3%). Males were in preponderance (52.4%), and most (74.4%) were married; while majority (54.7%) were nurses. Substantial proportion (54.2%) had less than good knowledge on the subject examined in this study. Significant difference (p 0.05). Conclusions: Knowledge on effect of exercise on BMD in HIV infected persons among health professionals was surprisingly below expectation, and therefore should be seen as a cause for concerned exercise scientists and public health experts

Effect of cancer education on the practice of breast self-examination among adult women in Nigeria

An evaluation of the use of cancer education on the practice of breast self-examination among adult women. The study utilized 90 adult women, their ages ranged from 30 to 50 years of age, with mean age of 38.33. The paticipants were randomly assigned to three groups: experimental group I (EGI), exeprimental group II (EGII) and the control group. The study utilized a 10-item index test of the practice of breast self-examination which was subjected to inter-rater face validity. Paired sample T-test was used to test four hypotheses. The first hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between pre-test and post-test exposure to different treatment condition on the practice of breast self-examination was accepted at p < 0.5, the second hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between women exposed to written/oral education and pictorial/oral education on the practice of breast self-examination was accepted at p < 0.5, the third hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between women exposed to written/oral education and control group on the practice of breast self-examination was accepted at p < 0.5 and the fourth hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between women exposed to pictorial/oral education and control group on the practice of breast self-examination was also accepted at p < 0.5. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that breast cancer sensitization should go along with a pictorial/visual form of educating women on how to practise breast self-examination