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: Received: 9 October 2023 / Approved: 10 October 2023 / Online: 10 October 2023 (10:44:03 CEST)
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Omoge, A.O.; Adesegun, M.M.; Coursin, O.O.; Adekale, T.A.; Abraham, F.U.; Odide, C.E. Assessment of Social Determinants of Health Among Residents of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Preprints2023, 2023100603. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0603.v1
Omoge, A.O.; Adesegun, M.M.; Coursin, O.O.; Adekale, T.A.; Abraham, F.U.; Odide, C.E. Assessment of Social Determinants of Health Among Residents of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Preprints 2023, 2023100603. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0603.v1
Omoge, A.O.; Adesegun, M.M.; Coursin, O.O.; Adekale, T.A.; Abraham, F.U.; Odide, C.E. Assessment of Social Determinants of Health Among Residents of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Preprints2023, 2023100603. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0603.v1
APA Style
Omoge, A.O., Adesegun, M.M., Coursin, O.O., Adekale, T.A., Abraham, F.U., & Odide, C.E. (2023). Assessment of Social Determinants of Health Among Residents of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0603.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Omoge, A.O., Frank U. Abraham and Clement E. Odide. 2023 "Assessment of Social Determinants of Health Among Residents of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0603.v1
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments that significantly influence the health of individuals and communities. Various factors like income, socio-economic status, stress, customs, culture, healthcare services largely affect the health status of individuals and communities. OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to identify the factors responsible for the social determinants of health among residents of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria.METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross – sectional study was utilized, and multi-stage random sampling method was employed in selecting 60 households of Buari Ishola Isibo in Ede North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Questionnaire was used for data collection and data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. RESULTS: The respondents’ ages were between 15 – 60 years and above. 29 (48.3%) were between 31 – 60 years old, 31 (52.0%) were males, 40 (66.7%) were married, 57 (95.0%) were Islam and Yoruba. 29 (48.3%) earned 10,000 – 30,000 monthly, 23 (38.3%) had secondary school education, 39 (65.0%) were traders and 27 (45.0%) have 6 – 10 households respectively. Of the 60 respondents, 34 (56.7%) visit government health facility when they are sick, 21 (35.0%) make use of hand dug well in their compound as the source of their water supply, 27 (45.0%) uses flush water closet toilet as the means of disposing off their excreta, 36 (60.0%) lives in concrete with zinc roof house, 27 (45.0%) have between 6 – 10 rooms in their house, 55 (91.7%) sleep in a room and 21 (35.0%) make use of charcoal as source of fuel for their cooking. CONCLUSION: Poverty or lower income affects the health of individuals through a person’s health throughout their life span. Issues that affect social determinants of health of individuals and community in a negative way should be accosted with all seriousness.
Keywords
assessment; social; determinants; health
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright:
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