Spouse Involvement and Use of Skilled Human Resources in Reproductive Health Among Slum Dwellers in Lagos State
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2018
Authors
Ekwoaba, D.I
Oyefara, J.L
Adejoh, S.O
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Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Abstract
The paper examined the use of skilled Human Resources of Health and Spouse Involvement in
Reproductive Health among Slum Dwellers. The respondents were men who lived in Makoko
slum of Lagos State and had had a child in the last one year. The sample size was determined
using the purposive sampling technique and two hundred and fifteen respondents were selected.
The design was Cross-sectional and involved face-to-face interview of respondents which
employed structured questionnaire to collect data. Descriptive method of analysis was used. The
study showed that a quarter of the men did not utilize skilled human resources of health in the
delivery of each man’s last child despite over two-thirds of them being present during delivery.
This could have a high impact on raising the maternal and child mortality in this environment.
There should, therefore, be a need to sensitize men on the use of skilled human resources of
health for their spouses so that expert advice and skill gained could mitigate the poor
reproductive health outcomes in Nigeria.
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Makoko , Men involvement , Slum , Spouse , Reproductive health , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Social work
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Ekwoaba, D.I. Oyefara, J.L., & Adejoh, S.O. (2018). Spouse involvement and use of skilled human resources in reproductive health among slum dwellers in Lagos State. Ilorin Journal of Human Resource Management Vol. 2 number 1, 62-72.