ABSTRACT
This project work was designed to find out
the communicable diseases among primary school pupils in Oredo Local Government
Area. Communicable diseases are very common among primary pupils. Communicable
diseases could be contacted and have effects in primary school pupils, which
may include deformity and poor academic performance. Immunization can be used
to control the spread of communicable diseases among school pupils.
TABLE
OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Background of the study
Statement of problem
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Research questions
Scope of study
Limitation of study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Research design
Population of the study
Sample of the study
Sample techniques adopted
Instrumentation
Validity of instrument
Method of data collection
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis and presentation
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In this era
of technological advancement, there is a possibility for a fast association of
knowledge in all fields of human endeavours. The health care delivery system of
Oredo Local Government is being geared towards aligning with the national goal
on “health for all”. One way of achieving this goal is through the education of
primary school pupils on better health care. This is certainly one of the
domains of physical and health education. Health education is designed for
primary school level to educate the pupils about common diseases in our
immediate environment and their prevention.
Also health
education can also bridge the gap, reduce some of our environmental hazards for
the welfare of every citizen. It is well known that children are exposed to
various hazards of communicable diseases, it is necessary to guide the children
from these diseases. Therefore, the teacher should be very much concerned with
the health welfare and survival his pupils. Communicable diseases in the past
have been “endemic” and now it has become “sporadic” because of the awareness
of this study. As the name implies communicable disease is derived from the
combination of two words, communicable and disease. Communicable is an illness
that can be in exchanged, share, transmit or imparted.
Disease is
an unfavourable condition of an organism caused by micro-organisms as a result
of illness, disorder of the body or mind. Communicable diseases are sometimes
referred to as infectious diseases. They are the diseases which are
communicated from one person to another or from animals to man through personal
contacts like air, water, dust or the use of personal belonging or families.
The communicable diseases that are common in pupils in primary schools include;
chicken pox, measles, cholera, whooping cough, typhoid, tuberculosis,
craw-craw, poliomyelitis (infant paralysis). The research is intended to
carryout the overview of communicable diseases among primary school pupils. It
is also intended to give useful advice and suggestions to teachers in primary
school in particular on how to prevent the spread of these communicable
diseases among the pupils in primary school in Oredo Local Government Area.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
This research
intends to carryout an overview of communicable diseases among primary school
pupils in Oredo Local Government Area as a case study the researcher intend to
do this under the following statement of problems.
a) Are communicable diseases common among primary
pupils in Oredo Local Government Area?
b) Do the pupils in Oredo Local Government Area
learn in a dirty environment that will lead to the spread of communicable
diseases among them?
c) Are the pupils and the teachers aware of the
prevalence of communicable diseases in the primary school in the local
government area?
d) Does over population in primary schools lead to
the spread of communicable diseases among students?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose
of writing this project is as follows;
a) To identify the communicable diseases that is
prevalent in primary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
b) To find out the effects of communicable diseases
on the pupils and the society at large.
c) To outline the various causes of the diseases.
d) To eradicate and control the diseases among
primary school pupils in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
e) To examine the nature and scope of communicable
diseases.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
importance of this study cannot be overemphasized.
a) The study would also be of great help to the
ministry of health and the government whose objectives of primary health care
are preventive health and gradual eradication of these communicable diseases.
b) It will help the teachers and the pupils to be
aware of the commonest communicable diseases in Oredo Local Government primary
schools with the view of preventing their spread.
c) It helps the teachers to prevent a crowdy
classroom in order to give room for ventilation.
d) It helps the teachers to care about the health
of the students and to know how to treat the infected pupil.
e) It helps in continuous training of teachers on
disease control.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What are the prevalent communicable diseases in
the local government area?
2. How can communicable diseases be controlled?
3. Do communicable diseases have any effect on
primary school children?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study
is exclusively limited to the effects of common communicable diseases on the
educational attainment of primary school pupils in Oredo Local Government Area
of Edo State. It is possible to cover all communicable diseases within a short
time, consequent upon this, the study is limited to the following diseases;
measles, ringworm, and cholera.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The
following terms were used in this research work, many have different meaning to
many people in different fields but for the purpose of this study. The meanings
of these terms are as follows.
Communicable diseases: They
are the diseases which are passed from one person to another through water,
air, dust etc.
Non-communicable diseases: These
are diseases that cannot be spread through personal contact, water, dust, air,
etc.
Immunity: This
is the ability or power possessed by children to resist infection.
Dehydration: This
is loss of water and dissolved salt from the body.
Immunization: This
is a form of disease prevention involving the injection of a vaccine or an
antiserum into the body of an organism in other to protect the organism from
attack by a disease.
Vaccination: This
is a form of disease prevention involving the administration of antigenic
vaccine to stimulate the immune system of an individual to develop adaptive
immunity to a disease.
Lumps: This
is an infectious disease characterized by the swelling of the neck and the
cheek due to the inflammation of the parotid glands at the junction of the neck
and the lower jaws.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0427 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 33 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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