SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREVALENCE OF WATERBORNE DISEASES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREVALENCE OF WATERBORNE DISEASES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
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2015-04
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AKANBI, OLUWATOYIN ADEWUYI
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Waterborne diseases have been a major health issue globally because of the burden it places
on man. As a result of this, the present study therefore aimed at analysing the spatio-temporal
pattern of waterborne diseases, using Kwara State as a case study. Primary and secondary
data were obtained from questionnaire survey, Focus Group Discussions, interviews and
published and unpublished works. Multi-stage sampling method was adopted in this study.
Four stage sampling method was adopted in the selection of sample size. National Population
Commission (1991) estimated that the mean household for each settlement in Kwara State (as
at 1991 population census) was 4.7 for the selected settlements. In all, a total of 353
households were sampled across the three senatorial districts. Kwara South Senatorial district
has the highest number of households of 127, while Kwara North and Central Senatorial
districts have 118 and 108 respectively. Data from FGDs, in-depth interviews, questionnaire
and other sources were subjected to test the stated hypotheses using t-test, Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA) and Correlation Analysis. Thus, t-test was used to establish the
relationship in the mean sex perception of waterborne diseases in the study area. With tcal =
3.6732 > t0.05, = 1.96 and 0.0341 < 0.05,there was a significant difference in the mean sex
perception of waterborne diseases examined in the study area. Similarly, ANOVA was used
to establish the relationship in the mean perception of waterborne diseases among other
socio-demographic variables such as age, income and educational qualification in the study
area. The result showed that, there is a significant relationship between the examined
waterborne diseases and socio-demographic variables in the study area, as fcal = 4.765 >
f0.05,(3,559) = 2.62 and 0.0356 < 0.05. Descriptive Statistics was equally used to determine the
Perception on the Prevalence of the six waterborne diseases across the three senatorial
districts of the study area. The result showed that there is no difference in the prevalence and
occurrence of waterborne diseases in Kwara state. Lastly, Correlation Analysis was also used
to establish the relationship in the prevalence and occurrence of waterborne diseases in the
senatorial districts of the study area. The result showed that in Kwara North, there is
prevalence of waterborne diseases, than in Kwara South and Central. This trend may be
associated to the level of self-help in Kwara South and availability of water infrastructure at
Kwara Central, being the seat of government. The study concluded that, available potable
water in the study is not adequate, and the few that are available are dysfunctional as the value
of p-value of .008 < 0.05 level of significance at a correlation level of 0.530 at 22 df.. This may be
closely related to the challenges of retardiness of socio-economic sector, which has led to
inaccessibility to safe water . In the light of the above, the study recommended that
prioritization of potable water, early tracking of waterborne diseases, efficient socioeconomic
programmes and relevant environmental education are necessary are imperative in
curtailing the menace of waterborne diseases not only in the study area, but Nigeria as a
whole.
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SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREVALENCE OF WATERBORNE DISEASES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
BY
Oluwatoyin Adewuyi AKANBI
Ph.D./SCIEN/01469/2006-07
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOSPHY (Ph.D) DEGREE OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA.
APRIL, 2015
Keywords
SPATIO-TEMPORAL, ANALYSIS, PREVALENCE, WATERBONE