American International Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research, 2021
Several studies have presented solid waste generation and management in urban centres as an engin... more Several studies have presented solid waste generation and management in urban centres as an engineering and technological concern. These studies neglected culture as the basic determinants of all happenings in human society; hence, the cultural facets of solid waste generation and management were rendered insignificant. As culture provides the context within which all human activities take place, culture was envisaged in this paper as a driving force for public perception, decision making and participation in solid waste generation and management in urban centres. Therefore, this study adopted both meta-analysis and meta-synthesis to pinpoint and discuss some theoretical key cultural factors and social practices influencing municipal solid waste generation and management. It identified trends and relationship between findings from the available empirical and theoretical studies. This paper discovered in the available relevant literature that cultural factors such as customs, belief ...
American International Journal of Biology and Life Sciences, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented technological advancement, just like several oth... more Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented technological advancement, just like several other regions of the world. This improvement in technology lends credence to the proliferation of android mobile phones, laptops computers and the Internet facilities that enhance interaction on the social media which in turn generates momentous alterations in the ways the residents of the region construct their daily lives. From epidemiological perspective as well as the viewpoint of change and development, via these information technologies, rendering health-related care and services to the residents in the remote places of the region and gaining access to vital information that prompts prevention and control of diseases are now feasible unlike before the advancement. Therefore, telemedicine symbolizes a health innovation in the region. In the light of this, this paper systematically reviewed the extent to which telemedicine has gained acceptance among the residents of the region; and the...
This study examined the influence of mobile phone use on the frequency of trips which Ile-Ife res... more This study examined the influence of mobile phone use on the frequency of trips which Ile-Ife residents made on social activities. The study covered eleven electoral wards of the urban Ile-Ife. Purposive sampling method was used to select a sample size of 330 working adults who were mobile phones users and between aged 35 years and 50 years. Moreover, to obtain the qualitative data, purposive sampling method was adopted to obtain a total sample size of 22 for in-depth interviews. Contents analysis and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the qualitative data and the quantitative data respectively. This study found an increase in frequency of trips made on visitation to friend and relatives, business/work, religion purposes while mobile phone use did not influence the frequency of trips made on recreational purposes and ceremonies. This study concluded that mobile phone use influenced the frequency of some trips which the adults in Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria made on social ...
Background: Internet use has become pervasive in the society and has facilitated unrestricted acc... more Background: Internet use has become pervasive in the society and has facilitated unrestricted access to sexual images and videos. Studies have discussed the social and psychological issues associated with this behaviour, especially among youths. However, there is paucity of studies on the prevalence of internet pornography viewing in Nigeria, the socio-demographic determinants of the behaviour, and its psycho-social effects on Nigerian youths. This study examined pornography viewing, socio-demographic determinants of the behaviour, and mental health of viewers. Methods: The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive survey design and a multistage sampling technique. The study was conducted among undergraduate students of two tertiary institutions in Ogun State Nigeria. Three hundred and fifty (350) copies of questionnaires were administered. Data were collected on internet utilization, prevalence of pornography viewing, and mental health of viewers. Data were analysed through descr...
As a result of the perceived infringement of COVID-19 prophylactic measures on people’s freedom a... more As a result of the perceived infringement of COVID-19 prophylactic measures on people’s freedom as well as their socio-cultural and economic lives, only vaccination has remained, while people have reverted to their respective normal ways of life that portray that the COVID-19 pandemic is over without waiting for the declaration of the World Health Organization. However, almost two years after the discovery of medically approved vaccines for this novel coronavirus, reports have indicated Nigerians’ skepticism about the acceptance of the vaccines. A large number of studies on the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines were internet-based and largely employed quantitative approaches. This condition has resulted in a dearth of qualitative approaches to explore socio-cultural factors influencing the acceptance of the vaccine. Therefore, the sole objective of this study was to discover the current socio-cultural factors influencing the acceptance of the medically approved vaccines using a qualitative approach. Roger’s diffusion of innovation theory was utilized to explain the continuum of the acceptance of the vaccine. The study covered the highly dense residential areas of the Southwest zone of Nigeria. Purposive sampling was adopted to select the 6 State capitals of the zone, each of which 3 electoral wards were purposively selected, making a total of 18 electoral wards. Meanwhile, four informants (2 males and 2 females) who were residents of the study location with several parameters were purposively selected, making a total sample size of 72 for the study. An in-depth face-to-face interview was employed to gather the primary data for this study. The study utilized an interview guide that contained unstructured questions that centered on the sole objective of this study. Both thematic and content analyses were utilized to analyze the collected data. The study found that predestination, belief in supernatural healing, misconception of the vaccine as the satanic mark-666; birth rate control means, economic issues, social vices, political activities and crises, trado-medical practices, ethnocentrism, and stigmatization were the major factors influencing the acceptance of the vaccines. The study concluded that there were several socio-cultural factors that prevented people from taking the approved vaccine in the study location.
The twenty-first century has witnessed an unprecedented advancement in technology as one of the m... more The twenty-first century has witnessed an unprecedented advancement in technology as one of the major components of globalization. This advancement has led to the invention of the Internet and Android mobile phones. The use of these invented devices has resulted in significant changes in how people conduct their
American International Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research, 2021
Several studies have presented solid waste generation and management in urban centres as an engin... more Several studies have presented solid waste generation and management in urban centres as an engineering and technological concern. These studies neglected culture as the basic determinants of all happenings in human society; hence, the cultural facets of solid waste generation and management were rendered insignificant. As culture provides the context within which all human activities take place, culture was envisaged in this paper as a driving force for public perception, decision making and participation in solid waste generation and management in urban centres. Therefore, this study adopted both meta-analysis and meta-synthesis to pinpoint and discuss some theoretical key cultural factors and social practices influencing municipal solid waste generation and management. It identified trends and relationship between findings from the available empirical and theoretical studies. This paper discovered in the available relevant literature that cultural factors such as customs, belief ...
American International Journal of Biology and Life Sciences, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented technological advancement, just like several oth... more Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented technological advancement, just like several other regions of the world. This improvement in technology lends credence to the proliferation of android mobile phones, laptops computers and the Internet facilities that enhance interaction on the social media which in turn generates momentous alterations in the ways the residents of the region construct their daily lives. From epidemiological perspective as well as the viewpoint of change and development, via these information technologies, rendering health-related care and services to the residents in the remote places of the region and gaining access to vital information that prompts prevention and control of diseases are now feasible unlike before the advancement. Therefore, telemedicine symbolizes a health innovation in the region. In the light of this, this paper systematically reviewed the extent to which telemedicine has gained acceptance among the residents of the region; and the...
This study examined the influence of mobile phone use on the frequency of trips which Ile-Ife res... more This study examined the influence of mobile phone use on the frequency of trips which Ile-Ife residents made on social activities. The study covered eleven electoral wards of the urban Ile-Ife. Purposive sampling method was used to select a sample size of 330 working adults who were mobile phones users and between aged 35 years and 50 years. Moreover, to obtain the qualitative data, purposive sampling method was adopted to obtain a total sample size of 22 for in-depth interviews. Contents analysis and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the qualitative data and the quantitative data respectively. This study found an increase in frequency of trips made on visitation to friend and relatives, business/work, religion purposes while mobile phone use did not influence the frequency of trips made on recreational purposes and ceremonies. This study concluded that mobile phone use influenced the frequency of some trips which the adults in Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria made on social ...
Background: Internet use has become pervasive in the society and has facilitated unrestricted acc... more Background: Internet use has become pervasive in the society and has facilitated unrestricted access to sexual images and videos. Studies have discussed the social and psychological issues associated with this behaviour, especially among youths. However, there is paucity of studies on the prevalence of internet pornography viewing in Nigeria, the socio-demographic determinants of the behaviour, and its psycho-social effects on Nigerian youths. This study examined pornography viewing, socio-demographic determinants of the behaviour, and mental health of viewers. Methods: The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive survey design and a multistage sampling technique. The study was conducted among undergraduate students of two tertiary institutions in Ogun State Nigeria. Three hundred and fifty (350) copies of questionnaires were administered. Data were collected on internet utilization, prevalence of pornography viewing, and mental health of viewers. Data were analysed through descr...
As a result of the perceived infringement of COVID-19 prophylactic measures on people’s freedom a... more As a result of the perceived infringement of COVID-19 prophylactic measures on people’s freedom as well as their socio-cultural and economic lives, only vaccination has remained, while people have reverted to their respective normal ways of life that portray that the COVID-19 pandemic is over without waiting for the declaration of the World Health Organization. However, almost two years after the discovery of medically approved vaccines for this novel coronavirus, reports have indicated Nigerians’ skepticism about the acceptance of the vaccines. A large number of studies on the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines were internet-based and largely employed quantitative approaches. This condition has resulted in a dearth of qualitative approaches to explore socio-cultural factors influencing the acceptance of the vaccine. Therefore, the sole objective of this study was to discover the current socio-cultural factors influencing the acceptance of the medically approved vaccines using a qualitative approach. Roger’s diffusion of innovation theory was utilized to explain the continuum of the acceptance of the vaccine. The study covered the highly dense residential areas of the Southwest zone of Nigeria. Purposive sampling was adopted to select the 6 State capitals of the zone, each of which 3 electoral wards were purposively selected, making a total of 18 electoral wards. Meanwhile, four informants (2 males and 2 females) who were residents of the study location with several parameters were purposively selected, making a total sample size of 72 for the study. An in-depth face-to-face interview was employed to gather the primary data for this study. The study utilized an interview guide that contained unstructured questions that centered on the sole objective of this study. Both thematic and content analyses were utilized to analyze the collected data. The study found that predestination, belief in supernatural healing, misconception of the vaccine as the satanic mark-666; birth rate control means, economic issues, social vices, political activities and crises, trado-medical practices, ethnocentrism, and stigmatization were the major factors influencing the acceptance of the vaccines. The study concluded that there were several socio-cultural factors that prevented people from taking the approved vaccine in the study location.
The twenty-first century has witnessed an unprecedented advancement in technology as one of the m... more The twenty-first century has witnessed an unprecedented advancement in technology as one of the major components of globalization. This advancement has led to the invention of the Internet and Android mobile phones. The use of these invented devices has resulted in significant changes in how people conduct their
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