http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/242 2026-04-19T04:03:26Z 2026-04-19T04:03:26Z BAMITALE, Toba David http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1709 2023-05-08T13:07:56Z 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z

CORRELATES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY USAGE AMONG SPORTS MANAGERS IN NIGERIA BAMITALE, Toba David Sports management in Nigeria has a diverse range of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) needs, which include instant replays, headset and wireless microphones, goal-line and newly adopted video-assistant referee. Reports have shown that practitioners in the sports industry in Nigeria do not only lack the knowledge of these technology-assisted tools, but also have not displayed the expected attitude towards the management of these ICT devices as commonly practiced in developed countries. This consequently affects the context of the usage of ICT in the administration of sports in Nigeria. Previous studies focused largely on availability of ICT in Nigerian sports, with little emphasis on the knowledge, attitude and management practices of ICT among sports managers. Therefore, this study was carried out to examine knowledge in, attitude to and management practices of ICT as correlates of ICT usage among sports managers in Nigeria. Davis’s Theory of Technology Acceptance Model provided the framework, while the descriptive survey design of expo-facto type was used. The simple random sampling technique was used to select a state from each of the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. All sports managers in state sports councils, sport associations and National Sports Commission in each of the six states, totalling 1,297, were enumerated. The instruments used were Knowledge of ICT Use in Sports (r=0.85); Attitude towards ICT Usage (r=0.82); Management Practices of ICT (r=0.88); and ICT Usage (r=0.79) scales. In-depth interviews were held with five sports directors out of the six. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages were used to analyse the demographic data. Quantitative data were analysed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation, Multiple regression and t-test at 0.05 level of significance, while qualitative data were content-analysed. The Participants were male (65.5%) and aged 41.70±2.80 years. Knowledge (r=0.37), attitude (r=0.37) and management practices (r=0.31) correlated positively with ICT usage. There was a significant joint correlation of knowledge, attitude and management practices on ICT usage (F(3;1295)=27.18; Adj. R2=0.63; R=0.62), accounting for 63.0% of its variance. Knowledge (ß=0.55), attitude (ß=0.34) and management practices (ß=0.32) significantly contributed to ICT usage. There were significant gender differences in knowledge of ICT (t=4.43; df=1295), attitude (t=7.29; df=1295) and management practices (t=7.55; df=1295) between male ( =76.42; =69.97; =70.67) and female ( =71.71; =64.65; =64.85) sports managers, respectively. There were significant differences in knowledge (t=3.63; df=1295), attitude (t=5.12; df=1295) and management practices (t=3.02; df=1295) based on years of work experience between shorter years ( =75.71; =69.36; =70.13) and longer years of work experience ( =74.02; =66.71; =67.70). Sports managers agreed that ICT would increase their productivity if there is knowledge of ICT and equipment needed were available, which will consequently influence their attitude and usage. The knowledge of ICT and its availability will enhance sports managers use of Information and Communication. Therefore, there is need for government to make provision of the advanced technology equipment for sports management in Nigeria.

2019-09-01T00:00:00Z BENSON, Kelechi David http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1707 2023-05-08T12:52:20Z 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

EFFECTS OF WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION AND RESISTANCE TRAINING ON OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT AND CARDIOPULMONARY FITNESS VARIABLES OF UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN UNDERGRADUATESEFFECTS OF WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION AND RESISTANCE TRAINING ON OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT AND CARDIOPULMONARY FITNESS VARIABLES OF UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN UNDERGRADUATES BENSON, Kelechi David Physical inactivity in daily life is a globalhealth concern linked to metabolic syndrome, poor anthropometric and mal-functional cardiopulmonary indices. This induces obesity and overweight, which are the fifth leading global mortalityrisk and increase diseases with consistent prevalence among youths. Previous studies have focused largely on conventional regimes to correct health challenges associated with obesity, overweight and mal-functional cardiopulmonary indices with little attention paid to Whole-body Vibration (WbV) and Resistance Training (RT). This study was, therefore, designed to examine the effects of WbV and RT on obesity, overweight and cardiopulmonary fitness variables (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, peak expiratory flow, peak VO2) of University of Ibadan undergraduates. The moderating effects of gender and stage of development were also examined. The study was hinged on the Newton’s Second Law of Motion, while the pretest-posttest control group experimental design of 3x2x2 factorial matrix was adopted. Sixty-five sedentary undergraduates were purposively recruited from the Faculties of Education, Law, The Social Sciences and Arts. Percent body fat measures were taken to ascertain their fitness level at the entry point; these were compared with percent body fat norm values of (male -13.6, 16.4) and (female -23.8, 24.5). Participants were assigned to WbV (20), RT (26) and control (19) groups, while treatment lasted 12weeks. Instruments used were WbV machine, multi-gym facility and the bench press. Data were subjected to percentages and Analysis of covariance at 0.05 level of significance. Participants were female (58.5%),and were adolescents (23.1%)and young adults (76.9%). Treatment had significant main effects on anthropometric variables: percent body fat (F(3,61)=9.36; partial η2=0.24), BMI (F(3,61)=28.32; partial η2=0.48), lean body weight (F(3,61)=12.23; partial η2=0.29), flexibility (F(3,61)=13.78; partial η2=0.31), average leg power (F(3,61)= 8.74; partial η2=0.22) and arm strength (F(3,61)=33.91; partial η2=0.53). Participants in WbV (1229.67) had a higher mean score than those in RT (1220.48) and control (936.70) groups. Treatment also had significant main effects on cardiopulmonary fitness variables: systolic blood pressure (F(3,61)=64.08; partial η2=0.21), diastolic blood pressure (F(3,61)=3.12; partial η2=0.09); peak expiratory flow (F(3,61)=41.92; partial η2=0.58) and PeakVO2 (F(3,61)=25.20; partial η2=0.45).Participants in WbV (44.34) had a higher mean score than those in RT (43.68) and control (42.18) groups. There was a significant main effect of gender (F(2,62)=42.31; partial η2=0.41) in favour of the male participants from WbV groups, while that of stage of development was not significant. The two-way interaction effect of treatment and gender was significant (F(6,58)=6.32; partial η2=0.18) in favour of male participants from the WbV groups, while treatment and stage of development, and gender and stage of development were not significant. The three-way interaction effect was also not significant. Whole body vibration, more than resistance training, enhanced cardiopulmonary fitness variables and reduced obesity and overweight among undergraduates of University of Ibadan. Therefore, it should be used regularly to control obesity and overweight and improve cardiopulmonary indices among undergraduates, particularly the female.

2019-10-01T00:00:00Z IBEAGHA, Nkechi Eucharia http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1531 2022-02-25T09:33:38Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

EFFICACY OF SEXUALITY EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND SEXUAL RIGHTS PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA IBEAGHA, Nkechi Eucharia Sexual rights of girls and women are often times violated with attendant health consequences, such as unwanted pregnancies, abortion, stigmatisation and sexually transmitted infections. Studies in sexuality education have focused largely on sexual coercion and sexually transmitted infections with little attention paid to sexual rights protective behaviour. This study was, therefore, conducted to examine the efficacy of sexuality education on knowledge, attitude and sexual right protective behaviour of female students in the Colleges of Education (CoEs), Anambra State, Nigeria. The moderating effects of age and level of study were also examined. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory provided the framework, while the pretest-posttest control group quasi experimental design of 2x2x3 factorial matrix was adopted. Multistage sampling procedure was used. The two public CoEs in Anambra State (Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe (NOCEN) and Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze (FCET) were enumerated. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 410 female students in NOCEN and 270 from FCET. The NOCEN and FCET were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Knowledge of Sexual Rights (r=0.71), Attitude Towards Sexual Right (r = 0.84) and Sexual Rights Protective Behaviour (r= 0.77) scales were used. Treatment lasted eight weeks. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Analysis of covariance at 0.05 level of significance. Participants’ age was 22.30±3.1 years. There were significant main effects of treatment on knowledge (F(1; 665) = 295.63, partial η2 = .31), attitude (F (1; 665) = 358.94, partial η2 = .35) and sexual rights protective behaviour (F(1; 665) = 249.63, partial η2 = .27). The participants in sexuality education group obtained higher mean score in knowledge - 27.14; attitude - 17.46; sexual right protective behaviours - 16.99 than those in the control group; knowledge - 21.24; attitude - 10.72; sexual right protective behaviours -14.66. There were no significant main effect of age and level of study on knowledge, attitude and sexual right protective behaviour. There was a significant interaction effect of age and level of study on sexual rights protective behaviour (F(2; 665) = 4.85, partial η2 = 0.01) in favour of adolescents in 100level from sexuality education group but not on knowledge and attitude. There was no significant interaction effect of treatment and level of study, as well as treatment and age on knowledge, attitude and sexual rights protective behaviour. The three-way interaction effect of treatment, age and level of study was also not significant. Sexuality education had the greatest impact on the knowledge, followed by attitude and sexual rights protective behaviour of female students in colleges of education, Anambra State. Sexuality education with emphasis on issues of sexual rights protective behaviour should be effectively implemented in the curriculum of colleges of education.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z HAMZAT, KAFILAT ADEFUNKE http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1529 2022-02-25T09:27:49Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF FLOOD DISASTER PREVENTION AMONG RESIDENTS INTHE IBADAN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA HAMZAT, KAFILAT ADEFUNKE Flood disaster prevention is vital to avoidits grave consequences on individuals, communities and the nation. However, reports have shown that residents of the Ibadan metropolis had poor knowledge, with bad attitude and practices ofFlood Disaster Prevention (FDP), which mostly accounts for their inability to prevent floods. Previous studies focused largely on the causes, vulnerability factors and its effects on lives and properties, with little attention paid to intervention throughEnvironmental Education (EE). This study, therefore, examined the effects of EE on knowledge, attitude and practices of FDP among residents in the Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. The moderating effects of gender and Flood Disaster Experience (FDE) were also examined. Health Belief Model provided the framework, while the pretest-posttest control groupquasi-experimental research design of 2×2×2 factorial matrix was adopted. The multi-stage procedure was used. Two Local Government Areas-LGAs (Ibadan South East and Ibadan South West) with high flood vulnerability were purposively selected. Ten flood–prone communities were purposively selected from each of the two LGAs including Kudeti, Oranyan, Elere, Believers stream, Idi-Odo. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 120 participants from volunteered members of Landlords’ Association of the 20 communities. The participants were randomly assigned to EE (60) and control (60) groups. The treatment lasted eight weeks. The instruments used were FDP Knowledge (r=0.88), FDP Attitude (r=0.76) and FDP Practices (r=0.79) scales, and instructional guides. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Multivariate Analysis of covariance at 0.05 level of significance. Most of the participants were male (56.0%). The participants that experienced direct and indirect FDE were (57.0%) and (43.0%) respectively. There were significant main effects of treatment on FDP knowledge (F(1,108)=25.56, partial ᶇ2=0.19), attitude towards FDP (F(1,108)=24.22, partial ᶇ2=0.18)and practices of FDP (F(1,108)=7.36, partial ᶇ2=0.06). The participants exposed to EEon knowledge of FDP (x ̅=23.61), attitude towards FDP(x ̅=30.30) and practices of FDP (x ̅=15.15) outperformed their counterparts in control group on knowledge of FDP (x ̅= 20.21), attitude towards FDP(x ̅=19.86) and FDP practices (x ̅= 13.31) respectively. Gender had a significant main effect on knowledge of FDP (F(1,108)=5.52, partial ᶇ2=0.05). The male participants (x ̅=22.61) outperformed their female counterparts (x ̅=21.22) in knowledge of FDP. FDE hadsignificant main effect on knowledge of FDP (F(1,108)=10.85, partial ᶇ2=0.09)and attitude towards FDP (F(1,108)=13.929, partial ᶇ2=0.11). The participants with direct FDE (x ̅=22.88; x ̅=28.55) outperformed their counterparts with indirect FDE (x ̅=20.94; x ̅=21.62) on knowledge and attitude respectively. The two-way interaction effects of treatment and FDE was significant on FDP knowledge (F(1,108)=8.63, partial ᶇ2=0.07) in favour of`the participants exposed to EE with direct FDE. The two-way interaction effects of treatment and gender, and FDE and gender were not significant. The three-way interaction effect was significantonthe practices of FDP (F(1,108)=2.104, partial ᶇ2=0.02) in favour of female participants exposed to EE with direct FDE. Environmental education enhanced the knowledge, attitude and practices of FDP among residents in the Ibadan metropolis. Therefore, EE should be provided for residents in flood prone communities for improved FDP.

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