REPORT ON FREE HEALTH SCREENING FOR ILERO COMMUNITY MEMBERS DURING THE ILERO CELEBRATION ON 14 th DECEMBER, 2012 Presented by The West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health Nigeria To Professor Oladepo Coordinator, Health Committee 1 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION The West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health Nigeria chapter organize free Health Screening program for Ilero day on 14 th Dec., 2012 for 1. Hypertension 2. Diabetes 3. Visual Acuity (Short and Long sightedness) 4.Treatment of minor illnesses with counseling & referrals The 18-man team including four health officials from the LGA PHC Centre worked relentlessly till late evening. Two hundred and fifty clients were seen The results are shown in the next page 2 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

FINDINGS Fig 1: HYPERTENSION STATUS AMONG CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN N=108 3 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

Fig 2: SEVERITY OF HYPERTENSION BY GENDER AMONG CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN {Male= 58, FEMALE= 50} 4 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

Fig 3: HYPERTENSION STATUS BY SEX AMONG CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN {Male= 58, FEMALE= 50} 5 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

Fig 4: VISUAL ACUITY OF CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN {RIGHT EYE N=27; LEFT EYE N=27} (Note that some values were not recorded) LEFT EYE RIGHT EYE 6 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

Fig 5: VISUAL ACUITY BY SEX AMONG CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN {LEFT EYE, Male, N=31, FEMALE, N= 32} LEFT EYE RIGHT EYE 7 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

Fig 6: DIABETES STATUS AMONG CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN 8 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

Fig 7: VISUAL ACUITY BY GENDER AMONG CLIENTS WHO CAME FOR SCREENING AT ILERO TOWN MALEFEMALE 9 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

CONCLUSION Hypertension is the most major health problem out of the three health conditions screened for (52.8%) The second major problem is Visual Acuity (35%) and the third is Diabetes (14%) The women are more affected with the three conditions screened 10 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria

RECOMMENDATIONS 1.Screening should be extended to all the people including those who did not come for the first screening because they erroneously thought that they are well 2. The Ilero Health Team should embark on community campaign to create awareness about the factors that make people to be at risk for the three health conditions 3. Greater attention should be placed on the health conditions of the female population 11 West African College of Nursing, Faculty of Community Health, Nigeria