HEALTH IMPLCATION OF STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GIDAN WAYA.

ABSTRACT
The student housing has been a major area of concern with increasing student population as a result of increasing interest in the higher institutions of learning over the years. The rise in population which has led to various problematic conditions of student housing which range from inadequate infrastructure facilities to overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions thus leading to severe health problems amongst students residing in hostels, has indeed met with renewed interest in sourcing and researching the best practicable approach towards the enablement and efficient, conducive academic driven environment. This research paper examines the effects of student housing condition on students’ health in Kaduna State College of Education. Purposive sampling method was used as only students residing in the college’s hostels were sampled A total number of 358 well structured questionnaires were administered in the entire student hostels and oral interview held with staff of the student affairs division as well as staff of the college clinic and data collected were presented through the use of tables and graphs. The study revealed that there are diseases amongst students residing in the hostels caused and spread by the poor state and condition of available student housing facilities, the inadequacy of the existing
facilities which has created high occupancy ratio has invariable led to over utilization of the available
resources putting the facilities in deplorable conditions.

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NxUts5k5c000b69297aa0.99144057, S. (2018). HEALTH IMPLCATION OF STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GIDAN WAYA.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://beta.afribary.com/works/health-implcation-of-student-housing-in-nigeria-tertiary-institutions-a-study-of-kaduna-state-college-of-education-gidan-waya-2462

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NxUts5k5c000b69297aa0.99144057, SWVCxKt5c000b69281919.92291192 "HEALTH IMPLCATION OF STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GIDAN WAYA." Afribary. Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018, https://beta.afribary.com/works/health-implcation-of-student-housing-in-nigeria-tertiary-institutions-a-study-of-kaduna-state-college-of-education-gidan-waya-2462. Accessed 09 Jun. 2025.

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NxUts5k5c000b69297aa0.99144057, SWVCxKt5c000b69281919.92291192 . "HEALTH IMPLCATION OF STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GIDAN WAYA.". Afribary, Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018. Web. 09 Jun. 2025. < https://beta.afribary.com/works/health-implcation-of-student-housing-in-nigeria-tertiary-institutions-a-study-of-kaduna-state-college-of-education-gidan-waya-2462 >.

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NxUts5k5c000b69297aa0.99144057, SWVCxKt5c000b69281919.92291192 . "HEALTH IMPLCATION OF STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GIDAN WAYA." Afribary (2018). Accessed June 09, 2025. https://beta.afribary.com/works/health-implcation-of-student-housing-in-nigeria-tertiary-institutions-a-study-of-kaduna-state-college-of-education-gidan-waya-2462

HEALTH IMPLCATION OF STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GIDAN WAYA.

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