Name: Obioma C. UCHENDU Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Alternate Email Address 1: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Alternate Email Address 2: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Biography: I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan and an Honorary Consultant with the University College Hospital Ibadan where I am the current Coordinator of Kola Daisi Foundation Primary Health and Community Centre (KDFPHCC or KDFC) a model public-private partnered Primary Health Care Centre. I am a community physician and fellow of the West African College of Physicians, Faculty of Community Health and currently the Training Coordinator and a Board Member of the Faculty of Community Health. I also serve as Archives and Site Manager of the African Epidemiological Association (AfEA).
My research interests are in assessing the burden of behavioural and social problems and their outcome on various contexts of vulnerability, including age, gender, location, social circumstances, access to care, social support, and the burden of diseases and health conditions. I have expertise in designing, conducting and implementing community health programmes. I am also skilled in the evaluation of health services and programmes. I have contributed to developing outbreak response, infectious diseases and humanitarian emergencies policies at national, state and institutional levels. I have attracted and been a co-investigator and team member on grants on health systems evaluation, tobacco control, early child stimulation and primary health care. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles 1. Owoaje, E.T., Uchendu, O.C., Ajayi, T.O. and Cadmus, E.O. (2016). A Review of the Health Problems of the Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal Vol. 23. No. 4: 161-171. 2. Uchendu, O., Oladoyin, V., Idowu, M., Adeyera, O., Olabisi, O., Oluwatosin, O. and Leigh, G. (2017). Urinary Schistosomiasis among Vulnerable Children in a Rehabilitation Home in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. BMC Infectious Diseases Vol. 17. No. 487: 1-7. 3. Omokhodion, F.O. and Uchendu, O.C. (2010). Perception and Practice of Child Labour among Parents of School-Aged Children in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria. Child: Care, Health and Development Vol. 36. No. 3: 304–3 4. Adeyera, O., Uchendu, O.C. and Owoaje, E. (2018). Resilience among Secondary School Students in South-Western Nigeria; Association with Abuse and Neglect. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 32. No. 6: 1-7. 5. Uchendu, O., Adeoti, H., Adeyera, O. and Olabumuyi, O. (2018). After Obstetric Fistula Repair; Willingness of Women in Northern Nigeria to Use Family Planning. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Vol. 22. No. 12: 313-318. 6. Ojifinni, O.O. and Uchendu, O.C. (2018). Validation and Reliability of the 12-Item Zarit Burden Interview among Informal Caregivers of Elderly Persons in Nigeria. Archives of Basic and Applied Medicine Vol. 6. No. 1: 45-49. 7. Uchendu, O.C., Adeyera, O. and Owoaje, E.T. (2019). Awareness and Utilization of Female Condoms among Street Youths in Ibadan, an Urban Setting in South-West Nigeria. The Pan African Medical Journal Vol. 33. No. 168: 1-9. 8. Uchendu, O.C., Ige, O. and Adeyera, O. (2019). Knowledge and Home Treatment of Measles Infection by Caregivers of Children Under Five in a Low-Income Urban Community, Nigeria. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine Vol. 11. No. 1: 1-13. 9. Owoyemi, S.O., Uchendu, O.C. and Olabumuyi, O.O. (2020). Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Public Primary School Teachers on Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in Southwestern Nigeria. American Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8. No. 8: 536-542. 10. Ojifinni, O.O. and Uchendu, O.C. (2022). Experience of Burden of Care among Adult Caregivers of Elderly Persons in Oyo State, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study. Pan African Medical Journal Vol. 42. No. 64: 1-14. 1. Postgraduate Supervision, MPH Reproductive and Family Health: Five students. 2. Postgraduate Supervision, MSc. Global health: Eight students. PREVIOUS STUDENTS (Selected) Masters Level 1. Completed Postgraduate Supervision, MPH Reproductive and Family Health: Fifteen students. 2. Completed Postgraduate Supervision, MSc. Global health: Eight students. 3. Completed Postgraduate Supervision, Master of Disaster Risk Management, Faculty of Social Science, Department: Geography (NEMA Centre for Disaster Risk Management): One student. Fellowship 1. Title: A rural-urban comparison of caregivers’ knowledge on child development and prevalence of developmental delay among children three–five years in Oyo State. Nigeria 2. Title: Perpetration, perception and willingness to report elder abuse among caregivers of elderly persons in Oyo State: A community-based comparative study 3. Title: Effects of health education on the knowledge attitude and practice of female sex workers towards cervical cancer prevention in Oyo State, NigeriaProfile
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Faculty: CLINICAL SCIENCES
Department: Community Medicine
Phone Number: +234 8023280468
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Name: Olayide Olubunmi OLABUMUYI
Year of exit: 2022
Name: Oludoyinmola Omobolade OJIFINNI
Year of exit: 2021
Name: Oladipo Olanrewaju OGUNBODE
Year of exit: 2021Social Media Handle
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Completed Research
1. Effect of Family Inclusive Early Brain Stimulation (FINE BrainS) on cognitive development scores – A cluster-randomized trial.
2. Urinary Schistosomiasis among Orphans and Vulnerable Children in a Rehabilitation home in Ibadan, Nigeria
3. Prevalence, pattern and outcome of unintentional home injury in urban and rural areas of Ibadan-Ibarapa Zone of Oyo State
4. Reproductive health intervention to reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections among young people on the street in Ibadan, Oyo State.
5. Knowledge of child development and prevalence of developmental delay among children aged three to five years in Oyo State.
6. An assessment of the behavioural and health problems associated with gambling among in- and out-of-school adolescents and young persons in Ibadan Oyo State.
CURRENT STUDENTS
Masters Level
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