Atulomah Nnodimele
My name is Nnodimele Onuigbo ATULOMAH, BSc (UK), PGDE, (Ib), MPH, (Ib), PhD (Ibadan), FRSPH (UK); Professor of Public Health (specializing in Health Promotion and Research). I have twenty two years of University teaching (1999 to date), experience in biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, and behaviour theories in health promotion at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I am in the School of Public and Allied Health Babcock University, Nigeria. I was the foundation Head of Department of Public Health, and Department of Nursing, Babcock University. As the Dean of the School, I am responsible to oversee the administrative and academic strategic plan development and implementation for two departments, Public Health and Medical Laboratory Sciences, in the School.
For the past seventeen years, I have been involved in research and publications in public health. My research interests includes medication adherence in chronic illnesses and exploring factors that predispose populations in the community to the risk of diseases and designing intervention studies to reduce disease burden. Presently, I have 32 peer reviewed publications covering a wide range of public health issues. My skills and competencies are in the use of computer-assisted statistical packages for research data analysis, research designs, health-programme management, community diagnosis and grant proposal writing. I have supervised and co-supervised 6 doctoral candidates, 30 MPH students and serve as peer reviewer for a number of publishers including Dove press. I also serve as MPH and PhD external examiner for the University of Ibadan, Department of Health Promotion and Education.
Contact: atulomahn@babcock.edu.ng
Phone: +2348061644312
Skype: Nnodatulomah
For the past seventeen years, I have been involved in research and publications in public health. My research interests includes medication adherence in chronic illnesses and exploring factors that predispose populations in the community to the risk of diseases and designing intervention studies to reduce disease burden. Presently, I have 32 peer reviewed publications covering a wide range of public health issues. My skills and competencies are in the use of computer-assisted statistical packages for research data analysis, research designs, health-programme management, community diagnosis and grant proposal writing. I have supervised and co-supervised 6 doctoral candidates, 30 MPH students and serve as peer reviewer for a number of publishers including Dove press. I also serve as MPH and PhD external examiner for the University of Ibadan, Department of Health Promotion and Education.
Contact: atulomahn@babcock.edu.ng
Phone: +2348061644312
Skype: Nnodatulomah
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practices among mothers with infants attending paediatric clinics.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Data was collected from 386 nursing mothers selected by convenience sampling. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. The questionnaire consisted of 38-items including demographic information of respondents, health-literacy counsels received during
antenatal care, social-support from significant others, and self-efficacy to carry-out infant-survival instructions.
Responses were transformed into rating scales for each variable and data analysis was conducted by linear regression analysis with test of hypotheses at 5% level of significance.
Results: The mean age of respondents was 29.8 ± 5.8 years. Majority (81.6%) were married. Yorubas (83.90%) were
predominant. Participants had mean scores of 10.50 ± 3.83, 10.56 ± 3.70 and 16.61 ± 4.56 respectively computed for levels of health-literacy, social-support, and self-efficacy. The dependent variable measured level of infant-survival practices and respondents scored 16.53 ± 4.71. The study found a significant association among variables. Self-efficacy
was the major predictor variable of self-reported infant-survival practices (R = 0.466; Rsq = 0.217; P<0.05).
Conclusion: We conclude that participants had average levels of health-literacy, social-support, self-efficacy, and infant-survival practices. Healthcare providers should make efforts to empower pregnant women on activities essential for infant-survival. Family members of nursing mothers should as well be knowledgeable about the advantages of supporting them.
Keywords: Health-literacy, Social-support, Self-efficacy, Infant-survival practices, Nursing mothers.
practices among mothers with infants attending paediatric clinics.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Data was collected from 386 nursing mothers selected by convenience sampling. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. The questionnaire consisted of 38-items including demographic information of respondents, health-literacy counsels received during
antenatal care, social-support from significant others, and self-efficacy to carry-out infant-survival instructions.
Responses were transformed into rating scales for each variable and data analysis was conducted by linear regression analysis with test of hypotheses at 5% level of significance.
Results: The mean age of respondents was 29.8 ± 5.8 years. Majority (81.6%) were married. Yorubas (83.90%) were
predominant. Participants had mean scores of 10.50 ± 3.83, 10.56 ± 3.70 and 16.61 ± 4.56 respectively computed for levels of health-literacy, social-support, and self-efficacy. The dependent variable measured level of infant-survival practices and respondents scored 16.53 ± 4.71. The study found a significant association among variables. Self-efficacy
was the major predictor variable of self-reported infant-survival practices (R = 0.466; Rsq = 0.217; P<0.05).
Conclusion: We conclude that participants had average levels of health-literacy, social-support, self-efficacy, and infant-survival practices. Healthcare providers should make efforts to empower pregnant women on activities essential for infant-survival. Family members of nursing mothers should as well be knowledgeable about the advantages of supporting them.
Keywords: Health-literacy, Social-support, Self-efficacy, Infant-survival practices, Nursing mothers.