Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi

Biographic Data

ID6330372
NAMEIjeoma Uchenna Itanyi
GIVEN NAMESIjeoma Uchenna
FAMILY NAMEItanyi
SIGNATUREITANYI I U
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nigeria
ORCID0000-0002-4958-6319
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Recruitment and engagement of a cohort of women living with HIV in Nigeria

    Open AccessNwamaka Alexandra Ezeonu, John O Olawepo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Nigeria has a high burden of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. There is paucity of large-scale prospective cohort studies to provide insight into the reasons for the abysmal MTCT indices. This paper describes the baseline characteristics of women living with HIV who signed consent to participate in future clinical or implementation trials. The Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance (NISA) developed an open multicentre prospective cohor…

  • Factors affecting utilization of male sexual and reproductive health services

    Open AccessNwamaka Alexandra Ezeonu, Nkiru Ezeama et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    To improve male SRH service utilization, clinics should be more male-centric and cost-effective. Healthcare providers require retraining to offer patient-centered care. Additionally, ward development committees should advocate for better staffing and the availability of SRH commodities

  • Rapid implementation mapping to identify implementation determinants and strategies for cervical cancer control in Nigeria

    Open AccessIjeoma Uchenna Itanyi, Clare Viglione et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Cervical cancer constitutes a huge burden among women in Nigeria, particularly HIV-infected women. However, the provision and uptake of cervical cancer screening and treatment is limited in Nigeria. Understanding implementation determinants is essential for the effective translation of such evidence-based interventions into practice, particularly in low-resource settings. COVID-19 pandemic necessitated online collaboration making impl…

  • Potential risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and associated sociodemographic characteristics

    Open AccessOlufemi Ajumobi, Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Males have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors such as alcohol use, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, obesity, and smoking based on limited data available from two tertiary health centers in Nigeria. Increasing age and lower educational level influence smoking among the same population in northeastern and northwestern Nigeria. Specifically in women living with HIV (WLHIV), the association between demographic characteristics…

  • Addressing the unmet mental health needs of people living with HIV

    Johnbosco Chika Chukwuorji, Nwamaka Alexandra Ezeonu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    Some mental health interventions have addressed mental health among people living with HIV (PLWH) using a variety of approaches, but little is known about the details of such interventions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region that bears the largest burden of HIV in the world. The present study describes mental health interventions for PLWH in SSA regardless of the date and language of publication. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Syst…

  • Building a national framework for multicentre research and clinical trials

    Open AccessJohn O Olawepo, Echezona E Ezeanolue et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    There is limited capacity and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa to conduct clinical trials for the identification of efficient and effective new prevention, diagnostic and treatment modalities to address the disproportionate burden of disease. This paper reports on the process to establish locally driven infrastructure for multicentre research and trials in Nigeria known as the Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance Model Innovation and Resea…

  • Awareness of HIV serostatus by sex partners of women living with HIV in North-Central Nigeria

    Open AccessEjemai Amaize Eboreime, Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2022

    Non-communication of HIV status among sex partners is a notable hurdle in halting transmission, largely due to socio-cultural factors. This study aimed to predict the determinants of male partners’ awareness of women’s serostatus. A total of 8825 women of reproductive age living with HIV who were clients at five comprehensive HIV treatment centres in Benue State, North-Central Nigeria were surveyed between June and December 2017, and 6655 reporte…

  • Effect of nutrition education on nutritional status and serum zinc level of HIV and Aids clients

    Ifeyinwa L Ezenwosu, Osita Ezenwosu et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2022

    Background: People living with HIV or AIDS in resource-limited settings are faced with challenges in their nutrition and micronutrient levels. This study aimed to determine the effect of nutrition education on the nutrition status and serum zinc level of HIV and AIDS clients, and its implication for HIV care in resource-limited settings. Methods: This intervention study was conducted among HIV clients at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospita…

  • Utilizing a church-based platform for mental health interventions

    Open AccessTheddeus Iheanacho, Ujunwa Callista Nduanya et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2021

    These findings support a potential clergy-focused, faith-informed adaptation of therapy for common mental disorders anchored in community churches to increase access to treatment in a resource-limited setting

  • How ready is the system to deliver primary healthcare? Results of a primary health facility assessment in Enugu State, Nigeria

    Open AccessAdanma Ekenna, Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020References: 27

    Primary health centres are an effective means of achieving access to primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries. We assessed service availability, service readiness and factors influencing service delivery at public PHC centres in Enugu State, Nigeria. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 60 randomly selected public health centres in Enugu using the World Health Organization’s Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SA…

  • Disparities in tobacco use by adolescents in southeast, Nigeria using Global Youth Tobacco Survey (Gyts) approach

    Open AccessIjeoma Uchenna Itanyi, Chika Onwasigwe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Nearly one in every five school-going adolescents currently uses at least one type of tobacco in Enugu State, southeast Nigeria. Prevalence of tobacco use is higher in rural schools and among boys in this setting. Most adolescent current smokers desire to quit and need smoking cessation support