Kabiru K Salami
Biographic Data
| ID | 1249017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kabiru K Salami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kabiru K |
| FAMILY NAME | Salami |
| SIGNATURE | SALAMI K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8874-0131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adapting the deliberative democracy approach to LMIC settings
Background: Developing sustainable health promotion interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) faces challenges due to limited infrastructure and diverse cultural contexts. Community engagement is essential for effective health promotion, but higher intensity strategies may be infeasible in under-resourced settings. This study aimed to adapt the Mentor Mother (MM) HIV peer program to include HPV self-screening for Nigerian women li…
Transitions and Transformations
Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses. It presents a broad range of ethnographic work, introducing a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches to studying life-course transitions …
Cultural-Bound Syndrome and the Case of Ode-Ori (Schizophrenia) Among Healers Among Onko-Speaking People of Oke-Ogun Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
This study profiles the nature of culturally bound syndrome perception of Ode-Ori (schizophrenia) incident among faith based and traditional mental illness healers in the Oke-Ogun area. The study relied on Interviews with mental health healers in the faith based and traditional treatment of mental illness. The interviews were recorded on tape, processed, and analyzed. Narratives indicated that local mental health experts conceptualize Ode-Ori as …
Health priority-setting for official development assistance in low-income and middle-income countries
Priority setting process can be further strengthened through better use of analytical tools, such as the one described in our study, to enhance local ownership of priority setting for ODA and improve aid effectiveness
Giving Back to the Elderly
Sociocultural Factors Influencing Grand Multiparous Practices in Ibadan, Nigeria
Grand multiparous (GMP) women are susceptible to higher risk of developing obstetric complications compared to women of lesser parity. Despite the health consequences on women with high parity, the prevalence rate of multiparity in Nigeria is still high. This study documented the sociocultural factors influencing the GMP practices in Ibadan, Nigeria. Through a multi-stage sampling procedure, and snowballing technique, data were collected through …
Determinants of Preferences for Advertisement and Communication in the Promotion of Anti-Malaria Products in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria
One of the strategies for promoting malaria prevention and control globally is advertisement of anti-malaria products. This study was designed to determine users' preferences for style of advertisement and communication of anti-malaria products in Ibadan. Data collection involved twelve Key Informant Interviews and 500 copies of a questionnaire. Radio was the most preferred and most accessible medium of advert in both rural and urban areas. A lar…
Intergenerational Life Courses of Teenage Pregnancy in O gbomosho South‐Western N igeria
Concern that the teenage pregnancy rate in an urban community in Southwest N igeria has doubled within the last decade prompted an intergenerational survey of a sample of 277 respondents (163 pregnant teenagers, 91 teen parents and 23 adult parents who were once teen parents) selected through snowballing and then interviewed in four group discussions in O gbomosho, N igeria. Findings revealed that 43.5 per cent of the female and 48.5 per cent of …
Confusion and personification in Yoruba thought and practice
The paper traces out the place of Èshù – the Yoruba god associated with confusion, the trickster and the messenger of the gods – in the classic sources on Yoruba religion, in a postcolonial play which comments on current politics, in the formulations of Christianity and Islam, and from fieldwork on present ideas and practices of the people of two towns in Western Nigeria. It works particularly closely on the place of Èshù in the causation, diagno…
Health Risks and Healthcare Delivery in Flood Disaster Affected Communities in Southwest Nigeria
The incidence of flooding is becoming highly prevalent in Nigeria. The causes range from the depletion of atmospheric elements through carbon emission, illicit dumping of refuse in waterways, unfriendly physical planning and erection of structures along flood plains. Persons in flood affected communities are highly susceptible to stressrelated health challenges, including cholera and pyretic illnesses, which mostly affect women and children. This…
Ex-servicemen and the Life Courses of Retirement in Ibadan, Nigeria
The transition of senior citizens into active ageing as characterised in many studies has deemphasised attention on the life courses of ex-servicemen after retirement from active military service in Nigeria. Through explorative design, the qualitative data for this study were generated from 15 ex-servicemen as key informants in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria. The data were content analysed to profile the lives of ex-servicemen after retirement. The re…
Kò s'ówó
L'article explore les termes dans lesquels les citoyens comprennent la macroéconomie. À partir d'une recherche de terrain réalisée dans une petite ville de l'ouest du Nigeria, je suggère que l'offre d'argent est l'une des fonctions macro-économiques qui affecte le plus clairement l'économie monétaire indispensable aux moyens de subsistance de la population. Cette dernière a quelques intuitions sur cette offre mais elle considère que l'argent prov…
Relative height and weight among children and adolescents of rural southwestern Nigeria
Low relative height and underweight occur in a large proportion of children and adolescents in rural Nigeria, with the lowest relative heights and weights occurring in mid-adolescence and among males
Knowledge and perception of HIV/Aids among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ogun State, Nigeria
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is responsible for more than 90% of the cases of HIV infection in infants and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate data on the knowledge and perceptions of HIV/AIDS among women attending antenatal clinics in Nigeria are scarce. A cross-sectional survey of 804 women attending antenatal clinics in Ogun State, South-West Nigeria was done using interviewer-administered questionnaires. Approximately 90% o…
Kò s'ówó
L'article explore les termes dans lesquels les citoyens comprennent la macroéconomie. À partir d'une recherche de terrain réalisée dans une petite ville de l'ouest du Nigeria, je suggère que l'offre d'argent est l'une des fonctions macro-économiques qui affecte le plus clairement l'économie monétaire indispensable aux moyens de subsistance de la population. Cette dernière a quelques intuitions sur cette offre mais elle considère que l'argent prov…
Giving Back to the Elderly
Confusion and personification in Yoruba thought and practice
The paper traces out the place of Èshù – the Yoruba god associated with confusion, the trickster and the messenger of the gods – in the classic sources on Yoruba religion, in a postcolonial play which comments on current politics, in the formulations of Christianity and Islam, and from fieldwork on present ideas and practices of the people of two towns in Western Nigeria. It works particularly closely on the place of Èshù in the causation, diagno…
Ex-servicemen and the Life Courses of Retirement in Ibadan, Nigeria
The transition of senior citizens into active ageing as characterised in many studies has deemphasised attention on the life courses of ex-servicemen after retirement from active military service in Nigeria. Through explorative design, the qualitative data for this study were generated from 15 ex-servicemen as key informants in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria. The data were content analysed to profile the lives of ex-servicemen after retirement. The re…
Knowledge and perception of HIV/Aids among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ogun State, Nigeria
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is responsible for more than 90% of the cases of HIV infection in infants and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate data on the knowledge and perceptions of HIV/AIDS among women attending antenatal clinics in Nigeria are scarce. A cross-sectional survey of 804 women attending antenatal clinics in Ogun State, South-West Nigeria was done using interviewer-administered questionnaires. Approximately 90% o…
Relative height and weight among children and adolescents of rural southwestern Nigeria
Low relative height and underweight occur in a large proportion of children and adolescents in rural Nigeria, with the lowest relative heights and weights occurring in mid-adolescence and among males
Kò s'ówó
L'article explore les termes dans lesquels les citoyens comprennent la macroéconomie. À partir d'une recherche de terrain réalisée dans une petite ville de l'ouest du Nigeria, je suggère que l'offre d'argent est l'une des fonctions macro-économiques qui affecte le plus clairement l'économie monétaire indispensable aux moyens de subsistance de la population. Cette dernière a quelques intuitions sur cette offre mais elle considère que l'argent prov…
Health Risks and Healthcare Delivery in Flood Disaster Affected Communities in Southwest Nigeria
The incidence of flooding is becoming highly prevalent in Nigeria. The causes range from the depletion of atmospheric elements through carbon emission, illicit dumping of refuse in waterways, unfriendly physical planning and erection of structures along flood plains. Persons in flood affected communities are highly susceptible to stressrelated health challenges, including cholera and pyretic illnesses, which mostly affect women and children. This…
Ex-servicemen and the Life Courses of Retirement in Ibadan, Nigeria
The transition of senior citizens into active ageing as characterised in many studies has deemphasised attention on the life courses of ex-servicemen after retirement from active military service in Nigeria. Through explorative design, the qualitative data for this study were generated from 15 ex-servicemen as key informants in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria. The data were content analysed to profile the lives of ex-servicemen after retirement. The re…
Intergenerational Life Courses of Teenage Pregnancy in O gbomosho South‐Western N igeria
Concern that the teenage pregnancy rate in an urban community in Southwest N igeria has doubled within the last decade prompted an intergenerational survey of a sample of 277 respondents (163 pregnant teenagers, 91 teen parents and 23 adult parents who were once teen parents) selected through snowballing and then interviewed in four group discussions in O gbomosho, N igeria. Findings revealed that 43.5 per cent of the female and 48.5 per cent of …
Confusion and personification in Yoruba thought and practice
The paper traces out the place of Èshù – the Yoruba god associated with confusion, the trickster and the messenger of the gods – in the classic sources on Yoruba religion, in a postcolonial play which comments on current politics, in the formulations of Christianity and Islam, and from fieldwork on present ideas and practices of the people of two towns in Western Nigeria. It works particularly closely on the place of Èshù in the causation, diagno…
Determinants of Preferences for Advertisement and Communication in the Promotion of Anti-Malaria Products in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria
One of the strategies for promoting malaria prevention and control globally is advertisement of anti-malaria products. This study was designed to determine users' preferences for style of advertisement and communication of anti-malaria products in Ibadan. Data collection involved twelve Key Informant Interviews and 500 copies of a questionnaire. Radio was the most preferred and most accessible medium of advert in both rural and urban areas. A lar…
Sociocultural Factors Influencing Grand Multiparous Practices in Ibadan, Nigeria
Grand multiparous (GMP) women are susceptible to higher risk of developing obstetric complications compared to women of lesser parity. Despite the health consequences on women with high parity, the prevalence rate of multiparity in Nigeria is still high. This study documented the sociocultural factors influencing the GMP practices in Ibadan, Nigeria. Through a multi-stage sampling procedure, and snowballing technique, data were collected through …
Giving Back to the Elderly
Health priority-setting for official development assistance in low-income and middle-income countries
Priority setting process can be further strengthened through better use of analytical tools, such as the one described in our study, to enhance local ownership of priority setting for ODA and improve aid effectiveness
Transitions and Transformations
Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses. It presents a broad range of ethnographic work, introducing a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches to studying life-course transitions …
Cultural-Bound Syndrome and the Case of Ode-Ori (Schizophrenia) Among Healers Among Onko-Speaking People of Oke-Ogun Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
This study profiles the nature of culturally bound syndrome perception of Ode-Ori (schizophrenia) incident among faith based and traditional mental illness healers in the Oke-Ogun area. The study relied on Interviews with mental health healers in the faith based and traditional treatment of mental illness. The interviews were recorded on tape, processed, and analyzed. Narratives indicated that local mental health experts conceptualize Ode-Ori as …
Adapting the deliberative democracy approach to LMIC settings
Background: Developing sustainable health promotion interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) faces challenges due to limited infrastructure and diverse cultural contexts. Community engagement is essential for effective health promotion, but higher intensity strategies may be infeasible in under-resourced settings. This study aimed to adapt the Mentor Mother (MM) HIV peer program to include HPV self-screening for Nigerian women li…
Medicine (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works)