Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abayomi Samuel Oyekale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abayomi Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Oyekale |
| SIGNATURE | OYEKALE A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8030-8950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Under-5 Malaria and Fever Morbidities as Correlates of Anaemia in Niger
Background : The relationship between malaria/other febrile infections and anaemia among under-5 children is a subject of significant policy relevance among African health policy makers. The international significance of addressing anaemia is prominently underscored in the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). This paper therefore analysed the effect of malaria/other febrile infections and other maternal and child's demographic variables on t…
Effect of households’ members disability and serious illness on public health insurance subscription among urban refugees during the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya
It was concluded that efforts to facilitate NHIF subscriptions among the refugees should be channelled among people with disability and serious illness. In addition, there is the need to promote refugees' welfare through employment that can induce formal savings and promote less reliance on informal borrowing. The operational mechanisms and differences in healthcare service distribution between the three cities should be considered along some sal…
Nigeria
Conflicts constitute some negative influences on households’ economic activities. In Nigeria, the past few years have witnessed progressive crises in some states and the growing level of insecurity is affecting households’ economic livelihoods. This paper analyzed the determi nants of food insecurity indicator in conflict-affected regions in Nigeria. The data were collected in 2017 from 582 respondents in the North East, North-central, and South-…
Utilization of Proximate Healthcare Facilities and Children’s Wait Times in Senegal
Universal health coverage (UHC) defines individuals' timely access to healthcare services without suffering any health-related financial constraints. The Senegalese government has shown commitments towards achievement of UHC as a way of improving access by the population to quality healthcare services. This is very pertinent for promoting some indicators of under-five health in Senegal. Therefore, this study analyzed the factors influencing sick …
Effect of Health Insurance Uptake on Hesitancy toward Covid-19 Vaccines in Nigeria
Moral hazard remains one of the major challenges of health insurance administration. This paper recursively analyzed the effect of health insurance on the willingness to take COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The data comprised 1892 unvaccinated respondents in the 2021/2022 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (NLPS). The data were analyzed with Coban's recursive probit regression and decomposition approaches. The results revealed that 5.87% were healt…
Career Aspiration Fulfillment and Covid-19 Vaccination Intention among Nigerian Youth
COVID-19 is a pandemic of economic significance in the world. Vaccination has been identified as one of the veritable means to address the problem. Few studies have focused on youths’ vaccination intentions and the role of career aspiration fulfillment. This study therefore analyzed the effect engagement with dream jobs has on the willingness to get vaccinated for COVID-19. The data were from the 12th wave of the Nigeria COVID-19 National Longitu…
Factors Influencing Willingness to Be Vaccinated against Covid-19 in Nigeria
Vaccines have been historically used to address some pressing health problems in the world. COVID-19 presents no exception, although vaccine hesitancy remains a major bottleneck in some countries. This study analyzed the factors influencing willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Nigeria. The data are from the 10th wave of COVID-19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (COVID-19 NLPS) that was conducted in 2021. The data were analyzed with …
Willingness to Take Covid-19 Vaccines in Ethiopia
This paper analyzed the factors influencing the willingness of Ethiopia's population to take COVID-19 vaccines. The data included the COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Survey of Households in Ethiopia that were collected in 2021. This paper relied on the 10th round of the survey, which was comprised of 2178 households. The Instrumental Variable Probit regression model was used to analyze the data. The results showed that majority of the respondents (…
An Instrumental Variable Probit Modeling of Covid-19 Vaccination Compliance in Malawi
COVID-19 remains a pressing development concern in Malawi. The third wave of viral infection upsurge raised significant concerns on people's compliance with preventive methods already introduced by the government, among which vaccination is notable. This study analysed the factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination compliance in Malawi. The data were the ninth round of the telephone-based survey that was conducted by Malawi National Statistical Off…
Effect of Obesity and Other Risk Factors on Hypertension among Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana
Background : The growing incidence of mortality as a result cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is a major public health concern in several developing countries. In Ghana, unhealthy food consumption pattern and sedentary lifestyle are promoting overweight and obesity, with significant consequences on the incidence of CVDs. Specifically, hypertension morbidity is now a public health concern among Ghanaian health policy makers. This paper analysed the e…
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017
BACKGROUND: Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous iterations of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD). Previous iterations of the GBD used population estimates from UNPOP, which were not derived in a way that was internally consistent wit…
Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate alcohol consumption on some conditions. With our comprehensive approach to health accounting within the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016, we generated improved estimates of alcohol use and alcohol-attributable deaths and disability-adjus…
Maternal Education, Fertility, and Child Survival in Comoros
Reduction in child mortality is a demographic progress of significant socioeconomic development relevance in Africa. This paper analyzed the effect of maternal education and fertility on child survival in the Islands of Comoros. The 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data were used. A two-stage probit regression method was used for data analysis. The results showed that about 75% of the children's mothers had given birth to between one and …
Cocoa Farmers’ Compliance with Safety Precautions in Spraying Agrochemicals and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Cameroon
The inability of farmers to comply with essential precautions in the course of spraying agrochemicals remains a policy dilemma, especially in developing countries. The objectives of this paper were to assess compliance of cocoa farmers with agrochemical safety measures, analyse the factors explaining involvement of cocoa farmers in the practice of reusing agrochemical containers and wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE). Data were collec…
Determinants of households’ involvement in waste separation and collection for recycling in South Africa
Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless, smoking remains a leading risk for early death and disability worldwide, and therefore continues to require sustained political commitment. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) offers a robust platform through which global, regional, and na…
Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016
BACKGROUND: Detailed assessments of mortality patterns, particularly age-specific mortality, represent a crucial input that enables health systems to target interventions to specific populations. Understanding how all-cause mortality has changed with respect to development status can identify exemplars for best practice. To accomplish this, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) estimated age-specific and …
Healthcare waste management practices and safety indicators in Nigeria
The study concluded that there was low compliance with standard HCW management. It was recommended that possession of HCW management guidelines, staff training on HCW disposal and provision of requisite equipment for proper treatment of HCW would promote environmental safety in HCW disposal
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale), 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform assessments of epidemiological patterns and health system performance, help to prioritise investments in research and development, and monitor progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We aimed to provide updated HALE and DALYs for geographies worldwide and evaluate ho…
Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: In transitioning from the Millennium Development Goal to the Sustainable Development Goal era, it is imperative to comprehensively assess progress toward reducing maternal mortality to identify areas of success, remaining challenges, and frame policy discussions. We aimed to quantify maternal mortality throughout the world by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015. METHODS: We estimated maternal mortality at the global, regional, …
Assessment of Malawian Mothers’ Malaria Knowledge, Healthcare Preferences and Timeliness of Seeking Fever Treatments for Children Under Five
Malaria is one of the major public health problems in Malawi, contributing to the majority of morbidity and mortality among children under five. Ignorance of malaria symptoms results in delayed treatment, which often degenerates into fatal emergencies. This study analyzed the impact of maternal malaria knowledge on healthcare preferences and timeliness of treating children with reported fever. The Malaria Indicator Survey data for 2012, which wer…
Ethnic Characterization of Gender-Inequality and Domestic Violence against Women of Reproductive Ages in Nigeria
Domestic violence against women is a social problem with no tribal distinction in Nigeria. This paper analyzed the forms of gender inequality and domestic violence and determines the factors promoting violence against women. The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey data were used. Factor Analysis and Bootstrapped Quantile regression method were used for data analysis. The results showed more dominance of men in decision making in tribes from northe…
Assessment of Sex-Related Behaviours, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Knowledge and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among Men of Reproductive Age in Cameroon
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are among the major public health challenges in Cameroon. This paper determined the effect of men's sex-related behaviors and HIV knowledge on reported STIs. The data came from the 2012 Cameroon's Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) that were collected from 7191 respondents in 2012. Descriptive and logistic regression methods were used for data analysis. Results…
Tribal Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and HIV and Aids Risks among Married Women in Nigeria
This paper analyzed risk of contracting HIV that is associated with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) due to the involvement of traditional circumcisers. The demographic and health survey for 2008 were used. The data were analyzed with Ordered Probit regression. The results indicated that majority of the circumcised women (89.18 percent) would not want their daughters to be circumcised. A Yoruba woman was 25.67 points more likely to be at high HIV …
Tribal Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and HIV and Aids Risks among Married Women in Nigeria
There has been a link between nutrition styles and human health and physical features for centuries.Similarly, there has been a connection between the easiness and difficulty to reach food materials, and shortage and abundance of these material and human behaviors and moral structure.One of the efforts to make a connection between these qualifications comes from Ibn Khaldun.A thinker of Islam, Ibn Khaldun, who lived in the 18 th century, stated t…
Assessment of Multidimensional Poverty in Rural and Urban Nigeria
Poverty reduction is a major economic development indicator with international acceptability. This paper analyzed the spatial distribution of multidimensional poverty in Nigeria. The study made use of survey-based secondary data of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for 1999, 2003 and 2008. Fuzzy set was used to construct composite welfare indices (CWI) which were subjected to descriptive analyses. The results show that access to safe drinki…
Factors Influencing Households’ Willingness to Pay for National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Osun State, Nigeria
Out-of-pocket finance of health care has constituted serious barrier to health service seeking behaviour in Nigeria. This study analyzed the factors influencing rural households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for NHIS in Osun State. Data were collected from 208 respondents using the multi-stage sampling procedures. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Probit regression. Results showed that majority of the respondents were either not fall…
Socioeconomic effects of HIV/Aids and farmers' involvement in risky behaviour in southern Nigeria
This article analyses farmers' perceptions on the socioeconomic effects of HIV/AIDS and factors associated with their involvement in risky behaviour in southern part of Nigeria. The data were collected in 2004 from 515 farmers in five randomly selected states in southern Nigeria. The results show that most of the affected farmers spend reduced hours in daily work, as well as having a reduced income and reduced participation in community developme…
Determinants of Poverty among Riverine Rural Households in Ogun State, Nigeria
This paper analyzed the poverty status of rural households in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State. Data were collected from 125 households using multistage sampling procedure. Descriptive and Probit regression analytical approaches were used for data analysis. Results show that 28.8 percent of the households were poor. Poverty was perceived to be driven by unemployment, low-investment and neglect by government. Probit results revea…
Factors Influencing Households’ Willingness to Pay for National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Osun State, Nigeria
Out-of-pocket finance of health care has constituted serious barrier to health service seeking behaviour in Nigeria. This study analyzed the factors influencing rural households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for NHIS in Osun State. Data were collected from 208 respondents using the multi-stage sampling procedures. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Probit regression. Results showed that majority of the respondents were either not fall…
Factors Influencing Households’ Willingness to Pay for National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Osun State, Nigeria
The value and importance of indigenous knowledge are now being increasingly acknowledged all over the world.For this reason, the aims of this study is not only to identify the medicinal plants used for Therapeutic Turkish Baths by local people of various areas in Turkey, but also to draw attention to the traditional knowledge that is in danger of being lost.In this study, a total of 105 people from twenty-one provinces (N=5) were interviewed.Info…
Rural Households’ Demand for Domestic Energy in Odeda Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State, Nigeria
The nature of demand for domestic energy influences environmental conservation and sustainable development. This study determined the factors influencing expenditures on energy products by rural households. Data were collected from 130 randomly sampled households. Analysis was done with descriptive statistics and Tobit regression. Results show that the largest proportion of the respondents was using kerosene for cooking and lighting. Tobit regres…
Rural Households’ Sources and Demand for Cooking Energy During Kerosene Subsidy in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
This study investigated rural households’sources and demand for biofuel, before and after kerosene subsidy in Nigeria. The data were randomly obtained from 120 respondents and analyzed with descriptive statistics and logit regression. Results of the analyses revealed that the main sources of biofuel before and after the subsidy were charcoal and firewood. The proportion of households that depended on kerosene increased from 49.2% before the subsi…
Fuzzy Indicator of Sustainable Land Management and Its Correlates in Osun State, Nigeria
Sustainable land management (SLM) is one of the major issues of concern to Nigerian policy makers due to persistent degradation of land. This study applied the fuzzy set method to compute composite indicator of unsustainable land use (IULU) from selected plot-level indicators. Results show that average IULU is 0.43 with 41.48 percent of the farms having higher values. Trends in vegetation covers, vigor of crop growth, crop yields, organic matter …
Vulnerability of Peasant Cocoa Farmers to Climate Change in South-west Nigeria
Vulnerability of farmers to climate change has recently occupied a central place in research endeavours. This study focused on cocoa as one of the highly vulnerable crops to climate change. Data were collected using multi-stage random sampling of 513 farmers. Factor analysis and the ordinary least square regression were used for data analysis. Results show that at p<0.10, years of education, dependency ratio, age, cocoa as primary crop, primary o…
Impact of Climate Change on Cocoa Agriculture and Technical Efficiency of Cocoa Farmers in South-West Nigeria
Climate change poses serious problems to agricultural development in many developing countries. This paper analyzed the impact of climate change (specifically changes in temperature and rainfall) on Nigerian cocoa agriculture. Data collected from randomly selected farmers in three selected states in the cocoa producing zone of the country were used. Results show that observed climate changes are currently affecting cocoa production activities in …
Impact of Flooding on the Health of Coastal Fishing Folks in Epe Division of Lagos State, Nigeria
There have been predictions that the impact of global warming would put several inhabitants of coasts at serious risk of flooding. This paper analyzed the impact of flooding on coastal fishing folks in Lagos state. The data were collected with simple random sampling and analyzed with simple descriptive statistics and Probit regression. Results showed that average fishing experience was about 10 years and 14.89 percent had their water contaminated…
Farmers' Perception on the Use of Urine for Growing Vegetables in Ibadan
The study investigated the perception of farmers about the use of urine for growing vegetables in Ibadan. A sample of 60 vegetable farmers that participated in the practical demonstration of the method was taken and data were analysed with descriptive and Logit regression. Results show that majority of the farmers were young adults. Willingness to grow vegetable crop with urine is significantly influenced by soil fertility, farmers’ religion, and…
Effect of Malaria on Farming Households' Welfare in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
This study examined the effect of malaria morbidity and associated incapacitation on the welfare of farming households. Multi-stage random sampling procedure was used for sampling 120 farming households and data were analyzed using both descriptive and multiple regression techniques. The findings show that 33.33% used mosquito nets to prevent malaria, while 79.17% visited medical practitioners when sick of malaria. Morbidity due to malaria infect…
Awareness of Ifserar's Pasteurized Milk, Perception and Willingness to Pay in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria
Milk is a source of protein but contains some micro-organisms which could be harmful if consumed raw. Pasteurization helps in making it safe for consumption without substantial depletion of its nutrient composition. This study examined the level of awareness of pasteurized milk, amount willing to pay per liter and factors influencing willingness to pay in Ogun state, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used. Data were analyzed with desc…
Assessment of Multidimensional Poverty in Rural and Urban Nigeria
Poverty reduction is a major economic development indicator with international acceptability. This paper analyzed the spatial distribution of multidimensional poverty in Nigeria. The study made use of survey-based secondary data of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for 1999, 2003 and 2008. Fuzzy set was used to construct composite welfare indices (CWI) which were subjected to descriptive analyses. The results show that access to safe drinki…
Contingent Valuation Analysis of Households' Willingness to Pay for Environmental Safety in Ogbomoso North and South Local Government Areas of Oyo State, Nigeria
Urbanization is changing the nature and severity of environmental problems in some Nigeria’s emerging cities. This paper analysed the factors influencing willingness to pay for some environmental problems and estimated the mean willingness to pay in Ogbomoso North and South Local Government Areas of Oyo state. Data were collected with structured questionnaires administered to 140 randomly selected households. Descriptive and inferential statistic…
A Sub-group Decomposition of Land Inequality in the Limpopo River Basin of South Africa
Land inequality in South Africa is a problem that is deeply rooted in land use policy of the dethroned apartheid government. Although land reform is advocated as a means for rectifying the havocs of the past and ensuring that economic development process that favours the poorest segments of the population is set in motion, government has faced a lot of difficulties in its implementation. This study therefore analyzed the degree of inequality in t…
Pro-Poorness of Households' Access to Safe Drinking Water in Rural and Urban Nigeria
Enhancing households’ access to safe drinking water is a development objective that is universally embraced. This study analyzed the extent of pro-poorness of households’ access to safe drinking water in the geopolitical zone, states and rural/urban areas in Nigeria. The data used were the demographic and health surveys of 1999, 2003 and 2008. Fuzzy set approach was used to aggregate welfare attributes before computing the pro-poor policy indices…
Ethnic Characterization of Gender-Inequality and Domestic Violence against Women of Reproductive Ages in Nigeria
Domestic violence against women is a social problem with no tribal distinction in Nigeria. This paper analyzed the forms of gender inequality and domestic violence and determines the factors promoting violence against women. The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey data were used. Factor Analysis and Bootstrapped Quantile regression method were used for data analysis. The results showed more dominance of men in decision making in tribes from northe…
Assessment of Sex-Related Behaviours, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Knowledge and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among Men of Reproductive Age in Cameroon
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are among the major public health challenges in Cameroon. This paper determined the effect of men's sex-related behaviors and HIV knowledge on reported STIs. The data came from the 2012 Cameroon's Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) that were collected from 7191 respondents in 2012. Descriptive and logistic regression methods were used for data analysis. Results…
Tribal Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and HIV and Aids Risks among Married Women in Nigeria
This paper analyzed risk of contracting HIV that is associated with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) due to the involvement of traditional circumcisers. The demographic and health survey for 2008 were used. The data were analyzed with Ordered Probit regression. The results indicated that majority of the circumcised women (89.18 percent) would not want their daughters to be circumcised. A Yoruba woman was 25.67 points more likely to be at high HIV …
Tribal Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and HIV and Aids Risks among Married Women in Nigeria
There has been a link between nutrition styles and human health and physical features for centuries.Similarly, there has been a connection between the easiness and difficulty to reach food materials, and shortage and abundance of these material and human behaviors and moral structure.One of the efforts to make a connection between these qualifications comes from Ibn Khaldun.A thinker of Islam, Ibn Khaldun, who lived in the 18 th century, stated t…
Assessment of Malawian Mothers’ Malaria Knowledge, Healthcare Preferences and Timeliness of Seeking Fever Treatments for Children Under Five
Malaria is one of the major public health problems in Malawi, contributing to the majority of morbidity and mortality among children under five. Ignorance of malaria symptoms results in delayed treatment, which often degenerates into fatal emergencies. This study analyzed the impact of maternal malaria knowledge on healthcare preferences and timeliness of treating children with reported fever. The Malaria Indicator Survey data for 2012, which wer…
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale), 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform assessments of epidemiological patterns and health system performance, help to prioritise investments in research and development, and monitor progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We aimed to provide updated HALE and DALYs for geographies worldwide and evaluate ho…
Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: In transitioning from the Millennium Development Goal to the Sustainable Development Goal era, it is imperative to comprehensively assess progress toward reducing maternal mortality to identify areas of success, remaining challenges, and frame policy discussions. We aimed to quantify maternal mortality throughout the world by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015. METHODS: We estimated maternal mortality at the global, regional, …
Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless, smoking remains a leading risk for early death and disability worldwide, and therefore continues to require sustained political commitment. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) offers a robust platform through which global, regional, and na…
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