Emmanuel Olamijuwon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1743448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel Olamijuwon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Olamijuwon |
| SIGNATURE | OLAMIJUWON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6109-8131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 7 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Feasibility and immediate effects of a multimodal, dance-integrated educational video package on eye health knowledge and intentions in Nigeria
Dance, as a culturally embedded and universally accessible form of art, offers a promising medium for health education in settings with diverse literacy levels. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and immediate effects of a multimodal, dance-integrated educational video package designed to improve eye health knowledge, attitudes, and preventive intentions among Nigerian adults. Between April 11 and June 22, 2025, adults recruited through o…
Multidrug resistance in bacteria causing community-acquired urinary tract infections among adult outpatients attending primary healthcare facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common indication for antibiotic use among adult outpatients in low- and middle-income countries, yet data on community-acquired UTIs (CA-UTIs) and antimicrobial resistance at primary healthcare facilities remain limited. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May to August 2024 at Igoma and Buzuruga Health Centres in Mwanza, Tanzania. Symptomatic adults without hospitalization within the p…
Evaluation of surveillance performance and determinants for priority vaccine-preventable diseases in Niger State, Nigeria
Vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) remain important causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, and evidence on subnational surveillance performance in Nigeria remains limited. We conducted a cross-sectional analytic evaluation of surveillance systems for measles, diphtheria, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), and cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Niger State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 415 clinicians, community resource persons,…
Engaging communities in addressing antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health challenge that weakens the effective treatment of common infections and threatens health system functioning, particularly in settings where access to affordable healthcare and regulated medicines is limited. This study explores whether grassroots, community-driven approaches can improve the reception of AMR communication materials. Using Arts-Based Participatory Action research methods, 3…
Reporting maternal deaths in Anglophone West Africa
Maternal mortality is a serious public health issue globally, with countries in West Africa facing some of the highest burdens. Media reportage of maternal deaths can have a significant influence on public health policy. We conducted a content analysis of digital media across the five Anglophone West African countries (The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone) to understand what is reported about maternal deaths and how they are repo…
Mechanisms for stimulating facility quality improvement
Tanzania launched the nationwide Star Rating Assessment in 2015 and has implemented it as a cornerstone of its national quality improvement program. We use variation in assessment results to explore mechanisms through which facilities improve quality. A mixed-methods positive deviance approach was applied by ranking all primary care facilities included in the Star Rating Assessment (n = 5,595) by their change in score between 2015/16 and 2017/18.…
Economic intimate partner violence and its co-occurrence with physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence among youth
Partner economic abuse is an understudied form of intimate partner violence (IPV) that is increasingly considered to coincide with physical and/or sexual IPV (i.e., contact IPV), and can hinder help-seeking. This overlap is not well-understood, and measurement for economic IPV remains limited across global settings. This mixed methods study examines 1) measurement performance of an economic IPV scale; 2) prevalence of current economic IPV and con…
Public-targeted interventions addressing antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTRODUCTION: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat, with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experiencing the heaviest health burden and the highest AMR-related mortality. Most interventions in the region focus on hospital settings and provider behaviour, with few empirical papers discussing how theories inform those interventions specifically, community-centred interventions often lack a theoretical framework. However, using behavioural…
Moving from reactive response to proactive prevention of emerging infectious diseases
Emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola and Mpox pose significant public health challenges in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Effective prevention policies require a clear understanding of the socio-ecological systems (SES) in which these diseases emerge. This study examined the SES influencing emerging infectious disease prevention in the DRC through five participatory modelling workshops conducted at national, provincial, and com…
Barriers and facilitators to digital technology application for antimicrobial resistance surveillance
The systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data are imperative to quantify the AMR burden, monitor and identify emerging AMR, and inform global, international, and national health strategies and guidelines. Despite ongoing global efforts to improve surveillance capacities across Nigeria and other African countries, laboratory information management systems (LIMS) that could improve data quality, and …
Unpacking ‘irrational’ behaviours
Stewardship of antibiotic medicines will likely play a key role in curtailing the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally. In East Africa, drug sellers are a critical group for interventions because they often dispense without prescription and violate regulations designed to facilitate antibiotic stewardship. Currently, measures to tackle regulatory avoidance are often rooted in individuated cognitive-behavioural approaches that label sel…
Treatment seeking and antibiotic use for urinary tract infection symptoms in the time of Covid-19 in Tanzania and Uganda
Background: There is still little empirical evidence on how the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and associated regulations may have disrupted care-seeking for non-COVID-19 conditions or affected antibiotic behaviours in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to investigate the differences in treatment-seeking behaviours and antibiotic use for urinary tract infection (UTI)-like symptoms before and during the pandemic at…
Two-way associations between relationship quality and uptake of couples health screening including HIV testing and counselling together
In the context of a couples cohort established to evaluate an optimised couples-focused behavioural intervention in rural South Africa, we examined: (1) Is couples’ relationship quality (RQ) associated with couples HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) uptake? (2) Does CHTC uptake or the intervention components uptake improve subsequent RQ? Enrolled couples, (n = 218), previously naïve to couples HIV testing, were invited to two group sessions and o…
The link between intimate partner violence and spousal resource inequality in lower- and middle-income countries
This study found vast heterogeneity in the different measures of spousal resource inequality and women's experience of IPV across LMIC settings. This underscores the imperative for interventions focused on enhancing women's economic outcomes to consider and confront the contextual norms associated with women's economic empowerment, in order to mitigate unintended adverse consequences
Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria
Childhood exposure to armed conflict is associated with long-term malnutrition in children aged 36-59 months in Nigeria. Strategies that aim to end childhood malnutrition could target children exposed to armed conflicts
Examining vulnerability and resilience in maternal, newborn and child health through a gender lens in low-income and middle-income countries
INTRODUCTION: Gender lens application is pertinent in addressing inequities that underlie morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations, including mothers and children. While gender inequities may result in greater vulnerabilities for mothers and children, synthesising evidence on the constraints and opportunities is a step in accelerating reduction in poor outcomes and building resilience in individuals and across communities and health syst…
Involuntary Childlessness and Marital Infidelity Among Women in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Understanding how young African adults interact with peer-generated sexual health information on Facebook and uncovering strategies for successful organic engagement
Young adults in our sample tend to superficially interact with peer-communicated sexual health information through likes than engage (comments) or propagate such messages. Message features that increase engagements and propagation of messages include multimedia and engaging styles like storytelling. Our findings provide valuable insight and pave the way for the design of effective and context-specific sexual health information use of features tha…
Sexuality Education in the Digital Age
Introduction Diverse literature on sexual health promotion using social media suggests that increasing information reach and interaction are crucial. This study integrated the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to model the predictors of young adults’ behavioural intention to use and interact with sexuality education on social media. Methods A total of 936 young adults in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa who had access to …
Saving Sex for Marriage
How do young people interpret virginity loss, and does saving sex for marriage have any socially constructed benefit for marriage? This study answers this question using data obtained from a peer-led Facebook group with more than 175,000 participants, mostly in African countries, particularly Nigeria. A reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze 100 public wall posts and 3860 comments posted on the group between June 2018 and May 2019. Four …
Social cohesion and self-rated health among adults in South Africa
The link between intimate partner violence and spousal resource inequality in lower- and middle-income countries
This study found vast heterogeneity in the different measures of spousal resource inequality and women's experience of IPV across LMIC settings. This underscores the imperative for interventions focused on enhancing women's economic outcomes to consider and confront the contextual norms associated with women's economic empowerment, in order to mitigate unintended adverse consequences
Saving Sex for Marriage
How do young people interpret virginity loss, and does saving sex for marriage have any socially constructed benefit for marriage? This study answers this question using data obtained from a peer-led Facebook group with more than 175,000 participants, mostly in African countries, particularly Nigeria. A reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze 100 public wall posts and 3860 comments posted on the group between June 2018 and May 2019. Four …
Social cohesion and self-rated health among adults in South Africa
Sexuality Education in the Digital Age
Introduction Diverse literature on sexual health promotion using social media suggests that increasing information reach and interaction are crucial. This study integrated the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to model the predictors of young adults’ behavioural intention to use and interact with sexuality education on social media. Methods A total of 936 young adults in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa who had access to …
Social cohesion and self-rated health among adults in South Africa
Involuntary Childlessness and Marital Infidelity Among Women in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Understanding how young African adults interact with peer-generated sexual health information on Facebook and uncovering strategies for successful organic engagement
Young adults in our sample tend to superficially interact with peer-communicated sexual health information through likes than engage (comments) or propagate such messages. Message features that increase engagements and propagation of messages include multimedia and engaging styles like storytelling. Our findings provide valuable insight and pave the way for the design of effective and context-specific sexual health information use of features tha…
Sexuality Education in the Digital Age
Introduction Diverse literature on sexual health promotion using social media suggests that increasing information reach and interaction are crucial. This study integrated the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to model the predictors of young adults’ behavioural intention to use and interact with sexuality education on social media. Methods A total of 936 young adults in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa who had access to …
Saving Sex for Marriage
How do young people interpret virginity loss, and does saving sex for marriage have any socially constructed benefit for marriage? This study answers this question using data obtained from a peer-led Facebook group with more than 175,000 participants, mostly in African countries, particularly Nigeria. A reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze 100 public wall posts and 3860 comments posted on the group between June 2018 and May 2019. Four …
Examining vulnerability and resilience in maternal, newborn and child health through a gender lens in low-income and middle-income countries
INTRODUCTION: Gender lens application is pertinent in addressing inequities that underlie morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations, including mothers and children. While gender inequities may result in greater vulnerabilities for mothers and children, synthesising evidence on the constraints and opportunities is a step in accelerating reduction in poor outcomes and building resilience in individuals and across communities and health syst…
Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria
Childhood exposure to armed conflict is associated with long-term malnutrition in children aged 36-59 months in Nigeria. Strategies that aim to end childhood malnutrition could target children exposed to armed conflicts
Treatment seeking and antibiotic use for urinary tract infection symptoms in the time of Covid-19 in Tanzania and Uganda
Background: There is still little empirical evidence on how the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and associated regulations may have disrupted care-seeking for non-COVID-19 conditions or affected antibiotic behaviours in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to investigate the differences in treatment-seeking behaviours and antibiotic use for urinary tract infection (UTI)-like symptoms before and during the pandemic at…
Two-way associations between relationship quality and uptake of couples health screening including HIV testing and counselling together
In the context of a couples cohort established to evaluate an optimised couples-focused behavioural intervention in rural South Africa, we examined: (1) Is couples’ relationship quality (RQ) associated with couples HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) uptake? (2) Does CHTC uptake or the intervention components uptake improve subsequent RQ? Enrolled couples, (n = 218), previously naïve to couples HIV testing, were invited to two group sessions and o…
The link between intimate partner violence and spousal resource inequality in lower- and middle-income countries
This study found vast heterogeneity in the different measures of spousal resource inequality and women's experience of IPV across LMIC settings. This underscores the imperative for interventions focused on enhancing women's economic outcomes to consider and confront the contextual norms associated with women's economic empowerment, in order to mitigate unintended adverse consequences
Public-targeted interventions addressing antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTRODUCTION: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat, with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experiencing the heaviest health burden and the highest AMR-related mortality. Most interventions in the region focus on hospital settings and provider behaviour, with few empirical papers discussing how theories inform those interventions specifically, community-centred interventions often lack a theoretical framework. However, using behavioural…
Moving from reactive response to proactive prevention of emerging infectious diseases
Emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola and Mpox pose significant public health challenges in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Effective prevention policies require a clear understanding of the socio-ecological systems (SES) in which these diseases emerge. This study examined the SES influencing emerging infectious disease prevention in the DRC through five participatory modelling workshops conducted at national, provincial, and com…
Barriers and facilitators to digital technology application for antimicrobial resistance surveillance
The systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data are imperative to quantify the AMR burden, monitor and identify emerging AMR, and inform global, international, and national health strategies and guidelines. Despite ongoing global efforts to improve surveillance capacities across Nigeria and other African countries, laboratory information management systems (LIMS) that could improve data quality, and …
Unpacking ‘irrational’ behaviours
Stewardship of antibiotic medicines will likely play a key role in curtailing the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally. In East Africa, drug sellers are a critical group for interventions because they often dispense without prescription and violate regulations designed to facilitate antibiotic stewardship. Currently, measures to tackle regulatory avoidance are often rooted in individuated cognitive-behavioural approaches that label sel…
Feasibility and immediate effects of a multimodal, dance-integrated educational video package on eye health knowledge and intentions in Nigeria
Dance, as a culturally embedded and universally accessible form of art, offers a promising medium for health education in settings with diverse literacy levels. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and immediate effects of a multimodal, dance-integrated educational video package designed to improve eye health knowledge, attitudes, and preventive intentions among Nigerian adults. Between April 11 and June 22, 2025, adults recruited through o…
Multidrug resistance in bacteria causing community-acquired urinary tract infections among adult outpatients attending primary healthcare facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common indication for antibiotic use among adult outpatients in low- and middle-income countries, yet data on community-acquired UTIs (CA-UTIs) and antimicrobial resistance at primary healthcare facilities remain limited. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May to August 2024 at Igoma and Buzuruga Health Centres in Mwanza, Tanzania. Symptomatic adults without hospitalization within the p…
Evaluation of surveillance performance and determinants for priority vaccine-preventable diseases in Niger State, Nigeria
Vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) remain important causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, and evidence on subnational surveillance performance in Nigeria remains limited. We conducted a cross-sectional analytic evaluation of surveillance systems for measles, diphtheria, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), and cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Niger State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 415 clinicians, community resource persons,…
Engaging communities in addressing antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health challenge that weakens the effective treatment of common infections and threatens health system functioning, particularly in settings where access to affordable healthcare and regulated medicines is limited. This study explores whether grassroots, community-driven approaches can improve the reception of AMR communication materials. Using Arts-Based Participatory Action research methods, 3…
Reporting maternal deaths in Anglophone West Africa
Maternal mortality is a serious public health issue globally, with countries in West Africa facing some of the highest burdens. Media reportage of maternal deaths can have a significant influence on public health policy. We conducted a content analysis of digital media across the five Anglophone West African countries (The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone) to understand what is reported about maternal deaths and how they are repo…
Mechanisms for stimulating facility quality improvement
Tanzania launched the nationwide Star Rating Assessment in 2015 and has implemented it as a cornerstone of its national quality improvement program. We use variation in assessment results to explore mechanisms through which facilities improve quality. A mixed-methods positive deviance approach was applied by ranking all primary care facilities included in the Star Rating Assessment (n = 5,595) by their change in score between 2015/16 and 2017/18.…
Economic intimate partner violence and its co-occurrence with physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence among youth
Partner economic abuse is an understudied form of intimate partner violence (IPV) that is increasingly considered to coincide with physical and/or sexual IPV (i.e., contact IPV), and can hinder help-seeking. This overlap is not well-understood, and measurement for economic IPV remains limited across global settings. This mixed methods study examines 1) measurement performance of an economic IPV scale; 2) prevalence of current economic IPV and con…
Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Antibiotic Use and Resistance (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)