Olusola A Omisakin

Biographic Data

ID240481
NAMEOlusola A Omisakin
GIVEN NAMESOlusola A
FAMILY NAMEOmisakin
SIGNATUREOMISAKIN O A
AFFILIATIONSPennsylvania State University
ORCID0000-0002-9753-0088
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Body mass trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in the United States

    Open AccessOlusola A Omisakin, Hyojun Park et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2025References: 8

    The non-Hispanic Black population in the U.S. has experienced one of the highest obesity rates, relative to the non-Hispanic White population and other racial groups. This study explores how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and racial identification influence body mass trajectories from adolescence to adulthood. Participants include non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White individuals from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adu…

  • A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis of the Effects of Contraceptive Failures on Unintended Pregnancies among Women in Urban Nigeria

    Open AccessOlusola A Omisakin, Sunday A AdediniARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2024References: 3

  • Physical Health Among Black Immigrants by Region of Birth

    Open AccessOluwaseun T Emoruwa, G H Miller et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024References: 45

    Objective We test the Racial Context Hypothesis by examining the association between racial context of origin and five physical health outcomes (self-rated health, activity limitation, functional activity limitation, lifetime hypertension, and lifetime cancer) among U.S.-born Black Americans and Black immigrants in the United States. Design This cross-sectional study used 2000 through 2018 waves of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Our…

  • Intimate partner violence and the spatial pattern of maternal healthcare services utilization among parous married women in northern Nigeria

    Open AccessYemi Adewoyin, Clifford O Odimegwu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Research2022References: 2

    The low uptake of maternal healthcare services (MHS) in Nigeria is implicated in the country’s poor maternal health outcomes. In northern Nigeria where these outcomes are poorest, not much is known about the contribution of violence within unions on married women’s uptake of MHS. Using data on antenatal care (ANC) utilisation and place of delivery, and their sociodemographic confounders from the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey, this study …