Oghenechoja Dennis Veta

Biographic Data

ID5823663
NAMEOghenechoja Dennis Veta
GIVEN NAMESOghenechoja Dennis
FAMILY NAMEVeta
SIGNATUREVETA O D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ilorin
ORCID0000-0003-0362-1032
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Social work practice placements for sustainable intervention outcomes in Nigeria

    Oghenechoja Dennis Veta, Hugh MclaughlinARTICLESocial Work Education2026

    Social work practice placements are an essential component in the development of student social workers (SSWs) to become responsive autonomous practitioners. They involve the practical application of knowledge with service users, but in Nigeria, they have yet to attain sustainable intervention outcomes due to many critical challenges. This study explored the views of the eighteen participants on how social work practice placements could be develo…

  • Exploring participatory approach to community development projects in Africa

    Open AccessOghenechoja Dennis VetaARTICLEJournal of Social Work2025

    Applying the participatory approach alone to development projects has yet to lead to the active participation of the marginalized in African development projects. A qualitative phenomenological research design was utilized. The study purposively included six communities across Delta State, Nigeria, based on the presence of development projects. Eighteen participants with high incomes and above, and 18 participants with low incomes and below were …

  • Vulnerable children aiding visually impaired beggars in Africa

    Oghenechoja Dennis VetaARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2025References: 3

  • Challenges and Enhancement of Medical Social Workers in Public Health Facilities in Nigeria

    Oghenechoja Dennis VetaARTICLESocial Work in Public Health2023

    The study sought to explore the challenges and enhancement of medical social workers in public health facilities in Nigeria, with particular reference to Delta State, Nigeria. A phenomenological and exploratory research design was adopted for the study. An unstructured in-depth interview (IDI) guide was used for data collection. Lack of legal backing, inadequate facilities, unfavorable organizational structure, lack of graduate medical social wor…

  • Social work education and practice in Africa

    Oghenechoja Dennis Veta, Hugh MclaughlinARTICLESocial Work Education2023

    This article identifies some of the key challenges hindering effective social work education and practice in African nations. These problems include an orientation that is remedial or curative, involvement of non-social work graduates in social work posts, lack of a regulating or coordinating body, and an overall dependency on extrapolated curricula and Western methods among others. Most African nations although with huge wealth are wallowing in …

  • Indigenous knowledge and social work education in Nigeria

    Open AccessChinwe U Nnama‐okechukwu, Hugh Mclaughlin et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Work2022Cited by: 1References: 6

    Social work education in Africa is faced with a myriad of challenges that require immediate attention for a sustainable future. If the principles of social justice, human rights and respect for diversities are central to the social work profession, then the education and practice of social work in Nigeria should be culturally relevant in engaging people and structures to address challenges. Participants for the study included four social work edu…