Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa

Biographic Data

ID6334251
NAMEOladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa
GIVEN NAMESOladimeji Akeem
FAMILY NAMEBolarinwa
SIGNATUREBOLARINWA O A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ilorin
ORCID0000-0002-7294-8656
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Stakeholder perceptions of political and economic factors influencing vaccination in two States with a high burden of zero-dose children in Nigeria

    Open AccessTanimola Makanjuola Akande, Tanimola Akande et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2026References: 7

    Globally, an estimated 22.7 million children are unimmunized or ‘zero-dose’ (ZD), with 3.1 million in Nigeria. The political and economic environment plays a critical role in influencing the number of ZD and under-immunized children. We explored stakeholder perceptions of the political and economic context of vaccination services in Kano and Lagos States, two Nigerian States with a high number of ZD children. We conducted stakeholder mapping, fol…

  • Willingness and ability to pay for healthcare insurance

    Open AccessOladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Soter Ameh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2021

    Willingness and ability to pay for insurance that would cover primary healthcare services has not been evaluated consistently in different African communities. We conducted a cross-sectional community health survey and examined willingness and ability to pay in 3676 adults in seven communities in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. We used an open-ended contingency valuation method to estimate willingness to pay and examined abil…

  • Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control and predicted 10-year CVD risk

    Open AccessSamson Okello, Alfa Muhihi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    In seven communities in east and west Africa, a quarter of participants had hypertension, about 40% were unaware, half of those aware were treated, and half of those treated had controlled blood pressure. The 10-year predicted CVD risk was low across sites. Access to health insurance is needed to improve awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa

  • Principles and methods of validity and reliability testing of questionnaires used in social and health science researches

    Open AccessOladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, OladimejiAkeem BolarinwaARTICLENigerian Postgraduate Medical…2015

    The importance of measuring the accuracy and consistency of research instruments (especially questionnaires) known as validity and reliability, respectively, have been documented in several studies, but their measure is not commonly carried out among health and social science researchers in developing countries. This has been linked to the dearth of knowledge of these tests. This is a review article which comprehensively explores and describes th…

  • Step-by-step guideline for disease-specific costing studies in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMarleen Elisabeth Hendriks, Piyali Kundu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Disease-specific costing studies can be used as input into cost-effectiveness analyses and provide important information for efficient resource allocation. However, limited data availability and limited expertise constrain such studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE: To describe a step-by-step guideline for conducting disease-specific costing studies in LMICs where data availability is limited and to illustrate…

  • Cardiovascular disease prevention in rural Nigeria in the context of a community based health insurance scheme

    Open AccessMarleen Elisabeth Hendriks, Marleen Hendriks et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    This protocol has been registered at ISRCTN, ID number: ISRCTN47894401