Nnodimele Onuigbo Atulomah

Biographic Data

ID7757458
NAMENnodimele Onuigbo Atulomah
GIVEN NAMESNnodimele Onuigbo
FAMILY NAMEAtulomah
SIGNATUREATULOMAH N O
AFFILIATIONSCavendish University Uganda
ORCID0000-0002-4803-503X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS42
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT38
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Water, sanitation, and hygiene in schistosomiasis control

    Open AccessLaura Braun, Yael Velleman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease transmitted through contact with freshwater contaminated by cercariae from infected snails. Transmission is shaped by access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, human behaviour, and environmental factors. While several systematic reviews have examined WASH-schistosomiasis links, a synthesis of emerging evidence and identification of knowledge gaps across the transmission pathways is needed. …

  • Attitude and subjective norms as predictors of intention of married men and women to accept caesarean section delivery in Lagos, Nigeria

    Open AccessTitilayo Abike Olaoye, Boluwatife Adebambo et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Despite its life-saving benefits, there is reluctance among Nigerian women and their husbands to have a caesarean section (CS) when indicated. This study assessed attitude and associated subjective norms involved in resolving whether to accept CS delivery among married men and women in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data from 422 consenting respondents who were…

  • Effectiveness of health education interventions for cervical cancer screening

    Open AccessAbhishek Sapkota, Chiranjivi Adhikari et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Cervical cancer remains a major public health challenge in low- and middle-income countries, including Nepal, particularly among marginalized populations such as women living in slum areas. Despite national screening guidelines and awareness campaigns, uptake of cervical cancer screening remains low. The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a community information channel (CIC) and community health worker (CHW)-led interventions on improvin…

  • Predictors of physical activity among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe

    Open AccessAnotida R Hove, Eleanor N Sithambuli et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The extensive benefits of physical activity (PA) are well known. However, PA participation among pregnant women remains low. This study evaluated PA levels and associated factors, including barriers and facilitators in pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe. This cross-sectional study recruited 517 pregnant women receiving antenatal care across ten primary healthcare clinics. Data were collected using the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PP…

  • Factors associated with modern contraceptive use among sexually active youths attending secondary schools in Mbale City, Uganda

    Open AccessMary Abwola Olwedo, Nelson Bunani et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Sexual and reproductive health of youths constitutes a significant public health challenge because of the high risk for morbidity and mortality. There is low uptake of modern contraceptives among the sexually active youths despite availability. We investigated the factors associated with the uptake of modern contraceptives among youths attending secondary schools in Mbale City. This was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 2,690 students from si…

  • HPV knowledge and non-adherence to cervical cancer screening before and following the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States

    Open AccessMariah Malak Bilalaga, Greeshma Gaddipati et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    To compare HPV vaccination knowledge and non-adherence rates to cervical cancer screening in a nationally representative sample of American women before and following the COVID-19 pandemic, female participants aged 21–65 years from the National Cancer Institute Health Information National Trends Survey 2019 and 2022 were included. Adherence to cervical cancer screening was assessed based on the timing of their last Papanicolaou (PAP) smear, with …

  • Burden of hemoglobinopathies and hemolytic anemias in the World Health Organization African region, 2000–2021

    Open AccessGBD Hemoglobinopathies and Hemolytic Anemias Collaborators, Temitope Tabitha…ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Hemoglobinopathies and hemolytic anemias (HHA) are genetic blood disorders associated with diverse clinical complications, affecting an estimated 2.1 billion people worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) African Region accounts for approximately 425.8 million individuals, or 20% of the global HHA prevalence, yet comprehensive assessments of this burden have been lacking. We present the first systematic analysis of HHA burden in the WHO Af…

  • Prevalence, regional patterns and socio-demographic factors associated with poly-tobacco use in India

    Open AccessPriyanka Bantwal, Muralidhar M Kulkarni et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Background Tobacco use is associated with early, intermediate and long-term complications throughout the life course. With an influx of newer products containing nicotine, poly-tobacco use is slowly emerging as a public health concern, that is defined as existing tobacco users currently using two or more tobacco or nicotine products. While many studies have investigated single use tobacco, there is a paucity of research on regional patterns and s…

  • Correlates of Hepatitis B infection in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Wa Municipality, Ghana

    Open AccessEmmanuel Anebakwo Awiah, Simon Aabalekuu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Despite the availability of an effective vaccine against viral hepatitis B infection, it remains prevalent, highly transmissible especially through mother-to-child, life-threatening, and a major public health challenge. A positive Hepatitis B e-Antigen (HBeAg) mother has a 90% risk of transmitting the virus to the unborn child in the perinatal period. This study sought to determine the prevalence and risk of Hepatitis B infection among pregnant w…

  • Effectiveness of community-based interventions for prevention and control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessEndalkachew Worku Mengesha, Tadesse Dagget Tesfaye et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Hypertension poses a significant public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa due to various risk factors. Community-based intervention for prevention and control of hypertension is an effective strategy to minimize the negative health outcomes. However, comprehensive systematic review evidence to inform effective community-based interventions for prevention and control of hypertension in low resource settings is lacking. This study aimed to syn…

  • Innovative strategies and implementation science approaches for health delivery among migrants in humanitarian settings

    Open AccessChristopher W Reynolds, Jennifer Y Rha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Introduction Over 100 million displaced people rely on health services in humanitarian contexts, defined as unstable or transitory settings created in response to complex emergencies. While services are often described, there is a dearth of evidence on best practices for successful implementation to guide efforts to optimize health delivery. Implementation science is a promising but underutilized tool to address this gap. This scoping review eval…

  • Improving patient-centred counselling skills among lay healthcare workers in South Africa using the Thusa-Thuso motivational interviewing training and support program

    Open AccessIdah Mokhele, Tembeka Sineke et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    We developed a motivational interviewing (MI) counselling training and support program for lay counsellors in South Africa–branded "Thusa-Thuso— helping you help ", commonly referred to as Thusa-Thuso. We present the results of a pilot study to determine the program’s impact on MI technical skills and qualitatively assess the feasibility of a training-of-trainers (TOT) scale-up strategy among counselling staff of non-governmental (NGO) support pa…

  • Social support, distress, stress, anxiety, and depression as predictors of suicidal thoughts among selected university students in Bangladesh

    Open AccessSihab Howlader, Sumaiya Abedin et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    This study examines the association of perceived social support with suicidal thoughts among a young adult sample of university students and estimates the degree to which perceived stress, distress, anxiety, and depression may explain the association. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from June to September 2022 among 642 students, selected using the probability proportional to size procedure, at a large university in Bangladesh. We used the…

  • Exploring the rise and diversity of health and societal issues that use a public health approach

    Open AccessAlison Hurst, Nick Shaw et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    There is an increase in calls across diverse issues for a “public health approach” however, it is not clear whether there is any shared understanding in approach in its conceptualisation or implementation. Our aims were to (1) identify and categorise the issues which discuss a public health approach within published literature since 2010, (2) chart the descriptions and applications of public health approaches across and within four purposively sa…

  • Evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on routine childhood immunizations coverage in Zambia

    Open AccessKelvin Mwangilwa, Charles Chileshe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    There are growing concerns about the comeback of vaccine-preventable diseases. Epidemics exert shocks which affect other health performance indicators such as routine immunizations. Early model forecasts indicate decreased use of immunization services, which puts children at greater risk. Concerns about an increase in morbidity and mortality for illnesses other than COVID-19, particularly in children missing routine vaccinations, are of public he…

  • Understanding Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Meghalaya, India

    Open AccessSooyoung Kim, Rajiv Sarkar et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Meghalaya, a state in the northeastern region of India, had a markedly low vaccine uptake compared to the other states in the country when COVID-19 vaccines were being rolled out in 2021. This study aimed to characterize the distinct vaccine-hesitant subpopulations in healthcare and community settings in Meghalaya state in the early days of the vaccination program. We used data from a cross-sectional survey that was administered to 200 healthcare…

  • Evaluation of a school-based health education program on hepatitis B virus infection prevention practice in rural South-Western, Nigeria

    Open AccessTitilayo Olaoye, Blessing Osie-Efietie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    At baseline, there was no significant difference (p > 0.05) in the mean HBV infection prevention practice scores between the four groups E1 (17.21 ± 3.03), E2 (15.57 ± 1.90), E3 (17.90 ± 3.10), and C (15.20 ± 2.44). However, at 14th week follow up, there was observed significant differences in mean scores of HBV infection prevention practices between all four groups E1 (23.09 ± 2.4), E2 (22.6 ± 3.6), E3 (23.82 ± 2.3), and C (15.25 ± 2.4). Paired-…

  • A comparative study on behavior, awareness and belief about cervical cancer among rural and urban women in Vietnam

    Open AccessMinh Tung Phung, Pham Le An et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Cervical cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer in Vietnam but based on the literature, only ~25% of Vietnamese women reported ever being screened for cervical cancer. To inform strategies to reduce the cervical cancer burden in Southern Vietnam where disease incidence is higher than the national average, this study examined behaviors, awareness, barriers, and beliefs about cervical cancer screening among rural and urban women in thi…

  • Cardiovascular health promotion

    Open AccessAbayomi Sanusi, Helen Elsey et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Globally, faith institutions have a range of beneficial social utility, but a lack of understanding remains regarding their role in cardiovascular health promotion, particularly for hypertension. Our objective was assessment of modalities, mechanisms and effectiveness of hypertension health promotion and education delivered through faith institutions. A result-based convergent mixed methods review was conducted with 24 databases including MEDLINE…

  • Validation of an Eastern Armenian breast cancer health belief survey

    Open AccessHaley Tupper, Razmik Ghukasyan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    With the fourth highest breast cancer mortality rate in the world, breast cancer prevention and early detection is a priority for Armenia. The Ministry of Health recently initiated efforts to expand access to breast cancer screening. However, little is known about the population’s understanding and perception of breast cancer screening programs. This cross-sectional telephone-based study sought to develop and validate an Eastern Armenian language…

  • Evaluating adherence to government recommendations for post-exposure rabies vaccine among animal-bite victims

    Open AccessSadia Tamanna, Dilruba Yasmin et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Rabies is a fatal but preventable zoonotic disease with an approximately 100% case fatality rate. The most common way to contract rabies is through the bite of a rabid animal. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) by vaccination and/or immunoglobulin therapy is the most effective measure for rabies prevention. The effectiveness of vaccination depends on the level of completion of vaccination. In Bangladesh, no previous studies were conducted to evaluat…

  • Sociodemographics and health-literacy as predictors of cervical cancer screening practices among Haitian women

    Open AccessDominique Guillaume, Rhoda Moise et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Cervical cancer screening rates in Haiti are concerningly low. Access to health-related information and health literacy may be important determinants of engagement in cervical cancer screening. This study explored the relationship between sociodemographics,literacy, and sources of information on cervical cancer screening among Haitian women. A secondary data analysis was conducted using USAID Demographics and Health Survey Haiti household data fr…

  • Predictors of successful return to parkrun for first-time adult participants in Scotland

    Open AccessAndré S Gilburn, Nnodimele Onuigbo AtulomahARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Physical activity is essential for promoting good health and reducing burdens on healthcare systems. parkrun organise free weekly events where participants complete a 5km route. Studies have identified characteristics of participants associated with lower levels of participation. The aim of the study was to identify predictors of the likelihood of returning to parkrun for first-time adult participants. The return rate of adult first-time particip…

  • Changes in dietary habit and physical activity among the diabetic patients of Bangladesh during Covid-19

    Open AccessIshrat Jahan, A B M Nahid Hasan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In an effort to avert further Covid-19 transmission, the Bangladesh government took several initiatives which disrupted the routine food intake and exercise of diabetic patients. This study sought to examine the difference in dietary and exercise habits of diabetic patients between their pre-pandemic status and during COVID-19 which may be attributed to the observed poor health outcomes during the study period. This was a cross-sectional study th…

  • Effect of peer-mother interactive programme on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission outcomes among pregnant women on anti-retroviral treatment in routine healthcare in Dar es Salaam, Tanzani…

    Open AccessGoodluck Lyatuu, Helga Naburi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Peer support services are increasingly being integrated in programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). We aimed to evaluate the effect of a peer-mother interactive programme on PMTCT outcomes among pregnant women on anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in routine healthcare in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Twenty-three health facilities were cluster-randomized to a peer-mother intervention and 24 to a control arm. We trained …