Emeka Wilfred Dumbili
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 187802 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Emeka Wilfred Dumbili |
| PRENOMES | Emeka Wilfred |
| SOBRENOME | Dumbili |
| ASSINATURA | DUMBILI E W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3563-1617 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Detty December
Background Alcohol brands strategically capitalize on Nigeria’s ‘Detty December’ (end-of-year festive season) to promote their products during high-profile events. This study assessed alcohol brands’ sponsorship of events and social media activities during Detty December in Nigeria.Methods We conducted a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of posts (n = 934) published on the Facebook pages of 35 alcohol brands during Detty December (1–3…
Alcohol marketing as a commercial determinant of health
Alcohol marketing, as a commercial determinant of health, presents an emerging threat to global health and is of particular importance in low-resource settings. This study is composed of data from ‘The Onward Project On Wellbeing and Adversity’ (TOPOWA) project, a multicomponent prospective cohort study examining the mechanistic pathways of adverse mental health conditions among women aged 18 to 24 years living in the Kampala slums in Uganda. The…
Commercial determinants of infant and child health
The transnational baby food industry (TBFI), which operates in Africa, engages in aggressive marketing and deploys corporate practices to maximise profits. However, there is a paucity of studies examining the impact and ethical implications of TBFI’s practices on the health of African children. Using the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) framework, we reviewed the recent investigation by Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Ne…
Prioritising research on marketing and consumption of No and Low (NoLo) alcoholic beverages in Ireland
Advertising of zero/no and low-strength (NoLo) alcohol brands is becoming increasingly common in Ireland, but empirical research to determine their impact is lacking. Although the Public Health (Alcohol) Act (2018) prohibits advertising alcohol on or within 200 m of buses, trains, schools and playgrounds, the alcohol industry advertises NoLo products in these spaces using similar iconography and brand identifiers of parent brands. This article hi…
Transnational alcohol corporations in Nigeria as commercial determinants of health
Negotiating situational abstinence and moderation
Studies that have examined young people’s drinking behaviour, particularly how they abstain from alcohol or drink lightly and their motivations, have focused on Western contexts. Currently, studies on how and why young Africans abstain from alcohol or drink moderately are lacking. Therefore, there is a need to examine young people’s drinking behaviours/practices on the continent to facilitate health promotion interventions. This study, which uses…
Assessing alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards
BACKGROUND: The alcohol industry uses many of the tobacco industry's strategies to influence policy-making, yet unlike the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is no intergovernmental guidance on protecting policies from alcohol industry influence. Systematic assessment of alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards is also lacking. Here, we aimed to identify the nature and extent of industry penetration in a cross-section of…
Perspectives of community leaders/members on factors hindering alcohol regulation in Nigeria
Background Previous studies have examined factors impairing alcohol policy implementation in Nigeria, but none adopted a community-based approach. Given that alcohol consumption has sociocultural, economic, religious, and legal connotations, it is pertinent that a community-based study interrogates how these, and other similar factors hinder its regulation.Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 community leaders/members in Anambr…
Alcohol industry-sponsored music festivals, alcohol marketing and drinking practices among young Nigerians
Guinness Nigeria organises the event for strategic brand communication, generating brand capital, and encouraging alcohol purchases and consumption among young people. Policymakers should reconsider self-regulation and implement national alcohol control policies and other public health interventions to restrain the alcohol industry from sponsoring such events
Journey for a cure
Obstetric fistula is a life transforming event resulting in embodied biographical disruption. Survivors suffer myriad long-term physical and emotional consequences. This paper is an account of a narrative inquiry, conducted with 15 fistula survivors in North-central, Nigeria, who described how their identities had been transformed by their condition. A narrative therapeutic approach, using Frank's 'chaos, restitution and quest' typology, was used…
Developing an alcohol harm prevention research agenda in West Africa
Research on alcohol use and its associated harm is scarce in West Africa. To mitigate the knowledge gap and to build momentum for future research, we determined research priorities for alcohol prevention among stakeholders across nine countries in West Africa. We analyzed a cross-sectional survey conducted in the fall of 2020, distributed by the West African Alcohol Policy Alliance (WAAPA). Respondents represented members of the WAAPA, members of…
Sexualized alcohol marketing, precarious work and gendered sexual risks
The alcohol industry in Nigeria uses sophisticated marketing strategies to influence drinking, and alcohol marketing regulations do not exist. This study examined the alcohol industry‘s strategy of using young women to promote beer in Benin City, Nigeria, and how sexualized beer marketing, as precarious employment, creates a context of risk for sexual exploitation. We conducted interviews and focus groups with beer promoters and their patrons and…
Decline in youth drinking in high-income settings
Alcohol Helps to Stimulate and Violate the Air
In traditional Nigeria, moderate drinking was normative among adult men who occupied drinking spaces. Heavy drinking and intoxication were transgressive behaviours that attracted sanctions. Alcohol consumption among youth was taboo in most communities. Nowadays, young people drink, and many construct identities with heavy drinking and intoxication. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with students and nonstudents in Benin City, I explore how y…
Inhaling thick smoke
Research on cannabis subcultures has a long history in Western countries. In Nigeria, there is a dearth of such studies. This study explored cannabis use and community forming and how users manage police’s extrajudicial practices and stigma from the broader society in Awka, Nigeria. We elicited data using participant observation and semi-structured interviews with men and women who use cannabis. Two forms of cannabis exchange rituals guided by re…
Making sense of ‘‘drink responsibly’’ messages
A readiness assessment for the prevention of alcohol-related harm in West Africa
Our results demonstrate substantial variability across domains in the readiness to address alcohol-related harm with clear strengths and limitations for future priority setting and capacity building. The barriers to progress include attitudes toward alcohol-related harm prevention, lack of willingness to address the problem, and limited human and technical resources available. These barriers need to be mitigated to address the high burden of alco…
I just drink to feel abnormal for some time’
Doing gender, doing alcohol
Cannabis use motivations
Drug-related problems are growing in Nigeria. Yet, there is a paucity of research on the motives for using cannabis and its contribution to drug-related problems. Understanding the underlying motives for taking cannabis from users’ perspectives would facilitate the provision of harm reduction policies/interventions. Using normalization framework, semi-structured interviews were conducted with young adults who use cannabis in a city located in Ana…
Fitting a quart in a pint pot
This study compared volume, alcohol by volume (ABV), alcohol units, and health warnings on product labels of selected alcoholic beverages simultaneously produced in Nigeria and the UK. The volume, ABV, alcohol units, and health warnings in a total of 13 alcoholic beverage brands simultaneously produced in Nigeria and the UK were documented from product labels and compared. Alcohol units were calculated by multiplying ABV% with volume (milliliters…
Alcohol consumption, harms and policy developments in sub‐Saharan Africa
Enhancement motivations for using prescription drugs among young adults in Nigeria
Drinking and Dropping’
Nigeria is reported as having released up to 0.34 million tonnes of plastic debris into the ocean in 2010 and ranked as the ninth country in the world for pollution of the marine environment. It is a postcolonial, oil rich country where plastic is cheap and widely available. Currently there is no government policy regulating single-use plastic products. Previous studies have identified university student residential areas as ‘hot spots’ for plast…
Reflections on Identity
Obstetric fistula is a condition that affects women and can lead to identity changes because of uncontrolled urinary and/or fecal incontinence symptom experiences. These symptoms along with different emerging identities lead to family and community displacement. Using narrative inquiry methodology that concentrates on the stories individuals tell about themselves; interviews were conducted for 15 fistula survivors to explore their perception of i…
Doing gender, doing alcohol
The Politics of Alcohol Policy in Nigeria
The global call by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to control the rising alcohol-related problems caused by harmful consumption became necessary in 2005 due to the recognition of the fact that many countries did not have alcohol policies. This gave rise to the adoption of a 10-point policy strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States in 2010. Against this backdrop, many countries adopted alcohol policies to reduce harmful alcohol…
Drug-related harms among young adults in Nigeria
Recreational cannabis use and taking codeine, tramadol, Rohypnol, and other pharmaceuticals for nonmedical purposes are some of the popular drug use practices in contemporary Nigeria. Yet, little is known on how the use of these drugs contributes to drug-related harms in the country. Using semi-structured interviews, this study explored the perceptions and actual experiences of drug-related harms among 23 young adults (23–29 years), who use canna…
Intoxicating Entertainment? The Influence of “Star Music Trek” on the Drinking Practices of Nigerian Students
Sophisticated marketing strategies are increasingly used by transnational alcohol companies in Nigeria. While this facilitates alcohol availability and encourages alcohol consumption, there are no effective policies to regulate alcohol marketing. This study draws on qualitative interviews with 31 Nigerian university students (aged 19–23 years) to explore some of the ways in which “Star Music Trek” (SMT, a brewer-sponsored music concert) establish…
McDonaldization and Job Insecurity
The article examines how and why the McDonaldization of banking system in Nigeria engenders job insecurity. This is imperative because it provides an explicit revelation of the root causes of job insecurity in the sector that other scholars have totally omitted. No Nigerian scholar has applied the thesis in relation to job insecurity, which is the major problem in Nigeria's banking industry. The article based on the analysis of secondary data and…
The McDonaldization of Nigerian Universities
This article examines the extent to which the deregulation of Nigerian higher education (HE) has facilitated the McDonaldization of the universities. University education in Nigeria commenced in 1948 with the establishment of the University College, Ibadan. After independence in 1960, subsequent governments expanded the number of universities, a policy based on a lack of quality manpower in leadership positions created by the exit of British offi…
The Politics of Alcohol Policy in Nigeria
The global call by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to control the rising alcohol-related problems caused by harmful consumption became necessary in 2005 due to the recognition of the fact that many countries did not have alcohol policies. This gave rise to the adoption of a 10-point policy strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States in 2010. Against this backdrop, many countries adopted alcohol policies to reduce harmful alcohol…
What a man can do, a woman can do better’
These results do suggest how gendered constructions of alcohol consumption create risks for both men and women, how they negotiate and ameliorate those risks, and how women challenge gender roles through their use of alcohol. Some focus on formulating evidence-based policies and comprehensively evaluated campaigns are needed to disseminate information about the risks and potential consequences of heavy alcohol consumption in order to promote safe…
Awareness of alcohol advertisements and perceived influence on alcohol consumption
Despite the growing alcohol marketing activities of the transnational alcohol industries in Nigeria, little research has focussed on their effects on Nigerian youths. This study explores students’ awareness of electronic and outdoor alcohol advertisement on campus and around students’ off-campus residential and leisure sites, and the extent to which they perceive it to affect their drinking. Thirty-one in-depth interviews were conducted with male…
Gendered sexual uses of alcohol and associated risks
Adherence to the traditional gender (masculinity) and social sexual scripts amongst men and the enactment of what appears to be a new form of femininity script amongst women contribute to a culturally specific understanding of the motivations to use alcohol for sexual purposes. Evidence-based strategies should be employed to distribute information about the consequences of sexual intercourse under the influence of alcohol
I Collected Money, not a Bribe”
This article explores the language of corruption in Nigeria. It uses Eisenberg’s Strategic Ambiguity concept to examine the extent to which Nigerian legislators and those who occupy the executive arm of the government employ ambiguous languages and actions to execute and defend corrupt practices, and how this institutionalizes the culture of corruption in contemporary Nigeria. The article further explores how ambiguous light punishment, outright …
Intoxicating Entertainment? The Influence of “Star Music Trek” on the Drinking Practices of Nigerian Students
Sophisticated marketing strategies are increasingly used by transnational alcohol companies in Nigeria. While this facilitates alcohol availability and encourages alcohol consumption, there are no effective policies to regulate alcohol marketing. This study draws on qualitative interviews with 31 Nigerian university students (aged 19–23 years) to explore some of the ways in which “Star Music Trek” (SMT, a brewer-sponsored music concert) establish…
Reflections on Identity
Obstetric fistula is a condition that affects women and can lead to identity changes because of uncontrolled urinary and/or fecal incontinence symptom experiences. These symptoms along with different emerging identities lead to family and community displacement. Using narrative inquiry methodology that concentrates on the stories individuals tell about themselves; interviews were conducted for 15 fistula survivors to explore their perception of i…
Drug-related harms among young adults in Nigeria
Recreational cannabis use and taking codeine, tramadol, Rohypnol, and other pharmaceuticals for nonmedical purposes are some of the popular drug use practices in contemporary Nigeria. Yet, little is known on how the use of these drugs contributes to drug-related harms in the country. Using semi-structured interviews, this study explored the perceptions and actual experiences of drug-related harms among 23 young adults (23–29 years), who use canna…
Cannabis use motivations
Drug-related problems are growing in Nigeria. Yet, there is a paucity of research on the motives for using cannabis and its contribution to drug-related problems. Understanding the underlying motives for taking cannabis from users’ perspectives would facilitate the provision of harm reduction policies/interventions. Using normalization framework, semi-structured interviews were conducted with young adults who use cannabis in a city located in Ana…
Fitting a quart in a pint pot
This study compared volume, alcohol by volume (ABV), alcohol units, and health warnings on product labels of selected alcoholic beverages simultaneously produced in Nigeria and the UK. The volume, ABV, alcohol units, and health warnings in a total of 13 alcoholic beverage brands simultaneously produced in Nigeria and the UK were documented from product labels and compared. Alcohol units were calculated by multiplying ABV% with volume (milliliters…
Alcohol consumption, harms and policy developments in sub‐Saharan Africa
Enhancement motivations for using prescription drugs among young adults in Nigeria
Drinking and Dropping’
Nigeria is reported as having released up to 0.34 million tonnes of plastic debris into the ocean in 2010 and ranked as the ninth country in the world for pollution of the marine environment. It is a postcolonial, oil rich country where plastic is cheap and widely available. Currently there is no government policy regulating single-use plastic products. Previous studies have identified university student residential areas as ‘hot spots’ for plast…
Inhaling thick smoke
Research on cannabis subcultures has a long history in Western countries. In Nigeria, there is a dearth of such studies. This study explored cannabis use and community forming and how users manage police’s extrajudicial practices and stigma from the broader society in Awka, Nigeria. We elicited data using participant observation and semi-structured interviews with men and women who use cannabis. Two forms of cannabis exchange rituals guided by re…
Making sense of ‘‘drink responsibly’’ messages
A readiness assessment for the prevention of alcohol-related harm in West Africa
Our results demonstrate substantial variability across domains in the readiness to address alcohol-related harm with clear strengths and limitations for future priority setting and capacity building. The barriers to progress include attitudes toward alcohol-related harm prevention, lack of willingness to address the problem, and limited human and technical resources available. These barriers need to be mitigated to address the high burden of alco…
I just drink to feel abnormal for some time’
Doing gender, doing alcohol
Developing an alcohol harm prevention research agenda in West Africa
Research on alcohol use and its associated harm is scarce in West Africa. To mitigate the knowledge gap and to build momentum for future research, we determined research priorities for alcohol prevention among stakeholders across nine countries in West Africa. We analyzed a cross-sectional survey conducted in the fall of 2020, distributed by the West African Alcohol Policy Alliance (WAAPA). Respondents represented members of the WAAPA, members of…
Sexualized alcohol marketing, precarious work and gendered sexual risks
The alcohol industry in Nigeria uses sophisticated marketing strategies to influence drinking, and alcohol marketing regulations do not exist. This study examined the alcohol industry‘s strategy of using young women to promote beer in Benin City, Nigeria, and how sexualized beer marketing, as precarious employment, creates a context of risk for sexual exploitation. We conducted interviews and focus groups with beer promoters and their patrons and…
Decline in youth drinking in high-income settings
Alcohol Helps to Stimulate and Violate the Air
In traditional Nigeria, moderate drinking was normative among adult men who occupied drinking spaces. Heavy drinking and intoxication were transgressive behaviours that attracted sanctions. Alcohol consumption among youth was taboo in most communities. Nowadays, young people drink, and many construct identities with heavy drinking and intoxication. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with students and nonstudents in Benin City, I explore how y…
Negotiating situational abstinence and moderation
Studies that have examined young people’s drinking behaviour, particularly how they abstain from alcohol or drink lightly and their motivations, have focused on Western contexts. Currently, studies on how and why young Africans abstain from alcohol or drink moderately are lacking. Therefore, there is a need to examine young people’s drinking behaviours/practices on the continent to facilitate health promotion interventions. This study, which uses…
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