C Otutubikey Izugbara
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4177555 |
|---|---|
| NOME | C Otutubikey Izugbara |
| PRENOMES | C Otutubikey |
| SOBRENOME | Izugbara |
| ASSINATURA | IZUGBARA C O |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
‘Ashawo suppose shine her eyes’
Current efforts to advance the capacity of sex workers to recognize and successfully negotiate the risks in their work rarely privilege their own constructions of these risks. Yet current research shows that lay perspectives and notions are critical to the success and sustainability of health programmes. Drawing upon qualitative research with 127 sex workers in Aba, Nigeria, the present paper explores sex work risks as they are constructed, expre…
Local erotic songs and chants among rural Nigerian adolescent males
Notions of sex, sexuality and relationships among adolescent boys in rural southeastern Nigeria
Although young people in Nigeria become sexually active at a very early age, little is known about how they view sex, sexuality, and relationships with the opposite sex. Yet knowledge of their notions and expectations regarding these issues has the potential to improve care and inform the development of sexuality education programmes. This paper reports the findings of a study which relied on in‐depth individual interviews and focus group discuss…
An intercept study of persons attending traditional birth homes in rural southeastern Nigeria
Analysing data from interviews with traditional birth assistants and their clients in rural Nigeria, this paper examines the characteristics and conditions of persons using the services of traditional birth homes. The clients of traditional birth homes mainly comprise women with little or no formal education and in low or no‐income occupations. These persons present at traditional birth homes for child delivery, abortion, family planning, STIs, i…
The Cultural Context of Geophagy among Pregnant and Lactating Ngwa Women of Southeastern Nigeria
Currently, geophagy qualifies as one of the least understood human nutritional practices. This is certainly due to the tendency among scholars to view or treat geophagy as an aberration or a perversion of appetite, disregarding the cultural context within which it occurs. This paper examines the cultural context of geophagy among lactating and pregnant women, focusing primarily on the Ngwa of southeastern Nigeria. E vidence has emerged from the s…
The Clientele of Traditional Birth Homes in Rural Southeastern Nigeria
Although it is widely documented that traditional birth homes (TBHs) do more than deliver babies, little is known about the other functions in addition to child delivery, which TBHs perform. Drawing on in-depth individual interviews with 13 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and 147 users of TBHs, we profile the characteristics and health conditions of the clientele of TBHs in four rural communities in southeastern Nigeria. We found that TBHs pr…
The Clientele of Traditional Birth Homes in Rural Southeastern Nigeria
Tasting the Forbidden Fruit
One of the greatest challenges currently facing conventional adolescents' sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) related research is how to make connections beyond the domain of immediate and proximate factors in order to root ASRH concerns more properly and correctly. Yet variable interconnections made at such levels hold the key to breaking the walls that had hindered a systematic understanding of ASRH issues. In response to this challenge, the …
Local erotic songs and chants among rural Nigerian adolescent males
The Cultural Context of Geophagy among Pregnant and Lactating Ngwa Women of Southeastern Nigeria
Currently, geophagy qualifies as one of the least understood human nutritional practices. This is certainly due to the tendency among scholars to view or treat geophagy as an aberration or a perversion of appetite, disregarding the cultural context within which it occurs. This paper examines the cultural context of geophagy among lactating and pregnant women, focusing primarily on the Ngwa of southeastern Nigeria. E vidence has emerged from the s…
Tasting the Forbidden Fruit
One of the greatest challenges currently facing conventional adolescents' sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) related research is how to make connections beyond the domain of immediate and proximate factors in order to root ASRH concerns more properly and correctly. Yet variable interconnections made at such levels hold the key to breaking the walls that had hindered a systematic understanding of ASRH issues. In response to this challenge, the …
Tasting the Forbidden Fruit
One of the greatest challenges currently facing conventional adolescents' sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) related research is how to make connections beyond the domain of immediate and proximate factors in order to root ASRH concerns more properly and correctly. Yet variable interconnections made at such levels hold the key to breaking the walls that had hindered a systematic understanding of ASRH issues. In response to this challenge, the …
The Clientele of Traditional Birth Homes in Rural Southeastern Nigeria
Although it is widely documented that traditional birth homes (TBHs) do more than deliver babies, little is known about the other functions in addition to child delivery, which TBHs perform. Drawing on in-depth individual interviews with 13 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and 147 users of TBHs, we profile the characteristics and health conditions of the clientele of TBHs in four rural communities in southeastern Nigeria. We found that TBHs pr…
The Clientele of Traditional Birth Homes in Rural Southeastern Nigeria
Notions of sex, sexuality and relationships among adolescent boys in rural southeastern Nigeria
Although young people in Nigeria become sexually active at a very early age, little is known about how they view sex, sexuality, and relationships with the opposite sex. Yet knowledge of their notions and expectations regarding these issues has the potential to improve care and inform the development of sexuality education programmes. This paper reports the findings of a study which relied on in‐depth individual interviews and focus group discuss…
An intercept study of persons attending traditional birth homes in rural southeastern Nigeria
Analysing data from interviews with traditional birth assistants and their clients in rural Nigeria, this paper examines the characteristics and conditions of persons using the services of traditional birth homes. The clients of traditional birth homes mainly comprise women with little or no formal education and in low or no‐income occupations. These persons present at traditional birth homes for child delivery, abortion, family planning, STIs, i…
The Cultural Context of Geophagy among Pregnant and Lactating Ngwa Women of Southeastern Nigeria
Currently, geophagy qualifies as one of the least understood human nutritional practices. This is certainly due to the tendency among scholars to view or treat geophagy as an aberration or a perversion of appetite, disregarding the cultural context within which it occurs. This paper examines the cultural context of geophagy among lactating and pregnant women, focusing primarily on the Ngwa of southeastern Nigeria. E vidence has emerged from the s…
‘Ashawo suppose shine her eyes’
Current efforts to advance the capacity of sex workers to recognize and successfully negotiate the risks in their work rarely privilege their own constructions of these risks. Yet current research shows that lay perspectives and notions are critical to the success and sustainability of health programmes. Drawing upon qualitative research with 127 sex workers in Aba, Nigeria, the present paper explores sex work risks as they are constructed, expre…
Local erotic songs and chants among rural Nigerian adolescent males
Sociology (7 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Population (5 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 obras) · Environmental health (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · Reproductive health (3 obras)