Patrick Okwen

Dados Biográficos

ID7828192
NOMEPatrick Okwen
PRENOMESPatrick
SOBRENOMEOkwen
ASSINATURAOKWEN P
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Bamenda
ORCID0000-0002-9017-7496
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
OBRAS COMO AUTOR6
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • The contested landscape of foundational learning data in Cameroon

    Open AccessMark Tata Kelese, Claude Fotso et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2026

    Background Access to reliable foundational learning data is crucial for enhancing educational outcomes, especially in light of the global learning crisis, where, despite a substantial increase in school enrolment, many children are not acquiring basic skills such as literacy and numeracy. In Cameroon, access to foundational learning data is deeply contested, with stakeholders facing significant barriers that limit data access, sharing, and use. M…

  • Preconditions for learning in the Lake Chad Basin

    Open AccessClaude Dzelamonyuy Fotso, Rigobert Hanny Pambe Miong et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2026

    Introduction This study critically examines the preconditions for effective learning in the Lake Chad Basin, a region grappling with prolonged armed conflict and a deepening crisis of Learning Poverty. Education, a fundamental human right, is severely compromised with over 1,500 learning institutions closed and at least 400 teachers killed. Methods Using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, this qualitative study employed 39 Key Informant …

  • Addressing infodemic for pandemic preparedness in the digital age

    Open AccessMarthe Bogne Penka, Andrew Tangang et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: The 21st century has brought about a damaging information crisis, significantly challenging and undermining efforts to increase the uptake of scientific research evidence in both policy and practice. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes misinformation and disinformation as major drivers of pandemic spread and impact, dedicating a policy brief to pandemic preparedness on this issue. In this study, we examine the impact of mis…

  • Building citizen science intelligence for outbreak preparedness and response

    Open AccessYi-Roe Tan, Manh Duc Nguyen et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: Citizen science (CS) is an emerging approach in public health to harness the collective intelligence of individuals to augment traditional scientific efforts. However, citizens' viewpoint, especially the hard-to-reach population, is lacking in current outbreak-related literature. We aim to understand the awareness, readiness and feasibility of outbreak-related CS, including digitally enabled CS, in low-income and middle-income count…

  • Improving social justice in observational studies

    Open AccessSarah Funnell, Janet Jull et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2023

    Achieving global imperatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDG 10 Reduced inequalities, SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing) requires advancing health equity in research. The implementation of the STROBE-Equity guidelines will enable a better awareness and understanding of health inequities through better reporting. We will broadly disseminate the reporting guideline with tools to enable adoption and use by journal editors, authors…

  • A call for citizen science in pandemic preparedness and response

    Open AccessYi-Roe Tan, Anurag Agrawal et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need to partner with the community in pandemic preparedness and response in order to enable trust-building among stakeholders, which is key in pandemic management. Citizen science, defined here as a practice of public participation and collaboration in all aspects of scientific research to increase knowledge and build trust with governments and researchers, is a crucial approach to promoting community enga…