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Prevalence and social determinants of breastfeeding practices in urban slums and urban non-slum areas in India: A comparative analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Understanding how the prevalence and determinants of breastfeeding practices differ between urban slum areas, where living conditions are stringent, and urban non-slum areas, which have relatively more resources, is key to context-specific interventions.
Suliat Fehintola Akinwande, Chiamaka Okonkwo, Kalonde Malama, Thabani Nyoni, Kehinde Oluwatosin Akinwande   +4 more
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Addressing the high burden of noncommunicable diseases in Nigeria: a commentary [PDF]

Journal of Health Research, 2021
Purpose – The purpose of this study describes how individuals; healthcare providers and the government can reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Nigeria.
Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Ogheneruona Favour Onothoja, Damilola Remilekun Oladipo, Opeyemi Paul Iyiola, Marvelene Bassey Ekott, Pamela Chinenye Nwachukwu, Ararso Baru, Seyi John Akinloye   +9 more
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Ending the Scourge of Child Malnutrition in Africa: Causes, Consequences and a Call for Urgent Action; A Review [PDF]

International Journal of Nutrition Sciences, 2020
With over one-third of the global under 5 stunting cases and a quarter of both the under 5 wasting and overweight cases in 2018, Africa is disproportionately affected by all forms of malnutrition.Furthermore, despite a reduction of childhood stunting in ...
Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Anuoluwapo Esther Odusanya, Mayokun Samuel Olufadewa, Adeyemi Emmanuel Adedeji, Toluwase Ayobola Ayorinde, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele   +6 more
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Knowledge of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and place of delivery among urban women in South-West Nigeria

Razi International Medical Journal, 2022
Background: HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) pose serious risks to health security especially to women, therefore, knowledge of their complications and attitude toward sexual health is important in planning preventive and treatment ...
Miracle Adesina, Isaac Olufadewa, Ruth Oladele   +2 more
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“I Was Scared I Might Die Alone”: A Qualitative Study on the Physiological and Psychological Experience of COVID-19 Survivors and the Quality of Care Received at Health Facilities [PDF]

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2020
Introduction: Although several coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) studies have focused on the biomedical and epidemiological manifestations of the COVID-19 virus, there is a dearth of studies that have reported the experiences of COVID-19 survivors.
Isaac Olufadewa, Miracle Adesina, Blessing Oladokun, Ararso Baru, Ruth Oladele, Temiloluwa Iyanda, Oluwatosin Ajibade, Funmilayo Abudu   +7 more
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Slum Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case for New Tourist Approach [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2023
This study queries the notion of slum as an anathema to the growth and prosperity of cities in sub-Saharan Africa. Slum tourism is discussed as an emerging intervention to address the challenge of slums in the global south. Using ethnographic account and
Olatunbosun Lawal Sanusi, Louisa Huxtable-Thomas, Lumuni Sanusi   +2 more
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Determinants of childhood immunization among rural mothers in Nigeria

Population Medicine, 2023
Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa, children have been reported to have the highest mortality rate, accounting for about 68-86 deaths per 1000 live births.
Miracle A. Adesina, Isaac I. Olufadewa, Ruth I. Oladele, Abimbola Solagbade, Christianah Olaoyo   +4 more
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“Watching my family being killed by terrorists made me really depressed”: Mental health experiences, challenges and needed support of young internally displaced persons in northern Nigeria

Journal of Migration and Health, 2022
Background: Over 3.9 million people have been displaced in Nigeria as a result of the over one-decade-long Boko Haram insurgency and about 2.1 million of this population are internally displaced within the country.
Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Toluwase Ayobola Ayorinde   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of oral health conditions and treatment needs among slum and non-slum urban residents: Evidence from Nigeria.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Oral diseases constitute a neglected epidemic in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). An understanding of its distribution and severity in different settings can aid the planning of preventive and therapeutic services.
Mary E Osuh, Gbemisola A Oke, Richard J Lilford, Eme Owoaje, Bronwyn Harris, Olalekan John Taiwo, Godwin Yeboah, Taiwo Abiona, Samuel I Watson, Karla Hemming, Laura Quinn, Yen-Fu Chen   +11 more
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Slums and Pandemics

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous ...
Luiz Brotherhood, Tiago Cavalcanti, Daniel Da Mata, Cezar Santos   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources