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Amaka G Ogidi

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Articles 15
Citations 188
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Public Health
Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Echezona E Ezeanolue
Chinenye O Ezeanolue
Michael C Obiefune
John E Ehiri
Dina Patel
Alice Osuji
Wei Yang
Aaron T Hunt
Juliet Iwelunmor
Gbenga Ogedegbe
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PLoS One
BMC Public Health
Int J Cult Ment Health
AIDS Behav
Health Res Policy Syst
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Recent Articles
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Addressing the unmet mental health needs of people living with HIV: a scoping review of interventions in sub-Saharan Africa
Chukwuorji J, Ezeonu N, Ude N, Itanyi I, Eboreime E, Kung J, et al.
AIDS Care . 2023 Feb; 35(11):1677-1690. PMID: 36803172
Some mental health interventions have addressed mental health among people living with HIV (PLWH) using a variety of approaches, but little is known about the details of such interventions in...
2.
Building a national framework for multicentre research and clinical trials: experience from the Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance
Olawepo J, Ezeanolue E, Ekenna A, Ogunsola O, Itanyi I, Jedy-Agba E, et al.
BMJ Glob Health . 2022 Apr; 7(4). PMID: 35450861
There is limited capacity and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa to conduct clinical trials for the identification of efficient and effective new prevention, diagnostic and treatment modalities to address the disproportionate...
3.
Improving uptake of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Benue State, Nigeria through a faith-based congregational strategy
Montandon M, Efuntoye T, Itanyi I, Onoka C, Onwuchekwa C, Gwamna J, et al.
PLoS One . 2021 Dec; 16(12):e0260694. PMID: 34855849
Background: Nigeria has low antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage among HIV-positive pregnant women. In a previous cluster-randomized trial in Nigeria, Baby Shower events resulted in higher HIV testing coverage and linkage...
4.
Community based screening for sickle haemoglobin among pregnant women in Benue State, Nigeria: I-Care-to-Know, a Healthy Beginning Initiative
Ezenwosu O, Itanyi I, Nnodu O, Ogidi A, Mgbeahurike F, Ezeanolue E
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth . 2021 Jul; 21(1):498. PMID: 34238241
Background: Haemoglobin genotype screening at prenatal care offers women an opportunity to be aware of their genotype, receive education on sickle cell disease (SCD) and may increase maternal demand for...
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Developing a Theoretical Framework for a Complex Maternal-Child Health Intervention: Health Beginning Initiative
Ezeanolue E, Pharr J, Patel D, Ezeanolue C, Obiefune M, Ogidi A, et al.
Health Promot Pract . 2018 Jun; 20(6):941-950. PMID: 29938536
A theoretical framework serves as a roadmap for the implementation and application of a complex, health promotion intervention; is used to test hypotheses; and guides analysis and evaluation of the...
6.
Generating evidence for health policy in challenging settings: lessons learned from four prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV implementation research studies in Nigeria
Sam-Agudu N, Aliyu M, Adeyemi O, Oronsaye F, Oyeledun B, Ogidi A, et al.
Health Res Policy Syst . 2018 Apr; 16(1):32. PMID: 29665809
Background: Implementation research (IR) facilitates health systems strengthening and optimal patient outcomes by generating evidence for scale-up of efficacious strategies in context. Thus, difficulties in generating IR evidence, particularly in...
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Prevalence of Caesarean sections in Enugu, southeast Nigeria: Analysis of data from the Healthy Beginning Initiative
Gunn J, Ehiri J, Jacobs E, Ernst K, Pettygrove S, Center K, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Mar; 12(3):e0174369. PMID: 28355302
Background: In order to meet the Sustainable Development Goal to decrease maternal mortality, increased access to obstetric interventions such as Caesarean sections (CS) is of critical importance. As a result...
8.
Using a Cultural Framework to Understand Factors Influencing HIV Testing in Nigeria
Ehiri J, Iwelunmor J, Iheanacho T, Blackstone S, Obiefune M, Ogidi A, et al.
Int Q Community Health Educ . 2016 Dec; 37(1):33-42. PMID: 28030987
With support from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the global fund for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, Nigeria offers free services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of...
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What do You Need to Get Male Partners of Pregnant Women Tested for HIV in Resource Limited Settings? The Baby Shower Cluster Randomized Trial
Ezeanolue E, Obiefune M, Yang W, Ezeanolue C, Pharr J, Osuji A, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2016 Dec; 21(2):587-596. PMID: 27933462
Male partner involvement has the potential to increase uptake of interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Finding cultural appropriate strategies to promote male partner involvement in PMTCT programs...
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Prevalence of Sickle Cell Trait and Reliability of Self-Reported Status among Expectant Parents in Nigeria: Implications for Targeted Newborn Screening
Burnham-Marusich A, Ezeanolue C, Obiefune M, Yang W, Osuji A, Ogidi A, et al.
Public Health Genomics . 2016 Sep; 19(5):298-306. PMID: 27614873
Background/aims: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a life-threatening, autosomal recessive blood disorder prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. We identified the prevalence of sickle cell trait (SCT) among pregnant women and their...