Anthony Obinna Iwuagwu

University of Nigeria | UNN · Department of Social Work

Globally, the COVID-19 vaccine uptake is increasing, but slowly among older adults residing in lower and middle-income countries, including Nigeria. Following this, we explored the perceived views of older adults on the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. We adopted a qualitative descriptive study design and purposively selected and intervie...

Football is a very popular sport among Nigerian youth. However, football, which was intended to entertain, has engendered hostility as well as other negative effects among fans. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of football fanaticism on the well-being of young men in Nigeria. We invited 24 male participants to a single in-dep...

Social workers, especially in the Global North/developed countries such as the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, have been actively involved in implementing social programs to improve the psychosocial, health, and wellbeing of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this is not the case in the Global S...

As a result of population aging, more family caregivers are maturing into older adult status alongside their parents who constitute the 'very old.' However, very little is known about the challenges faced by family caregivers who have reached old age status, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Following this, we explored the challenges of female olde...

Dyslexia is a lifelong disability that affects learning and social interaction in people of all ages, genders, and races all over the world. Yet, little is known about this condition in low-and middle-income countries. This study aims to investigate primary caregivers' knowledge of dyslexia, their awareness of problems, and their support for elemen...

As the number of refugees continues to increase globally, so does the number of older adults forced to migrate from their home region to Western countries. Many of these older refugees lose their social networks and support to the events leading to forced migration and may be unable to recreate them once resettled. We used Arksey and O'Malley's (20...

Black older adults’ (BOAs) experience of loneliness differs from other ethnic groups because of the disproportionate disadvantages faced across their life course. This scoping review aimed to describe the range of research on loneliness or subjective social isolation among BOAs, identifying the contributing factors to loneliness in this population,...

Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Nigeria are still being excluded from social, economic, and political spheres of life due to non-functional national policy on disability. Many states are yet to domesticate the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 and a lot of barriers prevent its full implementation in some st...

Objective: We examined the perception and practice of cervical cancer screening among women in Enugu State, Nigeria. Methods: We employed mixed methods and conveniently sampled women aged >15 years. The quantitative data were subjected to chi-square and regression analysis while the qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Result...

Background: The quality assessment provides information on the overall strength of evidence and methodological quality of a research design, highlighting the level of confidence the reader should place on the findings for decision making. This paper aimed to assess the quality (methodology and quality of reporting) of ageing studies in Sub-Saharan...

Positive collaboration between social workers and lawyers is important in social work because law plays some critical roles in the practice of social work. The aim of this paper therefore, is to examine the needs, challenges of effective collaboration and similarities between social workers and lawyers in Nigeria, in the service of clients so that...

Uptake of a vaccine is complete if individuals are aware of the associated risks of the vaccine, accept the vaccine, and respond positively to the nudges (activation) to increase the uptake, and respond when the vaccine is made accessible and affordable. We mapped systematically the existing literature concerning the 5As—acceptability, accessibilit...

This study investigated the socio-demographic predictors of gendered political participation by 64 adults selected using a multistage sampling technique. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) of eight discussants each were used to collect data, while thematic analysis was utilized. Findings revealed that political participation is gendered and women...

Background: Forced migration of humans as a result of conflict continues to be a global problem. Many of the refugees displaced and made vulnerable by conflict-induced forced migration are older adults. These older adults may lose their social networks and support as a result of the conflicts leading to migration and be unable to recreate them, mak...

Many older adults in Nigeria live with chronic illnesses and regularly need drugs to manage them, however, procuring genuine drugs is a challenge given the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. Older adults in rural Nigeria who are largely poor with lower educational status may be disproportionately affected by this high proliferation of c...

Background: Loneliness is a public and social issue affecting older adults, but in varying degrees across ethnic groups. Black older adults (BOAs) are more prone to loneliness because they have unique and accumulated factors (e.g., low socioeconomic status, high number of chronic conditions) that predispose them to loneliness. This review aims to d...

Background: Loneliness is a public and social issue affecting older adults, but in varying degrees across ethnic groups. Black older adults (BOAs) are more prone to loneliness because they have unique and accumulated factors (e.g., low socioeconomic status, high number of chronic conditions) that predispose them to loneliness. This review aims to d...

Festivals traditionally result in mass public mobility from large cities to rural or semi-urban areas in low- and middle-Income Countries (LMIC), which are inadequately prepared for tackling the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to explore the trend of COVID-19 infection in a peripheral region of Bangladesh during one of the l...

Objective: Intimate partner violence which is an aspect of family violence has most often than not affected peaceful family growth across the world, while it is largely portrayed that men are the sole perpetrators of IPV and women its victims. Statistics across countries in America, Asia, Europe and Africa have shown men to be victims as well, both...

Background There are currently 1.5 million indigenous people in Bangladesh, constituting 1.8% of the total population and representing one of the country's most deprived communities. This study explores the health status and quality of life along with their determinants among indigenous older people in Bangladesh in order to fill the knowledge and...

Although slave trade was abolished in 1842, it is still practiced in the world but in a glorified manner. Every day, thousands of West African youth, especially Nigerians risk the dangers of traversing the Sahara Desert in a bid to migrate to Europe for greener pasture. In attempts to get to Europe, these youths cross the Mediterranean in overcrowd...

Accusations of witchcraft, especially in Africa has often been directed towards the child and most parents has refused to play their role of a child protector which is essential in making or marring child development and this has become a source of increasing concern for social workers and other international human rights. This study was therefore...

This study was designed to investigate the reactions of parents to child witchcraft confession in Akwa Ibom State Nigeria. A qualitative study design using in-depth interviews was adopted. Thirty (30) in-depth interviews were held among parent's which elicited information concerning child witchcraft confession. The qualitative data generated were c...

Africa has long standing history of complex phenomenal as they relate to belief system, especially in the existence and powers of witches which pervades every segment of the society. This study is designed to ascertain the perception of witchcraft practice in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state, Nigeria. The study used a cluster/multi stage ra...

Globally, there has been availability and misuse of alcohol among youths and the consequences have been a thing of serious concern. This study investigates the effects of alcohol consumption and abuse among younger adults in Nsukka, Nigeria. The study used a multi stage random sample of 110 younger adults aged 17-40 years. They were interviewed usi...

The global prevalence of rape is alarming, especially in developing countries where the fear of victimization and stigmatization often make most rape cases go unreported and consequently, births post traumatic stress disorders [PTSD] for victim. The aim of this study therefore was to examine and identify the perceptions of postgraduate students on...

The movement of human populations across the planet has characterized human societies throughout history. However, the increasing rate of such movements across National borders has been in such a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country, put trafficked persons at risk and has given birth to modern day slavery. This study wa...

This article presents a study on the knowledge and utilization of contraception among married women in Owerri Municipal L.G.A. 100 married women from 4 communities in Owerri Municipal were surveyed using purposive and random sampling respectively. 86 responses returned were analysed using mean, percentages and Chi square respectively, while, four f...