Dr. Philip Eappen

University of Toronto | U of T · Department of Critical Approaches to Health and Health Care

Summary: We explore the challenges faced by survivors of Boko Haram abduction and human trafficking after their release by interviewing survivors’ care providers and analyzing electronic medical records at the American University of Nigeria Health Center. Our report details the physical, mental, and social challenges the survivors faced in captivit...

Many studies have examined the impacts of abduction, captivity, and human trafficking in Nigeria. However, no known research has systematically documented the Boko Haram survivors’ health challenges experienced post-abduction. This study is dedicated to analyzing the survivors’ health challenges and the providers’ experiences in delivering holistic...

Patients' satisfaction is an important component of evaluating quality care in any health care setting and hence, assessment and feedback evaluation is inevitable for any health care manager. The aim of this study was to assess and evaluate patient satisfaction with the care received at the American University of Nigeria health center using patient...

Patients' satisfaction is an important component of evaluating quality care in any health care setting and hence, assessment and feedback evaluation is inevitable for any health care manager. The aim of this study was to assess and evaluate patient satisfaction with the care received at the American University of Nigeria health center using patient...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of health data, technology, and access to health informatics. The applications of several information technologies in the context of healthcare are proving instrumental in pandemic control. These technologies were already actively used in the healthcare sector before the pandemic. However, the pa...

The use of modern technologies to meet individual and population health requirements during the pandemic is analyzed and discussed, including how these advances minimized healthcare delivery challenges and aided the public health response to the pandemic. To address healthcare and population requirements, the pandemic's unprecedented challenges cal...

This chapter explores how healthcare organizations utilized innovative healthcare informatics during the pandemic and how technology helped reduce healthcare delivery challenges. The unprecedented healthcare challenges created by the pandemic certainly warrant new and innovative tools to deal with healthcare requirements. Healthcare informatics und...

We explore the challenges faced by survivors of Boko Haram abduction and human trafficking after their release by interviewing survivors' care providers and analyzing electronic medical records at the American University of Nigeria Health Center. Our report details the physical, mental, and social challenges the survivors faced in captivity and how...

Malaria is well known public health menace in Nigeria with huge economic and social cost especially in institutions or university community, where it accounts for more outpatients' visits than any other cause, yet the incidence of malaria is on the rise. This study examined the individual control strategy for malaria infestation among members of Am...