Ene Jacinta

• Master of Social Work
• Lecturer at University of Nigeria

Adolescence is a critical phase in life characterized by decisions on health-risk sexual behaviors. Oftentimes, most adolescents are not adequately prepared regarding their sexual lives and may experience a power imbalance in sexual relationships. This exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases, sexual coercion, abuse, exploitation with an unpla...

The low value placed on girls in many rural areas in Africa limits their educational opportunities. Social norms that prioritise boys’ interests over girls’ can mean parents do not invest in their girls’ education, seeing child marriage as the only alternative. This study, therefore, focused on factors associated with girl-child dropout from primar...

The involvement of under-18s in legal unions has become a topical human rights concern. It appears to be more prevalent among female children from low-resource family settings, manifesting as another shade of gender inequality. The consequences of child marriages are enormous, affecting the psychosocial, physical and health status of victims. This...

Nigeria is a diverse and culturally rich country that is still confronted with complicated issues that limit educational opportunities for girls. Family decisions, economic activities, and cultural belief still exclude girls from accessing educational opportunities. Using a qualitative research design, we selected five social workers working with c...

This study investigates the conventional methods used to combat domestic violence within cultural contexts in a local council in Nigeria’s Southeastern state. The study aims first to promote the use of traditional methods of resolving domestic violence that aim at ensuring family unity and second, the need for social workers’ engagement in conventi...

Often, people experience a gradual decline in health as they age and may become susceptible to illnesses. With increasing health demands, challenges constraining the efficiency of filial care increase, posing a threat to healthy ageing. Strategising measures for sustainable ageing requires concentration on innovative health management services. Ado...

During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization declared health-care workers "the last line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic. " Against this backdrop, this study investigated the state, responses, and attitudes of health-care workers toward hospital patients during the pandemic in Nigeria, alongside the attitu...

Background: Often, ageing is associated with a decline in health conditions and changes in the dietary needs of older adults. It then follows that the most essential line of action is caregiving. This paper examines how family caregivers manage and cope with the caregiving roles for older adults in south-east Nigeria. Method: We sought to adopt a q...

The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic generated a lot of concern worldwide as global activities were called to a halt. This led to a race for vaccine development, which proved to be a more efficient measure to curb the wide spread of the virus. As a result, the study examined the availability of COVID-19 vaccines at the various vaccination centres in...

Oftentimes, older adults experience a decline in health as they age. In Nigeria and other African countries, caregiving for older adults is usually a filial responsibility. With the decline in health and increasing demand for care, family members often require the assistance of paid informal caregivers. These are unskilled workers, extended relatio...

Though most people wish to live long and see old age, ageing is associated with psychological, emotional, physical, social, health, and economic problems. Many older adults and retirees have died untimely as a result of lack of care and support, abandonment, loneliness, abuse and neglect, and complications from health issues. Reliance on informal c...

Introduction Quality care delivery is an essential lifesaving interventions for maternal healthcare and reduction in mortality from preventable reproductive conditions. In African countries like Nigeria, numerous perceptions and militating factors present unique challenges in optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare servic...

The Nigerian government, in addition to the already existing free and compulsory primary education policy, introduced the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme in public primary schools across the country to fight short-term hunger and improve the health and nutritional needs of children by providing daily nutritious meals during school hour...

Introduction Quality care delivery is an essential lifesaving intervention for maternal healthcare and reduction in mortality from preventable reproductive conditions. In African countries like Nigeria, numerous perceptions and militating factors present unique challenges in optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare service...

PURPOSE: The impact of COVID-19 on the educational systems across the globe was characterized by the shutdown of university education systems. In the post COVID-19 era, examining the prospect of on-line education becomes demanding with emphasis on promoting effective and uninterrupted university education sector in Nigeria. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPRO...

The employment of under-18 domestic helpers is common in Nigeria. Our study provides evidence of abuse of these domestic helpers, and identifies policy and practice gaps that have allowed it. A phenomenological and descriptive research design was used. Data was elicited from 13 respondents. The results show that there were no social protective serv...

The employment of under-18 domestic helpers is common in Nigeria. Our study provides evidence of abuse of these domestic helpers, and identifies policy and practice gaps that have allowed it. A phenomenological and descriptive research design was used. Data was elicited from 13 respondents. The results show that there were no social protective serv...

This article recommends the visibility of a social work textbook edited by Janestic Twikirize and Helmut Spitzer. In this article the author recommends that social work educators can adapt these approaches for their students. The book serves in encouraging the rich, culturally diverse approaches and models of social work practice for individual and...

Introduction: Globally, the healthcare sector is primarily designated to provide timely, efficient and effective medical services. In African countries like Nigeria, the inequality in the healthcare sector is worsened by the limited coverage of healthcare delivery. This has evolved to an unprecedented effect on the provision of healthcare services...

Aging comes with health-related issues. Often family caregivers are obliged to provide health care management for older adults. This obligation must be provided despite their limited knowledge of older adults' health condition. Securing healthcare management for older adults becomes a dilemma for consideration by family caregivers who may require p...

Introduction: Aging oftentimes comes with health-related issues. Usually, family members are obliged to provide care management for older adults. They must perform this task despite their limited knowledge of their patients’ health conditions. Hence, securing care management for older adults with illnesses becomes a dilemma for consideration. Aims:...

Filial care for older adults is a normative family practice in Nigeria, heralded by offspring. However, as families continuously evolve away from the extended structure to more nuclear setups, with women contesting traditional domestic roles, strong concerns about filial care are emerging. Our qualitative study investigated filial care using data e...

Substance use among college students remains a global issue. This negative behavior is often associated with students' poor academic performance, health, and social problems. We endeavored to examine why students in tertiary institutions use substances and the need for social workers' intervention in schools. Data was sourced using focus group disc...

Aging is a natural occurrence often associated with decline in body functioning and common health conditions. With the emergency of new diseases, vulnerable groups like older adults are prone and more possibly to be infected. In the era of COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, health management of older adults becomes demanding with increasing ill-health,...

The activities of insurgent groups like Boko-Haram have led to the displacement of millions of Nigerians, including a large population of older people who are made more vulnerable to new and old challenges associated with aging. Our study used qualitative art-based graphic elicitations and interviews to collect data on older people's experiences of...

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...

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...

This book chapter explains history and practice of social work in Nigeria. It defines the roles and considerations for social work practice in health care setting particularly in a developing country Nigeria.

Attaining low proportion of maternal and child mortality is one major goal of many low- and middle-income countries, Nigeria inclusive. However, women’s perception and certain socio-demographic determinants present unique challenges for the realization of this goal. This study investigates the perception and determinants of where women choose to gi...

Attaining low proportion of maternal and child mortality is one major goal of many low and middle income countries, Nigeria inclusive. However, women's perception and certain socio-demographic determinants present unique challenges for the realization of this goal. This study investigates the perception and determinants of where women choose to giv...

Transactional sex has remained one of the determinants that influence the increasing spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This behavior is associated with significant health-risks and said to be caused by a power imbalance in sexual relationships. This study investigates the prevalence an...

Transactional sex has remained one of the determinants that influence the increasing spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This behavior is associated with significant health-risks and said to be caused by a power imbalance in sexual relationships. This study investigates the prevalence an...

Immunization program in Nigeria is still untapped to save lives and protect children from illness and disease. Although vaccines are provided relatively free by government, the country still accounts for the highest prevalence of circulating wild polio virus. This work focused on the predators of government initiated child immunization program in O...