Ojo Melvin Agunbiade

Ojo Melvin Agunbiade
Obafemi Awolowo University | OAU · Department of Sociology and Anthropology

B.Sc, M.Sc., PhD

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Introduction
I am interested in learning new relevant things and sharing ideas with others.
Additional affiliations
December 2008 - present
Obafemi Awolowo University
Position
  • Old Age, Gender and Sexuality in Selected Yoruba Communities,South Western Nigeria
Description
  • Old Age, Gender and Sexuality
September 2005 - December 2007
Obafemi Awolowo University
Position
  • Sociology Analaysis of Adult Patients with Depression at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex,Ile-Ife,Osun State Nigeria
Description
  • Depression, Marriage, Gender, Cultural perception
Education
September 2008
Obafemi Awolowo University
Field of study
  • Sociology and Anthropology(Medical Sociology)
September 2004 - February 2008
Obafemi Awolowo University
Field of study
  • Sociology and Anthropology(Options in Medical Sociology)
December 1996 - March 2001
Obafemi Awolowo University
Field of study
  • Sociology and Anthropology

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Publications (53)
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The COVID-19 pandemic clearly showed how much medical and clinical students' education relied on physical instruction and examination. The work presented here was born by the fact that medical and clinical education had to be suspended during the social distancing phase of the pandemic. This work presents the lessons learned from creating a virtual...
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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global social and public health crisis entrenched in a broader social and cultural context. COVID-19 has disproportionately affected social relationships and interactions in diverse ways. This scoping review attempts to synthesize evidence on the social contexts of IPVs and system responses to covid-...
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) stands as a global social and public health crisis deeply rooted in extensive social and cultural contexts. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected social interactions. This scoping review aims to synthesize evidence on the social contexts of IPV and system responses to COVID-19 in Africa....
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated containment strategies have significantly impacted the logistics of supplying sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to adolescents and young adults (AYA) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Studies conducted in the region indicate an increase in sexual activity, particularly among young people, during the p...
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This chapter explores what constitutes sexual health, risky sexual practices and the implications on social relations, sexual activities and responsive help-seeking in old age. Findings presented in this chapter are based on six vignettes-based focus group discussions held among 56 urban-dwelling older Yoruba men (60 years and above) in Ibadan, sou...
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Cultural values, beliefs, and practices around old age affect how individuals make sense of their aging experiences. Qualitative data were captured through 12 vignette-based focus group discussion and 18 semi-structured interviews with older Yoruba people and analyzed with a framework guided by Erikson’s concept of generativity and the Yoruba notio...
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Background: Older adults who experience pain are likely to report higher functional limitations (FL) and lower physical activity (PA) levels. However, the extent to which PA explains the association of pain with FL is largely unknown, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study estimates whether and how much pain in FL is mediated...
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This new edited collection advances critical debates and themes on ageing, masculinities and gender relations. While there has been a gradual increase in scholarship on men, ageing and masculinities, little attention has been paid to the social relations of men in later life and the implications for enhancing their social wellbeing. Bringing togeth...
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Introduction This chapter focuses on contextualised evidence on older men’s sexual health, social expectations and help-seeking around sexual dysfunctions among the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. The focus is partly motivated by the need for expansion of knowledge and possible ways to promote sexual health beyond the reproductive stage of l...
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Social and cultural norms and beliefs shape how men, as social actors, perceive and engage in sexual activities. Little is known about risky sexual practices and prevention strategies among older Yoruba men. As a growing concern in Nigeria, this paper explores risky sexual behaviours of older Yoruba men living in Ibadan, a metropolitan city, and th...
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Taking a holistic approach to the study of aging, this volume uses biological, archaeological, medical, and cultural perspectives to explore how older adults have functioned in societies around the globe throughout human history. As the world’s population over 65 years of age increases, this wide-ranging approach fills a growing need for academics...
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Traditional Yoruba medical practitioners are known for taking a holistic and specific approach to treating chronic diseases and illnesses, which may have implications for treatment efficacy and therapeutic outcomes. This study explores the therapeutic measures used by Yoruba traditional healers in managing clients who have epilepsy. Based on a qual...
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Introduction: The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated the increasing use of online virtual training platforms. The objectives of the study were to assess the acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of virtual space in strengthening the research capacity in Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Data were collected through...
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Although community screening and testing have been recommended by the World Health Organization, the extent of readiness and the associated factors among rural populations remain unknown. We investigated the factors associated with perception of the COVID-19 transmission risk and readiness for testing in rural areas of Southwest Nigeria. Using a mu...
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Most investigations on domestic violence in family relationships have centered around men as the perpetrators of violence without exploring the context of violence occurrence from a gender lens and other social factors. This study explored the meanings associated with family violence, the contexts for its occurrence, and the indigenous approaches t...
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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people aged 15 to 29 years of age. Ideation or suicidal thoughts , which precedes suicide is sometimes normalized and excused thereby missing avertable deaths within a given context. Understanding suicide ideation and the associated social correlates within contexts can provide cues on how t...
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Background : Evidence on effective strategies to ensure sustainability of research capacity strengthening interventions in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions is lacking. This systematic review identified publications describing research capacity building programs and noted their effect, their contexts, and the mechanisms, processes...
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Background : Evidence on effective strategies to ensure sustainability of research capacity strengthening interventions in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions is lacking. This systematic review identified publications describing research capacity building programs and noted their effect, their contexts, and the mechanisms, processes...
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Background : Evidence on effective strategies to ensure sustainability of research capacity strengthening interventions in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions is lacking. This systematic review identified publications describing research capacity building programs and noted their effect, their contexts, and the mechanisms, processes...
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Happiness as a psychosocial reality has both objective and subjective dimensions. These traits make happiness varied, temporal, yet concrete as individuals and social categories transit from one stage of growth and development to another. Happiness is indispensable for personal and collective survival across relationships and spaces. As such, stayi...
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Older people's views, experiences and explanations on abuse and neglect in later life is marginal in the literature. With more cases of physical abuse and neglect in old age in sub-Saharan Africa, this study explored the views and positions of older people and community stakeholders like religious leaders on why physical elder abuse and neglect and...
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This article explores older peoples’ perceptions of menopause and sexuality in old age. The research was exploratory, consisting of 12 vignette-based focus group discussions and 18 face-to-face semistructured interviews among older Yoruba men and women (60+). Findings revealed menopause as a biopsychosocial marker of aging that provides gendered sp...
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Child sexual abuse (CSA) has both psychological and social consequences on the victim especially in the absence of appropriate help or unwillingness to seek redress. Parents' dispositions towards the prevention and management of child sexual abuse is key to steaming the tide of such abuse. In Nigeria studies on child sexual abuse has neglected the...
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Emerging evidence has shown a gradual increase in sexually transmitted infections among elderly. This study explores the views of elderly Yoruba men and women (60+) on condoms use and its suitability against sexual infections. The research design was a sequential exploratory mixed method that consisted of vignettes based focus group discussion and...
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Introduction This paper examined the management of diarrhoea at sub-national levels with the aim of providing an analytic view towards linking diarrhoea management to sources of care within the Nigeria context. Methods We used the 2013 NDHS data. Based on the 2004 WHO/UNICEF guidelines, we classified the quality of diarrhoea management practice as...
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Growing older in some communities in Africa is becoming more challenging and worrisome. The situation is compounded by an increase in neoliberal based reforms and the absence of state-funded pension schemes that could cushion the everyday challenges that comes with old age. By adopting an interactionist perspective, this chapter examines the conseq...
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Based on a cross-sectional design, this study investigates online health seeking and its possible influence on decision making among 400 university undergraduates in Nigeria. From the results, it was found that daily Internet use was on the average (33.7%), and use was constrained by the poor power supply, the high cost of the Internet access, and...
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This study explored patterns of risky sexual practices and perceived vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections among 450 sexually active emerging adults (18-25years) through a self-administered questionnaire and 43 interviews. Findings showed that 97.4% of males and 98.1% of females were into intimate sexual relationships among which 74% mal...
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In this paper, we explore identity construction and gender involvement of Nigerian undergraduates in online social networks. This paper presents the qualitative findings on identity construction and gender involvement of Nigerian undergraduates in online social networks. This was with a view to investigating the reasons for the increasing participa...
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Adolescent motherhood in many sub-Saharan African countries has remained daunting. Motherhood at this stage is often frustrating. This article examines the invisibility of adolescent motherhood and their agency within the Yoruba sociocultural context. With empirical data from 19 semistructured interviews with adolescent mothers (15-20 years), the f...
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Herbal sellers play a functional role in providing qualitative health care at the primary health care level in Nigeria. However, their attitudes and those of other stakeholders toward sustainable herbal harvesting in the light of the growing effects of climate change may threaten the functional roles of herb sellers and the traditional medical syst...
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Achieving age-friendly primary care system requires right-based therapeutic encounter between the physician and older patients. This study explores the Yoruba cultural notion of exemplar older adult within the context of seeking care for sexually transmitted infections in Nigeria. Four vignettes based focus group discussions on age categories and g...
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Well-being varies within cultures and context. Studies on the well-being and mothering challenges of adolescents in Nigeria have focused on the general poor well-being of adolescent mothers rather than exploring their agency and subjective well-being within specific context. This study explores adolescent mothers' (13-20 years) subjective well-bein...
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Sexual health across the life course is influenced by biological and psychosocial factors. The paper explores sexuality and associated practices among older Yoruba people with a view to identifying the implications of cultural beliefs and practices for sexual health in later life. A total of 64 vignette-based in-depth interviews and 12 focus-group...
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The practice of exclusive breastfeeding is still low despite the associated benefits. Improving the uptake and appropriating the benefits will require an understanding of breastfeeding as an embodied experience within a social context. This study investigates breastfeeding practices and experiences of nursing mothers and the roles of grandmothers,...
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Parental involvement in child rearing is culturally defined by gender. This study examines the prevalence of child sexual abuse in Ile-Ife, a Yoruba community and mothers’ strategies towards managing their girl child sexual health. Two categories of respondents which consisted of young girls in selected secondary schools and their mothers were purp...
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This chapter explores the relevance and adoption of spirituality in cybercrime; the roles of spiritualists; experiences of self-confessed youths that are involved in ‘yahoo yahoo’ activities and the future intentions of youths to engage in cybercrime. This was with a view to providing a socio-cultural analysis of the influence of spirituality in cy...
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Communities coexist for several reasons. Many traditional Yoruba communities are not an exemption as quite a number of communities were brought together partially based on the need to fight against a common enemy as well as prevent invasion. Ile-Ife and Modakeke-Ife are two neighbouring communities demonstrating such historical background. The comm...
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Menstrual disorder is a common health problem among females in their reproductive years. It has psychosocial effects on the sufferer and her interactions with others during such periods. In Nigeria, menstrual disorder has received little research attention especially in the public health agenda. This study combines quantitative and qualitative appr...
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Nigeria, being asignatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child(UNCRC, 1989) promulgated the Child Rights Act 2003, which aimed atameliorating the condition of street children in Nigeria. In line with this,there are emerging networks of support for street children. The extent towhich these support networks are fulfilling their mission mandat...
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The study examined religiousity, perception and attitude towards condom use among Christian youths in Ile Ife, Nigeria with the aim of examining the implications on HIV/AIDs. A structured questionnaire based on Likert-type scales was employed to rate respondents' attitudes. A total of 260 youths were interviewed, but 210 (80.8%) were found to be se...
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The paper examined the impact of maternal age at birth on under-5 death in Nigeria. Secondary data were generated from the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys in examining the relationship between maternal age at birth and under-5 mortality risk. Relationships between variables were tested through bivariate and logistic analyses. Out of 762...
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Criminal investigation represents a crucial stage in the process of crime management and justice realisation in any modern society; but the criminal investigation process is prone to abuse. This study examines the experiences of adults who have been interrogated for a criminal offence or offences in two communities in Osun State (Southwestern Niger...
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The study examined the influence of socioeconomic factors (marital status, occupation and religious affiliation) on the prevalence of depression. It also investigated patients' perception and knowledge of the illness and identified the coping mechanisms adopted by adult patients with depression at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals C...
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The latest reform in the Nigerian criminal justice system is in line with the global trend to shift from a retributive penal system, where the well being of offenders was a trivial issue, to a rehabilitative system where the welfare of offenders is given a pride of place. The issue of HIV/AIDS in prisons has however not been considered from this pe...
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Retirees’ needs and well-being in Nigeria have been premised on a blanket assumption of homogeneity of needs, housing needs inclusive. This study examined house ownership as a subjective well-being determinant among nine hundred and fifty-four (954) retirees in south-western Nigeria. Questionnaire and Focus Group Discussions were designed in assess...

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