Paul O. AdekolaUniversity of Medical Sciences (UNIMED)
Paul O. Adekola
PhD Demography & Social Statistics
Migration; Population, Environment & Development; Sexual & Reproductive Health
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Introduction
Paul conducts his research mainly on migration, sexual health, post-conflict, post-disaster and post-pandemic socioeconomic recovery for displaced persons and other vulnerable populations, including child brides, refugees and stateless citizens. He has above 34 publications and has participated in conferences around the world. He uses binary logistics or linear regression for the quantitative analysis of his scholarly articles. He is a motivated self-starter and an enthusiastic team player.
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September 2012 - present
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Publications (55)
Violent social and political conflicts have caused several challenges to internally displaced persons (IDPs), especially girls and young women, among which is sexual violence (SV). Despite extensive records on SV in humanitarian contexts, studies to assess the level, examine the disclosure pattern (DP) and evaluate the availability of abortion care...
Forceful displacement in Nigeria is mainly caused by violent conflict, urban renewal, climate change, and oil exploration, among others. However, humanitarian assistance in its various dimensions from the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other donor agencies have been skewed mostly towards those displaced by violent conflict. T...
This study explores the impact of Boko Haram's violence on northern Nigeria, particularly focusing on the willingness of conflict-induced internally displaced persons (CIIDPs) to return home and the role of restoring social infrastructure in this process. We employed a mixed-methods approach, collecting data from 866 randomly selected internally di...
COVID-19 might have come and gone but the effects, which are likely to linger for at least a decade, are still here with us. Life must continue which was why most countries looked for post-pandemic recovery strategies. Many countries, especially those which were severely affected, called for high power workshops, seminars and conferences involving...
Effective spacing of births enhances the health and well-being of reproductive-age women. The literature on socio-cultural factors affecting contraceptive utilization is not well documented in Nigeria. This chapter aims to fill this gap. The research is based on cross-sectional data gathered from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey consi...
Background
One of the non-pharmaceutical strategies adopted by various governments to control the spread of COVID-19 is mobility restriction (MR), popularly known as a lockdown. Evidence shows that MR has some unintended consequences, such as increased cases of domestic violence, rape, pornography, sex chats, incest, and other unhealthy sexual beha...
Data file for article "COVID-19, mobility restriction, and sexual behavior among a cohort of people of reproductive age Nigeria"
The incidence of short marital duration due to the demise of a husband that often exposes young widows to in-laws’ exploitation of the asset of the deceased spouses, without regard for negative health consequences and potential vulnerability to poverty has not been exhaustively investigated, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where 16% of adult women...
North-East Nigeria is recovering from a decade of terrorism by Boko Haram during which the region collapsed socioeconomically and millions were displaced. The displaced live in various camps in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States, and serve as the primary source of data for this research. The Nigerian government has expressed their desire for the displ...
International Journal for Equity in Health 20(1):235. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-021-01574-4
Background: There is an increasing global concern of financing poor people who live in low- and middle-income countries. The burden of non-communicable diseases of these people is, by in large, connected to a lack of access to effective and affordable medical care, weak financing, and delivery of health services. Policymakers have assumed, until re...
This paper situates the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 8, and 13 to investigate the growth-energy-emissions trilemma. It uniquely contributes to the discourse by using carbon emissions per capita (emissions), GDP per capita (economic growth), energy use per capita (nonrenewable energy) and renewable energy from seven So...
This study aligns with the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals- 3 which aim to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. It contributes to the nascent literature stream on energy-health dynamics by introducing a holistic theoretical model to empirically examine the mediation effect of carbon emissions on the r...
Urban renewal is usually a government-sanctioned exercise to clean up decaying portions of cities. Following unintended negative consequences like internal displacements arising from the exercise in developing countries, scholars call for naming those displaced by it "special categories of IDPs" to receive humanitarian assistance like those displac...
Poor waste management is increasingly becoming a major challenge for municipalities, globally. Unlike previous waste management studies in Nigeria, this study examines the implications of waste management to regional greenhouse gas emissions based on awareness levels and perception of urban inhabitants. Benin City was divided into four residential...
In attempting to explain the rather inconsistent growth of manufacturing industries in Nigeria, this study seeks to investigate the effect of human capital on manufacturing output in the Nigerian industrial firms. The study adopts human capital theory as a basis for the theoretical framework. Micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (2014)...
Background:
The reports and information on coronavirus are not conspicuously emphasising the possible impact of population density on the explanation of difference in rapid spread and fatality due to the disease and not much has been done on bicountry comparisons.
Objective:
The study examined the impact of population density on the spread of CO...
This research analyses the socio-economic implications of approaches to urban renewal on displaced populations in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria. In the last 5 years, massive renewal has been undertaken in five local government areas—Abeokuta North, Ado/Odo Ota, Sagamu, Yewa South and Ijebu Ode of the State from which two—Abeokuta North and Ado-Odo...
North-East Nigeria is currently emerging from brutal insurgent attacks that lasted for almost a decade since 2009 and has thereby plunged the region deeper into poverty and economic chaos, making it the poorest region in Nigeria. As thousands of displaced people prepare to move back to their rural communities, a large proportion of the predominantl...
Recent flood disasters in Benin City, Nigeria have claimed a number of lives, damaged property, and threatened the overall livelihood of residents. The economic burden of such events has forced a vast reallocation of monetary resources for clean-up and recovery, as well as forcibly altered and suspended internal trade via devastated transportation...
In post-conflict community rebuilding, the significance of reintegration exercise for returning displaced persons and the manner of programs put in place will determine whether they will be sustainable reintegrated or otherwise. However, there is little empirical documentation regarding critical questions such as: Can restoration of vandalized sour...
The position paper presents the interconnection between demographic and gender gap dimension in university admission, and the suspected limitations to the success of STEM curricula in Nigeria. The thoughts presented were supported by archival-review of existing literature and empirical descriptive analysis of university enrolment with respect to ST...
The presentation is a position paper on the interconnections between the education policy, curriculum choices on science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the place of demography. The study is aggregate of thoughts complemented with archival review of existing literature and empirical analysis on admission trends and population growth. I...
The position paper presents the interconnection between demographic and gender gap dimension in university admission, and the suspected limitations to the success of STEM curricula in Nigeria. The thoughts presented were supported by archival-review of existing literature and empirical descriptive analysis of university enrolment with respect to ST...
Government normally empowers relevant agencies to undertake urban renewal to clean up the slums of a city so as to make it look beautiful in accordance with the new layout plan prepared for it. In the course of doing this in developing countries however; many unintended socioeconomic and health consequences especially forceful evictions and interna...
Africa in particular Nigeria has remained one of most populous country in the world. The report of 2016 population reference bureau ranked Nigeria as the 7th most populous country and projected that by 2050 Nigeria will be the 4 th populous country in the world. Nigeria with a population of over 180 million, and a total fertility rate (TFR) estimat...
It has been observed that daily interactions of millions of Nigeria population estimated at 186.5 million by PRB (2016) with their immediate environment have serious implications on her landscape, environmental aesthetics and atmospheric well-being. Urban decadence, proliferation of slums, deforestation, congestion and all forms of pollution are so...
Background: In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were rolled out, following poor outcomes of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in Africa and many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). With the SDGs in place for another 15 years, it is worthwhile to critically review the performances of the MDGs in many Af...
Background
Women that are not in good health cannot contribute to sustainable development but effective coping during and after sickness could enhance their contributions to development.
Objective
The study examined the coping strategies among women with cervical cancer in different marital context in Nigeria
Methods
In-depth interview from eight...
Background
Women that are not in good health cannot contribute to sustainable development but effective coping during and after sickness could enhance their contributions to development.
Objective
The study examined the coping strategies among women with cervical cancer in different marital context in Nigeria
Methods
In-depth interview from eight...
The study aimed at educational awareness of non-medical factors associated with maternal mortality reduction and to proffer policy guidelines for informed policy intervention. We analyzed secondary data from the 2010 Covenant University project on non-medical determinants of maternal mortality in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, Ogun State. The s...
Background: In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were rolled out, following poor outcomes of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in Africa and many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). With the SDGs in place for another 15 years, it is worthwhile to critically review the performances of the MDGs in many Af...
Poor knowledge of socio-demographic factors limit access and utilization of health care services among pregnant women. The objectives of this paper are to examine the factors which influence health care usage and to suggest policy guidelines to boost the use of healthcare particularly among antenatal women. The study covers five (5) rural political...
A An na al le el le e U Un ni iv ve er rs si it tă ăţ ţi ii i d di in n O Or ra ad de ea a, , S Se er ri ia a G Ge eo og gr ra af fi ie e Year X XX XV VI II I, no. 1 Abstract: Marriage at its right time and with the right and self-selected person is one of the best things that can happen to a man. Unfortunately, as glamorous such a day of espousal...
Urban renewal has always been undertaken to clean up and beautify a city in accordance with a prescribed new layout plan. Many unintended consequences, especially forceful evictions and internal displacement of persons however, usually accompany such exercises. This paper aims to examine the socioeconomic and health implications of urban renewal fo...
Meeting the requirements for accessing fund for entrepreneurial venture within the informal sector remains the major
discouraging factor. This paper evaluated the financing challenges confronting informal entrepreneurs in Southwest,
Nigeria. Survey method was used to collect data from 182 informal entrepreneurs’ in Southwest, Nigeria and analysed
w...
With the current population of approximately 182million people (PRB, 2015); Nigeria is the most populous Black
Country in the world. Arguments are ripe whether her ever-growing population is the sole factor responsible also for her
continuous growth of unemployment. To answer this question, this paper extracted secondary data from Population Refere...
Marriage at its right time and with the right person is one of the best things that can happen to a man. No religion, race or colour is against this globally. Unfortunately, as glamorous such a day of espousal should have been, child marriage has made it sour for child brides as most of them are forced into it in their mid-teens; thereby aborting b...
Marriage at its right time and with the right person is one of the best things that can happen to a man. No religion, race or colour is against this globally. Unfortunately, as glamorous such a day of espousal should have been, child marriage has made it sour for child brides as most of them are forced into it in their mid-teens; thereby aborting b...
There was gender imbalance for a long time in the control of wealth in Nigeria particularly in the north because entrepreneurship used to be male-dominated; only men used to own businesses and controlled factors of production. This infamous trend has however dwindled especially in the last two decades but not at a satisfactory level. This paper aim...
Everyone is aware of space and place, of change over time and since everything exists in space and time, population is not an exception. This paper examines the influences of time on population growth and space. The study adopts both descriptive and quantitative statics and relied on secondary data source as a major means of data collection. The fi...
The use of maternal healthcare services reduces maternal mortality, which is unimaginably high in Nigeria. Therefore, this study investigates the socioeconomic factors influencing the utilization of maternal healthcare services in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos state, Nigeria. Each of the socioeconomic factors of women and their spouse...
This paper investigates the definitions and onset of an old person in South-Western Nigeria. Conventionally, anyone who has reached the age of 60 or 65 years is regarded as the onset of an old person. But on contrary, this recent study is strongly emphasizing that 50 years and above is the onset of an old person in South-Western Nigeria. Obviously,...
The study investigates the influence of family structure on adolescent sexual behaviour in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The research was conducted by taking a sample of 330 adolescents who are 15-24 years. The analytical techniques used in the study are: univariate, bivariate and chi-square tests. The key findings of this s...
The Local government area (LGA) in Nigeria is the third level of governance and closest to the rural and mostly poor population, with relatively higher records of infant mortality than the urban population. objective of this study is to examine the effect of living and environmental condition on infant mortality in a typical LGA Nigeria, as a case...
Improve sanitation and health delivery has become an important issue because of it significant implication of quality of life in the society. This paper examines the effect of poor sanitation on infant mortality and effort of both government and individual at combating the menace. Demographic records of the Ibadan North LGA from 2006 to 2010 and pe...
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