3 results match your criteria: "Centre for Communication and Social Impact[Affiliation]"
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been heightened levels of fear worldwide. The steadily increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria as reported by the Nigerian center for Disease Control has led to different behavioral responses influenced by perceived threat and efficacy. This study aimed to understand the levels of perceived threat and efficacy to COVID-19 in Nigeria across various demographic groups using the Extended Parallel Process Model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResponding to a Pandemic Through Social and Behavior Change Communication: Nigeria's Experience.
Health Secur
April 2021
Chinwe Lucia Ochu, MPH, is Acting Director; Abiodun Egwuenu, MPH, is an Epidemiologist; Chimezie Anueyiagu is a Health Education Officer; Chukwuemeka Oguanuo is Corporate Communications, External Comms Lead; and Yahaya Disu, MPH, is Technical Assistant to the Director General on Operations; all in Prevention, Programmes & Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. Oreoluwa Akomolafe, MSc, is Technical Assistant to the Director General; Jeremiah Agenyi is a Communication Consultant, Corporate Communications; Oyeronke Oyebanji is a Strategy Coordinator; Tijesu Ojumu is Corporate Communications, Multimedia Lead; Tarik Mohammed is a Scientific Officer; and Chikwe Ihekweazu is Director General; all in the Office of the Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. Hadiza Saad, MPH, is a Scientific Office, Surveillance and Epidemiology, also with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, MWACP, is a Public Health Physician, Epidemiology and Community Health; University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State, Nigeria. Vivianne Ihekweazu, MSc, is Managing Director, Management, Nigeria Health Watch; Chijioke Kaduru, MPH, is Technical Director, Health Division, Corona Management Systems; Ukwori Ejibe, MPA, is Governance Advisor, Strategic Communications and Partnerships, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; Yinka Falola-Anoemuah, PhD, is Deputy Director and Lead, Gender Human Rights and Care Support Services, Community Prevention and Care Services, National Agency for the Control of AIDS; Olayinka Umar-Farouk, MBA, is Senior Technical Advisor, Management, Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria; and Babafunke Fagbemi, MBA, is Executive Director, Management, Centre for Communication and Social Impact; all in Abuja, Nigeria.
Interpersonal and community influences affecting childhood vaccination decision-making among Nigerian caregivers: Perceptions among frontline workers in Nigeria.
J Child Health Care
September 2019
5 Centre for Communication and Social Impact, Abuja, Nigeria.
Although routine immunization has contributed to a substantial reduction in mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases globally, vaccine-preventable diseases are attributable for 22% of childhood deaths in Nigeria. Individual and structural level factors that influence vaccination uptake in Nigeria have been well documented. However, there is limited information about the role of interpersonal and community level factors.
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