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Item Embedding cultural studies in public health higher education: the role of medical anthropologists.(African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), 2022) Omobowale, M.O.Medical Anthropology is a body of knowledge with universal application. It bridges the gap between socio-cultural elements and public-health challenges; as a result, many medical anthropologists have raised the importance of culture in health matters. While public health pedagogy revolves around the ‘Germ Theory’ and the biomedical explanations of disease and illnesses; it is also very important to put the bio-sociocultural phenomena of health into consideration through an in-depth understanding of the social-cultural dimensions of health, healthcare and health-management. This is because ethnographic conceptions and the understanding of diseases, illnesses and wellbeing are germane to the success of public health. Embedding medical anthropological epistemology and research methods in public health higher education in Nigeria will contribute to the advancement of medical training through the use of ethnographic epistemology and methods, whereby vivid case studies of the social-cultural dimensions of public health issues would be subjected to critical discourse in the classroom. Utilizing ethnographic epistemological and methodological research cum pedagogical approaches in public health higher education will yield considerable successItem “You will not mourn your children”: spirituality and child health in Ibadan Urban Markets.(Springer, 2020) Omobowale, M.O.The urban Ibadan market is not only important for its economic value, but also for its representation of the worldview of the Yoruba people of South-Western Nigeria. Yoruba urban markets are adorned with different spiritualists who also earn their livelihood in the market space. Hence, through the employment of observations and in-depth interviews, the study examines how spirituality shapes child health and mothers’ health seeking behaviours in Ibadan urban markets.Item Malaria preventive measures used by parents of under five years’ children in Ibadan Urban Markets, Nigeria.(Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2019) Omobowale, M.O.; Ademola, S. A.; Amodu, O. K.Malaria remains a major public health issue, especially among children in Nigeria. Children are an important group that should be targeted for malaria control. This study, therefore, examined the contextual interpretation and understanding of malaria, existing means of malaria prevention, treatment, and acceptability of chemoprevention among parents, guardians and grandparents of under-5 years children in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study employed qualitative methodology, through the use of observation and in-depth interviews. Two popular markets were purposively selected for the study. In all, 32 in-depth interviews were conducted. Data were coded and sorted with Atlas-ti, and subjected to content analysis. All respondents identified that malaria is caused and spread by the bite of infected mosquitos. Malaria preventive strategies used by parents in Ibadan includes use of long lasting insecticide treated net (LLIN), insecticides, insect repellant cream and herbal malaria mixture (agumu iba) used as prophylaxis. All informants mentioned frequent indoor use of either otapiapia, (a mixture of carbide, gammaline 20 organochloride insecticide, and diesel) and undiluted Sniper (a DDVP chemical family, 2, 2-dichloro vinyl dimethyl phosphate, an outdoor insecticide/miticide that should be diluted with water when used for outside fumigation) as an effective means to preventing mosquito/malaria. All were accepting of the introduction of new ways of preventing malaria such as chemo-preventive malaria drugs for children. The study showed that there is urgent need for awareness campaign on the harmful effects of DDVP chemical family misuse in Ibadan.Item Speak to the past and it shall teach thee: an appraisal of child health policy in Nigeria.(Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2018) Omobowale, M.O.Healthcare policies have direct impact on people’s wellbeing. In Nigeria, there is no gainsaying the fact that over the years, different health policies initiated and implemented by government at the local, state and federal levels have had monumental impacts on the nation’s wellbeing and development, but at the same time failed to consider cultural elements in policy making processes.. This paper presents a historical review of Nigeria’s healthcare policies and importance of social and cultural elements in policy making processes. It provides an in-depth insight into the complex relationships between institutions, politics and health policy in Africa’s largest and most ethnically diverse country. It also examines the importance of political regimes, economic approaches, cultural patterns/variations, as well as domestic and international influences on health policy and the physical, social and mental wellbeing of Nigerians.Item Culture(Ibadan University Press, 2013) Omobowale, M.O.; Ogunsanya, A.O.Item Emigration and the social value of remittances in Nigeria(Common Ground Publisher, 2010) Omobowale, A.O.; Omobowale, M.O.; Ajani, O.O.