Dr. Babatunde M. GBADEBO

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Name: Dr. Babatunde M. GBADEBO

Faculty: PUBLIC HEALTH

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 Department:Epidemiology and Medical Statistics

 Designation: Lecturer 1

Brief Biography: Babatunde Gbadebo is a Medical Demographer and public health scientist with broad research interests in demography and medical health research. He obtained both his BSc, MSc and PhD in Demography and Social, Statistics from Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Dr Gbadebo has over ten years of teaching and research experience as an applied statistician and medical demographer. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed reputable national and international journals; and as well attended many local and international conferences to boost his academic career.

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Name:                                                                     Babatunde   Makinde   Gbadebo  

Department:                                                          Epidemiology and Medical Statistics

Faculty:                                                                   Public Health

First Academic Appointment:                            Lecturer II (18 February,2013)

Present Post(with date):                                      Lecturer I (02 September, 2016)

Date of Last Promotion:                                      02 September, 2016

University Education (with dates)

  1. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                       1992 - 1998
  2. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                       1999 - 2003
  3. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                        2013 - 2016

Academic Qualifications (with dates and granting bodies)

  1. Sc (Demography and Social Statistics)
    Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                       1998
  2. M.Sc (Demography and Social Statistics)
    Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                       2003
  3. Ph.D (Demography and Social Statistics)
    Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                       2016

Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned Society:

  1. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). 2009
  2. Population Association of America (PAA). 2014
  3. Population Association of Nigeria (PAN). 2019
  4. Union for African Population Studies (UAPS). 2009

Research

(a) Completed:

  1. Title: Modern family planning methods and under-five mortality in Nigeria: are they interrelated?

 (b) In Progress:

  1. A decomposition analysis of socio-economic inequalities in child survival in Nigeria.

           Role: Principal investigator               Funding: Self sponsorship

  1. Women empowerment and infant mortality in Nigeria.

           Role: Principal investigator               Funding: Self sponsorship

  1. Cohort Analysis of the State of Female Circumcision in Nigeria: Prevalence, Daughter Circumcision and Attitude towards its Discontinuation

            Role: Principal investigator               Funding: Self sponsorship     

(c) Project, Dissertation and Thesis:

  1. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Family Planning among Civil Servants in Ile-Ife. (B,Sc. Project Submitted to the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 1998)
  2. Women’s Status and Female Genital Cutting in Ile-Ife: Implications for Reproductive Health. (M,Sc Project Project Submitted to the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 2003)
  3. Family Type, Ethnicity and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria. (Ph.D. Thesis Project Submitted  To the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 2016)

Publications

a. Chapters in books already published

  1. Gbadebo, B.M. and Akinyemi, J. O and, Adebowale A. S. (2019). Selected topics In Medical Statistic Adebowale, A.S., Akinyemi, J.O. (Eds). Demographic Survey, Designs and Its Implementation Ile-Ife: Andkolad, pp 331-351, ISBN: 9789785463396

b. Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceeding

  1. Gbadebo, B.M. (2017). Changes In Intergenerational Attitude To Female Genital Cutting In Nigeria: Lessons Learnt From Qualitative And Quantitative Analyses of Primary And Secondary Data Els L., Gily C. (Eds). Proceedings of the 2nd International Academic Seminar of MAP-FGM Project: Researching Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Brussels: VUBPRESS. 17-21 pp

c. Articles that have already appeared in learned journals:

  1. Odusina, E. K., Kupoluyi, J. A. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2010). Level of Education, Belief, Perception of STIs/AIDS and Condom Use among Men in Ife Central Local Government Area, Osun State, Ife Journal of Theory and Research in Education Vol. 12.2. pp 64-73
  2. Alo, O. A., Odusina, E. K and Gbadebo, B.M. (2011). Nigeria without Crude Oil-A Social Analysis, Journal of Social and Policy Issues Vol. 8.3. pp 10-17
  3. Odusina, E. K., Kupoluyi, J. A and Gbadebo, B.M. (2011). Implications of a Rapidly Growing Nigerian Population, EBSU Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2.1. pp 81-89
  4. Alo, O. A. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2011). Intergenerational Attitude Change Regarding Female Genital Cutting in Nigeria, Journal of Women’s Health Vol. 20.11. pp 1655-1661
  5. Alo, O. A., Odusina, E. K. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2012). Spousal Violence in South-West Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates, Journal of Women’s Health Care Vol. 1.2. pp 10-17
  6. Alo, O.A., Gbadebo, B.M. and Odusina, E.K. (2012). Maternal Deaths in Southwest Nigeria, Prime Journal of Social Science Vol. 1.6. pp 104-112
  7. Akanbi,M. A. , Fadayomi,T. O. , Wusu,O. , Tinuola,F. O. , Amoo,E. O. , Gbadebo, B.M. , Olawole-Isaa,A. and Adekola,P. O. (2015). The definitions and onset of an old person in South-Western Nigeria, Educational Gerontology Vol. 41.7. pp 494-503
  8. Gbadebo, B.M., Afolabi, R.F. and Adebowale, A.S. (2015). Female circumcision in Nigeria and attitudes towards its discontinuation, African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences Vol. 44.4. pp 343-354
  9. Adebowale, A.S., Gbadebo, B.M. and Afolabi, R.F. (2016). Wealth index, empowerment and modern contraceptive use among married women in Nigeria: are they interrelated? Journal of Public Health Vol. 24.5. pp 415-426
  10. Adebowale, A.S., Adefeso, R. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2017). Knowledge of vasectomy and barriers to modern contraception among married men in a traditional community, South-West, Nigeria, African Journal Medicine and Medical Sciences Vol. 46.2. pp 197-206
  11. Adebowale, A.S., Yusuf, O.B., Gbadebo, B.M. and Dahiru, T. (2017). Level and Determinants of High Fertility in two Contrasting Populations in Nigeria, African Population Studies Vol. 31.1. pp -16
  12. Yusuf, O.B., Gbadebo, B.M., Afolabi, R.F. and Adebowale, A.S. (2018). Trends, Pattern and Socioeconomic Predictors of Underweight among Young Married Women in Nigeria, Public Health Research Vol. 8.2. pp 35-45
  13. Awoyelu, I. O., Ayeni, O., Gbadebo, B.M. and Adebowale, A.S. (2018). Trends and transition times in parity progression among women of reproductive age in Nigeria between 1998 and 2012, African Population Studies Vol. 32.1. pp 3929-3949
  14. Afam, B.O., Olowolafe, T.A., Gbadebo, B.M. and Adebowale, A.S (2018). Modelling regional differentials in childhood and adult mortality in Nigeria, African Population Studies Vol. 32.1. pp 3950-3963
  15. Akinyemi, J.O., Bolajoko, I. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2018). Death of preceding child and maternal healthcare services utilisation in Nigeria: investigation using lagged logit models, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition Vol. 37.1. pp 1-12
  16. Gbadebo, B.M., Bamiwuye, S. O. and Bisiriyu, L. A. (2018). Family Type, Ethnicity and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria, African Population Studies Vol. 32.2. pp 4417-4427
  17. Gbadebo, B.M., Fagbamigbe, A.F. and Adebowale, A.S. (2018). Environmental Factors as Predictors of Childhood Mortality Experience in Nigeria, African Journal of Environmental Health Sciences Vol. 5.0. pp 23-34
  18. Akinyemi, J.O., Odimegwu, C. O., Banjo, O. O. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2019). Clustering of infant deaths among Nigerian women: investigation of temporal patterns using dynamic random effects model, Genus: Journal of Population Sciences Vol. 75.12. pp 1-18
  19. Adebowale A. S.; Tinuoya A. F.; Olowolafe T. A.; Gbadebo B. M.; Onwusaka O. C. 2019. Unintended Pregnancy and Childbearing among out-of-school Unmarried Young Women Living in Metropolitan City Slums, South-West Nigeria. Public Health Research; 2019, 9(4): 87-98.   
  20. Effah, B; Ekpenyong, B, Gbadebo B.M; Ajayi, I.O; Dairo, D. 2019. Compliance with Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Results and Correlates among Clinicians in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Open Journal of Epidemiology; 9, 259-288
  21. Ekechi, H. U;  Ibeneme, C;  Ogunniyi, B ; Awosanya, E; Gbadebo, B.M; Usman, A; Balogun, M.S; Ameh, C;  Okeke, L; Dan-Nwafor, C; Ihekweazu, C. 2020. Factors associated with a confirmed Lassa fever outbreak in Eguare community of Esan West, Edo State, Nigeria. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health; 3(1)

Technical Papers and Monographs:

  1. Adebowale, A.S. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2018). Report on House Listing and Mapping In Oyo State. , Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS): pp 1-16

XI.      Major Conferences Attended with Papers Read (in the last 5 years):

  1. British Sociological Association Medical Sociological Group 43rd Annual Conference. University of Chester, U.K.  14th-16th September, 2011. Alo O.A., Gbadebo B.M.

Paper Read: Spousal Violence in South-West Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates.

  1. 1st National Conference on Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Nov. 24-27, 2013. Gbadebo B.M., Fagbamigbe A.F., Adebowale A.S.

Paper Read: Childhood Mortality in Nigeria: Does Maternal Environmental Conditions Matter?

  1. Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meeting, Population Association of America, San Diego, California, United States of America . 30th- 2nd May 2015.
    Paper Read: Family Type, Ethnicity and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria.
  2. 6th AFENET and 1st ECOWAS Regional Centre for Diseases Control Scientific Conference, AFENET, Abuja, Nigeria. 6th-12th August 2016.
  3. Second International Academic Seminar. Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Method Research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Experiences from Africa and Europe, MAP-FGM, Brussel, Belgium. 8th - 9th June 2017.
    Paper Read: Changes in Intergenerational Attitude to Female Genital Cutting in Nigeria: Lessons Learnt from Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Primary and Secondary Data.
  4. 28th International Population Conference (IPC), Statistics, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa. 29th-4th October 2017.
    Paper Read: The Position of Environmental Factors as Predictors of Childhood Mortality Experience in Nigeria
    Paper Read: Clustering of Infant Death Clustering among Nigerian Women: Temporal Pattern and Mechanism
  5. Population Association of Nigeria (PAN) 2019 National Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 10th-11th June 2019.
    Paper Read: Modern Family Planning and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria: Are they Interrelated?

Researches

(a) Completed:

  1. Title: Modern family planning methods and under-five mortality in Nigeria: are they interrelated?

 (b) In Progress:

  1. A decomposition analysis of socio-economic inequalities in child survival in Nigeria.

           Role: Principal investigator               Funding: Self sponsorship

  1. Women empowerment and infant mortality in Nigeria.

           Role: Principal investigator               Funding: Self sponsorship

  1. Cohort Analysis of the State of Female Circumcision in Nigeria: Prevalence, Daughter Circumcision and Attitude towards its Discontinuation

            Role: Principal investigator               Funding: Self sponsorship     

(c) Project, Dissertation and Thesis:

  1. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Family Planning among Civil Servants in Ile-Ife. (B,Sc. Project Submitted to the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 1998)
  2. Women’s Status and Female Genital Cutting in Ile-Ife: Implications for Reproductive Health. (M,Sc Project Project Submitted to the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 2003)
  3. Family Type, Ethnicity and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria. (Ph.D. Thesis Project Submitted  To the Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 2016)

Publications

a. Chapters in books already published

  1. Gbadebo, B.M. and Akinyemi, J. O and, Adebowale A. S. (2019). Selected topics In Medical Statistic Adebowale, A.S., Akinyemi, J.O. (Eds). Demographic Survey, Designs and Its Implementation Ile-Ife: Andkolad, pp 331-351, ISBN: 9789785463396

b. Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceeding

  1. Gbadebo, B.M. (2017). Changes In Intergenerational Attitude To Female Genital Cutting In Nigeria: Lessons Learnt From Qualitative And Quantitative Analyses of Primary And Secondary Data Els L., Gily C. (Eds). Proceedings of the 2nd International Academic Seminar of MAP-FGM Project: Researching Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Brussels: VUBPRESS. 17-21 pp

c. Articles that have already appeared in learned journals:

  1. Odusina, E. K., Kupoluyi, J. A. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2010). Level of Education, Belief, Perception of STIs/AIDS and Condom Use among Men in Ife Central Local Government Area, Osun State, Ife Journal of Theory and Research in Education Vol. 12.2. pp 64-73
  2. Alo, O. A., Odusina, E. K and Gbadebo, B.M. (2011). Nigeria without Crude Oil-A Social Analysis, Journal of Social and Policy Issues Vol. 8.3. pp 10-17
  3. Odusina, E. K., Kupoluyi, J. A and Gbadebo, B.M. (2011). Implications of a Rapidly Growing Nigerian Population, EBSU Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2.1. pp 81-89
  4. Alo, O. A. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2011). Intergenerational Attitude Change Regarding Female Genital Cutting in Nigeria, Journal of Women’s Health Vol. 20.11. pp 1655-1661
  5. Alo, O. A., Odusina, E. K. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2012). Spousal Violence in South-West Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates, Journal of Women’s Health Care Vol. 1.2. pp 10-17
  6. Alo, O.A., Gbadebo, B.M. and Odusina, E.K. (2012). Maternal Deaths in Southwest Nigeria, Prime Journal of Social Science Vol. 1.6. pp 104-112
  7. Akanbi,M. A. , Fadayomi,T. O. , Wusu,O. , Tinuola,F. O. , Amoo,E. O. , Gbadebo, B.M. , Olawole-Isaa,A. and Adekola,P. O. (2015). The definitions and onset of an old person in South-Western Nigeria, Educational Gerontology Vol. 41.7. pp 494-503
  8. Gbadebo, B.M., Afolabi, R.F. and Adebowale, A.S. (2015). Female circumcision in Nigeria and attitudes towards its discontinuation, African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences Vol. 44.4. pp 343-354
  9. Adebowale, A.S., Gbadebo, B.M. and Afolabi, R.F. (2016). Wealth index, empowerment and modern contraceptive use among married women in Nigeria: are they interrelated? Journal of Public Health Vol. 24.5. pp 415-426
  10. Adebowale, A.S., Adefeso, R. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2017). Knowledge of vasectomy and barriers to modern contraception among married men in a traditional community, South-West, Nigeria, African Journal Medicine and Medical Sciences Vol. 46.2. pp 197-206
  11. Adebowale, A.S., Yusuf, O.B., Gbadebo, B.M. and Dahiru, T. (2017). Level and Determinants of High Fertility in two Contrasting Populations in Nigeria, African Population Studies Vol. 31.1. pp -16
  12. Yusuf, O.B., Gbadebo, B.M., Afolabi, R.F. and Adebowale, A.S. (2018). Trends, Pattern and Socioeconomic Predictors of Underweight among Young Married Women in Nigeria, Public Health Research Vol. 8.2. pp 35-45
  13. Awoyelu, I. O., Ayeni, O., Gbadebo, B.M. and Adebowale, A.S. (2018). Trends and transition times in parity progression among women of reproductive age in Nigeria between 1998 and 2012, African Population Studies Vol. 32.1. pp 3929-3949
  14. Afam, B.O., Olowolafe, T.A., Gbadebo, B.M. and Adebowale, A.S (2018). Modelling regional differentials in childhood and adult mortality in Nigeria, African Population Studies Vol. 32.1. pp 3950-3963
  15. Akinyemi, J.O., Bolajoko, I. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2018). Death of preceding child and maternal healthcare services utilisation in Nigeria: investigation using lagged logit models, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition Vol. 37.1. pp 1-12
  16. Gbadebo, B.M., Bamiwuye, S. O. and Bisiriyu, L. A. (2018). Family Type, Ethnicity and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria, African Population Studies Vol. 32.2. pp 4417-4427
  17. Gbadebo, B.M., Fagbamigbe, A.F. and Adebowale, A.S. (2018). Environmental Factors as Predictors of Childhood Mortality Experience in Nigeria, African Journal of Environmental Health Sciences Vol. 5.0. pp 23-34
  18. Akinyemi, J.O., Odimegwu, C. O., Banjo, O. O. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2019). Clustering of infant deaths among Nigerian women: investigation of temporal patterns using dynamic random effects model, Genus: Journal of Population Sciences Vol. 75.12. pp 1-18
  19. Adebowale A. S.; Tinuoya A. F.; Olowolafe T. A.; Gbadebo B. M.; Onwusaka O. C. 2019. Unintended Pregnancy and Childbearing among out-of-school Unmarried Young Women Living in Metropolitan City Slums, South-West Nigeria. Public Health Research; 2019, 9(4): 87-98.   
  20. Effah, B; Ekpenyong, B, Gbadebo B.M; Ajayi, I.O; Dairo, D. 2019. Compliance with Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Results and Correlates among Clinicians in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Open Journal of Epidemiology; 9, 259-288
  21. Ekechi, H. U;  Ibeneme, C;  Ogunniyi, B ; Awosanya, E; Gbadebo, B.M; Usman, A; Balogun, M.S; Ameh, C;  Okeke, L; Dan-Nwafor, C; Ihekweazu, C. 2020. Factors associated with a confirmed Lassa fever outbreak in Eguare community of Esan West, Edo State, Nigeria. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health; 3(1)

Technical Papers and Monographs:

  1. Adebowale, A.S. and Gbadebo, B.M. (2018). Report on House Listing and Mapping In Oyo State. , Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS): pp 1-16

XI.      Major Conferences Attended with Papers Read (in the last 5 years):

  1. British Sociological Association Medical Sociological Group 43rd Annual Conference. University of Chester, U.K.  14th-16th September, 2011. Alo O.A., Gbadebo B.M.

Paper Read: Spousal Violence in South-West Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates.

  1. 1st National Conference on Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Nov. 24-27, 2013. Gbadebo B.M., Fagbamigbe A.F., Adebowale A.S.

Paper Read: Childhood Mortality in Nigeria: Does Maternal Environmental Conditions Matter?

  1. Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meeting, Population Association of America, San Diego, California, United States of America . 30th- 2nd May 2015.
    Paper Read: Family Type, Ethnicity and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria.
  2. 6th AFENET and 1st ECOWAS Regional Centre for Diseases Control Scientific Conference, AFENET, Abuja, Nigeria. 6th-12th August 2016.
  3. Second International Academic Seminar. Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Method Research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Experiences from Africa and Europe, MAP-FGM, Brussel, Belgium. 8th - 9th June 2017.
    Paper Read: Changes in Intergenerational Attitude to Female Genital Cutting in Nigeria: Lessons Learnt from Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Primary and Secondary Data.
  4. 28th International Population Conference (IPC), Statistics, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa. 29th-4th October 2017.
    Paper Read: The Position of Environmental Factors as Predictors of Childhood Mortality Experience in Nigeria
    Paper Read: Clustering of Infant Death Clustering among Nigerian Women: Temporal Pattern and Mechanism
  5. Population Association of Nigeria (PAN) 2019 National Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 10th-11th June 2019.
    Paper Read: Modern Family Planning and Under-Five Mortality in Nigeria: Are they Interrelated?

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