Browsing by Author "John, I. A."

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    Health Care Providers’ Readiness to Screen for Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Nigeria
    (Violence and Victims, 2010) John, I. A.; Lawoko, Stephen; Svanström, L.; Mohammed, A. Z.
    Research on screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) within health care in a sub- Saharan African context is rare. This paper assessed factors associated with the readiness to screen for IPV among care providers (HCP, n = 274) at Kano hospital, Nigeria. Readiness was measured using the Domestic Violence Health Care Providers’ survey instrument, which measures grade of perceived self-effi cacy in screening for IPV, fear for victim/provider safety, access to system support to refer IPV victims, professional roles resistant/ fear of offending clients, and blaming the victim for being abused victim. Social workers perceived a higher self-effi cacy and better access to system support networks to refer victims than peers in other occupation categories. Female care providers and doctors were less likely to blame the victim than males and social workers, respectively. Younger care providers of Yoruba ethnicity and social workers were less likely to perceive confl icting professional roles related to screening than older providers of Hausa ethnicity and doctors, respectively. Implications of our fi ndings for interventions and further research are discussed.
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    Implementing A Hospital Based Injury Surveillance System In Africa: Lessons Learned
    (Medicine, conflict and survival, 2008) Zavala, Diego E.; Bokongo, Simon; John, I. A.; Senoga, Ismail Mpanga; Mtonga, Robert E.; Mohammed, A. Z.; Anjango, Walter Odhiambo; Olupot, Peter Olupot
    A multinational injury surveillance pilot project was carried out in five African countries in the first half of 2007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia). Hospitals were selected in each country and a uniform methodology was applied in all sites, including an injury surveillance questionnaire designed by a joint programme of the Pan American Health Organization and the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 4207 injury cases were registered in all hospitals. More than half of all injury cases were due to road traffic accidents (58.3%) and 40% were due to interpersonal violence. Self-inflicted injuries were minimal (1.2% of all cases). This report provides an assessment of the implementation of the project and a preliminary comparison between the five African countries on the context in which inter-personal injury cases occurred. Strengths and weaknesses of the project as well as opportunities and threats identified by medical personnel are summarized and discussed. A call is made to transform this pilot project into a sustainable public health strategy.