Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care

Dr. Adekunle Durojaiye Alabi

alabi.adekunle@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7868- 2086
Google scholar citation: 276; h index: 8; i10-index: 6
+234 8034468258

Dr. Adekunle Durojaiye Alabi is a Public Health Physician. He is currently the acting Head of Department and Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care. He has about 3 decades of experience in various aspects of Community Medicine and Developmental Health. During this period, he has been involved in the training of both undergraduate and post graduate students. He has supervised over a hundred research projects and dissertations. He has special interest in Epidemiology, Reproductive health and health promotion. He is presently the consultant in charge of the under-five clinic in the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State.
He has vast experience in Epidemiological Research work with over forty publications in national and international journals. His research focuses on reproductive health especially child mortality reduction through vaccine preventable diseases. Also, he has special interest in the prevention and management of malaria. He has been actively involved in the planning and implementation of health intervention programs both nationally and internationally.
He is a national core trainer/ Resource person on Integrated Management of Neonatal/ Childhood illnesses and National Malaria Elimination Program of the Federal Ministry of Health. Also, he has actively participated in Curriculum reviews of Educational Programs for different cadres of health workers in the country. He is a fellow of the West African College of Physicians. He is a member of many associations including Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigerian (APHPN).
In his capacity as Acting Head of Department, he oversees academic administration, general operations, curriculum development, staff coordination and student mentoring. He has great zeal to ensure a culture of academic proficiency, adequate collaborative research within the department. He tries to maintain leadership that is directed towards strengthening the department’s visibility and expanding its contributions to solving local and global health issues.

Recent Publications

1. +Alabi, A. D. (2016). Perception and Practice of HIV/AIDS Prevention among Female Beauticians in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Journal of Family Medicine and Disease Prevention. 2:031. ClinMed International Library, USA.
2. +Alabi, A. D. (2016). Effects of directly observed treatment short-course education program on the knowledge, attitude and practice of community health extension workers in the management of tuberculosis in Sagamu local government, Ogun state, southwest Nigeria. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 3(5):1261-1267. Medip Academy, India.
3. +Mokuolu, O. A., Ntadom, G. N., Ajumobi, O. O., Alero, R. A., Wammanda, R. D., Adedoyin, O. T., Okafor, H. U., Alabi, A. D., Odey, F. A., Agomo, C. O., Edozieh, K. U., Fagbemi, T. O., Njidda, A. M., Babatunde, S., Agbo, E. C., Nwaneri, N. B., Shekarau, E. D., Obasa, T. O. and Ezeigwe, N. M. (2016). Status of the use and compliance with malaria rapid diagnostic tests in formal private health facilities in Nigeria. Malaria Journal. 15(4). Springer, UK. Doi:10.1186/s12936-015-1064-x.
4. +Runsewe-Abiodun, T. I., Bondi, F. S, Alabi, A. D. and Taqi, A. M. (2016). Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the East End of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research. 8(1):4-11. College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone.
5. Jeminusi, O. A., Ojo, O. T., Adegoke, O. M., Alabi, A. D., Sholeye, O. O. and Olatunji, P. O. (2016). A cross-sectional survey of the willingness of tertiary hospital staff to donate blood in Sagamu, Nigeria. Annals of Health Research. 2(2):91-97.
   Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
6. Alabi, A. D., Famuyiwa, A. G., Jeminusi, O. A. and Runsewe-Abiodun, T. I. (2017). Management of malaria in pregnancy by Traditional Birth Attendants in Ogun State, Nigeria. Annals of Health Research. 3(1):35-42. Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
7. *+Alabi, A.D., Oke, O. A., Adedokun, B. O. and Runsewe-Abiodun, T. I. (2018). Perception and Practice of HIV/AIDS Counselling and Testing Among Secondary School Adolescents in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 38(3):175-180. SAGE, USA.
8. *Alabi, A. D. (2018). Awareness, knowledge and participation of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) among nurses in a tertiary healthcare institution in Southwest Nigeria. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. 47(3): 341- 345. College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
9. *Mokuolu, O. A., Ajumobi, O. O., Ntadom, G. N., Adedoyin, O. T., Roberts, A. A., Agomo, C. O, Edozieh, K. U., Okafor, H. U., Wammanda, R. D., Odey, F. A., Maikore, I. K., Abikoye, O. O., Alabi, A. D. and Amajoh, C. (2018). Provider and patient perceptions of malaria rapid diagnostic test use in Nigeria: a cross-sectional evaluation. Malaria Journal. 17:200. Springer, UK. Doi:10.1186/s12936-018- 2346-x
10. *Runsewe-Abiodun, T. I., Alabi, A. D. and Ogunowo, K. K. (2020). Adolescents Perception of Contributory Factors and Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy in a Semi Urban Local Government in South West Nigeria. Nigerian Medical Practitioner. 77(5-6):51-56. Society for Advancement of Medical Education, Nigeria.
11. *+Alabi, A. D., Runsewe-Abiodun, T. I. and Ogunowo, K. K. (2021). Perception of Substance Abuse Amongst Adolescents and Young Adults in Ikenne Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. International Quarterly Community Health Education. 42(1):57-61. SAGE, USA.
12. *+Daniel, O. J., Adejumo, O. A., Alabi, A. D., Bamidele, J. O. and Oritogun, K. S. (2022). Spatial Analysis of Tuberculosis and Risk Factors at the Lowest Administrative Level in Nigeria. African Journal of Health Sciences. 35(1):70-82. Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Kenya.
13. *Osisanwo, D. A., Alabi, A. D., Adefuye, B. O., Nwadike, V. U., Runsewe Abiodun, T. I., and Osinupebi, O. A. (2020). COVID 19 Global Pandemic: The Story So Far. Nigerian Hospital Practice. 25(5-6):33-46. Continuing Medical Education Ventures, Nigeria.
14. Olusoji Daniel, Olusola Adejumo, Janet Bamidele, Adekunle Alabi, Abiola Gbadebo, Kolawole Oritogun (2023). Social determinants of tuberculosis in Nigeria: an ecological approach. Journal of Public Health in Africa 13(4), 2215
15. *Alabi, A. D., Mautin, G. J. and Ekundayo, A. A. (2023). Knowledge, Perception and Prevention Practices of Hepatitis B virus infection among Health Workers in a Tertiary Health Institution, Southwest Nigeria. Babcock University Medical Journal 6(1). Babcock Medical Society, Nigeria.
16. *Alabi, A. D., Ogundeyi, M. M., Mautin, G. J., and Ekundayo, A. A. 2023. Psychological Burden and Coping Abilities of Caregivers of Children with Sickle Cell Disease Attending Government-Owned Tertiary Health Care Facilities in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Babcock University Medical Journal 6(2). Babcock Medical Society, Nigeria.

Academic Staff

1. Dr. O.O Sholeye – Associate Professor of Public Health (Human Nutrition). 08086177954, folahan.soleye@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
2. Dr. K.K Oritogun – Senior Lecturer (Biostatician). 08028942869, oritogun.kola@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
3. Dr. G.J Mautin – Lecturer I (Epidemiology, Occupational Health). 08030505982, mautin.james@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
4. Dr. A.A Ekundayo – Lecturer I (Medical Sociology, Environmental Health). 08033779211, ekundayo.adeola@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
5. Dr. A.A Gbadebo – Lecturer I (Epidemiology, Health Management, International Health). 07082096045, abiola.gbadebo@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng

Non Academic Staff
6. Mrs Olamide E. Orekoya – Secretarial staff. 08038094289,
7. Mrs Olusola A. Aina – 07035044080

Technological Staff

8. Mrs Omolade – Chief Public Health Laboratory Scientist. 07033717864. 9. Miss Osoba – Public Health Nurse/Supervisor. 08038755987.
10. Mrs Ajayi – Public Health Nurse/Supervisor Community Health extension worker. 08035948388
11. Mrs Folake Onokoya – Community Health Extension Worker. 08025350956.