Ifeoma Udigwe
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria
Ifeoma Udigwe, Public Health Physician (MB, BS, FWACP Community Medicine)
Community Health Consultant, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria
princessnewlife@yahoo.com
I work as a community health consultant in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. My place of work is in the Primary Health care section of the hospital and is situated in the rural part of the state where the main hospital is located. I work as a team with other consultants and resident doctors in my department (Community Medicine department).
At the Primary Health care center, we run HIV, Tuberculosis and outpatient clinics, which include maternal and child welfare clinics. We carry out preventive, curative and promotive activities on our clients. Those who need specialist care are referred out to the main tertiary center. As community health physicians, we also carry out outreaches to the surrounding communities, schools and relevant places to give health education, do some screenings, counseling and curative services. We use the generated data to carry out some research.
We also train resident doctors who want to be specialists in community health. We give them lectures, seminars and prepare them for examinations. I am currently the residency training coordinator in my center.
I have deep passion towards helping the youth to live healthy life styles and achieve their dreams. Hence, am currently coordinating the setting up of the adolescents/youth friendly health clinic in my center, the first in my state. This cannot be productive without collaborating with the State Ministry of health, the community, the youth and other relevant stakeholders in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the program for the youth. I need the relevant knowledge, skills or tools to be a good leader, carry out research and move the program forward.
Publications
- Udigwe G.O Obiechina N.J.A and Udigwe B.I. VDRL in pregnancy- Is time to stop screening. Trop j. of Med Research 2001; 5(2): 31-35. (I assisted in the dissemination and collation of data in this study)
- Udigwe G.O, Udigwe IB and Ikechebelu J.I. Contraceptive practice in a Teaching Hospital in South Eastern Nigeria. Journal of Obs. And Gynae 2002; 22(3): 308-311. (I assisted in dissemination and collation of the data in this study)
- Udigwe G O, Udigwe I.B. Physical Domestic Violence against Married Women by their intimate partners in Nnewi south East Nigeria. Tropical Journal of Medical Research. 2010; 14(2): 53-56. (I assisted in the dissemination and collation of data in this study)
- Udigwe GO, Emelumadu OF, Udigwe IB. Postpartum practices among the Igbos in Nnewi South-eastern Nigeria. West African Journal of Medicine 2013;32(4):272-276. (I was one of the research assistants in this study, assisted in dissemination and collation of data)
- Adogu P, Udigwe I, Udigwe G, Nwabueze A, Onwasigwe C. Pattern, types and predictors of contraception among female In-school and Out-of-school Adolescents in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. Advances in sexual Medicine 2014;4(3):33-41. (I was the principal investigator in this study)
- Adogu P, Udigwe I, Nwabueze A, Adinma E, Udigwe G, Onwasigwe C. Sexual Health Knowledge,attitude and risk perception among In-school and Out-of-school adolescents in Onitsha, Anambra state. Nigeria. South-eastern European Journal of Public Health.2014. (I was the principal investigator in this study)
- Adogu P, Udigwe I, Udigwe G, Ubajaka C. Review of problems of Adolescents sexual behavior and the role of millennium Development Goals 4,5 and 6 in Nigeria. International Journal of clinical Medicine.2014;5(15). (I was the principal investigator in this study)
- Udigwe I, Adogu P, Achunam S A, Adinma D A, Ubajaka F U, Onwasigwe C. Factors influencing sexual behavior of Adolescents in Onitsha, Nigeria. Journal of Obs and Gynae 2014,4: 987-995. ( In this study, I was the principal investigator)
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