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Wave Study

The study, entitled “WAVE”, Well-being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments, is a two-phased research study designed to understand the factors that facilitate and hinder disadvantaged adolescents from obtaining the health information and services they need to secure good health. The study was conducted in six global sites among which Ibadan, Nigeria is one. The first phase of the study was the formative research stage utilized qualitative research methods which include key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, focus groups, community mapping, and photovoice methods. The approximate sample size for the first phase in Ibadan North local government was 130 (20 key informant interviews, 80 adolescents in community mapping/focus group, 10 photovoice participants and 20 in-depth interviews). Transcription/translation of all recordings is completed. Findings from the first phase laid the groundwork to understand disadvantaged adolescents’ connections to health as well as its regional and gender-based differences and also provide useful information for the second phase of the study.

Useful links:

  1. https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/population-family-and-reproductive-health/seminar-events/wednesday-seminars/2013-2014-presentations/02_19_14.pdf
  2. https://www.younghealthprogrammeyhp.com/content/dam/young-health/Resources/Publications/The-WAVE-Well-Being-of-Adolescents-in-Vulnerable-Environments-study.pdf

 

Abstracts from the Wave Study Accepted and Presented at Conferences.

1. Part of an oral symposium: The symposium on The Well-being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments: Youth Perspectives in six cities. Adesola Sangowawa, OladosuOjengbede. Boys and girls experience life differently – the role of gender in the health and development of adolescents in disadvantaged communities in Ibadan Nigeria. 10th World Congress of the International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH), “Bridging clinical and public health perspectives to promote adolescent health”. Istanbul, Turkey, June, 11 – 12, 2013.

2. Poster Adesola Sangowawa, Freya Sonenstein, Farah Qureshi, Oladosu A. Ojengbede, Bob Blum. Our sexuality, our health – Findings from the Multi-country Study on Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments (WAVE): Phase 1, Ibadan site.10th World Congress of the International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH), “Bridging clinical and public health perspectives to promote adolescent health”. Istanbul, Turkey, June, 11 – 12, 2013

3. Oral panel: Reproductive Health of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments Across 6 Cities. Adesola O. Sangowawa and Oladosu A. Ojengbede. The media as a critical determinant of the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. CONFERENCE:

4. International Conference on Family Planning. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 12 – 15, 2013

5. Adesola O. Olumide, Allysha C. Robinson, Michele Decker, Yan Cheng, HeenaBrahmbhatt, OladosuOjengbede, Freya Sonenstein and Rajib Acharya. Title: Association between cigarette smoking and suicidal attempts among disadvantaged adolescents in five global cities. Accepted for presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health scheduled to take place on the 17-21 March

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS – WAVE STUDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Olumide AO, Adebayo ES, Ojengbede OA. Using photovoice in adolescent health research: a case-study of the Well-being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments (WAVE) Study in Ibadan, Nigeria. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2016 Oct 14.

 

  • Olumide AO, Ojengbede OA. The media as a critical determinant of the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2016 Jun;8:63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.02.006. Epub 2016 Feb 27.

 

  • Olumide, O.A. and Ojengbede, O.A. The media as a critical determinant of the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. Sexual & reproductive healthcare. 8: 63–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2016.02.006

 

 

  • , Gao E., Mashimbye, L., Delany-Moretlwe S., Acharya, R., Olumide, A., Ojengbede, O., Blum, R.W., Sonenstein, F. L. (Dec, 2014). Respondent-Driven Sampling for an Adolescent Health Study in Vulnerable Urban Settings: A Multi-Country Study. Journal of Adolescent Health.55(6):S6-S12.

 

1. Mmari K, Robert Blum R, Sonenstein F, Marshall B, Brahmbhatt H, Venables E, Delany-Moretlwe S, Lou C, Gao E, Acharya R, Jejeebhoy S, Sangowawa A. Adolescents’ perceptions of health from disadvantaged urban communities: Findings from the WAVE study. Social Science & Medicine 104 (2014) 124e132

2. Mmari K, Lantos H, Brahmbhatt H, Delany-Moretlwe S, Lou C, Acharya R, Sangowawa A. How adolescents perceive their communities: a qualitative study that explores the relationship between health and the physical environment. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:349. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/349

3. Articles in press. All accepted for publication in the Journal of Adolescent Health Supplement (2014)

4. Michele R. Decker, Sarah Peitzmeier, AdesolaOlumide, Rajib Acharya, OladosuOjengbede, Laura Covarrubias, Ersheng Gao, Yan Cheng, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, HeenaBrahmbhatt. Prevalence and health impact of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violenceamong female adolescents aged 15-19 years in vulnerable urban environments.

5. Yan Cheng,PhDa, XianChen Li, B.S.Medb, Chaohua Lou*, MDa, Freya Sonenstein,PhDc, Amanda Kalamarc, ShireenJejeebhoy, PhD d, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe,PhDeHeenaBrahmbhatt, PhDC, AdesolaOluwafunmilolaOlumide, PhDf, OladosuOjengbede, PhD. The association between social support and mental health among vulnerable adolescents in five cities: findings from the study of the well-being of adolescents in vulnerable environments.

6. Adesola O. Olumide, Allysha C. Robinson, Paul A. Levy, Lawrence Mashimbye, HeenaBrahmbhatt, LianQiguo, OladosuOjengbede, Freya Sonenstein, Robert Blum. Predictors of substance use among vulnerable adolescents in five cities: Findings from theWell-beingof Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments study

7. Michele R. Decker, Beth Marshall, Mark Emerson, Amanda Kalamar, Laura Covarrubias, Nan Astone, Ziliang Wang, Ersheng Gao, Lawrence Mashimbye, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Rajib Acharya, ShireenJejeebhoy, AdesolaOlumide, OladosuOjengbede, Freya Sonenstein, Robert Blum. Respondent-driven sampling to reach adolescents in vulnerable environments in five urban cities globally

8. Kristin Mmari, Hannah Lantos, Robert Blum, HeenaBrahmbhatt, AdesolaSangowawa, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe. A Global Study on the Influence of Neighborhood Contextual Factors on Adolescent Health

9. *Beth Marshall, Nan Astone, Robert Blum, ShireenJejeebhoy, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe,HeenaBrahmbhatt, AdesolaOlumide, Ziliang Wang. Social Capital and Vulnerable Urban Youth in Five Global Cities

10. *Heena Brahmbhatt, Anna Kagesten, Mark Emerson, AdesolaOlumide, OladosuOjengbede, Lou Chaohua, Freya Sonenstein, Robert Blum,Sinead Delany-Moretlwe. Prevalence and Determinants of Teenage Pregnancies in Urban, Disadvantaged Settings across Five Cities

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