
Adaeze Oguegbu
- Senior Lecturer, Public Health
Contact
- UA College of Med-Phoenix(Adm), Rm. 100
- Tucson, AZ 85724
- aoguegbu@arizona.edu
Degrees
- MPH Public Health
- Walden University
- Ph.D. Public Health
- Walden University
- M.S. School Health Education
- Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- M.S. Human Nutrition
- University of Nigeria
- B.S. Education
- University of Nigeria
Work Experience
- MEZCOPH, University of Arizona (2020 - Ongoing)
- MEZCOPH, University of Arizona (2020 - 2022)
- Liberty University (2011 - 2022)
- Purdue Global University (2011 - 2019)
- City of Dallas WIC Program (2007 - 2009)
- Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. (2005 - 2006)
Awards
- 2022 MEZCOPH Outstanding Online Instructor
- Fall 2022
- MEZCOPH, Fall 2022
- Online Teaching Excellence Award
- Fall 2022
- American Association of University Women International Fellowship
- American Association of University Women, Spring 2005
- United Nations University Postgraduate Fellowship
- United Nations University, Spring 2003
Licensure & Certification
- Certified Health Education Specialist, NCHEC: Health Education Specialist Certification (2013)
- Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), The Royal Society for Public Health, England (2016)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Spring 2025) -
Dietary Assessment in PHP
CPH 325 (Spring 2025) -
Dietary Assessment in PHP
GHI 325 (Spring 2025) -
Fundamentals of MCH Nutrition
CPH 215 (Spring 2025) -
Fundamentals of MCH Nutrition
GHI 215 (Spring 2025) -
International Nutrition
HPS 560 (Spring 2025) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Spring 2025) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Spring 2025) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Fall 2024) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Fall 2024) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Fall 2024) -
Planning Public Health Program
HPS 532P (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Summer I 2024) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Summer I 2024) -
Preceptorship
PHP 491 (Summer I 2024) -
Pub Hlth Rsrch And Eval
HPS 628 (Summer I 2024) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Spring 2024) -
Dietary Assessment in PHP
CPH 325 (Spring 2024) -
Dietary Assessment in PHP
GHI 325 (Spring 2024) -
Fundamentals of MCH Nutrition
CPH 215 (Spring 2024) -
Fundamentals of MCH Nutrition
GHI 215 (Spring 2024) -
International Nutrition
HPS 560 (Spring 2024) -
International Nutrition
NSC 560 (Spring 2024) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Spring 2024) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Spring 2024) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Fall 2023) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Fall 2023) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Fall 2023) -
Planning Public Health Program
HPS 532P (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Summer I 2023) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Summer I 2023) -
Pub Hlth Rsrch And Eval
HPS 628 (Summer I 2023) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Spring 2023) -
Dietary Assessment in PHP
CPH 325 (Spring 2023) -
Dietary Assessment in PHP
GHI 325 (Spring 2023) -
Fundamentals of MCH Nutrition
CPH 215 (Spring 2023) -
Fundamentals of MCH Nutrition
GHI 215 (Spring 2023) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Spring 2023) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Spring 2023) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Fall 2022) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Fall 2022) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Fall 2022) -
Planning Public Health Program
HPS 532P (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Summer I 2022) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Summer I 2022) -
Pub Hlth Rsrch And Eval
HPS 628 (Summer I 2022) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Spring 2022) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Spring 2022) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Spring 2022) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Fall 2021) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Fall 2021) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Fall 2021) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Fall 2021) -
Planning Public Health Program
HPS 532P (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Summer I 2021) -
Personal Health+Wellness
HPS 178 (Summer I 2021) -
Pub Hlth Rsrch And Eval
HPS 628 (Summer I 2021) -
Community Health Education
PHP 308 (Spring 2021) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Spring 2021) -
Master's Report
EPID 909 (Spring 2021) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2021) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Spring 2021) -
Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Fall 2020) -
Master's Report
EPID 909 (Fall 2020) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Fall 2020) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Introduction to Public Health
HPS 200 (Summer I 2020) -
Master's Report
EPID 909 (Summer I 2020) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Summer I 2020) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Summer I 2020) -
Master's Report
EPID 909 (Spring 2020) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2020) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Spring 2020) -
Master's Report
EPID 909 (Fall 2019) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Fall 2019) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Master's Report
EPID 909 (Summer I 2019) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Summer I 2019) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Summer I 2019) -
Master's Report
EPID 909 (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
PHP 909 (Spring 2019)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Oguegbu, A., Nwasor, V. C., & Uzoechina, G. O. (2017). Assessment of Principals’ Assertiveness on the School Attendance of Nigerian Female Students Living and Working as Maids. Research journal of education.More infoThis study was embarked upon as an assessment of school principals’ assertiveness on the school attendance of Nigerian female students living and working as maids. Eight research questions and eight null hypotheses guided the study. The survey research design was utilized for the study. The target population was the 257 school principals in the six education zones in Anambra State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was utilized in selecting four education zones for the study, out of which 96 principals were selected as the sample of the study. A questionnaire was used to elicit information from these school principals and 82 of them duly filled and returned theirs. The research questions were answered using the statistical mean, while the null hypotheses were tested using the t-test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that that male principals did not have any knowledge of female students who work as housemaids or engage in commercial activities when they should be in school, and that both rural and urban school principals had limited knowledge of female students who work as maids in homes or in commercial ventures, among others. The hypotheses testing revealed that male and female school principals’ knowledge of students who work housemaids or engage in commercial activities significantly differed, and also there was no significant difference in rural and urban location response ratings of school principals on their enforcement of school attendance for housemaids and female students used as labour in commercial activities. It was recommended that principals should show more interest in the personal lives of their students, as this could be contributory to their absenteeism from school, and that government should come out with a whitepaper on school attendance, the flouting of which would lead to sanctions against offending masters and mistresses of female students who work as maids in homes and in commercial ventures.
- Oguegbu, A. (2016). Investigation of Relationship between Sociodemographic Factors and HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) among Young People in Nigeria. Advances in Infectious Diseases. doi:10.4236/aid.2016.61004More infoThe main purpose of this study was to examine the association between sociodemographic factors (gender, place of residence, level of education, geopolitical zone, and socioeconomic status) and HCT uptake among young people in Nigeria. The study is a quantitative research guided by one research question and one hypothesis. The target population comprised young people in Nigeria ages 15 to 24 years because the focus of this study was to identify the factors affecting HCT uptake among young people in this age cohort. The representative sample was obtained from the updated master sample frame of rural and urban zones developed by the National Population Commission in Nigeria. This master sample frame was a national survey that comprises all 36 states in Nigeria. Probability sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 10,091 respondents (ages 15 to 24 years) for the study. The multistage cluster sampling was used to select suitable young people with known probability. Data were collected throughout Nigeria between September and December 2012 from 32,543 households (rural = 22,192; urban = 10,351) using structured and semistructured questionnaires. The individual questionnaires asked about household characteristics, background characteristics of the respondents. Data were analyzed by inputting them into SPSS v21.0 for analysis and then coded them for each participant. The data were summed using descriptive statistics. Frequencies and percentages; measures of central tendencies were used to answer the research question while nonparametric test such as chi-square was used to analyze non-normally distributed data at 0.5 level of significance. Results of data analysis indicated that the sociodemographic variables of gender, place of residence, level of education, geopolitical zone, and SES were significantly associated with HCT uptake. Among others, it was recommended that examining the efficacy of HCT treatments in Nigeria, along with conducting a demographic analysis of the at-risk population, could be beneficial in informing the authorities who are responsible for allocating finite medical resources.
- Oguegbu, A. (2016). Relationship between Knowledge of Hiv Transmission and Prevention and Hiv Counseling and Testing (Hct) Uptake Among Young People in Nigeria. International journal of healthcare and medical sciences.More infoThis study examined the relationship between knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention and HIV counselling and testing uptake among young people in Nigeria. The study is a quantitative research guided by one research question and one hypothesis. The target population comprised young people in Nigeria ages 15 to 24 years because the focus of this study was to identify the factors affecting HCT uptake among young people in this age cohort. The representative sample was obtained from the updated master sample frame of rural and urban zones developed by the National Population Commission in Nigeria. This master sample frame was a national survey that comprises all 36 states in Nigeria [2]. Probability sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 10091 respondents (ages 15 to 24 years) for the study. The multistage cluster sampling was used to select suitable young people with known probability. Data were collected throughout Nigeria between September and December 2012 from 32,543 households (rural = 22,192; urban = 10,351) using structured and semi-structured questionnaires. The individual questionnaires asked about household characteristics, background characteristics of the respondents. Data were analyzed by inputing them into SPSS v21.0 for analysis [4] and then coded them for each participant. The data were summed using descriptive statistics. Frequencies and percentages; measures of central tendencies were used to answer the research question while nonparametric test such as chi-square was used to analyze non-normally distributed data at 0.5 level of significance. Results of data analysis indicated that the cognitive factors of knowledge of HIV prevention and knowledge of HIV transmission were statistically significant predictors of the likelihood of having HCT uptake. Â It was among others recommended that stakeholders, authorities, and providers of health services in Nigeria should strive to increase the rate of HCT uptake among young people ages 15 to 24 years.
- Oguegbu, A., & Beatty, F. (2016). Relationship between HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) Awareness and HCT Uptake among Young People in Nigeria: Implications for Social Change. World Journal of AIDS. doi:10.4236/wja.2016.64016More infoThis study examined the relationship between HIV counselling and testing (HCT) awareness and HCT uptake among young people in Nigeria and their implications for social change. The study is a quantitative research guided by one research question and one hypothesis. The target population comprised young people in Nigeria ages 15 to 24 years because the focus of this study was to identify the factors affecting HCT uptake among young people in this age cohort. The representative sample was obtained from the updated master sample frame of rural and urban zones developed by the National Population Commission in Nigeria. This master sample frame was a national survey that comprised all 36 states in Nigeria. Probability sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 10,091 respondents (ages 15 to 24 years) for the study. The multistage cluster sampling was used to select suitable young people with known probability. Data were collected throughout Nigeria between September and December 2012 from 32,543 households (rural = 22,192; urban = 10,351) using structured and semi-structured questionnaires. The individual questionnaires asked about household characteristics, background characteristics of the respondents. Data were analyzed by inputting them into SPSS v21.0 for analysis and then coded them for each participant. The data were summed using descriptive statistics. Frequencies and percentages; measures of central tendencies were used to answer the research question while nonparametric tests such as chi-square were used to analyze non-normally distributed data at 0.5 level of significance. The results of the chi-square test of association between HCT awareness and HCT uptake showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between HCT awareness and HCT uptake among young people ages 15 to 24 years in Nigeria, X2 (1, n = 8916) = 306.66, p < 0.001. In other words, knowledge of the availability of HCT services may have influenced the possibility that the participants would use them. Among others, it was recommended that government should examine the efficacy of HCT treatments in Nigeria, along with conducting a demographic analysis of the at-risk population.
- Oguegbu, A., & Beatty, F. (2016). Relationship between Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) Uptake among Young People in Nigeria. Health. doi:10.4236/health.2016.85049
- Oguegbu, A., & Uzoechina, G. O. (2016). Survey of Ict Awareness, Utilization and Challenges in Managing Secondary Schools in Onitsha Education Zone of Anambra State, Nigeria. International journal of world policy and development studies.More infoThis study surveyed Information and Communications Technology (ICT) awareness, utilization and challenges in managing secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 80 respondents made up of all the 32 principals and 48 Computer Science teachers in Secondary Schools in Onitsha Education Zone of Anambra State. The researchers studied the entire population since it was not large. The instrument for data collection was a structured type questionnaire developed by the researcher. It validated by experts and the reliability was established using the split half method which yielded a coefficient value of 0.80 using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. Data was analyzed using the mean method for the three research questions. From the findings of the study, it was found that principals to a high extent are aware of ICT facilities used in school management but utilize them to a low extent. Recommendations were proffered based on the findings of the study and they include: increased provision of ICT facilities used in school management by the government, training and retraining of principals on ICT utilization and testing of principals skills on ICT before appointment amongst others.
- Oguegbu, A., Uzoechina, G. O., & Nwankwo, I. N. (2016). A Survey of Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities in Public and Private Primary Schools for Effective Implementation of Ube Programme In Onitsha, Anambra State. Research journal of education.
- Oguegbu, A. (2015). Factors Associated with HIV Counseling and Testing Among Young People in Nigeria. Advances in Infectious Diseases, 6, 24-31..
- Oguegbu, A., Nwasor, V. C., Akachukwu, E., & Uzoechina, G. O. (2015). Teachers Awareness And Usage Of Non-Violent Strategies For The Maintenance Of Discipline In Nigerian Secondary Schools: A Situational Analysis. Journal of International Education Research. doi:10.19030/jier.v11i3.9365