Role
Dr Damilola Omodara is a Sociologist and a Senior Lecturer in Public Health. She teaches across various public health courses and is the Course deputy lead for the MA Public Health at the Institute of Health and Applied Profession (IHAP). Her other teaching responsibilities include module lead for public health courses, placement coordinator for the Public Health programme and supervision of students across postgraduate courses
Career overview
Damilola has a BSc in Biochemistry, an MA in Public Health (Nottingham Trent University), and a PhD in Sociology and Public Health (Nottingham Trent University). She has worked and done research in non-clinical settings in the UK, mostly in the field of public and community health intervention and healthcare access for Black sub-Saharan communities. She has experience working in and on health issues facing Black and Minority ethnic groups in the UK and works collaboratively on various international health projects on health promotion, non-communicable diseases through the lens of the social determinants of health, and implementation of innovative healthcare.
Damilola's current research interests are focused on understanding mental health and related problems, especially for pregnant and nursing mothers e.g., substance use, alternative therapies, and self-management among Black and sub-Saharan African communities to inform the development of effective interventions and treatments. Some of my research is also dedicated to the effects that maternal health policies have on healthcare services delivery and population access.
Within the School of Social Science, Damilola is a member of the School Research Ethic Committee Ethics Committee, responsible for ensuring the best ethical practice and that things are done appropriately, measured, and safely. She has ongoing academic project collaboration (Collaborative Online International Learning) with the Department of Applied Human Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth. I am also part of the PAMHRN Network which works to foster and strengthen research and academic collaborations between the university and other universities in Africa and the Caribbean.
Research areas
Research areas include:
- Health Promotion
- Developing culturally relevant complex interventions for non-communicable diseases Black sub-Saharan communities
- Mental health among sub-Saharan African communities
- Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion in applied health research
- Health inequality and inequity through the lens of the social determinants of health
- Maternal health care and policy
- Non-communicable disease among sub-Saharan African communities
- Community health and upstream intervention
Supervision interest:
I am interested in supervising students whose research focuses on health systems (service delivery, workforce), social determinants of health, the political economy of health and healthcare, access to healthcare services, international healthcare partnerships, and maternal healthcare. I accept Ph.D. projects in the following areas: Anthropology of Public Health, community health, health and social inequalities, global public health, qualitative social research, Participatory Research, community-based intervention, gender studies, participatory research and development, community empowerment and development, mental health care and intervention, and non-communicable disease.
Publications
Nowak, A.V., Gray, M., Omodara, D. and Gibson, L., 2023. Creating a Sense of Global Community and Belonging Through Collaborative Online International Learning. Belonging, p.120.
Kapilashrami, A., Otis, M., Omodara, D., Nandi, A., Vats, A., Adeniyi, O., Speed, E., Potter, J.L., Eder, B., Pareek, M. and Bhui, K., 2022. Ethnic disparities in health & social care workers’ exposure, protection, and clinical management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Critical Public Health, 32(1), pp.68-81.
Ikhile, D., Omodara, D., Seymour-Smith, S., Musoke, D. and Gibson, L., 2022. “Some They Need Male, Some They Need Female”: A Gendered Approach for Breast Cancer Detection in Uganda. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 3, p.746498.
Omodara, D.A., Gibson, L. and Bowpitt, G., 2022. Exploring the impact of cultural beliefs in the self-management of type 2 diabetes among Black sub-Saharan Africans in the UK–a qualitative study informed by the PEN-3 cultural model. Ethnicity & Health, 27(6), pp.1358-1376.
Ogundana, O., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Ikhile, D. and Omodara, D., 2021. Women’s entrepreneurship, health-related crisis, and a gender-sensitive crisis management model for sustainable development. Gendered Perspectives on Covid-19 Recovery in Africa: Towards Sustainable Development, pp.131-155.
Musoke, D., Atusingwize, E., Ikhile, D., Nalinya, S., Ssemugabo, C., Lubega, G.B., Omodara, D., Ndejjo, R. and Gibson, L., 2021. Community health workers’ involvement in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Wakiso District, Uganda. Globalization and health, 17(1), pp.1-11.
Damilola, O., Deborah, I., Oyedele, O. and Kehinde, A.A., 2020. Global pandemic and business performance: Impacts and responses. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 9(6), pp.01-11.
Mandebvu, A., Nyashanu, M. and Damilola, O., 2020. Exploring the enablers and impact of internalized HIV stigma among Black Sub-Sahara African (BSSA) men in the East Midlands region, UK. International Journal of HIV and AIDS Research, 3(1). https://ntu-repository....ribe.com/output/1472693
Oyewole, D.A., 2018. The Role of Culture and Health Beliefs in Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Behaviours among the Black Sub-Saharan African Communities in the UK, Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom).
Conference presentations:
Gibson, L., Omodara D. and Gray, M., 2023 Using a Collaborative Online International Learning Approach to Apply Social Theories to Global Health and Development Issues. Oral presentation at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)
Oyewole, D. 2018 Sociocultural approach as an innovative way of improving person-centred healthcare system: Experience of people living with type 2 diabetes among the Black sub-Saharan African communities in the UK. Oral presentation at Nottingham Trent University Public Health Conference, Nottingham. October 3-4, 2018
Oyewole, D., 2018. Cultural drivers of health-seeking behaviours among Black sub-Saharan Africans living with type 2 diabetes: Ethnographic perspectives. Presentation at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada July 15-21, 2018.
Oyewole, D. and Gibson L., 2018. Towards a person-centred healthcare system: experience, voice and needs of people living with type 2 diabetes among the Black sub-Saharan African communities in the UK. Presentation at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada July 15-21, 2018.
Oyewole, D. and Gibson L., 2017. Exploring the epistemological challenges of cultural perspectives of diabetes self-management behaviour among Black African communities through ethnography. Presentation at EASA Medical Anthropology Network 2017 Biennial Conference Network Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal. July 2017
Oyewole D., 2016. Social Anthropology and diabetes self-management behaviours. Presentation at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA. September 2016.
Oyewole D., 2016. The role of Culture and Health Beliefs on diabetes self-management among Black African communities in Nottingham. Poster presentation at EMUA Conference 2016 – Inspiring futures September 1, 2016, Loughborough.
Oyewole D., 2016. Exploring the influence of culture and health beliefs on self-management behaviour among Black African communities in the UK. Presentation at the 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, July 10-14, 2016.
Course(s) I teach on
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Postgraduate taught | Full-time / Part-timeCOURSE
Public Health - MA
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/social-sciences/pg/ma-public-health