My research interests focus on:
1.   Environmental Health – Solid Medical Waste Management, Built Environment, Clinical outcomes in oil explored communities.
2.   Reproductive and Child Health – Maternity care, Women’s Health, Preventive Screening
3.   Social Determinants of Health & Occupational Health – Women in Informal Health Sector
4.   Disease Epidemiology and Management – HIV/AIDS, Pulmonary Tuberculosis    My new research interests include but are not limited to: 5.   Environmental Health – Heavy metal toxicity, Greenness/Urban environment, Environmental justice
6.   Adolescents & Young Adults – School Health, Teenage Pregnancy, Pre-conceptional Care
7.   Disease Epidemiology – Infection Prevention & control (hospital & non-hospital environment), Community Response to Disease Outbreaks 8.   International Health   

Current projects -          
1. Pilot Project titled “Improved Nutrition and Sustainable Livelihoods for Female Informal Workers in Ghana And Nigeria” - A Collaboration between Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom and Partners in Nigeria; Role: Fieldwork Coordinator (Ongoing).  -         

2. Scaling Pneumonia Response Innovations (UNICEF Project) – Government Implementing Partner, Role: Project Coordinator.  

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
1.    Alakpa, G. E., Edet, E. A. (1999). Anti-TB Regimen, Multi-Drug Resistance and Private Health Institutions in Lagos State. World Health Organization Newsletter, Quarterly Bulletin of The World Health Organization (WHO), Lagos, Nigeria, 14(1).

 2.     Alakpa, G. E, Edet, E. A. (1999). Awareness of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) Among the Major Working Groups in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 9(1): 58-61.

 
3.     Parga, J. J., Udofia, E. A., Punguyire, D. (2011). Identification and Understanding of Pre-term Birth at Kintampo Municipal Hospital: A Qualitative Cross-sectional Study. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 15 (4): 98-105.

 
4.     Udofia, E. A., Akwaowo, C. D. (2012). Pregnancy and after: what women want from their partners – listening to women in Uyo, Nigeria. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 33 (3): 112-119.

5.     Udofia, E. A., Akwaowo, C. D., Ekanem, U. S. (2012). Awareness, use and main source of information on preventive health exams: a survey of childbearing women in Uyo, Nigeria. African Journal of Reproductive Health 16 (4): 149-161.

 
6.     Udofia, E. A., Nriagu, J. (2013). Health-care Waste in Africa: A silent crisis? Global Health Perspectives, 1(1): 3-10.

 
7.    Oiyemhonlan, B., Udofia, E. A., Pungunyire, D. (2013). Identifying Obstetrical Emergencies at Kintampo Municipal Hospital: A perspective from Pregnant Women and Nursing Midwives. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 17(2): 129-140.

 
8.     Udofia, E. A., Obed, S. A., Calys-Tagoe, B., Nimo, K. P. (2013). Birth and Emergency Planning: A Cross Sectional Survey of Postnatal Women at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health 17(1): 27-40.

 
9.     Udofia, E. A., Yawson, A. E., Aduful, K. A., Bwambale, F. M. (2014). Residential characteristics as correlates of occupants’ health in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. BMC Public Health, 14 (1): 244. Doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-244.

10.     Adeyiga, G., Udofia, E. A., Yawson, A. E. (2014). Factors Associated with Alcohol Consumption: A Survey of Childbearing Women at a National Referral Hospital in Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 18 (2): 152-165.

11.    Udofia, E. A., Fobil, J. N., Gulis, G. (2015) Solid medical waste management in Africa. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 9 (3): 244-254. 

 

12.     Ekong, I., Udofia, E., Johnson, O., Ekanem, U. S., Okojie, O. (2015). Menstrual problems and their prevalence among adolescents in Akwa Ibom. International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review, 3 (8): 96-105.

 

13.    Nriagu, J, Udofia, E. A., Ekong, I, Ebuk, G. (2016). Health Risks Associated with Oil Pollution in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(3): 346.

14.     Udofia, E. A., Gulis, G., Fobil, J. (2017). Solid medical waste: a cross sectional study of household disposal practices and reported harm in Southern Ghana. BMC Public Health, 17: 464.

15.    Udofia, E. A., Gulis, G., Fobil, J. (2018). Making a case for diversion of solid medical waste from households: A Generation Study in Ga South Municipal Assembly, Accra, Ghana. Journal of Environmental Protection, 9(1): 50-66.  

16.    Dunyo, P., Effah, K., Udofia, E. A. (2018) Factors associated with Late Presentation of Cervical Cancer Cases at a District Hospital: A Retrospective Study. BMC Public Health 18: 1156.

17.   Udofia, E. A., Gulis, G., Fobil, J. (2018). Stakeholders’ Practices and Perspectives on Solid Medical Waste: A Community Based Study in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Environmental Protection, 13(9): 1295 – 1313.

18. Mensah, I. T., Udofia, E. A. (2018). Biosand Filtration as a Green Approach to Septic Tank Effluent Management in a Tertiary Institution in Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 26(S1):203-216.

19. Udofia, E. A., Aheto, A. M., Mensah, G., Biritwum, R., Yawson, A. E. (2019). Prevalence and risk factors associated with non-traffic related injury in the older population in Ghana: Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Preventive Medicine Reports. 15(100934): 1-7.

 20. Ayete-Nyampong, J., Udofia, E.A. (2020). Assessment of Knowledge and Quality of Essential Newborn Care Practices In La Dade Kotopon Municipality, Ghana. Plos One, Doi.10.1371/Journal.Pone.023 (In Press).

 

21. Tetteh, J., Nuertey, B.D., Dwomoh, D., Udofia, E.A., Mohammed, S., Adjei-Mensah, E., Yawson, E.A. (2020). Teenage Pregnancy and Experience of Physical Violence among Women aged 15-19 years in Five African Countries: Analysis of Complex Survey Data. Plos One. (In Press).

 

22. Ekem-Ferguson, G., Tetteh, J., Udofia, E.A., Doku, A., Swaray, S.M., Mohammed, S., Yawson, A.E. (2020). Impact of Perceived Social Support on Depression among Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Concurrent Cross-Sectional Mixed-Method Approach. Health Sciences Investigations Journal (In Press).