Enhancing Palliative Care (EPAC) Research Group
Main Research Focus: Research on Pain and Symptom Management, Hospice, Adult and Paediatric Palliative care research, Survivorship care
Areas of research interest: Opioid analgesia, Quality of Life, Survivorship care, Paediatric Palliative Care, End-of-life Care
Most recent research project:
Extending Sickle Cell Disease Management: Adapting Management Recommendations to Nigerian Context (The EXTEND Study).
Maximum of seven (7) other current or completed research projects:
Integrating Palliative Care into Care for Women with HIV at Primary Health Centres in Nigeria (The INTERWOVEN Study)
Name of the Coordinator: Professor. Tonia C. Onyeka
UNN email address of RG:
UNN email address of the coordinator: tonia.onyeka@unn.edu.ng
Current webpage of the RG: https://www.unnepacteamunth.com
Phone number of the RG: +2348063563223
Base Faculty/Institute /Centre of the RG: Faculty of Medical Sciences
Department of the coordinator: Department of Anaesthesia
Headshot of the coordinator
List and brief profiles of members:
- Tonia C. Onyeka (Palliative Care Physician)
- Dr David Agom (Palliative Care Volunteer)
- Justus Onu (Palliative Care Volunteer)
- Ngozi Idemili Aronu (Palliative Care Volunteer)
- Nneka Iloanusi (Palliative Care Volunteer)
- Dr Barbara Uche (Medical Officer in Palliative Care)
- Dr Kingsley Okoye (Medical Officer in Palliative Care
- N. Uzoma (Palliative Care Nurse)
- Mrs Caroline Eya (Palliative Care Nurse)
- Mrs Dorothy Ekewuba (Palliative Care Nurse)
- Pharm Cajetan Alumona (Palliative Care Pharmacist)
- Uju Anyaebosi Pharm D. (Oncology & Palliative Care Pharmacist)
Members Google Scholar Citation links:
- David Agom: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=1cgIw98AAAAJ&hl=en
- Justus Onu: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F_HAnSQAAAAJ&hl=en
- Nneka Iloanusi: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hvHIKzwAAAAJ&hl=en
Members ResearchGate Profiles:
- Tonia Onyeka: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tonia-Onyeka
- David Agom: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Agom
- Justus Onu: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justus-Onu
- Nneka Iloanusi: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nneka-Iloanusi
Key publications of the RG from 2019 till date:
- Onyeka TC, Onu JU, Agom DA. Psychosocial aspects of adult cancer patients: A scoping review of sub-Saharan Africa. (redmanpowerchair) Psychooncology. 2023 Jan;32(1):86-106. doi: 10.1002/pon.6052. Epub 2022 Oct 21. PMID: 36250212.
- Onu J et al. Psycho-behavioral responses of Nigerian health workers to an initial human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus disease. J Public Health Afr. 2022 May 24;13(1):1856. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2022.1856.
- Onyeka TC et al. Project OPUS: Development and evaluation of an electronic platform for pain management education of medical undergraduates in resource-limited settings. PLoS ONE 2020; 15(12): e0243573.
- Agom DA, Onyeka TC, Iheanacho PN, Ominyi J. Barriers to the provision and utilization of palliative care in Africa: A rapid scoping review. Indian J Palliat Care 2021; 27(1): 3 – 17.
- Agom DA, Ominyi J, Onyeka TC, Anyigor CN. Exploring organizational culture regarding provision and utilization of palliative care in a Nigerian context: An interpretive descriptive study. Indian J Palliat Care 2020;26:358-64
- Agom DA, Onyeka TC, Ominyi J, et al. An Ethnographic Study of Palliative and End-of-Life Care in a Nigerian Hospital: Impact of Education on Care Provision and Utilization. SAGE Open. July 2020. doi:10.1177/2158244020938700
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