SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION RESEARCH GROUP

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION RESEARCH GROUP

Focus

Research will be directed at the gateway drugs (alcohol, tobacco and marijuana) and other substances of abuse. The research will include though not limited to the following:

  1. Motivating users to quit
  2. Cessation interventions and effectiveness
  3. Cross‐cutting issues in substance abuse control
  4. Monitoring compliance with Substance Abuse Prevention laws
  5. E‐cigarettes, waterpipe and dokha: practices and impacts
  6. Substance Abuse ‐ a violation of human and social rights
  7. Barriers and strategies for building capacity
  8. Mass media and advocacy strategies for target audiences
  9. Reducing demand by targeting risk groups
  10. Point‐of‐sale: Impact, marketing and counter tactics
  11. Empowering civil society

 

 

Coordinator: Dr (Mrs) Evelyn N. Nwagu (Department of Health and Physical Education)

Email: evelyn.nwagu@unn.edu.ng or evlynwagu@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: 08139707903; 08053953858

 

Composition of the group

  1. Dr (Mrs) Evelyn N. Nwagu
  2. Mrs Amelia Odo
  3. Mr Samuel I. Dibia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brief CV of each member

  1. Evelyn Nwanebe NWAGU

 

PERSONAL DATA

Full Name:                                Evelyn Nwanebe NWAGU

Sex:                                           Female

Date of Birth:                           7th February, 1970

Current Postal Address:         Department of Health and Physical Education, UNN.

Present Professional Status:   Lecturer I

Email                                        evelyn.nwagu@unn.edu.ng OR   evlynwagu@yahoo.co.uk

 

Educational Qualifications Date Institution
Ph.D (Health Education) 2011 UNN
M.Ed (Public Health Education) 2006 UNN
B.Sc. Health Education (1st Class Honours) 2002 UNN
Registered Midwife (RM) Certificate 1995 School Of Midwifery, BSH, Nsukka
Registered Nurse (RN) Certificate 1992 School of Nursing, UNTH, Enugu
  1. Amelia N. ODO

 

PERSONAL DATA

  1. Full Name: Amelia N. ODO

Sex:                                          Female

Date of Birth:                           18th July, 1977

Current Postal Address:         Department of Health and Physical Education, UNN.

Present Professional Status:   Graduate Assistant

Email                                       ngozi.odo@unn.edu.ng OR   zikaodo@yahoo.com

 

Educational Qualifications Date Institution
Ph.D (Health Education) In view UNN
M.Ed (Public Health Education) 2013 UNN
B.Sc. Health Education (1st Class Honours) 2011 UNN
Registered Midwife (RM) Certificate 2002 School Of Midwifery, BSH, Nsukka
Registered Nurse (RN) Certificate 2001 School of Nursing, BSH, Nsukka
  1. Samuel Ifeanyi DIBIA

 

PERSONAL DATA

  1. Full Name: Samuel Ifeanyi Chris DIBIA

Sex:                                           Male

Date of Birth:                           3rd august, 1988

Current Postal Address:         Department of Health and Physical Education, UNN.

Present Professional Status:   Graduate Assistant

Email                                       samuel.dibia@unn.edu.ng OR amuelprimusdibia@gmail.com

 

Educational Qualifications Date Institution
M.Ed (Public Health Education) In view UNN
B.Sc. Health Education (1st Class Honours) 2011 UNN