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:
- Motivating users to quit
- Cessation interventions and effectiveness
- Cross‐cutting issues in substance abuse control
- Monitoring compliance with Substance Abuse Prevention laws
- E‐cigarettes, waterpipe and dokha: practices and impacts
- Substance Abuse ‐ a violation of human and social rights
- Barriers and strategies for building capacity
- Mass media and advocacy strategies for target audiences
- Reducing demand by targeting risk groups
- Point‐of‐sale: Impact, marketing and counter tactics
- 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
- Dr (Mrs) Evelyn N. Nwagu
- Mrs Amelia Odo
- Mr Samuel I. Dibia
Brief CV of each member
- 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 |
- Amelia N. ODO
PERSONAL DATA
- 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 |
- Samuel Ifeanyi DIBIA
PERSONAL DATA
- 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 |