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Josephine Aikpitanyi, PhD.

Researcher , Teacher, Mentor and Mother

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List of Scientific Publications

  1. Aikpitanyi J, Okonofua F, Ntoimo L, Tubeuf S. Demand-side barriers to access and utilization of skilled birth care in low and lower-middle-income countries: A scoping review of literature. African Journal of Reproductive Health. DOI:10.29063/ajrh2022/v26i9.4.  (2022)
  1. Aikpitanyi J, Okonofua F, Ntoimo L, Tubeuf S. Locus of control and self￾esteem as predictors of maternal and child healthcare services utilization in Nigeria. Front. Health Serv. 2:847721. Doi:10.3389/frhs.2022.847721. (2022)
  1. Ntoimo L, Okonofua F, Aikpitanyi J, Yaya S, Johnson E, Sombie I, Olabisi A, Imongan W. Influence of women empowerment indices on the utilization of skilled maternity care: evidence from rural Nigeria. Journal of Biosocial Science. 2020; 1-17.
  1. Aikpitanyi J, Ohenhen V, Ugbodaga P, Ojemhen B, Omo-Omorodion B, Ntoimo L, Imongan W, Balogun J, Okonofua F. Maternal death review and surveillance: The case of Central Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. PLoS ONE; 14 (12): e0226075. (2019) 
  1. Aikpitanyi J, Yacin F, Tubeuf S. Effectiveness of behavioral change interventions to influence maternal and child healthcare-seeking behaviors in low and lower-middle-income countries: A systematic review of literature. (“Accepted for Publication at African Journal of Reproductive Health”). (2024)

        6. Pétein C, Chevallereau T, Aikpitanyi J, Evrard P, Tubeuf Henrard S, Spinewine A. Protocol to              evaluate the feasibility of the D-PRESCRIBE intervention adapted to the Belgian community                setting (ENT-IT CS study). BMJ Open, 2025;15: e085434.

        7. Ntoimo L, Okonofua F, Aikpitanyi J, Yaya S, Johnson E, Sombie I, Olabisi A, Imongan                            Influence of women’s empowerment indices on the utilization of skilled maternity care:                      evidence from rural Nigeria J Biosoc Sci, 2022. 54(1): p. 77-93.

Working Papers

  1. Developing attributes and attribute levels for a discrete choice experiment to elicit women’s preferences for childbirth places in Southern (Aikpitanyi J, Nicolet A, Marti J, Ntoimo L, Okonofua F, Tubeuf S. To be submitted imminently – target journal: Journal of Health Economics’)
  2. Big Five personality traits, locus of control, and preferences for childbirth places in Nigeria. (Aikpitanyi J. ‘To be submitted imminently – target journal: Special issue on the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, JEBO’)
  3. The relevance of understanding the role of psychological and behavioral characteristics in developing successful interventions to improve maternal and child health in low-resource settings. (Aikpitanyi J, Guillon M, Ntoimo L, Okonofua F, Tubeuf S. ‘To be submitted imminently – target journal: The Lancet Global Health’)
  4. Eliciting women’s healthcare choices and preferences for childbirth places using choice experiments in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the literature (Aikpitanyi J, Pierrard F, Nicolet A, Marti J, Tubeuf S. ‘To be submitted imminently – target journal: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth’)
  5. Economic evaluation of medication-deprescribing interventions in older adults with polypharmacy: A systematic review of the literature (Aikpitanyi J, Pierrard F, Pétein C, Evrard P, Spinewine A, Tubeuf ‘To be submitted imminently – target journal: Value in Health’)
  6. Cost-effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepine in older patients with polypharmacy in Belgium: Economic evaluation of the DI-PRESCRIBE feasibility study (Aikpitanyi J, Pierrard F, Pétein C, Evrard P, Spinewine A, Tubeuf S. ‘To be submitted imminently – target journal: PharmacoEconomics’)

Experience in teaching and pedagogy

  • Co-supervise master’s thesis at the Faculty of Public Health, UCLouvain.
  •  President of the jury of a master’s student in the Faculty of Public Health, UCLouvain.
  • Implementation of teaching activities for over 100 secondary school students in Nigeria.
  • Organising school reports in secondary and primary schools.
  • Preparing lesson plans in secondary and primary schools.
  • Developing teaching curricula for over 500 secondary and primary school students in Nigeria.

Media interviews

Participation in Conferences and Seminars

  • Aikpitanyi Josephine. Utilization of skilled maternity care in Nigeria: The importance of non-cognitive and personality characteristics. Oral presentation at the ANSER Conference. Brussels, Belgium. February 2024.
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine. Universities as incubators of future Global Health leaders. Panel discussant at the Circle U Workshop Seminar on Global Health. Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. October 2023.

 

  • Aikpitanyi Josephine. The influence of non-cognitive traits on maternal healthcare choices in Nigeria: A discrete choice experiment. Oral presentation at the Institute of Economic and Social Research (IRES) day, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. October 2023.
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine. Barriers to utilization of skilled maternity care in Nigeria: The influence of non-cognitive and personality characteristics. Keynote presentation at an advocacy visit to policymakers and stakeholders at the Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin, Nigeria. August 2023.
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine. Challenges of maternal health in low-resource settings. Keynote presentation on Global Health at the Circle U Interactive Lecture Series. University of Belgrade, Serbia. April 2023.
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine, Sandy Tubeuf. Developing teaching and research methods in Global Health. Keynote presentation at the Circle U interactive workshop on Global Health. Berlin,Germany. October 2022.
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine, Marlène Guillon, Friday Okonofua, Lorretta Ntoimo, Sandy Tubeuf. Locus of control and utilization of skilled birth care in Nigeria: The mediating influence of neuroticism. Poster presentation at the European Health Economics Association PhD Student-Supervisor Conference, Galway, Ireland
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine, Friday Okonofua, Lorretta Ntoimo, Sandy Tubeuf. Locus of control and self-esteem as predictors of maternal and child healthcare services utilization in Nigeria. Oral presentation at the   July 2022.
  • Aikpitanyi Josephine. Utilization of skilled maternity care in Nigeria: How important are non-cognitive traits. Seminar presentation at the Montpellier Research in Health Economics (MRE) Seminar Series, University of Montpellier, France. April 
  1. Aikpitanyi, Josephine, et al. Building strong and effective institutions to achieve universal health coverage in Western Africa. Oral presentation at the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Bergen, Norway. 

Papers currently under review

  1. Global Health in Higher Education: New Perspectives from a Trans-European University Alliance. (Grosse P, Tubeuf S, Aikpitanyi J, Deraz O, Empana JP, Faraj Zoulikha, Gradmann C, Matejic, Peeters A, Prina M, Sigsgaard T, Tavoschi L, Valdivia A, Wejse C. (Currently under review in The Lancet Global Health)
  2. Locus of control and utilization of skilled birth care in Nigeria: The mediating influence of neuroticism. (Aikpitanyi J, Guillon M. ‘Currently under review in Populations’)
  3. Assessing disparities in maternal healthcare services utilization in Nigeria: An analysis using the Erreygers Corrected Concentration Index (Aikpitanyi J, Agbeto C, Ogbu T. ‘Currently under review in Social Science and Humanities’)

Invited seminars and conferences:

  1. European Health Economics Association PhD Student-Supervisor Conference (Brussels) – September 2025 (forthcoming)
  2. Deprescribing Symposium, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) – September 2024
  3. Circle U Summer School on Rethinking Global Health, Université catholique de Louvain (Begium) – July 2024
  4. Health Economics and Policy Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne (Switzerland) – May 2024
  5. ANSER Conference, Brussels (Belgium) – February 2024
  6. Panel discussant at the Circle U Workshop Seminar on Global Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) – October 2023
  7. Institute of Economic and Social Research (IRES), Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) – October 2023
  8. Keynote presentation at an advocacy visit to policymakers and stakeholders at the Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin (Nigeria) – August 2023
  9. Keynote presentation on Global Health at the Circle U Interactive Lecture University of Belgrade (Serbia) – April 2023
  10. Keynote presentation at the Circle U interactive workshop on Global Health in Berlin (Germany) – October 2022
  11. European Health Economics Association PhD Student-Supervisor Conference (Ireland) – August 2022
  12. European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Conference (Norway) – July 2022
  13. Montpellier Research in Health Economics (MRE) Seminar Series, University of Montpellier (France) – April 2022
  14. European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (Norway) – September 2021
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