Chinekwu Obidoa, Ph.D.
Research Associate
860-278-2044 ext. 303
chinekwu.obidoa@icrweb.org

Chinekwu Obidoa, Ph.D. is a research associate and GIS analyst at the Institute for Community Research. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Health. Her research interests span across several disciples and include: contextual factors of HIV/AIDS risk, the ecologic factors that shape youth sexual risk behavior, global popular youth culture, the impact of globalization on disease and illness and spatial epidemiology. She is a mixed methods researcher combining qualitative, quantitative, and geographic analytic methods in research. She works as a data analyst for the IDU Peer Recruitment Dynamics and Network Structure in Respondent Drive Sampling (RDS) study and the Translation of the Risk Avoidance Partnership (RAP) for Drug Treatment Clinic Implementation study. Her current research at ICR focuses on the application of GIS in studying the spatial epidemiology of clubbing and drug use among youth in Hartford. She is also involved in the application of GIS in other studies at ICR.

Education:
2003    M.A.                            Medical Geography
2005    M.P.H.                        Public Health
2007    M.S.                            International Studies: African Studies
2010    Ph.D.                          Public Health: Social & Behavioral Health

Select Publications & Presentations:
Obidoa, C. A., M’Lan, C. E., Schensul, S. L. (2012). Factors associated with HIV/AIDS sexual risk among young women aged 15-24 years in Nigeria. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 3(1): DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2012.e15.

Obidoa, C.; Reeves, D.; Warren, N.; Reisine, S.; Cherniak, M. (2011). Depression and Work Family Conflict Among Corrections Officers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, In press.

Obidoa, C. A. Examining the role Globalization plays in Shaping the Spread and Scope of Emerging Adulthood in Urban Nigeria. Presented at the Society of Emerging Adulthood’s 5th Conference on Emerging Adulthood. Providence Rhode Island, October 26-28, 2011.

Obidoa, C. A. Impact of Social Change on Adolescent Sexual Behavior. Presented at the Global Health Council Conference under the New Investigator in Global Health Fellow Program. Washington D.C. June 13-17, 2011.

Obidoa, C. A. Social Change in Igboland: Evidence of the Impact of Globalization and Implications for the Igbo Family & Society. Presented at the 9th Annual Igbo Studies Conference, Maryland, April 7-9, 2011.

Obidoa, C. A. (2010). HIV/AIDS among young people in Nigeria: The role of counselors in reversing the epidemic. In M. A. Obidoa & I.C.S. Ifelunni (Ed.), Counseling youths in contemporary Nigeria. (pp.78-110). Nsukka: Chuka Educational Publishers.

Obidoa, C. A., Reisine, S. T., & Chernicak, M. (2010). How does the SF-36 perform in healthy populations? A structured review of longitudinal studies. Journal of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, 4 (1), 1-18.

Obidoa, C. A., Schensul, S., & Obidoa, M. A. Expressions of Global Popular Youth Culture among Nigerian Youth: Evidence of the Impact of Globalization and Implications for Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health. Presented at the Medical Anthropology in Global Africa: Current Trends in Scholarship and Practice Conference. University of Kansa African Studies Center, September 16-18, 2010.

Obidoa, C.A. The Impact of Globalization on African Women: A Case Study of Ghanaian Women. Africa Trade and Development Conference, Kansas African Studies Center, University of Kansas, October 2-3, 2009.

Obidoa, C.A. The Usefulness of GIS in Public Health Research Case Study: Assessing the Geographic Variation of HIV/AIDS Risk Factors. Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA) Annual Conference October 23, 2009.

Obidoa, C. A. & Nlenanya, I. Using GIS for HIV/AIDS Intervention Decision Making in Africa. Presented at the ESRI Health Geography Conference, Nashville September 21-23, 2009.

Obidoa, M.A & Obidoa, C.A. (2005). Applying folk media in knowledge dissemination for HIV/AIDS prevention. In D.N., Ezeh & N., Onyegebgu (Ed.), Knowledge generation and dissemination: Issues and challenges in Nigerian universities. (pp.77-87). Pearls & Gold: Enugu.