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L. Ntoimo

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L. Ntoimo — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 19
Works: 75
Citations: 1,137

Most-cited papers

Predictors of women’s utilization of primary health care for skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Julius Ogungbangbe, S. Anjorin +2 more
2018BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth101 citations Open access
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Causes and Risk Factors for Male Infertility: A Scoping Review of Published Studies
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, A. Omonkhua, Oladiran Ayodeji +3 more
2022International Journal of General Medicine80 citations Open access
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Why rural women do not use primary health centres for pregnancy care: evidence from a qualitative study in Nigeria
L. Ntoimo, F. Okonofua, Brian Igboin, C. Ekwo +2 more
2019BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth70 citations Open access
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Prevalence and risk factors for maternal mortality in referral hospitals in Nigeria: a multicenter study
L. Ntoimo, F. Okonofua, R. Ogu, H. Galadanci +7 more
2018International Journal of Women's Health59 citations Open access
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Gender inequity as a barrier to women's access to skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria: a qualitative study.
S. Yaya, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Ogochukwu Udenige +1 more
2019International Health57 citations Open access
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Patriarchy and Singlehood Among Women in Lagos, Nigeria
L. Ntoimo, U. Isiugo-abanihe
201457 citations
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Why women utilize traditional rather than skilled birth attendants for maternity care in rural Nigeria: Implications for policies and programs.
L. Ntoimo, F. Okonofua, C. Ekwo, Tosin Ojuolape Solanke +3 more
2021Midwifery52 citations Open access
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Prevalence and determinants of stillbirth in Nigerian referral hospitals: a multicentre study
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, R. Ogu, H. Galadanci +7 more
2019BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth44 citations Open access
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Men’s perception of barriers to women’s use and access of skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria: a qualitative study
S. Yaya, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Ogochukwu Udenigwe +1 more
2019Reproductive Health41 citations Open access
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A qualitative study of community elders’ perceptions about the underutilization of formal maternal care and maternal death in rural Nigeria
A. Fantaye, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, S. Yaya
2019Reproductive Health38 citations Open access
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Increasing women’s access to skilled pregnancy care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Edo State, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial
S. Yaya, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Bernard Kadio +3 more
2018Global Health Research and Policy34 citations Open access
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Perspectives of policymakers and health providers on barriers and facilitators to skilled pregnancy care: findings from a qualitative study in rural Nigeria
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Wilson Imongan +2 more
2021BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth31 citations Open access
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Experience of Gender-based Violence by Internally Displaced Women in Southern Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study
O. A. Adejumo, L. Ntoimo, M. Odimayo, W. Adebimpe +8 more
2021Journal of Interpersonal Violence30 citations
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Perceptions of women on workloads in health facilities and its effect on maternal health care: A multi-site qualitative study in Nigeria.
R. Ogu, L. Ntoimo, F. Okonofua
2017Midwifery26 citations
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Effect of a multifaceted intervention on the utilisation of primary health for maternal and child health care in rural Nigeria: a quasi-experimental study
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, S. Yaya, Brian Igboin +5 more
2022BMJ Open25 citations Open access
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Assessing the knowledge and skills on emergency obstetric care among health providers: Implications for health systems strengthening in Nigeria
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, R. Ogu, H. Galadanci +10 more
2019PLoS ONE23 citations Open access
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Determinants of Singlehood: a retrospective account by older single women in Lagos, Nigeria
L. Ntoimo, U. Isiugo-abanihe
201422 citations Open access
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Seeking maternal health care in rural Nigeria: through the lens of negofeminism
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, S. Yaya
2023Reproductive Health20 citations Open access
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Women's perceptions of reasons for maternal deaths: Implications for policies and programs for preventing maternal deaths in low-income countries
Friday E. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, R. Ogu
2018Health Care for Women International20 citations
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Assessment of Interventions in Primary Health Care for Improved Maternal, New-born and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, O. A. Adejumo, Wilson Imongan +2 more
2019SAGE Open18 citations Open access
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Association of the client-provider ratio with the risk of maternal mortality in referral hospitals: a multi-site study in Nigeria
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, R. Ogu, H. Galadanci +7 more
2018Reproductive Health17 citations Open access
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Texting for life: a mobile phone application to connect pregnant women with emergency transport and obstetric care in rural Nigeria
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, E. Johnson, I. Sombié +8 more
2023BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth16 citations Open access
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Understanding gender dynamics in mHealth interventions can enhance the sustainability of benefits of digital technology for maternal healthcare in rural Nigeria
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, S. Yaya
2022Frontiers in Global Women's Health16 citations Open access
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Enablers and barriers to the acceptability of mHealth for maternal healthcare in rural Edo, Nigeria
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, S. Yaya
2022Dialogues in Health16 citations Open access
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Influence of women's empowerment indices on the utilization of skilled maternity care: evidence from rural Nigeria.
L. Ntoimo, F. Okonofua, Josephine Aikpitanyi, S. Yaya +4 more
2020Journal of Biosocial Science16 citations Open access
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Exploring underutilization of skilled maternal healthcare in rural Edo, Nigeria: A qualitative study
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, S. Yaya
2022PLoS ONE15 citations Open access
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Prevalence and determinants of condom use among the youth in Malawi: evidence from the 2015/16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey
Scholastica Eunice Jimu, L. Ntoimo, Friday E. Okonofua
2023Reproductive Health11 citations Open access
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Comparing the timeliness and adequacy of antenatal care uptake between women who married as child brides and adult brides in 20 sub-Saharan African countries
S. Adedini, S. Abatan, Adesoji Dunsin Ogunsakin, C. Alex-Ojei +4 more
2022PLoS ONE11 citations Open access
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Union Dissolution - Divorce, Separation, and Widowhood in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Patterns, and Determinants
S. Adedini, O. Somefun, C. Odimegwu, L. Ntoimo
2019Family Demography and Post-2015 Development Agenda in Africa11 citations
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Demography of Single Parenthood in Africa: Patterns, Determinants and Consequences
L. Ntoimo, N. Mutanda
2019Family Demography and Post-2015 Development Agenda in Africa11 citations
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Effects of multifaceted interventions to prevent and manage primary postpartum haemorrhage in referral hospitals: a quasi-experimental study in Nigeria
F. Okonofua, B. Ekezue, L. Ntoimo, C. Ekwo +6 more
2022BMJ Global Health10 citations Open access
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Where do delays occur when women receive antenatal care? A client flow multi-site study in four health facilities in Nigeria.
F. Okonofua, R. Ogu, L. Ntoimo, Mohammed Gana +3 more
2018Ghana Medical Journal10 citations Open access
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Examining the Role of Couples' Characteristics in Contraceptive use in Nigeria and Zambia.
L. Ntoimo, Pamela Chirwa-Banda
2017African Journal of Reproductive Health10 citations Open access
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Prevalence and Patterns of Marital Dissolution in Nigeria
L. Ntoimo, M. Akokuwebe
201410 citations Open access
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A qualitative investigation into pregnancy experiences and maternal healthcare utilisation among adolescent mothers in Nigeria
C. Alex-Ojei, C. Odimegwu, L. Ntoimo
2023Reproductive Health8 citations Open access
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Outcome of multifaceted interventions for improving the quality of antenatal care in Nigerian referral hospitals
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, B. Ekezue, V. Ohenhen +7 more
2020Reproductive Health7 citations Open access
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Homogamy and heterogamy in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for couples’ fertility behaviour
L. Ntoimo, N. Mutanda
20177 citations Open access
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Association of Urinary Mycotoxins with Sperm Quality: A Case-Control Study in Southern Nigeria
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, E. I. Unuabonah, T. Msagati +6 more
2024Toxins6 citations Open access
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Exploring barriers and facilitators to integrated policy formulation and implementation of family planning and urban development programmes in Nigeria
S. Adedini, B. Mberu, C. Alex-Ojei, L. Ntoimo
2022Health Research Policy and Systems6 citations Open access
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“We have either obsolete knowledge, obsolete equipment or obsolete skills”: policy-makers and clinical managers’ views on maternal health delivery in rural Nigeria
Ogochukwu Udenigwe, F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Wilson Imongan +2 more
2021Family Medicine and Community Health Journal6 citations Open access
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Assessment of service readiness for maternity care in primary health centres in rural Nigeria: implications for service improvement
L. Ntoimo, Julius Ogungbangbe, Wilson Imongan, S. Yaya +1 more
2021The Pan African Medical Journal6 citations
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Public Policy and Health System Responses to Diabetes Mellitus in Nigeria: A Call for Reform
Fricay Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, R. Ogu, M. Isikhuemen
2025Health systems and reform5 citations Open access
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Outcome of interventions to improve the quality of intrapartum care in Nigeria’s referral hospitals: a quasi-experimental research design
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, B. Ekezue, V. Ohenhen +4 more
2023BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth5 citations Open access
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Who Owns a Child? Conflict of Culture and Human Right in the Dissolution of Customary Law Marriage in Nigeria
L. Ntoimo, F. Ntoimo
20215 citations
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Contraception in Africa: Is the global 2030 milestone attainable?
L. Ntoimo
2021African Journal of Reproductive Health5 citations
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Outcomes of a multifaceted intervention to improve maternal satisfaction with care in secondary hospitals in Nigeria
F. Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, B. Ekezue, V. Ohenhen +7 more
2020Global Health Action5 citations Open access
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Consensual Union in West Africa
L. Ntoimo, C. Odimegwu, Justin Dansou, T. Ola
20165 citations Open access
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Tobacco Use Among Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Family Structure Matter?
L. Ntoimo, C. Odimegwu, C. Alex-Ojei
2019Studies in the Sociology of Population4 citations
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“When you provide abortion services, you are looked upon as a bad guy”: experiences of abortion stigma by health providers in Nigeria
Fricay Okonofua, L. Ntoimo, Louise Bury, Suzanna Bright +1 more
2024Global Health Action3 citations Open access
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Applying Mobile Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in Rural Nigeria: Experiences and Perceptions of Users and Stakeholders
Fricay Okonofua, B. Adelekan, Erika Goldson, Zubaida Abubakar +13 more
2024Health systems and reform3 citations Open access
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