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Funmilayo Shittu · Sankore

University of Ibadan

Funmilayo Shittu

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This profile was assembled from author names on publications. Open indexes routinely split one researcher across several such profiles, so these totals may be incomplete.

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18

Citations

84

h-index

4

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

2

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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University of Ibadan19 works
University College Hospital, Ibadan5 works

Publications

18 works in the graph, newest first.

Outcome and management of 2–59-month-old Nigerian children with chest indrawing pneumonia at primary-level healthcare facilities: a prospective cohort study
2026Journal of Global HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.7189/jogh.16.04004
“I just felt there was not going to be issues” exploring local definitions of exclusive breastfeeding and adequate complementary feeding within communities in Jigawa state, Nigeria
2026Scientific ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1038/s41598-026-41749-z
Uncovering and investigating reasons for inaccuracies in vaccine card records in Kiyawa LGA Jigawa, Nigeria: a mixed method study
2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12913-026-14826-2
Additional file 1 of Uncovering and investigating reasons for inaccuracies in vaccine card records in Kiyawa LGA Jigawa, Nigeria: a mixed method study
2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.33099789

Additional file 1 of Uncovering and investigating reasons for inaccuracies in vaccine card records in Kiyawa LGA Jigawa, Nigeria: a mixed method study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.33099789.v1

Living in peace: Exploring indigenous paradigms of mental well-being among women in Northern Nigeria

2025SSM - Mental HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100435

Non-specific effects of routine vaccinations on child survival between 12-59 months of age in Jigawa, Nigeria: A secondary analysis of the INSPIRING Jigawa trial

2025VaccineJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127211

Exclusive breastfeeding among infants in Jigawa State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional analysis

2025International Breastfeeding JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s13006-025-00784-8

Linking communities and health facilities to improve child health in low-resource settings: a systematic review

2024Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen access4 citations10.1093/heapol/czae028

Effect of a participatory whole-systems approach on mortality in children younger than 5 years in Jigawa state, Nigeria (INSPIRING trial): a community-based, parallel-arm, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial and concurrent mixed-methods process evaluation

2024The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00369-3

Exploring the feeding practices of mothers of under-five children and how household members influence exclusive breastfeeding in Jigawa State, Nigeria – A qualitative study

2024Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1080/17441692.2024.2426135

COVID-19 knowledge and practices in Jigawa State, Nigeria: A cross-sectional survey conducted during the second wave

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0003386

Pneumonia knowledge and care seeking behavior for children under-five years in Jigawa, Northwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access13 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1198225

Whose knowledge counts? Involving communities in intervention and trial design using community conversations

2023TrialsJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s13063-023-07320-1

Maternal mental well-being and recent child illnesses–A cross-sectional survey analysis from Jigawa State, Nigeria

2023PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001462

Community perceptions matter: a mixed-methods study using local knowledge to define features of success for a community intervention to improve quality of care for children under-5 in Jigawa, Nigeria

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen access3 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069213

Integrated Sustainable childhood Pneumonia and Infectious disease Reduction in Nigeria (INSPIRING) through whole system strengthening in Jigawa, Nigeria: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

2022TrialsJournalOpen access31 citations10.1186/s13063-021-05859-5

Perceptions of child death in Jigawa State, Nigeria: a mixed-methods study on how sociocultural nuances shape paediatric mortality reporting

2022Global Health ActionJournalOpen access6 citations10.1080/16549716.2022.2120251