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Dr. Ayokunle Olagoke

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  • School of Health and Kinesiology, Assistant Professor

email:
aolagoke@unomaha.edu
office:
  207B
office phone:
402.554.3239
ORCID:
0000-0003-0271-4069
personal website:
https://sites.google.com/uic.edu/ayokunle-olagoke/home

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General Information

Teaching Interests

Health literacyHealth communicationVaccine communicationSocial Marketing

Research Interests

Community-driven information monitoring and response systemsMessage testingReligiously framed vaccination messagingMetaphor use in patient communicationPolling

Awards and Honors

Top Cited Article 2020 - 2021 , Scholarship/Research - 2022

Education

Ph D, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Illinois, Public Health, Community Health Sciences, 2021

MPH, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Health Promotion & Education, 2015

Professional Development

Institutional Training, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 09/01/2021 - 08/30/2022

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Olagoke, Ayokunle, Floyd, Brenikki, Adebayo, Comfort, Owoyemi, Ayomide, Hughes, Ashley. 2022. The content of COVID-19 information searches and vaccination intent: An implication for risk communication, Journal of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.

Olagoke, Ayokunle, Olagoke, Olakanmi, Hughes, Ashley. 2020. Exposure to coronavirus news on mainstream media: The role of risk perceptions and depression, British journal of health psychology, 25, 4, 865--874.

Olagoke, Ayokunle, Olagoke, Olakanmi, Hughes, Ashley. 2021. Intention to vaccinate against the novel 2019 coronavirus disease: The role of health locus of control and religiosity, Journal of religion and health, 60, 1, 65--80.

Olagoke, Ayokunle, Reyes, Katherine, San Miguel, Liliana, Torres, Paola, Robledo, Casandra, Kling, William, Medina, Maria, Arroyo, Juanita, Garcia, Carmen, Coronado, Nora, others. 2022. Intentional Storytelling to Sustain Low-cost/Free Breast Cancer Services: A Latina Example of Community-driven Advocacy, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 16, 2, 205--215.

Externally Funded Research

CEAL - Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities, Washington University in St. Louis, Universities, 08/15/2022 - 03/31/2023

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