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Dr Deborah Ikhile

Research Associate

School/Department: Population Health Sciences, Department of; Diabetes Research Centre

Email: di46@leicester.ac.uk

Publications

  1. Ikhile D, Glass D, Frere‐Smith K, Fraser S, Turner K, Ramji H, Gremesty G, Ford E, van Marwijk H. A virtuous cycle of co‐production: Reflections from a community priority‐setting exercise. Health Expectations. 2023 Dec;26(6):2514-24.
  2. Ford E, Rees-Roberts M, Stanley K, Goddard K, Giles S, Armes J, Ikhile D, Madzvamuse A, Spencer-Hughes V, George A, Farmer C. Understanding how to build a social licence for using novel linked datasets for planning and research in Kent, Surrey and Sussex: results of deliberative focus groups. International journal of population data science. 2020;5(3).
  3. Ikhile D, Omodara D, Seymour-Smith S, Musoke D, Gibson L. “Some they need male, some they need female”: a gendered approach for breast cancer detection in Uganda. Frontiers in Global Women's Health. 2022;3. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2022.746498.
  4. Gibson L, Moffatt CJ, Narahari SR, Kabiri L, Ikhile D, Nchafack A, Dring E, Kousthubha SN, Gorry J. Global knowledge gaps in equitable delivery of chronic edema care: A political economy case study analysis. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 2021;19(5):447-59. doi: 10.1089/lrb.2021.0063.
  5. Ogundana O, Akin-Akinyosoye K, Ikhile D, Omodara D. Women’s Entrepreneurship, Health-Related Crisis, and a Gender-Sensitive Crisis Management Model for Sustainable Development. In: Adeola O. (ed.) Gendered Perspectives on Covid-19 Recovery in Africa. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan; 2021. pp. 131-155. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-88152-8_8
  6. Ikhile D. Examining how to strengthen the primary health care capacity for early breast cancer detection in Uganda: A socioecological approach. Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom); 2021.
  7. Jidong DE, Bailey D, Sodi T, Gibson L, Sawadogo N, Ikhile D, Musoke D, Madhombiro M, Mbah M. Nigerian cultural beliefs about mental health conditions and traditional healing: A qualitative study. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. 2021;16(4):285-299. doi: 10.1108/JMHTEP-08-2020-0057
  8. Musoke D, Atusingwize E, Ikhile D, Nalinya S, Ssemugabo C, Lubega GB, Omodara D, Ndejjo R, Gibson L. Community health workers’ involvement in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Wakiso District, Uganda. BioMed Central. 2021;17(1). doi: 10.1186/s12992-020-00653-5.
  9. Nyashanu M, Ikhile D, Pfende F. Exploring the efficacy of music in palliative care: A scoping review. Palliative & Supportive Care. 2021; 19(3):355-360. doi: 10.1017/S1478951520001042.
  10. Omodara D, Ikhile D, Ogundana O, Akin-Akinyosoye K. Global pandemic and business performance: impacts and responses. Journal of Research in Business and Social Science. 2020; 9(6):1-11. doi: 10.20525/ijrbs.v9i6.906.
  11. Nchafack A, Ikhile D. Digital divide in the use of Skype for qualitative data collection: implications for academic research. In: Kara H, Khoo S. (eds.) Researching in the age of COVID-19. Volume 1: Response and Reassessment. Bristol: Policy Press; 2020. p.46-53. doi: 10.46692/9781447360391.005.
  12. Newton A, Mackay J, Ikhile D, Wallace L. Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Interventions: An Extended Rapid Evidence Assessment. The Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Unit (NNVU); The Nottinghamshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), 2020. [Commissioned report]: https://www.nottinghamshire.pcc.police.uk/Document-Library/Public-Information/Newsletters-and-Publications/Publications/Newton-NTU-EREA-DAPI-FInal-Report-30-09-2020.pdf.
  13. Nyashanu M, Ikhile D, Karonga T, Rumbidzai C. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown in a developing country: narratives of self-employed women in Ndola, Zambia. Health Care for Women International. 2020;41(11-12):1370-1383. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2020.1823983.
  14. Ikhile D, Gibson L, Wahidin A. “I Cannot Know That Now I Have Cancer!” A Structural Violence Perspective on Breast Cancer Detection in Uganda. In: Vaittinen T, Confortini C. (eds.) Gender, Global Health and Violence: Feminist Perspectives on Peace and Disease. London: Rowman & Littlefield; 2019. p. 70-88.
  15. Ilaboya D, Gibson L, Musoke D. Perceived barriers to early detection of breast cancer in Wakiso District, Uganda using a socioecological approach. Globalization and Health. 2018;14(9):1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0326-0

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