Sexual & Reproductive Health
Research on sexual health, reproductive wellbeing, gender, counselling and culturally situated health experiences, including work involving young people and women.
Evidence · Education · Health Systems
Research & Academic Work.
A research portfolio centred on community health nursing, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and newborn care, family health, nursing education and the responsible use of technology in care and learning.
Research Overview
Scholarship grounded in people, place and practice.
Professor Irinoye’s published work connects nursing science with the realities of families, communities, health workers and healthcare institutions. Her scholarship spans culturally grounded sexual and reproductive health, maternal and newborn care, family nursing, nursing education, digital health and the implementation of evidence-based practice.
Across these areas, a consistent research orientation is visible: understand the context in which care is delivered, identify barriers to effective practice, strengthen professional capability and translate evidence into education, service improvement and community-responsive interventions.
Core Research Areas
Six connected domains of enquiry and impact.
Maternal & Newborn Care
Studies of emergency obstetric and newborn care, implementation context, practice guidelines, postnatal care and service improvement across healthcare facilities.
Family & Community Nursing
Family nursing education and practice, community health action, health promotion, counselling and context-specific pathways for household and community wellbeing.
Nursing Education & Digital Learning
Nursing curricula, educational reform, student learning, information and communication technologies, distance education and professional preparation.
Digital Health & Clinical Information
Nurses’ use of electronic health records, information systems and technology-enabled practice, with attention to adoption, usability and quality of care.
Health Systems & Workforce
Implementation fidelity, healthcare-worker knowledge, nursing practice environments, professional wellbeing and the organisational conditions shaping service delivery.
Themes & Specialisations
A multidisciplinary vocabulary for practical health challenges.
Community Health Nursing
Adolescent Health
Women’s Health
Gender & Health
Sexual & Reproductive Health
Family Nursing
Health Promotion
Counselling
Maternal & Newborn Care
Emergency Obstetric Care
Postnatal Care
Practice Guidelines
Implementation Research
Nursing Education
Educational Reform
Digital Learning
Electronic Health Records
Family Violence Prevention
Healthcare Workforce
Selected Studies & Research Programmes
Published work across care, implementation and technology.
Maternal & Newborn Care
2021
Integration of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care
A quantitative implementation study of how emergency obstetric and newborn care was integrated across healthcare facilities in Osun State, including the influence of training, guideline availability and facility level.
- Role
- Co-author
- Publication
- PLOS ONE, 16(4)
Implementation Research
2022
Understanding Context in EmONC Implementation
A mixed-methods examination of factors that enabled or constrained emergency obstetric and neonatal care implementation in Osun State health facilities.
- Role
- Co-author
- Publication
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Digital Health
2023
Electronic Health Record Utilisation Among Nurses
A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study examining EHR utilisation and associated factors among nurses in a faith-based teaching hospital in Nigeria.
- Role
- Co-author
- Publication
- JAMIA Open, 6(3)
Community Intervention
2025
Community–Nurse Collaboration on Family Violence
An evidence-based, culturally responsive intervention model comprising nurse training, a clinical pathway and management guidance for identifying and supporting people affected by family violence.
- Role
- Co-author
- Publication
- Nurse Media Journal of Nursing
Collaboration Network
Documented connections across disciplines, institutions and countries.
Research Base
Obafemi Awolowo University
Long-term academic affiliation with the Department of Nursing Science and a central base for teaching, supervision, nursing scholarship and multi-author studies.
Maternal Health Network
OAU · FUOYE · Health Facilities
Published EmONC implementation work links nursing, demography and healthcare-facility perspectives across Obafemi Awolowo University, Federal University Oye-Ekiti and Osun State services.
International Nursing Education
Greece · Philippines · Nigeria
Co-authorship in a cross-country study of stress and quality of life among nursing students demonstrates engagement with comparative international nursing-education research.
Interdisciplinary Community Research
Nursing · Sociology · Community Practice
The family-violence intervention model brought together nursing scholars from OAU and Afe Babalola University with sociology and anthropology expertise.
Research Impact
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Featured Research
Health Systems Implementation
2021
Assessment of integration of emergency obstetric and newborn care in healthcare facilities
The study examined whether EmONC had become normalised within maternal and newborn services and showed why training, guideline availability and facility context matter for implementation.
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Nursing Education
2016
Part-Time Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perception and Attitude to ICT Supports for Distance Education
This work explored student readiness, access and attitudes toward technology-supported nursing education, contributing evidence to the development of flexible and digitally enabled learning.
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Family Nursing
2006
Family Nursing Education and Family Nursing Practice in Nigeria
A foundational examination of family nursing education and practice in Nigeria, linking curriculum, professional preparation and family-centred service delivery.
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Build evidence that can move from publication to practice.
Suitable enquiries include multi-institutional studies, postgraduate research, nursing education, community and family health, maternal and newborn care, digital health and implementation research.