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Prof. Jimoh Amzat O.

Brief Biography

Prof. Amzat is a versatile scholar of extraordinary insight, who pays greater attention to logic and details. He enjoys working with others to push the frontiers of scholarships to greater heights. He has commendable academic charm and zeal, framed around the tetrad of medical sociology, bioethics, global health and social problems. He was a recipient of Erasmus Mundus scholarships (both as a graduate student and a visiting scholar) and Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship (Germany). He has served as a guest lecturer at the University of Bielefeld (Germany) and EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France. He was among the experts who developed the WHO Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance. His research works focus on the African context of various health issues, social problems and bioethical issues in Africa. He is fondly called Great JOA or Professor JOA (since high school days). His core mentorship values include (academic, vocational and life) support, communication and information sharing, collaboration, bridged power distance and mutual respect, role modelling and functional guidance, which should encourage the mentees/students to reach their full potentials.

Area of specialization:Health Sociology, Bioethics, Social Problems, Methodology, Statistics
Email:jimoh.amzat@udusok.edu.ng
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List of Selected Publications

Amzat, J. & Razum, O. (2018). Towards a sociology of health discourse in Africa. Dordrecht: Springer International Publishing.
Amzat, J. & Razum, O. (2014). Medical sociology in Africa. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing
Amzat, J. & Razum, O. (forthcoming). Globalization and health: A perspective from the Global South.
Published Papers in Refereed Journals Amzat, J., Aminu, K., Kolo, V. I., Akinyele, A. A., Ogundairo, J. A. & Danjibo, C. M. (2020). Coronavirus Outbreak in Nigeria: Burden and Socio-Medical Response during the First 100 Days. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 98, 218-224.doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.067.
Amzat, J. & Sheu, S. (2020). The deadly trio of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea: Assessing community knowledge gaps and beliefs within integrated community case management (iCCM) practice in a Nigerian state. The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 18(1), 13-31. DOI: 10.36108/NJSA/0202/81(0120).
Amzat, J. (2020). Faith effect and voice on early marriage in a Nigerian State. SAGE Open, 2020:1-9, doi:10.1177/2158244020919513.
Amzat, J. (2020). Beyond wishful thinking: The promise of science engagement at a community level in Africa. Journal of Developing Societies, 36(2), 206-228 DOI: 10.1177/0169796X20910600.
Lawal, S. A. & Amzat, J. (2020). Rapid public health enlightenment (RPHE) to curb the continued spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. UCL Medical Anthropology Blog, available at https://medanthucl.com/2020/04/25/rapid-public-health-enlightenment-rphe-to-curb-the-continued-spread-of-covid-19-in-nigeria/.
Amzat, J. (2019). Plucking the flower just too early: Some community perspectives on marriage age of adolescent girls in a Nigerian State. The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 17(1), 1-16. DOI: 10.36108/NJSA/9102/71(0110)
Sani, A., Amzat, J. and Abdulazeez, Y. (2019). The menace of substance abuse among female youths in Kontagora metropolis. Lapai Journal of Sociology, 8(1),197- 205.
Ismail, A. & Amzat, J. (2019). Determinants of access to maternal health services in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State, Nigeria. Social and Administrative Sciences Review, 5(2), 130-144.
Sani, A., Amzat, J. and Abdulazeez, Y. (2018). Emergent female substance abuse in Kontagora township, Niger State. Sokoto Journal of the Social Sciences, 8(1), 197-210. DOI: 10.29816/sjss.8.1.15.
Maigemu, Y. A. & Amzat, J. (2018). Environmental practices relating to malaria control in Gusau metropolis, Nigeria. Abuja Journal of Sociological Studies, 5(1),199-219.
Amzat, J. & Abudullahi, A. A. (2016). Youth and political change in Nigeria: Historical note and critical discourse. Affrika, 6(2), 119-137.
Amzat, J. (2015). The question of autonomy in maternal health: A rights-based consideration. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 15(2), 283-293. DOI 10.1007/s11673-015-9607-y.
Amzat J. (2013). Negotiating sexual rights among women in the purdah system of Sokoto metropolis. Sokoto Journal of the Social Sciences, 3(1), 136-147.
Abdullahi, A. A, Senekal, A., Van Zyl-Schalekamp, C., Amzat, J. & Saliman, T. S. (2012). Contemporary discourses in qualitative research: Lessons for health research in Nigeria. African Sociological Review, 16(1), 19-40.
Husain, M. B. & Amzat, J. (2012). Traditional shaving and infant mortality in Rimin-Gado, Kano, Nigeria. Bayero Sociologist: A Journal of Sociological Studies 1(1), 93-100. Abdullahi, A. A. & Amzat, J. (2011). The Problems and challenges of foreign aid in developing countries. Bayero Journal of Social and Management Studies (BAJOSAMS), 14(1), 108-119.
Amzat, J. & Grandi, G. (2011). Gender context of personalism in bioethics. Developing World Bioethics, 11(3), 136–145. Abdullahi, A. A. and Amzat, J. (2011). Knowledge of hypertension among the staff of University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 3(5), 204-209.
Amzat, J. (2011). Assessing the progress of malaria control in Nigeria. World Health and Population, 12(3), 42-51.
Amzat, J. (2010). Social correlates of HIV among youths in Nigeria. Hemispheres – Studies on Cultures and Societies, 25, 1-13.
Amzat, J. & Ogundiya I. S. (2010). From research to policy: The missing links. Journal of Social Sciences, 23(1), 69-74. DOI: 10.1080/09718923.2010.11892813.
Olutayo, A. O. Omobowale, A. O. & Amzat, J. (2009). Privatization and the social value of water in Africa. Human Affairs, 19(3), 311-319.
Amzat, J. & Omololu, O. F. (2009). Towards a community model for malaria control in sub-Sahara Africa. Africana Bulletin, 57, 166-183. Amzat, J. & Olutayo, O. A. (2009). Nigeria, capitalism and the question of equity. The Anthropologist, 11(4), 239-246. doi:10.1080/09720073.2009.11891110.
Amzat, J. (2008). Lumpen childhood in Nigeria: A case of the Almajirai in northern Nigeria. Hemispheres – Studies on Cultures and Societies, 23, 55-66.
Amzat, J & Abdullahi, A. A. (2008). Roles of traditional healers in the control of HIV/AIDS. Studies in Ethno-medicine, 2(1), 153-159. doi:10.1080/09735070.2008.11886328.
Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (2008). Nigeria and the threat of terrorism: Myth or reality. African Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 10(2), 165-189.
Amzat, J. & Abdullahi, A. A. 2007. Socio-cultural factors in psychiatric disorders. Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 11(1), 158-169.
Amzat, J., Abodunrin, A. J. & Okunola R. A. (2007). The print media and crime: Values and issues. International Journal of Criminal Justice Science, 2(1), 63-75.
Okafor, E. E. & Amzat, J. (2007). Problems of malaria menace and behavioral intervention for its management in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Human Ecology, 21:2, 155-162, DOI: 10.1080/09709274.2007.11905966.
Jegede, A. S., Amzat, J., Salami, K. K., Adejumoh, P. O. & Oyetunde, M. O. (2006). What women do to prevent and treat malaria: Experiences from market women in Ibadan, Nigeria. African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 9(1), 165-178.
Akinwale, A. A., Okafor, E. E. & Amzat, J. (2005). Sit-tight politics and political corruption: Implication for development in Nigeria. Ife Social Science Review (Conference Edition), 30-36.
Jegede, A. S., Amzat, J., Salami, K. K., Adejumoh, P. O. & Oyetunde, M. O. (2005). Perceived causes of malaria among market women in Ibadan, Nigeria. African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 8(2), 335-347.
Published Chapters in Books
Adegoke, O. & Amzat, J. (2021). Parasitic medical paternalism: A gaze into corruption in the Nigerian health sector. In Akanle, O. & Olom, D. (Eds.). Corruption and development in Nigeria. UK: Routledge.
Amzat, J. & Amzat, G. (2020). Introduction to data management. In Jegede, A.S. and Isiugo-Abanihe, U. C. (eds). Contemporary issues in social research. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan University Press.
Amzat, J. & Kolo, V. I. (2021). Max Weber and emergence of interpretive sociology. In Abdulrahman, D., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), Classical social science theorists: From western ideas to African realities. Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Kolo, V. I. & Amzat, J. (2021). Ervin Goffman’s perspectives on contemporary social realities. In Abdulrahman, D., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), Classical social science theorists: From western ideas to African realities. Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (2020). The clash of morality and legality: Interrogating bureaucratic corruption in Nigeria. In Hoadley, M. C. & Hatti, N. (eds.), Understanding corruption: Traditional and legal rational norms (84-105). UK: Routledge.
Amzat, J. & Maigari, A. M. (2020). Micro and macro perspectives in sociology. In Olorunlana, A., Tinuloa, F. R. & Fasoranti, O. O. (Eds.), Introduction to sociology: African culture, context and complexity (82-91). Lagos: Apex Publishers.
Amzat, J. and Magaji, A. M. (2019). Sociology of social problems: An introduction. In A. A. Abdullahi and Ajala, E. M. (Eds.) Contemporary Issues in sociology and social work: An africanist perspective (45 - 60). Ibadan: College Press, Lead City University.
Amzat, J. and Kolo. I. V. (2019). Basic issues in comparative Healthcare systems. In A. A. Abdullahi and Ajala, E. M. (Eds.) Contemporary issues in sociology and social work: An Africanist Perspective (257 – 277). Ibadan: College Press, Lead City University.
Amzat J. & Abdullahi, A. A. (2015). Fundamentals of health social sciences. In Ogundiya, I. S. & J. Amzat (Eds.), Foundations of the Social Sciences (pp. 37-55). Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Amzat J., Omololu, F. & Abdullahi, A. A. (2015). Realists and nominalist traditions in sociology. In Ogundiya, I. S. & J. Amzat (Eds.), Foundations of the social sciences (pp. 137-147). Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Muhammad-Baba, T. A. & Amzat, J. (2012). Pastoralism, nomadism and transhumance: An explanation of the socio-economic organization of Fulani/Ful’be of northern Nigeria in Jegede, A. S., Olutayo, A. O, Omololu, O. & Owumi, B. E. (Eds.), Peoples and cultures of Nigeria (pp. 78-96). Ibadan: Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan.
Amzat, J. & Muhammad-Baba, T.A. (2012). The peoples of the Savannah: Hausas and Hausanization of nothern Nigeria. In Jegede, A. S., Olutayo, A. O, Omololu, O. & Owumi, B. E. (Eds.), Peoples and cultures of Nigeria (pp. 65-77). Ibadan: Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan.
Amzat, J. & Dantake, H. M. (2012). Gender studies. In Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.) The basics of the social sciences (pp. 69 - 88). Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Abdulrahman, D. & Amzat, J. (2012). Introduction to Psychology. In Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.) The basics of social sciences (pp. 181 - 194). Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Amzat, J. & Omololu, F. (2012). The Basics of Sociological Paradigms. In Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.) The basics of social sciences (pp. 115 - 134). Lagos: Malthouse Press. Amzat, J. & Ogundiya, I. S. (2011). Political agitations and terror threats in Nigeria Niger-Delta. In Ogundiya, I. S., Olutayo, A. O., & Amzat, J. (Eds.), 2010. Assessment of democratic trends in Nigeria (pp. 210-222). New Delhi: Gyan Books.
Amzat, J. (2011). Health Inequality in Nigeria. Ogundiya, I. S., Olutayo, A. O., & Amzat, J. Assessment of democratic trends in Nigeria (pp. 313-322). New Delhi: Gyan Books.
Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (2009). Civil disturbances: Precipitating mechanisms and mitigation in Nigeria. In Olutayo, A. O., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.) State and civil society relations in Nigeria (pp. 89- 106). Ibadan: Hope Publications.
Amzat, J. (2009). Assessing the Progress Towards Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria. In Olutayo, A. O., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.) State and Civil Society Relations in Nigeria (pp. 290-309). Ibadan: Hope Publications.
Akintayo, J. A., Amzat, J. & Okunola, R. A. (2009). The Presentation and Representation of Crime in Nigerian Print Media. In Jaishankar, K. (Ed.), International Perspectives on Crime and Justice. New Castle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Edited Books
Abdulrahman, D., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), (2021). Classical social science theorists: From western ideas to African realities. Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), (2015). Foundations of the social sciences. Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), (2012). The Basics of social sciences. Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Ogundiya, I. S., Olutayo, A. O. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), 2011. Assessment of democratic trends in Nigeria. New Delhi: Gyan Books.
Olutayo, A. O., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), 2010. State and civil society relations in Nigeria, Ibadan: Hope Publications.
Abdulrahman, D., Ogundiya, I. S. & Amzat, J. (Eds.), Classical social science theorists: From western ideas to African realities. Lagos: Malthouse Press.
Keynote Addresses
Amzat, J. (2013). Political Dimensions of Insecurity in Health Care Delivery System in Nigeria. A keynote address delivered at Scientific Conference of the Forum of Federal Health Institution Nurses and Midwives (FFHINAM) on 25 November, 2013 at Sultan Muh’d Maccido Institute of Quranic and General Studies Auditorium, Sokoto.
Amzat, J. (2017). Medical Social Work: A Requisite for Community Sustainability. A Key Note Address delivered at the opening of Association of Medical Social Workers of Nigeria (ANSWON) Conference on 24th October, 2017 at the Auditorium, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
Amzat, J (2014). Culture and Health in African Context. A Faculty Lecture Delivered at EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France, June 24, 2014.
Amzat, J. (2019). Social Science in Global Health: A Discourse of Realities. A paper delivered at the Gesundheitssoziologie & Medizinische Soziologie (DGMS) (German Society of Medical Sociology) Conference on “The Role of Social Sciences in Global Health” at the University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
Amzat, J. (2019). Global Health and Sociology: A Confluence of Perspective. A paper delivered at the Annual Symposium