Dr. Theresa Edu
Head of Department
Community Health Department is one of the departments in the College. The department is headed by a trained primary health care professional.
PROGRAMS
The programs in the department are:
1. Certificate in Community Health (JCHEW).
2. National Diploma (ND) in Community Health (CHEW)
3. Abridgement program for National Diploma in Community Health.
COMMUNITY HEALTH EXTENSION WORKERS (CHEW)
For already qualified JCHEWS and fresh school leavers with relevant qualifications
DURATION: THREE YEARS
ENTRY QUALIFICATION
1. WASCE or SSCE or GCE, five credits which must include Biology, English and Mathematics or JCHEW certificate with the requisite WASCE or SSCE or GCE.
JUNIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH EXTENSION WORKERS
DURATION: TWO YEARS
ENTRY QUALIFICATION
SSCE/WAEC attempted, a minimum of 3 credit passes.
OBJECTIVE:
To develop Community Health Practitioners with qualitative, focused and committed Community Health skills to deliver quality and holistic primary health care services at the grass root.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
For an applicant to be qualified to practice, such a person must have undergone Community Health training course(s) in one of the accredited Community Health Training Institutions and passed the prescribed qualifying National Examination as a JCHEW, CHEW or CHO as the case may be and licensed as one.
PROSPECTS:
1. A qualified Community Health Worker has a store of knowledge in the provision of preventive health care to bring down overload of
curative health.
2. A well trained Community Health Worker is gender friendly in performance of duty.
3. A Community Health worker is not merely a substitute for doctors but rather crucial adjuncts.
4. Community Health Worker can assure a wide variety of roles in health care in handling minor cases in the absence of surgeons.
5. Community Health worker help the poor overcome barriers of accessing effective health care in the absence of physicians.
6. Community Health Workers work to improve outreach efforts to vulnerable patient population.
7. They serve as counsellors, helping poor patients overcome the barriers that prevent them from seeking vital health care, etc.
Staff Profile
NAME: Dr. Theresa Edu RANK: Chief Lecturer STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: Central Primary School I, Ogoli, Ogoja L.G.A, CRS(1976 – 1981) - FSLC, Community Secondary School, Itigidi, Abi, CRS (2001) - SSCE, College of Health Technology (1992 – 1994) - CHEW, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) CRS (2006 – 2007) - Diploma in Community Health Officer (CHO), University College Hospital Ibadan (2010 – 2011) - Diploma in Education (Primary Healthcare), University Of Calabar – Nigeria (2004 – 2008) - B.Sc. in Sociology, University of Calabar – Nigeria (2011 – 2012), Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), University of Calabar – Nigeria, (2018) - M.Sc. (Medical Sociology), University of Calabar – Nigeria, (2018 – 2022) - Ph.D. (Medical Sociology)
NAME: Winifred Itam RANK: Chief Instructor STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: School of Nursing, Anua-Uyo(RN) AKS (1978-1981), School of Midwifery, Anua-Uyo (RM), College of Health Calabar, (1994-1997 HND Public Health & CHO), University of Calabar (2009 - 2010 PGD Env. Education), University College Hospital, Ibadan (2010-2011, Dip. in Education, Primary Health), National Open University of Nigeria (2016-2022 MEd. Educational Technology)
NAME: Okorie Evong ASSEM RANK: Lecturer I STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: Primary Health Care Tutor, University College Hospital, Ibadan (2018), Bachelor of Education (Environmental and Health Education) University of Calabar, Calabar (2008), Higher Diploma in Community Health (CHO) UCTH University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (2013), Diploma in Community Health, College of Health Technology Calabar (2007)
NAME: Dr Elizabeth Asinyang Otu RANK: Chief Lecturer STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: Federal School of Arts and Science, Ogoja (1984 - 1985-GCE), School of Midwifery, Moniaya, Ogoja.(1986 - 1988 RM Cert.), School of Nursing, Itigidi (1990 - 1992 RN Cert.), University of Nigeria Nsukka (1998 - 2002 BSC Health Education), University of Calabar (2007-2010 Masters degree in Health Education), University of Calabar (2007-2010 Masters degree in Health Education), University of Calabar (2011-2016 Ph.D Health Education).
NAME: Mr Anthony Agbajor Anyam RANK: Senior Lecturer STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: R.C.M Primary School, Utanga, Obanliku LGA, (FSCL - 1982 to 1987), Government Secondary School, Obudu (SSCE - 1988 to 1993), College of Health Technology, Mkar, Gboko, Benue State (CHEW - 1997 to 2000), College of Health Technology, Calabar (ND/CHEW Abridgement - 2007), College of Community Health, UCTH Calabar (HND in Community Health - 2010 to 2012), Federal Training Centre for Teachers of Health Sciences, UCH Ibadan, Diploma in Ed. (Primary Health)(2015 to 2016), Novena University, Oguma (BSc.Public/Community Health - 2013 to 2015), University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State MPH (Epidemiology) (2018 to 2023).
NAME: Mrs Obo, Ekpenyonganwan Ayi RANK: Senior Lecturer STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: FSLC (1981), Senior School Certificate (WASC - 1987), Certificate in Community Health (1996), Diploma in Community Health (2008), B.Sc(Ed) Health Education (2014), Diploma in Education (2017), M.Sc(Ed) Health Education (2023)
NAME: Rita Edet Bassey RANK: Lecturer I STATUS: Permanent Staff QUALIFICATIONS: Primary Health Care Tutor, University College Hospital, Ibadan (2018), Bachelor of Education (Environmental and Health Education) University of Calabar, Calabar (2008), Higher Diploma in Community Health (CHO) UCTH University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (2013), Diploma in Community Health, College of Health Technology Calabar (2007)