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Dr. Charity Amaka Ben-Enukora

Senior Lecturer | Head of Department

Faculty of Communication and Media Studies · Department of Mass Communication

Specialization Health and Development Communication

Office: Faculty of communication and media studies

Phone: +234(0)8068862939

Email: charity.ben-enukora@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Dr. Charity Amaka Ben-Enukora is an accomplished media scholar, researcher, and academic leader specialising in health communication, risk communication, and social and behavior change communication (SBCC). She currently serves as a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Mass Communication. With a career deeply rooted in exploring how strategic media positioning drives behavioural change, Dr. Ben-Enukora has made substantial contributions to environmental health communication, disaster risk management, and digital media advocacy.

Dr. Ben-Enukora earned her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Anambra State University (now Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University) Uli, before advancing to Covenant University, Ota, where she completed both her Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mass Communication. Over nearly a decade in higher education and academic, she has held key teaching and administrative roles at prestigious Nigerian institutions, including Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE)and Landmark University, Omu-Aran.

Dr. Ben-Enukora’s research focuses on the intersection of media frameworks, public health dynamics, and community resilience. Her work actively interrogates how communities process risk information regarding endemic health threats (such as Lassa fever, viral hepatitis, and kidney disease), climate change adaptation, and environmental crises like the annual flooding disruptions in rural Nigeria. She has authored dozens of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters featured in prestigious global repositories, including Discover Social Science and Health, Heliyon, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, and publications by Palgrave Macmillan and Springer. Committed to cross-disciplinary impact between communication and global health initiatives, Dr. Ben-Enukora is a member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) and other learning societies. She has won several awards including the 2024 Early Career Grant Award from Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Research Interests

Communication Perspectives on Health and Environmental risks, Disaster risk management, Climate Change Adaptation, Social and Behaviour Change, and Gender and Development studies

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Selected Publications

  1. Association Between Exposure to “Clean Nigeria, Use the Toilet” Social and Behaviour Change Communication Campaign and Public Knowledge, Attitude and Open Defecation Practice in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A., Ezegwu, D. T., Anthony-Mekwunye, C., Ekhato, E. Z., Onasanya, C. A., Obi, E. C., Ono, G. N., Onyike, I. E., Obibuike, O. C., & Ejem, A. A.
    Hygiene (2026)
  2. Perspectives on the Applicability of Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory of the Media in West Africa
    Authors: Ejem, A. A. & Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    Covenant Journal of Communication (2025)
  3. Gendered impacts of 2022 floods on livelihoods and health vulnerability of rural communities in select Southern states in Nigeria.
    Authors: Ejem, A. A. & Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    Discover Social Science and Health (2025)
  4. Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency’s Public Relations Strategies and Public Compliance with the Ban on Single Use Plastics
    Authors: Ahanonu, E. S. & Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    FUOYE Journal of Communication (2025)
  5. Influence of Community Health Mobilization Communication Strategies on Uptake of Mosquirix Malaria Vaccine among Mothers of Under-Five Children in Oye Local Government Area
    Authors: Fasina, F. O., Asogwa, C.E. & Ben-Enukora, C. A
    FUOYE Journal of Communication (2025)
  6. Women’s Radio’s 16 Days Activism on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and its effects on knowledge, cultural norms and attitude towards survivors’ support.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A. & Ibenyenwa, N.C.
    Journal of Creative Media (2025)
  7. Effect of Social Media Advocacy against Excessive Sugar Intakes on Knowledge and Belief of Health Risks, and Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages among University Students.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    Covenant Journal of Communication (2025)
  8. Flood Risk Communication, Perception and Precautionary Behaviours among residents in Flood-prone state in North-Central, Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A., Okorie, N., Ejem, A. A., & Eze, I.
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2025)
  9. Correlation between Post-Pandemic Climate Change Advocacy on TikTok and Knowledge, Attitude and Adaptation practices among TikTok users in Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A., Soroaye, M. P., Ejem, A. A., Asogwa, C. E., Ojih, S.E.U., and Ezegwu, D.T.
    Journalism and Media (2025)
  10. Impact of interactive radio programmes on Knowledge, Attitude and behavior towards persons with mental health challenges among residents in Nigeria’s Federal capital territory.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    FUOYE Journal of Communication (2024)
  11. Perspectives on communicating 21st-Century agricultural innovations to Nigerian rural farmers.
    Authors: Ejem, A.A., Aremu, C., Ajakaiye, O.O.P., Ben-Enukora, C. A., Akerele-Popoola, O. E. Ibiwoye, T. I., Olaniran, A. F.
    Journal of Agriculture and Food Research (2023)
  12. Information Deficit on Injection of Drugs: Implications for Social and Behaviour Change Communication Interventions for Illicit Drugs Use in Lagos state
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C.A., Chux-Onyekwere, E., Odorwike, J. C. & Ejem, A. A.
    Adeleke University Journal of Business and Social Sciences (2023)
  13. Access to dry season agricultural content in the broadcast media and dry season irrigation farming among smallholder farmers in Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A., Ejem, A. A., Aremu, C. O., Adeyeye, B. K., Oloruntoba, A. F.
    Agriculture (2023)
  14. Perceived public alarm and comprehension of risk communication messages about Lassa fever in Nigeria: a gauge of the risk communication model.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora CA, Oyero O, Okorie N, Ejem AA & Omowale A.T.
    Frontiers in Communication (2023)
  15. Newspaper Coverage of Rape-Related Issues in Nigeria during Covid-19 Pandemic.
    Authors: Adeyeye B., Oyedele, O., Yartey, D., Ojih, S. E., Ben-Enukora, C. & Adesina, E.
    Studies on Ethno-Medicine (2023)
  16. Social amplification and attenuation of flood risk perception by broadcast media risk messages during the 2022 floods in Southern Nigeria.
    Authors: Ejem, A. A., Ben-Enukora, C. A. & Okeke, S. O.
    Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management (2023)
  17. nfluence of pop-up news headlines in internet-enabled devices on the readership of the stories among youths in Owerri Metropolis, Nigeria.
    Authors: Obibuike, O. C., Ejem, A. A. & Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    IMSU Journal of Communication Studies (2023)
  18. Discourse Analysis of Select Radio Jingles on Lassa fever Risk Communication in Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A.
    Anchor University Journal of Business and Social Sciences (2023)
  19. Online Learning Platforms and Covenant University Students’ Academic Performance in Practical Related Courses during COVID-19 Pandemic
    Authors: Adeyeye, B., Ojih, S.E., Bello, D. Adesina, E., Yartey, D., Ben-Enukora, C. & Adeyeye, Q.
    Sustainability (2022)
  20. Risk communication sources and knowledge of Lassa fever in Nigeria: An impact analysis.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C. A., Adeyeye, B. K., Adesina, E., Ajakaiye, O. O. P. & Adekanye, O.
    Heliyon (2022)
  21. Information sources and practices towards Hiv/Hepatitis B co-infection in Lagos, Nigeria.
    Authors: Adesina, E., Omojola, O., Imhonopi, D., Adeyeye, B., Ben-Enukora, C. & Aneke, S.
    International Journal of Biology and Biomedical Engineering (2021)
  22. Combating Lassa fever for sustainable development: Interplay of perceived behavioural control and current preventive practices in most endemic states in Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C., Oyero, O., Oyesomi, K. & Adeyeye, B.
    African Journal of Reproductive Health (2021)
  23. Effectiveness of Yoruba language radio jingles in promoting knowledge, attitude and practices regarding Lassa fever among women in Ondo State, Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C., Oyero, O., Okorie, N., Oyesomi, K. & Adeyeye, B.
    Journal of Public Health in Africa (2020)
  24. Analysis of 2017 risk communication on Human Monkey Pox outbreak in Nigeria’s News Media.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C., Oyero, O., Okorie, N., Odiboh, O. & Adeyeye, B.
    Journal of Education and Information Technologies (2020)
  25. Health communication and Hepatitis health management: A study on the awareness and behavioral practices in Nigeria
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C., Amodu, L. & Okorie, N.
    Journal of Health Management (2019)
  26. Awareness and perception of the health and environmental effects of e-waste among residents of Ado-Odo-Ota, Ogun State.
    Authors: Ben-Enukora, C., Okorie, N., Oresanya, T. & Ekanem, T.
    Covenant Journal of Communication (2017)

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