DR.(MRS) VIVIAN EFUA SENOO-DOGBEY

Dr. Senoo-Dogbey is an accomplished individual with a successful track record in coordinating public health intervention programs. She also has expertise in staff training and capacity building in the areas of infectious diseases, occupational health and safety, and reproductive health. Dr. Senoo-Dogbey is currently a lecturer at the Department of Public Health of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), and Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives where she contributes to the training of public health specialists and Nurse specialists in pediatric and infectious diseases, respectively. Before she was appointed full-time lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Senoo-Dogbey worked with the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health for close to twenty (20) years where she coordinated many Public Health Intervention Projects and spearheaded many workshops and training programs. As a public health programs coordinator of La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Health Directorates in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Senoo-Dogbey contributed to the promotion of sexual health of out-of-school vulnerable and homeless adolescents in peri-Urban and urban areas through community outreach programs, the establishment of adolescent comers for public facilities and the training of adolescent focal persons. She also worked as an institutional Nurse Manager and championed the promotion of professionalism, quality of care, and discipline among nurses and midwives.
Dr. Senoo-Dogbey holds a BSc. Degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, a master’s and Ph.D. degrees in public health both from the University of Ghana, School of Public Health.
She is a fellow of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives and an associate member of the Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (GFELTP).
Her research interest spans blood-borne infectious disease epidemiology, Occupational health, and safety as well as maternal, and adolescent reproductive health, which has led to the publication of peer review articles in many international journals. She is a reviewer for the African Journal of Health Safety and Environment and the International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health.
Dr. Senoo-Dogbey is enthusiastic about inspiring and mentoring young people to aspire to promote public health practice in Ghana and beyond.

COURSES TAUGHT (Undergraduate program)
PNUR 301:Epidemiology in community health nursing practice
PNUR 302: Prevention and control of communicable diseases
PNUR 303 :Community Participation and Organization
PNUR 404: Community preparedness and disaster management and rural nursing
PNUR 247 :Community Services and Occupational Health

MIDW 305 Public health Nursing
COURSES TAUGHT (Post Graduate program)
NURS 646 : Advance Public health Practice
NURS 609: Independent study 1
NURS 624: Independent study11
NURS 609: Global Health and Environment
MIDW 605: Childbirth and the Community
Others
MPH 702 : Introduction to epidemiology
MPH 706B :Global Health
SAL 708B :Global Health Governance
SAL 705B :Managerial Epidemiology
SUPERVISION AND MENTORSHIP
Supervision of undergraduate project work
Graduate Nursing Students’ Thesis Supervision
Graduate MPH Students’Thesis’ supervision
AFFILIATIONS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
University Teachers Association of Ghana
Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association
Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program

CONFERENCES ATTENDED 2022 to Date
1. Participant, Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives 2nd Annual General Meeting and Seminar, 2020
2. Participant, 6th Annual General Meeting and Scientific conference organized by the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives
3. Participant, 4TH Biannual Scientific conference of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives 2022

RESEARCH INTEREST
Blood- Borne Infectious Diseases (Viral Hepatitis, HIV)
Occupational Health and safety
Hospital infections and prevention
Maternal and Child Health

RESEARCH PUBLCATIONS (2021-Date)
• Senoo-Dogbey V.E. Distribution of serological markers of hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in Ghana. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health. 2021;11(2):100–7.
• Senoo-Dogbey V.E. Adherence to post exposure prophylaxis for Hepatitis B virus among health care workers in Accra, Ghana. International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences. Volume 10, Issue 5 Ser. VII (Sep. – Oct. 2021), PP 52-59
• Senoo-Dogbey V.E. Hepatitis B virus infection and its prevention among health care workers in Ghana; More action required. International Journal of Infection Control. 2021;17(21542)
• Senoo-Dogbey V.E. Hepatitis B virus infection and its prevention among the general Ghanaian population: Using the public health model of prevention approach. International Journal of Infection Control. 2021;17(21872)
• Senoo-Dogbey V.E. Post exposure prophylaxis for hepatitis B virus knowledge and associated factors among health care workers in Accra, Ghana. Archives of Occupational Health Vol 6, Issue 1 January2022)
• Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Wuaku D.A. Risk perception for Hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in Ghana (2022) Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 18(2022)101189
• Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Wuaku D.A., Armah D. Hepatitis B infection and associated factors among health care workers in Ghana (2022) International Journal of Infectious Diseases-Regions (6) 2023 84-89 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.01.009
• Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Armah D. Wuaku D.A., Hepatitis B Virus vaccination post serological testing and antibody levels of vaccinated health care workers in Accra, Ghana (2023) Vaccine:X 14(2023)100294
• Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Armah D. Wuaku D.A., Hepatitis B Infection Prevention Audit of Selected Health Facilities in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana (2023) Infection Prevention in Practice (2023) 100284
• Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Anto, F., Quansah R., Danso-Appiah T., Adherence to three dose Hepatitis B vaccination protocol among health care workers in Ghana (2022) PLOS One (Article under review)
• Ganyo Donkor D., Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) What do Ghanaian Midwives Know? (2023) Internation Journal of African Nursing Sciences (Article under Review)

PEER REVIEW EXPERIENCE (2021 to Date)
Reviewer- 2021 to Date
• African Journal of Health, Safety and Environment Number of reviews per year 1
• International Journal of African Nursing Science Number of reviews per year 3
• Journal of International Medical Research Number of reviews per year- 1
• International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health per year - 1

EDITORSHIP AND EDITORIAL BOARDS (2023 to Date)

• Guest Editor- PLOS ONE 2023 to Date