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Mrs. Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah

Mrs. Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah
Assistant Lecturer
pyaattafuah@ug.edu.gh

 

Mrs. Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah is an assistant Lecturer at the Community Health Nursing Department of the SONM. She joined the university in August, 2019. She had her first degree in Nursing at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi and later received her RGN License. She holds a Master of Advanced Nursing from the University of Nottingham, UK. She is currently a PhD student at the Maastricht University in the Netherlands. In her clinical experience she worked at the Port Medical Centre, Tema and Tema General Hospital. Additionally, she has taught at the Narh-Bita School of Nursing, Central University College, and Valley View University. She is a consultant to several firms including Nurses-CPD Consult and Hepatitis Alliance of Ghana.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Community Health Nursing

Prevention and Control of Communicable diseases

Epidemiology in Community Health Nursing Practice

 Community Health Service Organization and Participation

Community Health Nursing Practical I

Research Interest

Research interests are:

  • Care of older adults
  • Gerontology
  • Palliative nursing care,
  • Quality of life, and
  • Nursing education.

 

 

Research Grant Won (Your role on the grant, type of the project, funding agency and amount of funding. If you are not the PI, state the name of the PI) See example below:

  1. Co-principal investigator:  Assessing the Relationship between Patient Safety Culture and Adverse Events in Ghanaian Hospitals. UG-ORID, GHC 119,805.00 Principal investigator: Prof. Aaron Asibi Abuosi

Publications

Publications in peer reviewed journals

  1. Adjei, C. A., Apiribu, F., Abaidoo, S. D., Asamoah, R., Asamoah, E. K., Menkah, W. Attafuah, P. A. (2019). Factors Influencing Uptake of Institutional Delivery Service by Skilled Birth Attendant's in Ghana: A Framework Analysis of Existing Literature. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 12 (2), 748-767.

 

  1. Adjei, C.A., Atibila, F., Apiribu, F., Ahordzor, F., Attafuah, P.A, Ansah-Nyarko, M., Asamoah, R. and Menkah, W. (2018). Hepatitis B infection among parturient women in Peri-Urban Ghana. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99(6), 1469-1474.

 

  1. Atibila, F., Dabo, E. O., Asamani, J. A., Adjei, C. A., Akugri, F. A., & Attafuah, P. A. (2018). Assessment of risk factors for hypertension in Dormaa municipality in Ghana using the World Health Organization STEPS approach. Journal of Health Sciences, 8(3), 171–180.

 

  1. Adjei, C.A. Sarpong, C., Attafuah, P. A., Amertil, P. N., Abayie, Y., A. (2018). “We’ll check vital signs only till we finish the school”: experiences of student nurses regarding intra-semester clinical placement in Ghana”. BMC Nursing. 17 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-018-0292-0

 

  1. Nachinab, G. T. E., Adjei, C. A., Ziba, F. A., Asamoah, R., & Attafuah, P. A. (2019). Exploring the Determinants of Antenatal Care Services Uptake: A Qualitative Study among Women in a Rural Community in Northern Ghana. Journal of pregnancy.

 

  1. Amertil, N. P., Ayitey, E. K., Kpongboe, D. G., & Attafuah, P. Y. (2021). Exploring self‐management in adult sickle cell disease patients' at a Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Nursing Open, 8(3), 1336-1344.

 

  1. Attafuah, P.Y.A., Everink, I. H., Halfens, R. J., Lohrmann, C., Abuosi, A., & Schols, J. M. (Accepted). Instruments for assessing quality of life among older adults in African countries: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics (Accepted)

 

Book and Book Chapters

  1. Aziato, L., Iddrisu, M., Attafuah, P. Y., Pwavra, J. B., & Ohene, L. A. (2020). African Women in Academia Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Towards Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. In Empowering African Women for Sustainable Development (pp. 107-119). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Conference Presentation

  1. Oral presentation. Amoo, S. A., Menlah, A., Garti, I. & Attafuah, P.Y.A. Bullying in the clinical setting: a study of nursing students In Cape Coast. 1st Scientific Conference and 1st Annual General Meeting of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives August 1 - 5, 2016. The Pentecost Convention Centre, Kasoa-Central Region, Ghana.

 

  1. Oral presentation. Attafuah, P.Y.A. Quality of Life of Older Persons Living In Slums In Ghana. Presented on 23rd June, 2018 at the 17th European Doctorial Conference in Nursing Science (Nursing Science: Connecting the Dots). Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

 

Professional Membership and Affiliations

  1. Fellow, Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives
  2. Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana
  3. Member, University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)
  4. Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  5. Member, Honour Society of Nursing (STTI)
  6. Member, Ghana Registered Nurses Association

 

Community Services

  1. Invited talk: 28th July, 2019 at the Christ Apostolic Church International, Madina Central Theme: “The Abilities of Youth to Get Wealth”