Dr. Caroline Dinam Badzi

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Dr. Caroline Dinam Badzi is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has over 12years of experience in both quantitative and qualitative research. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health of women and adolescents. She has been involved in several research in women, adolescents, and vulnerable groups such as People Who Inject Drugs (PWID), Female Sex Workers (FSW) and Men Who Sleep with Men (MSM). Dr. Caroline Badzi teaches courses on women and children’s health in the department of Maternal and Child Health Nursing, University of Ghana School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Research Interest

• Maternal and Child Health
• Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
• TB and HIV control among key populations such as Female Sex Workers (FSW), Men Sleeping with Men (MSM) and Injection Drug Users (IDU).

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Badzi, C. D., & Ackumey, M. M. (2017). Factors influencing use of analgesics among construction workers in the Ga-East municipality of the Greater Accra region , Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 51(4), 156–163.

2. Maya, E. T. E. T., Adu-Bonsaffoh, K., Dako-Gyeke, P., Badzi, C., Vogel, J. P. J. P., Bohren, M. A. M. A., & Adanu, R. (2018). Women’s perspectives of mistreatment during childbirth at health facilities in Ghana: findings from a qualitative study. Reproductive Health Matters, 8080(53), 1–18.

 3. Adjorlolo S, Mensah G, Badzi CD (2022) Psychosis risk among pregnant women in Ghana.      PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263011

4. Anaba, E.A., Alor, S.K. & Badzi, C.D. Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 22, 544 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04872-z

Publications under review

1. Physical and Socioeconomic Burden of Caregiving on Family Caregivers of Children with Cancer at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana
2. SMS reminders and Video Directly Observed Therapy for Monitoring Tuberculosis Treatment among Women in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
3. Female Students’ Perspectives on Cervical Cancer Screening Inclusion in Pre-Admission University Requirement in Ghana

Conference Presentation

Poster presentation. Badzi C, Adanu R, Torpey K, Kotoh A., Kwara A., and Lartey M., Using Mobile Technology for monitoring tuberculosis treatment among women with TB and TB-HIV in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana presented in 2019 at the research day celebration of the Emerging Pathogen Institute at the University of Florida, (Page 50).

Poster presentation. Badzi C, Adanu R, Torpey K, Kotoh A., Kwara A., and Lartey M., Using Mobile Technology for monitoring tuberculosis treatment among women with TB and TB-HIV in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana presented on November 12, 2019, at the Institute of African Studies in the University of Ghana. It was co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana and the Takemi Program in International Health at the Havard T.H, Chan School.

Presentation. 15^th Scientific Symposium on the Occasion of World TB held on May 19,2022at the 15tm

Scientific Symposium on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day 2022 - held on May 19th 2022 

Professional Membership and Affiliations

2008: Nurses and Midwives Council, Accra, Ghana, Registered General nurse.

Community Services

Voluntarily health promotion activities among young persons, women and men’s groups in various communities.