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Prof. Florence Naab

Prof. Florence Naab
Dean SoNm
fnaab@ug.edu.gh

 

RESEARCH PROFILE OF PROF. FLORENCE NAAB

 

She is a researcher and an expert in the area of psychosocial health problems associated with infertility. She has successfully completed research projects on male infertility, female infertility and the relationship between the beliefs that women hold about being infertile and their psychosocial health problems. She has investigated the levels of depression, anxiety, stigma, stress, and social isolation among women with infertility.

She has collaborated and led a team of researchers in the USA and Ghana to complete a research project that tested the feasibility of a culturally appropriate psycho-educational intervention in the form of a randomized control trial. Currently, she is leading a team of researchers in Ghana and South Africa to examine the predictors of psychosocial wellbeing of couples with infertility in Ghana and South Africa.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

  1. Avoka, J., Naab, F. & Ansah-Offei, A. (2016). Leadership styles in nursing management: implications for staff outcomes. Journal of Health Sciences, 1-26.
  2. Naab, F., Heidrich, S.M., & Brown, R.L. (2017). The Fertility Belief Questionnaire. Journal of Advance Medical Sciences and Applied Technologies, 3(2),
  3. Avoka, J., Naab, F. & Ansah-Offei, A. (2016). The influence of managers’ leadership styles on   self-reported productivity. British Journal of Health Care Management, 22(2), 82-90.
  4. Naab, F. & Donkor, E. (2014). Female Infertility and its Management in Ghana: Emerging Concerns and Strategies. In Footprints of the Nursing Profession: Current Trends and Emerging Issues in Ghana, Sub-saharan Publishers, chapter 8, pages 120-132.
  5. Naab, F., Heidrich, S.M., & Brown, R.L. (2014). Common Sense Understanding of Infertility  among Ghanaian women with infertility. Journal of Infertility and Reproductive Biology, 2(1),   11-22.
  6. Naab, F. (2014). “Every month becomes a funeral when they menstruate”: African women’s beliefs about couple infertility. Journal of Infertility and Reproductive Biology, 2 (3), 92-100.
  7. Naab, F., Heidrich, S.M., & Brown, R.L. (2013). Psychosocial Health of Infertile Ghanaian Women and their Infertility Beliefs, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 45(2), 132-140.
  8. Naab, F. (2011). Women’s Representations of Infertility in Ghana. PhD Dissertation Research.  ProQuest, UMI Number: 3489069.
  9. Naab, F. (2010). Psychosocial Experiences of Infertile Men in Accra Metropolis. Ghana Social    Science Journal, 7(2), 127- 139.
  10. Krause, M. R., Serlin, R. C, Ward, S. E., Rony, Y. Z., Ezenwa, M. O., & Naab, F. (2010). Testing Mediation in Nursing Research: Beyond Baron and Kenny, Nursing Research, 59(4),288-294.
  11. Abdurrahman, M.S. & Naab, F. (2014). Relationship between age and breast self-examination among women in Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 3(6),34-39.
  12. Muhammed, A., Donkor, E., & Naab, F. (2015). Perceived Need for Supervised Delivery among Women in Moriki, Zamfara, Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 4(3), 81-87.
  13. Muhammed, A., Donkor, E., & Naab, F. (2016). Factors influencing patronage of  supervised delivery among parturients in Moriki of Zamfara, Nigeria. International Journal of Childbirth, 6(1), 1-9.
  14. Abdurrahman, M.S. & Naab, F. (2016). Influence of educational level on knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among women in Sokoto, Nigeria. Journal of Basic and Clinical Reproductive Sciences, 3(6), 34-39.
  15. Armah, D.,van der Wath, A., Mariatha Yazbek, M. & Naab, F. (2021). Holistic management of female infertility: A systematic review. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 23(2) 150-161. Impact Factor: 0.700
  16. Nachinab, G.T, Donkor, E. & Naab F. (2019). Perceived Barriers of Child Adoption: A qualitative study among women with infertility in Northern Ghana. BioMed Research International, 1-9. Impact Factor: 2.582
  17. Adjei, C.A, Stutterheim, S.E., Naab, F., Ruiter, R.A.C. (2019). Chronic Hepatitis B stigma in Ghana: a qualitative study with patients and providers. BMJ. 9: 1- 12. Impact Factor:27.604
  18. Nachinab, G.T, Donkor, E. & Naab F. (2018). Child Adoption as a Management Alternative for Infertility: A Qualitative Study in Rural Northern Ghana. International Journal of Caring Science, 11 (3), 1764. . Impact Factor:
  19. Naab, F., & Brown, R.L., Ward E.C (2019). Culturally Adapted Intervention to manage depression among women with infertility in Ghana. Journal of Health Psychology, 1-13. Impact Factor: 2.27
  20. Kokui, D.K. & Naab F. (2018). Caregivers Burden as Risk Factor against Quality of Life of Caregivers of Cerebral Palsy Patients: Moderating Role of Social Support. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal.10 (4),1-8. Impact Factor:
  21. Agyare, V.A., Naab, F., & Osei, I. F. (2017). Men looking into ‘women’s world’: the views of urban men involved in antenatal services at a public hospital in Ghana. Evidence Based Midwifery 16(2): 62-70. Impact Factor:0.26
  22. Adjei C. A., Naab F. & Donkor E.S. (2017). Beyond the diagnosis: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of persons with hepatitis B in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana. BMJ, 1-7. Impact Factor: 27.6
  23. Nachinab, G.T, Donkor, E. & Naab F. (2017). Understanding the threats of infertility among women in rural northern Ghana. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 1(1), 1-10. Impact Factor:
  24. Kwartemaa, A. A., Naab, F. & Kwashie, A.A. (2017). Qualitative exploration of psychological reactions and coping strategies of breastfeeding mothers living with HIV in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. International breast-feeding journal 12 (28),12-28. Impact Factor: 2.475.
  25. Kisiwaa D. Donkor E., & Naab. F. (2017). “I am anxious and desperate”: Psychological experiences of women with infertility. Fertility Research and Practice, 3(6), 1-6. Impact Factor:
  26. Kisiwaa D. Donkor E., & Naab, F. (2016). “Management gap in the treatment of infertility in Ghana”: the cry of childless women. International Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, 3(6) 53-58. Impact Factor:0.40
  27. Kisiwaa D. Donkor E., & Naab. F. (2017). “I am tired of being childless”: Social experiences of women with infertility. Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 8(1), 4221-4226. Impact Factor: 6.313
  28. Kwartemaa, A. A., Naab, F. & Kwashie, A.A. (2017). “I have no choice but to breastfeed”: Exploring motivation factors for initiating breastfeeding among HIV positive mothers in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 1(1), 11-18. Impact Factor:
  29. Naab, F., & Brown, R.L., Ward E.C (2017). The Fertility Belief Questionnaire (FBQ). JAMSAT, 3 (2), 109-120. Impact Factor:
  30. Naab, F. Donkor, E.S., & Lawali, Y. (2019). “My mother in-law forced my husband to divorce me”: Experiences of women with infertility in Zamfara State of Nigeria. PLOS ONE. Impact Factor: 2.776.
  31. Naab, F. Donkor, E.S., & Lawali, Y. (2021). Coping strategies and health seeking behavior of women with infertility in Zamfara State of Nigeria. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Impact Factor: 0.614
  32. Naab, F. & Kwashie, A.A (2017). ‘I don’t experience any insults, but my wife does’: The concerns of men with infertility in Ghana. South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 23(1), 28. Impact Factor:0.03
  33. Kwartemaa, A. A., Naab, F. & Kwashie, A.A. (2017). Voices that influence HIV positive mothers breastfeeding practices in an urban Ghanaian society. Journal of human lactation. 1-8. Impact Factor: 2.233
  34. Heidrich, S., Egan, J, Lin, F., & Naab, F. (2011). Symptom Clusters and Symptom Management Strategies of Older Breast Cancer Survivors. Psycho-oncology, 20,22. Impact Factor: 3.455
  35. Bressey, S.N, Naab, F., & Donkor, E.S, (2018). Treatment Seeking Beliefs Among Women with Infertility in Southern Ghana. Journal of Infertility and Reproductive Biology 6(2), 4-7. Corresponding author.
  36. Osei., A. E., Naab, F., Ani-Amponsah, M., Donkor, E.S. (2021). Perceptions of women in Southern Ghana about cervical cancer: A qualitative exploration. Clinics of Oncology Corresponding author. Impact Factor 1.920
  37. Kafui, H. & Naab, F. (2020). A qualitative study of the physical consequences experienced by women with cervical cancer in Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Midwifery and Women’s health,1-11. Impact factor:
  38. Atta Poku, C., Donkor, E.S., & Naab, F. (2020). Determinants of emotional exhaustion among nursing workforce in urban Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nursing, 116

Impact factor: 2.59