Dean

Prof. Florence Naab

Associate Professor

Contact Info Email: fnaab@ug.edu.gh

About

Prof. Florence Naab is an Associate Professor of infertility and psychosocial health. She is the Dean of the University of Ghana School of Nursing and Midwifery.

She had her Bachelor of Arts and Master of philosophy degrees from the University of Ghana, and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the U.S.A. She has minor degrees in psychology and gender studies. She has also been trained as a Policy Fellow by the Population Reference Bureau in the USA. Professionally, she is a Registered Nurse and a Midwife. 

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 infertility 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. She has also completed collaborative research with a team of researchers in Ghana and South Africa to examine the predictors of psychosocial well-being of couples with infertility in Ghana and South Africa.

She is the Founder of OHaD Wellness Centre, an organization established with a mandate to provide psycho-educational Counseling services to promote the psychosocial well-being of people. Below are some of her publications which can be accessed in Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Google Scholar, etc..

Education and Qualification

Bachelor of Arts and Master of Philosophy degrees from the University of Ghana, and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the U.S.A. She has a minor degree in psychology and gender studies. 

Publications

  1. 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.
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. . 
  5. 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. 
  6. 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. 
  7. 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. 
  8. 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. 
  9. 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. 
  10. 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. 
  11. 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. 
  12. 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. 
  13. 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. 
  14. 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. InternationalJournal of Nursing and Midwifery, 1(1), 11-18. 
  15. Naab, F., & Brown, R.L., Ward E.C (2017).The Fertility Belief Questionnaire (FBQ). JAMSAT, 3 (2), 109-120. 
  16. 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. 
  17. 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. 
  18. 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. 
  19. 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. 
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 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           
  23. 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:
  24. 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.

Publications from 2022 to present

  1. Quartey, B.N.A., Quartey, J., Kyei, J.M., Armah, D., & Naab, F. (2025). Navigating child adoption decision among women with infertility in Southern Ghana. Sexual and Reproductive Health Care, 45, 101111.
  2. Naab, F., Asirifi, M.A, Ampong Adjei, C., Kyei, J.M,  Menkah, Gateri, H.W., Riesdorfer, Parkh, E.R., Burgess-Pinto, E., (2025). “To live or not to live”: The silent voices of adolescents with disabilities in Ghana. Disabilities,
  3. Naab, F., van der Wath, A. E., Kyei, J. M., & Armah, D. (2025). “Spirituality as a Coping Strategy for Infertility”: A Scoping Review. Journal of Religion and Health, 1-19.
  4. Oti-Boadi, E., Naab, F., Kyei, J.M., & Baba, M.M., (2024). Exploring the health-seeking behaviour of men with infertility in Southern Ghana. HSI, 6(2): 878-885.
  5. Anabila, I., Naab, F., Deborah Armah D., Kyei, J., Yahaya, A., & Wuni Bobtoyah, T. (2025) “Community members question me and flaunt their children before me”: A call for psychosocial support for women with infertility in Northern Ghana. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 43, 1-8.
  6. Armah, D., van de Wath, A., Yazbek M., & Naab, F.,(2024). Women’s expectations of infertility care in Ghana: A qualitative study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Science, 1-7.
  7. Kafui A Hobenu, Anthonio O Adefuye, Florence Naab, Champion N Nyoni (2024). Clinical education in undergraduate nursing in Ghana. A gap analysis.
  8.  Atoko, A.M., Naab, F., Adjei, C.A.,  Senoo-Dogbey, V.E (2024). ‘We are willing, but we have challenges’: Qualitative enquiry on Midwives’ views on factors influencing the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B program. Sage Open Nursing, 10:1-11.
  9. Asakiya, B., Armah, D., Naab. F., & Kyei, J. (2024). “I don’t have the desire to have sex”: Quality of life and sexual concerns of women with secondary infertility in the Tamale Metropolis. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, 6(5), 1-14.
  10. Armah, D., Annatjie van der Wath, Yazbek, M., & Naab, F. (2024). Guidelines to manage women with infertility: an e-Delphi Study.African Health Sciences,24 (3), 1-9.
  11. Innes A., Naab F., Kyei., (2024). Female adolescent sexual reproductive health service utilization concerns: a qualitative enquiry in the Tema Metropolis of Ghana. PLOSONE
  12. Aikins, Dorothy Akua; Poku, Collins Atta; Donkor, Ernestina; Naab, Florence (2023)  Practice environment determinants of job satisfaction among midwives at healthcare facilities in Accra Metropolis: A multicentre study. PLOS ONE 18(3),
  13. Hobenu, K. A., & Naab, F. (2023). A qualitative exploration of the spiritual wellbeing of women with advanced cervical cancer in Ghana. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 29(9), 434-444.
  14. Hobenu, Kafui Abra; Naab, Florence; Amakpa, Eric (2023). ‘I want us to divorce so that I will stay alone and be free’: the social experiences of women living with advanced cervical cancer in Ghana. African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 17 (1), 1-15.
  15. Amegavluie, Ruby Elikem Afi; Ani-Amponsah, Mary; Naab, Florence (2022). Women’s experiences of surviving severe obstetric complications: a qualitative inquiry in southern Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 22 (1), 1-9.
  16. Armah, Deborah; Van der Wath, Anna Elizabeth; Yazbek, Mariatha; Naab, Florence (2022). Development of Holistic Health Care Interventions for Women With Infertility: A Nominal Group Technique. Holistic Nursing Practice, 36 (2), 85-92.
  17. Adjei, Charles Ampong; Stutterheim, Sarah E; Bram, Fleuren; Naab, Florence; Ruiter, Robert AC (2022). Correlates of hepatitis B testing in Ghana: The role of knowledge, stigma endorsement and knowing someone with hepatitis B. Health & Social Care in the Community. 30(6), 4564-4573.
  18. Poku, Collins Atta; Donkor, Ernestina; Naab, Florence (2022). Impacts of nursing work environment on turnover intentions: The mediating role of burnout in Ghana. Nursing research and practice.
  19. Hobenu, Kafui Abra; Naab, F. (2022). Accessing specialist healthcare: experiences of women diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer in Ghana. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 28(2), 1-11.
  20. Amegavluie, R. E. A., Ani-Amponsah, M., & Naab, F. (2022). Women’s experiences of surviving severe obstetric complications: a qualitative inquiry in southern Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), 212.
  21. Moro, Anthony; Naab, F.; Ani-Amponsah, M. (2022). A qualitative exploration of indigenous breastfeeding beliefs and practices among lactating mothers in rural northern Ghana. Health Sciences Investigations Journal, 3(2), 400-405. 
  22. Charles Ampong Adjei, Sarah E. Stutterheim1, Florence Naab and Robert A. C. Ruiter (2020). “To die is better than to tell”: reasons for and against disclosure of chronic hepatitisB status in Ghana. BMC Public Health, 1-9.
  23. Sarpomaa S., Naab F, Akuffo, R. (2023). "Functional status and Quality of Life of women with infertility in Southern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study". Health Sciences Investigations Journal.