DR.(MRS) VIVIAN EFUA SENOO-DOGBEY
Senior Lecturer
About
Dr. Senoo-Dogbey is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Health, 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 the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives. Before joining the University of Ghana, Dr. Senoo-Dogbey worked with the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health for two decades.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, as well as a Master’s and Ph.D. in Public Health from the School of Public Health, University of Ghana. 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).
Dr. Senoo-Dogbey’s research interests include blood-borne infectious disease epidemiology, occupational health and safety, and maternal and adolescent reproductive health. Her work in these areas has resulted in the publication of several peer-reviewed articles in international journals.
Education and Qualification
PhD Public Health (Epidemiology) University of Ghana School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon
Research Areas
- Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases (Viral Hepatitis, HIV)
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Hospital Associated Infections and their Prevention and Control
- Maternal and Child Health
Research Projects
ONGOING PROJECTS
- HepGo –Prisons Project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Targeted Educational Intervention to Improve Hepatitis B and C Testing Uptake and Treatment Initiation Among Prison Inmates: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
- Enhanced Community-Based Support for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Immunoprophylaxis Uptake for Newborns of Rural Women Living with Hepatitis B Virus Infection: An Interventional Study.
- ExtraCECI: A cluster randomised controlled trial of community-based person-centred enhanced care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vivian-Senoo-Dogbey
Publications
Book Chapters
- Senoo-Dogbey VE, Naab F, Ohene LA. Hepatitis B virus infection and the Ghanaian healthcare worker: Risk, standardization, and disease prevention. In: Thiel A, Ntesewu S, editors. The social life of health data. United Kingdom: Palgrave, Macmillan; 2024.
- Senoo-Dogbey V.E., Klutse E. E., Dimensions of Hepatitis B Virus Infection-related Stigma. In Gabriel Bennert (editor), Encyclopedia of Disability. Australia: Palgrave Macmillan 2025
Journal Articles
1. Senoo-Dogbey VE, Wuaku DA, Armah D. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among health care workers in Southern Ghana. IJID Reg. 2023;6: 84–89. doi:10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.01.009
2. Darko EK, Senoo-Dogbey VE, Ohene LA. Play for hospitalized children: A qualitative enquiry of behaviour and motivation of nurses in a secondary level healthcare setting in Ghana. J Pediatr Nurs. 2024;77: e1–e7. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2024.02.027
3. Ganyo Donkor D, Senoo-Dogbey VE. Prevention of mother to child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV): What do Ghanaian Midwives know? Int J Africa Nurs Sci. 2023;19: 100610. doi:10.1016/j.ijans.2023.100610
4. Otoo-Annan E, Senoo-Dogbey VE. Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: Assessing the relationship between feminine/vaginal washes and other factors among Ghanaian women. BMC Public Health. 2024;24: 1–8. doi:10.1186/s12889-024-17668-x
5. Cofie YND, Senoo-Dogbey VE, Kennedy BTC, Tetteh MD, Mensah MM. Intentions for the prevention of hepatitis B and C among healthcare workers in a tertiary facility in Ghana. IJID Reg. 2025;14: 100590. doi:10.1016/j.ijregi.2025.100590
6. Senoo-Dogbey VE. Hepatitis B virus infection and its prevention among the general Ghanaian population: Using the public health model of prevention approach, Vivian. Int J Infect Control. 2021;17: 1–2. doi:10.1155/2019/7645106
8. Senoo EJ, Oti-Boadi M, Senoo-Dogbey EV, Bampoe OJ, Laari L. Barriers to inclusive education of children with autism: Ghanaian teachers’ perspective. Discov Educ. 2024;3. doi:10.1007/s44217-024-00242-3
9. Senoo-Dogbey VE, Ohene LA, Wuaku DA. Occupational exposure to hepatitis B virus and pathways for postexposure prophylaxis management: Recommendations for healthcare workers in highly endemic settings. Infect Prev Pract. 2024;(Accepted.
10. Senoo-Dogbey V.E. Adherence to post-exposure prophylaxis for Hepatitis B virus among health care workers in Accra , Ghana. IOSR J Nurs Heal Sci. 2021;10: 52–59. doi:10.9790/1959-
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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vTY2bhsAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-4747
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
NURS 243-Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
MIDW 305 Public Health Nursing
Post Graduate program
NURS 644 Global Health and Environment
NURS 609 Independent Study I
NURS 626 Independent Study II
NURS 646 Advanced Public Health Practice
External
MPH 702 - Introduction to epidemiology
MPH 706B -Global Health
SAL 708B -Global Health Governance
SAL 705B -Managerial Epidemiology
MPH 607- Maternal and Child Health
MPH 708-Population Studies
GNIF 503-Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance
GNIF 504-Trends and Issues in Infectious Disease Nursing
SUPERVISION AND MENTORSHIP
Supervision of undergraduate project work
Graduate Nursing Students’ Thesis Supervision
Graduate MPH Students ‘Thesis Supervision
Nurse Specialists/ Residents Supervision
AFFILIATIONS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP (Local Only)
- University Teachers Association of Ghana
- Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association
- Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program