About

Dr. Caroline Dinam Badzi is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has over 12 years of experience in both quantitative and qualitative research. Her research focuses on the sexual and reproductive health of women and adolescents. She has been involved in several research projects on 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.

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Education and Qualification

Dr. Badzi holds a BSc. in Nursing, Master of Public Health (MPH) and PhD (Public Health) from the University of Ghana. Before joining UGSoNM, she worked as a research support staff in various capacities at the University of Ghana School of Public Health (UGSPH) for eleven (11) years. She worked as a Senior Research Assistant for seven (7) years and as a Principal Research Assistant for five (5) years.

Research Areas

• 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).

Research Projects

Grants Won 

1. Co-Principal Investigator/Project Manager: Vaccine Decision Making Study; $ 63,000 Principal Investigator: Professor Kwasi Torpey
2. Co-principal investigator: Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework Index (QMNCFi). Norwegian Development: $500. Principal investigator: Professor Andrew Symon

Ongoing  Project 

• Midwifery Research and Education Development (MIDRED) in Palestine and Ghana, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
• The Impact of Flood Events on Maternal Health in Two Coastal Cities: Accra in Ghana and Kingston Upon Hull funded by the Medical Research Foundation

Publications

Publications 

1. Badzi, C. D., Kotoh, A. M., Tabong, P. T. N., Maya, E. T., Torpey, K., Kwara, A., ... & Adanu, R. (2024). SMS reminders for monitoring tuberculosis treatment among women in the Greater Accra region, Ghana.  Digital Health, 10, 20552076241297746.

 2. Symon, A., Mortensen, B., Pripp, A. H., Chhugani, M., Adjorlolo, S., Badzi, C., ... & Cummins, A. (2024). Validating the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework Index: A Global Tool for Quality‐of‐Care Evaluations. Birth. 

3. Berko, Y. D., Badzi, C. D., Ampomah, M. O., & Laari, L. (2024, May). Factors influencing newborn resuscitation among nurses and midwives in the Eastern Region, Ghana. In MSF Paediatric Days 2024. 

4. Akunvane, R., Badzi, C. D., Ampimah, B. C., & Annan, E. (2024). Attitudes and Social Norms Influencing Adolescents’ Contraception Utilization in Bongo District, Ghana. Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education, 11(2), 282-294. 

5. Anaba, E. A., Alor, S. K., Badzi, C. D., Mbuwir, C. B., Muki, B., & Afaya, A. (2024). Drivers of breast cancer and cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age: insights from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. BMC cancer, 24(1), 920. 

6. Schue, J. L., Singh, P., Fesshaye, B., Miller, E. S., Quinn, S., Karron, R. A., ... & Limaye, R. J. (2024). Vaccine decision-making among pregnant women: a protocol for a cross-sectional mixed-method study in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan.  Gates Open Research, 8, 94.

 7. Berko, Y. D., Badzi, C. D., Ampomah, M. O., & Laari, L. (2024). Newborn resuscitation practices among nurses and midwives in Ghana. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 

8. Adjorlolo, S., Mensah, G., & Badzi, C. D. (2022). Psychosis risk among pregnant women in Ghana. PLoS One, 17(2), e0263011. 

9. Anaba, E. A., Alor, S. K., & Badzi, C. D. (2022). Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), 544. 

10. Mortensen, B., Badzi, C. D., Hassan, S., Henriksen, L., Mensah, G., Masri, H., ... & Khalil, M. (2023). Enhancing cultural sensitivity in sexual and reproductive health care among midwives with Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): A mixed method evaluation study. European Journal of Midwifery, 7(Supplement 1).  

11. 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. 

12. Maya, E. T., Adu-Bonsaffoh, K., Dako-Gyeke, P., Badzi, C., Vogel, J. P., Bohren, 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, 26(53), 70-87.

Courses Taught

Reproductive Health (NURS 339)

Adolescent Reproductive Health (MIDW 309)

Perspectives of Paediatric Nursing (PAED 603)

Maternal and Child Health Practicum (PAED 609)

Quality Improvement and Safety in Midwifery (MIDW 406)

 Issues in Paediatric Nursing (PAED 404)

 Paediatric Clinical Practicum (PAED 610)