Publications & Abstracts

Cara Suplee, Fatoumata Kaba-Diakité, Meher Mathur, Kayla Oge, John Pateña, Dorice Vieira, Emmanuel Peprah. Systematic review of the implementation of Pap smears for cervical cancer prevention in Eastern and Southern Africa. (October, 2024)

Christina Ruan, Elizabeth Noble, Nousheen Inayat, Shreya Meda, Sukruthi Thunga, Joyce Gyamfi, Dorice L.Vieira, Emmanuel Peprah. Perception of healthcare utilization among individuals with Sickle Cell Disease: A scoping review. (November 2023) 

Cong Wang, Chukwuemeka Iloegbu, Deborah Adenikinju, Sukruthi Thunga, Etornam Amesimeku, Kahini Patel, John Pateña, Dorice Vieira, Joyce Gyamfi, Juliet Iwelunmor, Oliver Ezechi, Emmanuel Peprah. Examining stigma, substance use, and food insecurity in people living with HIV in Nigeria: incorporating the syndemic framework for comorbid diseases. (November 2023) 

Etornam Amesimeku, Himani Chhetri, Brian Angulo, Christina Ruan, Cong Wang, Judy Fordjuoh, Chukwuemeka Iloegbu, John Pateña, Dorice Vieira, Joyce Gyamfi, Jonathan Odumegwu, Nessa Ryan, Emmanuel Peprah. Association between the level of concern for COVID-19 and information sources among college students in the United States. (November 2023)

John Pateña, Daliya AlMohammad Ali, Kiera Bloch, Marsha Williams, Dorice Vieira, Deborah Adenikinju, Emeka Iloegbu, Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah. Evidence-based interventions for hypertension among displaced persons in LMICs: A systematic review of the facilitators and barriers to implementation research outcomes. (November 2023) 

Judy Fordjuoh, Himani Chhetri, Rodina Mohamed, Chloe Ambrose, Kahini Patel, Tania Hameed, Nousheen Inayat, Khady Ndiaye, Shreya Meda, Dorice Vieira, Chukwuemeka Iloegbu, John Patena, Joyce Gyamfi EdD, Emmanuel Peprah. The intersection between female-related cancer screenings and improving maternal health in LMICs: A systematic review. (November 2023) 

Shivani Shenoy, Priyanka Sharma, Aishwarya Rao, Nusrat Aparna, Deborah Adenikinju, Chukwuemeka Iloegbu, John Pateña, Dorice Vieira, Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah. Evidence-based interventions to reduce maternal malnutrition in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review. (November 2023) 

Arvin Karbasi, Judy Fordjuoh, Dorice Vieria, Joyce Gyamfi, Temitope Ojo, Emmanuel Peprah. An evolving HIV epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region amongst People Who Inject Drugs (PWID): A scoping review [Abstract and oral presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting and Expo (November 2022)

Temitope Ojo, Emmanuel Peprah, Joyce Gyamfi, Nessa Ryan, John Pateña. The contextual index of feasibility for early-stage implementation in low- and middle-income countries (CATALYTIC Tool): Development and reliability testing among researchers and implementers in 46 countries. 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health (December 2022)

Joyce Gymfi et al……Emmanuel Peprah, Gbenga Ogedegbe. Mapping implementation strategies for Delivering Evidence-Based Hypertension Interventions in Lower-Middle Income Countries: Evidence from a multi-country consortium for hypertension control. 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. (July 2021)

 Joyce Gyamfi, Siphra Tampubolon, Justin Tyler Lee, Farha Islam, Temitope Ojo, Jumoke Opeyemi, Yuki Qiao, Andi Mai, Dorice Vieira, Emmanuel Peprah. Characterization of Neurological Complications Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States: Findings from the 2007-2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition. (August 2021)

Nessa Ryan, William Nkemdirim, Dorice Vieira, Harshit Nanda, Emmanuel Peprah. Intersecting strategies to address maternal health and non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of reviews. Conference of the Consortium of Universities of Global Health. Virtual. (March 2021) conference abstract

Nessa Ryan, Siphra Jane Tampubolon, Anya Snyder, Dorice Vieira, Janel Boyles de Rondon, Mentalla Abbas, Disha Chander, Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah. Successes and challenges of intervention and implementation strategies addressing maternal health and structural racism in the US: a scoping review. Conference of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Virtual. (October 2021) conference abstract

Nessa Ryan, Siphra Jane Tampubolon, Anya Snyder, Dorice Vieira, Janel Boyles de Rondon, Mentalla Abbas, Disha Chander, Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah. Successes and challenges of intervention and implementation strategies addressing maternal health and structural racism in the US: a scoping review. Conference of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Virtual. (October 2021) conference abstract

Nessa Ryan, Siphra Jane Tampubolon, Anya Snyder, Dorice Vieira, Janel Boyles de Rondon, Mentalla Abbas, Disha Chander, Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah. Structural Racism & Maternal Health in the US: Successes & Challenges of Intervention & Implementation. Public Health Partnership Conference. (April 2021) conference abstract

Archana Shrestha, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Rashmi Maharjan, Abhinav Vaidya, D Meghnath, Natalia Oli, Rajeev Shrestha,Pyakurel Prajjwal, Fitzpatrick Annette, Citrin David, Swornim Bajracharya, Dong Roman Xu, Spiegelman Donna, Koju Rajendra. Stakeholder engagement to assess the feasibility of developing an instrument for cardiovascular disease management in low-and middle-income countries. (2020) conference abstract

Nessa Ryan, Dorive Vieria, Joyce Gyamfi , Temitope Ojo, Emmanuel Peprah. ASSESS: A comprehensive tool to support reporting and critical appraisal of qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods implementation research outcomes. Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. (December 2020) conference abstract

Nessa Ryan, Dorice Vieira, Dena Goffman, Evan M. Bloch, Godwin O. Akaba, Brenda S. D’mello, Chioma Egekeze, Anya Snyder, Magdalena Lyimo, Obiageli Nnodu, Emmanuel Peprah.  Innovation in policy and program implementation to prevent obstetric hemorrhage in low/middle-income countries: a systematic review. Conference of the American Public Health Association. Virtual. (November 2020) conference abstract

Nessa Ryan, Anya Snyder, Siphra Tampubolon, Emmanuel Peprah. Successes and challenges of intervention and implementation strategies addressing maternal health and racism in the US: a scoping review. Conference of the American Public Health Association. Virtual. (November 2020) conference abstract

Temitope Ojo, Joyce Gyamfi, Nessa Ryan, Emmanuel Peprah. Survey development to assess implementers' perceptions of feasibility of evidence-based interventions for cardiovascular disease management in low-and middle-income countries. 2020 APHA Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo. (October 2020)

An implementation trial to manage sickle CELl disease through increased Adoption of hydroxyurea in Nigeria (ACCELERATE): Study protocol (2025)

Barriers and facilitators to implementing a task-sharing mental health intervention for Sickle Cell Disease populations in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) (2025)

Downward accountability mechanism effectiveness by non-governmental organizations in low- and middle-income countries: A qualitative systematic review (2025)

Ethical and regulatory requirements for conducting researcher-driven large-scale multinational genetic haematological studies: the INHERENT experience (2025)

Evaluating implementation research outcomes for a task-sharing mental health intervention: A systematic review of the Friendship Bench (2025)

Evaluating the feasibility, adoption, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of telemedicine interventions in managing COVID-19 within low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review (2025)

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (2025)

Strengthening global partnerships for sustainable sickle cell disease care: insights from SickleInAfrica at the 77th United Nations General Assembly and the US-Africa Leaders' Summit (2025)

Syndemic interactions between HIV/AIDS, mental health conditions, and non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of contributing factors (2025)

The importance of funding and investment to strengthen data science in Africa (2025)

How College Students Used Information From Institutions of Higher Education in the United States During COVID-19: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Study (2024)

An Evolving HIV Epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: A Scoping Review (2023)

Characterisation of medical conditions of children with sickle cell disease in the USA: findings from the 2007–2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (2023)

Assessing descriptions of scalability for hypertension control interventions implemented in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review (2022)

Barriers to Therapeutic Use of Hydroxyurea for Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Survey (2022)

Development of the ASSESS tool: a comprehenSive tool to Support rEporting and critical appraiSal of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods implementation reSearch outcomes (2022)

HIV, Tuberculosis, and Food Insecurity in Africa-A Syndemics-Based Scoping Review (2022)

Using a Syndemics Framework to Understand How Substance Use Contributes to Morbidity and Mortality among People Living with HIV in Africa: A Call to Action (2022)

Applying the WHO ICD-MM classification system to maternal deaths in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria: A retrospective analysis from 2014–2018 (2021)

An Emerging Syndemic of Smoking and Cardiopulmonary Diseases in People Living with HIV in Africa (2021)

Evidence-based interventions implemented in low-and middle-income countries for sickle cell disease management: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2021)

Implementation science research for the scale-up of evidence-based interventions for sickle cell disease in africa: A commentary (2021)

The Role of Implementation Science in Advancing Resource Generation for Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2021)

Utilization of Pneumococcal Vaccine and Penicillin Prophylaxis in Sickle Cell Disease in Three African Countries: Assessment among Healthcare Providers in SickleInAfrica (2021)

Validation of an adapted instrument to measure female genital fistula-related stigma (2021)

Adapting a skills-based stroke prevention intervention for communities in Ghana: a qualitative study  (2020)

A call for a gender-responsive, intersectional approach with actionable recommendations to address COVID-19 (2020)

Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to examine nurses' perception of the task shifting strategy for hypertension control trial in Ghana (2020)

Deconstructing Syndemics: The Many Layers of Clustering Multi-Comorbidities in People Living with HIV (2020)

Implementation outcomes of policy and programme innovations to prevent obstetric haemorrhage in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review (2020)

Implementation of the therapeutic use of hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease management in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review of adoption, cost and acceptability (2020)

Feasibility of integrated, multilevel care for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and HIV in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): A scoping review (2019)

Implementation of clean cookstove interventions and its effects on blood pressure in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review (2019)