Publications & Abstracts

2023 American Public Health Association Abstracts

• Association between the level of concern for COVID-19 and information sources among college students in the United States
• Evidence-based interventions for hypertension among displaced persons in LMICs: A systematic review of the facilitators and barriers to implementation research outcomes
• Evidence-based interventions to reduce maternal malnutrition in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review
• Examining stigma, substance use, and food insecurity in people living with HIV in Nigeria: incorporating the syndemic framework for comorbid diseases
• Perception of healthcare utilization among individuals with Sickle Cell Disease: A scoping review
• The intersection between female-related cancer screenings and improving maternal health in LMICs: A systematic review

Assessment & Advancement of Implementation Science Research

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

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

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

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

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

Survey development to assess implementers' perceptions of feasibility of evidence-based interventions for cardiovascular disease management in low-and middle-income countries (2020) conference abstract

Stakeholder engagement to assess the feasibility of developing an instrument for cardiovascular disease management in low-and middle-income countries (2020) conference abstract

Maternal Health

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

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

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

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

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

Ryan N, Tampubolon S, Snyder A, Vieira D, Boyles de Rondon J, Abbas M, Chander D, Gyamfi J & Peprah E. Structural Racism & Maternal Health in the US: Successes & Challenges of Intervention & Implementation. Public Health Partnership Conference. (April 2021) conference abstract

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

Ryan N, Vieria D, Gyamfi J, Ojo T & Peprah E. “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

Sickle Cell Disease

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

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

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

Utilization of Pneumococcal Vaccine and Penicillin Prophylaxis in Sickle Cell Disease in Three African Countries: Assessment among Healthcare Providers in SickleInAfrica (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 of the therapeutic use of hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease management in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review of adoption, cost and acceptability (2020)

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

Improving HIV Outcomes

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

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)

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

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

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