IRB Faculty
The Medical &
Scientific Research Directorate
Dr. Augustine Adomah-Afari
BSc., MBA., MA., PhD.
Senior Lecturer- School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, UG
afari@ug.edu.gh | 0265435294 |
Education
- BSc. (Administration): University of Ghana, Legon, Accra (1996).
- MBA (Health Service Management): University of Ghana, Legon, Accra (2000).
- MA, Social Science Research Methods (Organisation & Management): Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (2004).
- PhD, Health Policy, Financing (Organisation & Management): Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (2010).
Research Interest
Research interests focus on health system reforms, health policy, financing, planning and management, relationship marketing, human resources management, and community-based organisations.
Selected Publications
Cadri, A., Bonyo, A.A.N., Gyan, A.R., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2020). The effect of social health issues on postpartum depression: Analysis from a community sample in Ghana. Central African Journal of Public Health, 6 (2), 88-94. DOI: http://doi:10.11648/j.cajph.20200602.16.
Adomah-Afari, A., Ntow, S.K., Awuah-Werekoh, K., & Baffoe-Bonnie, T. (Accepted for publication in November, 2021 - In press). Male prisoners’ perspectives of factors influencing access to quality healthcare provision at a prison infirmary, Ghana. The Prison Journal.
Acquah, C., Gadeka, D.D., Awuah-Werekoh, K., & Adomah-Afari, A. (Accepted - In press). Influence of institutional factors on job satisfaction among nurses at a Regional Hospital, Ghana. Indraprastha Journal of Management.
Baffoe-Bonnie, T., Ntow, S.K., Awuah-Werekoh, K., Adomah-Afari, A. (2019). Influence of health system factors on access to a quality health care among prisoners - Perspectives of health providers of a prison infirmary, Ghana. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 15 (4), 349-365. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-02-2019-0014.
Adomah-Afari, A. & Maloreh-Nyamekye, T. (2019). Enhancing patient satisfaction - relationship marketing strategies of two specialist hospitals in Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 4 (2), 213-231. DOI: 10.18488/journal.136.2019.42.213.231.
Adomah-Afari, A., Mantey, D.D., & Awuah-Werekoh, K. (2019). Factors influencing a long-term relationship between healthcare providers and patients – perspectives of patients at a public regional hospital, Ghana. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 13 (3), 364-386l. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPHM-05-2017-0021.
Kolekang, F., Awuah-Werekoh, K., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2019). Influence of job related factors on encouraging savings for health care towards old age among nurses in a municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 4(1),14-30. DOI: 10.18488/journal.136.2019.41.14.30.
Tagoe, E. T., Agbadi, P., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2019). Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes under the Directly Observed Therapy at the La General Hospital, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Journal of Human Environment and Health Promotion, 4(3), 99-105. DOI: 10.29252/jhehp.4.3.1.
Babanawo, F., Ibrahim, A., Bahar, O.S., Adomah-Afari, A., & Maya, E. (2018). Assessment of knowledge and usage of HIV post exposure prophylaxis among healthcare workers in a regional hospital in Ghana. Journal of Global Health Reports, 2: e2018028. https://doi: 10.29392/joghr.2.e201802.
Beson, P., Appiah, R., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2018). Modern contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Ghana: prevalence, predictors, and policy implications. BMC Women's Health, 18:157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-018-0649-2.
Adomah-Afari, A. & Chandler, J.A. (2018). The role of government and community in the scaling up and sustainability of mutual health organisations: An exploratory study in Ghana, Journal of Social Science & Medicine, 207 (207), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.04.044.
Adomah-Afari, A. & Maloreh-Nyamekye, T. (2018). Relationship marketing strategy: policy formulation and curricula development to enhance quality of care in the health sector of Ghana, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 31 (6), 631-645. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-05-2017-0086.
Adomah-Afari, A. (2017). Mutual health organisations as facilitators and / or barriers towards the successful implementation of national health insurance scheme - An exploratory study in Ghana, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 88 (3), 369-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12158.
Quist, M.A., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2017). ‘When I am with my husband, I do not feel mosquito bite’ – Insecticide-Treated Net use among pregnant women, Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 30 (2), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2016-0032.
Kokui, E.P., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2016). Health providers’ perception of quality of care for neonates in health facilities in a municipality in southern Ghana. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 29 (8), 907-920. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-04-2016-0055.
Adomah-Afari, A. (2015). Challenges to performance and sustaining mutual health organisations / health institutions: An exploratory study in Ghana, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 28 (7), 726-745. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-02-2015-0018.
Adomah-Afari, A. (2015). The contribution of community leadership upon the performance of mutual health organisations in Ghana, Journal of Health Organisation and Management, 29 (7), 822-839.https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-11-2013-0260.
Adomah-Afari, A., Ntow, S.K., Awuah-Werekoh, K., & Baffoe-Bonnie, T. (Accepted for publication in November, 2021 - In press). Male prisoners’ perspectives of factors influencing access to quality healthcare provision at a prison infirmary, Ghana. The Prison Journal.
Acquah, C., Gadeka, D.D., Awuah-Werekoh, K., & Adomah-Afari, A. (Accepted - In press). Influence of institutional factors on job satisfaction among nurses at a Regional Hospital, Ghana. Indraprastha Journal of Management.
Baffoe-Bonnie, T., Ntow, S.K., Awuah-Werekoh, K., Adomah-Afari, A. (2019). Influence of health system factors on access to a quality health care among prisoners - Perspectives of health providers of a prison infirmary, Ghana. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 15 (4), 349-365. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-02-2019-0014.
Adomah-Afari, A. & Maloreh-Nyamekye, T. (2019). Enhancing patient satisfaction - relationship marketing strategies of two specialist hospitals in Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 4 (2), 213-231. DOI: 10.18488/journal.136.2019.42.213.231.
Adomah-Afari, A., Mantey, D.D., & Awuah-Werekoh, K. (2019). Factors influencing a long-term relationship between healthcare providers and patients – perspectives of patients at a public regional hospital, Ghana. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 13 (3), 364-386l. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPHM-05-2017-0021.
Kolekang, F., Awuah-Werekoh, K., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2019). Influence of job related factors on encouraging savings for health care towards old age among nurses in a municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 4(1),14-30. DOI: 10.18488/journal.136.2019.41.14.30.
Tagoe, E. T., Agbadi, P., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2019). Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes under the Directly Observed Therapy at the La General Hospital, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Journal of Human Environment and Health Promotion, 4(3), 99-105. DOI: 10.29252/jhehp.4.3.1.
Babanawo, F., Ibrahim, A., Bahar, O.S., Adomah-Afari, A., & Maya, E. (2018). Assessment of knowledge and usage of HIV post exposure prophylaxis among healthcare workers in a regional hospital in Ghana. Journal of Global Health Reports, 2: e2018028. https://doi: 10.29392/joghr.2.e201802.
Beson, P., Appiah, R., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2018). Modern contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Ghana: prevalence, predictors, and policy implications. BMC Women's Health, 18:157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-018-0649-2.
Adomah-Afari, A. & Chandler, J.A. (2018). The role of government and community in the scaling up and sustainability of mutual health organisations: An exploratory study in Ghana, Journal of Social Science & Medicine, 207 (207), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.04.044.
Adomah-Afari, A. & Maloreh-Nyamekye, T. (2018). Relationship marketing strategy: policy formulation and curricula development to enhance quality of care in the health sector of Ghana, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 31 (6), 631-645. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-05-2017-0086.
Adomah-Afari, A. (2017). Mutual health organisations as facilitators and / or barriers towards the successful implementation of national health insurance scheme - An exploratory study in Ghana, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 88 (3), 369-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12158.
Quist, M.A., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2017). ‘When I am with my husband, I do not feel mosquito bite’ – Insecticide-Treated Net use among pregnant women, Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 30 (2), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2016-0032.
Kokui, E.P., & Adomah-Afari, A. (2016). Health providers’ perception of quality of care for neonates in health facilities in a municipality in southern Ghana. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 29 (8), 907-920. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-04-2016-0055.
Adomah-Afari, A. (2015). Challenges to performance and sustaining mutual health organisations / health institutions: An exploratory study in Ghana, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 28 (7), 726-745. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-02-2015-0018.
Adomah-Afari, A. (2015). The contribution of community leadership upon the performance of mutual health organisations in Ghana, Journal of Health Organisation and Management, 29 (7), 822-839.https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-11-2013-0260.