Prof. Felix Apiribu

Associate Professor

Dept: Nursing
Room 108, Nursing Building Lecturers' Offices, 1st Floor, Nursing Building (Boadi new site), K N U S T, Kumasi
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Research Areas/Interests

The research interest areas include: communication in healthcare settings, learning styles, medical-surgical nursing, intimate partner violence includ...~more

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Publications

    1. Adjei, C. A., Apiribu, F., Abaidoo, S. D., Asamoah, R., Asamoah, E. K., Menkah, W., & Attafuah, P. A. (2019). Factors Influencing Uptake of Institutional Delivery Service by Skilled Birth Attendant’s in Ghana: A Framework Analysis of Existing Literature. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 12(2), 748-767.

    2. Adjei, C. A., Atibila, F., Apiribu, F., Ahordzor, F., Attafuah, P. A., Ansah-Nyarko, M., . . . Menkah, W. (2018). Hepatitis B Infection among Parturient Women in Peri-Urban Ghana. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99(6), 1469-1474. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.17-0752

    3. Afaya, R. A., Bam, V., Apiribu, F., Agana, V. A., & Afaya, A. (2018). Knowledge of Pregnant Women on Caesarean Section and their Preferred Mode of Delivery in Northern Ghana. NUMID HORIZON: An International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2(1), 62-73.

    4. Apiribu, F. (2014). The Impact of Learning Styles on Students’ Academic Performance. Paper presented at the 25th International nursing research congress, Hong Kong.

    5. Apiribu, F., Duma, S. E., & Ncama, B. P. (2020). Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Following Status Disclosure: Narrative Literature Review. Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 9(2), 14-20. doi:10.9790/1959-0902071420

    6. Apiribu, F., & Ncama, B. P. ( 2020). Evidence of perpetration of intimate partner violence among HIV positive couples: A systematic scoping review. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 12(2), 43-50.

    7. Apiribu, F., Ncama, B. P., & Duma, S. E. (2020). Forms of and Factors Associated With Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence by Men on Their Female Partners Following HIV Status Disclosure in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Qualitative Study. Global Journal of Health Science, 12(6), 14-29.

    8. Apiribu, F., Ncama, B. P., & Joseph-Shehu, E. (2019). Evidence of perpetration of intimate partner violence among HIV-positive couples: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMC Systematic Reviews, 8(1), 159. doi:10.1186/s13643-019-1051-3

    9. Atindanbila, S., Agyei, D., Amooba, P., Apiribu, F., & Kugbey, N. (2014). The Perceived Reasons and the Effects of Illegal Abortion among Women in Selected Hospitals in Accra. International Journal of Contemporary Applied Sciences, 1(3), 26-42.

    10. Atindanbila, S., Boateng, B., Bruce, D., Apiribu, F., & NuworzaKugbey. (2014). The Clients’ Satisfaction of Health Care Servicesat Aselected Health Care Facility in Accra. International Journal of scientific research and management (IJSRM), 12(11), 1710-1716.

    11. Bonsu, A. B., Dzomeku, V. M., Apiribu, F., Obiri-Yeboah, S., Asamoah, B., Mensah, K. B., . . . Donkor, P. (2018). Having a child with orofacial cleft: Initial reaction and psychosocial experiences of Ghanaian mothers. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 8, 132-140. doi:10.1016/j.ijans.2018.05.003

    12. Gariba, M., Salifu, Y., & Apiribu, F. (2020). Non-Ionising Medical Image Modality in Brain Tumour: Case Report. MedLife Clinics, 2(2), 1016.

    13. Gazari, T., Apiribu, F., Dzomeku, V. M., Boama, A. B., & AdoliwineAmooba, P. (2020). Application of the Nursing Process: A Phenomenological Study of Registered Nurses Experiences at a District Hospital in Ghana. International Journal of Science and Healthcare Research, 5(3), 365-372.

    14. Kusi, G., Boamah Mensah, A. B., Boamah Mensah, K., Dzomeku, V. M., Apiribu, F., Duodu, P. A., . . . Bonsu, K. O. (2020). The experiences of family caregivers living with breast cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Systematic Reviews, 9(1). doi:10.1186/s13643-020-01408-4

    15. Kusi, G., Mensah, A. B. B., Mensah, K. B., Dzomeku, V. M., Apiribu, F., & Duodu, P. A. (2020). Caregiving motivations and experiences among family caregivers of patients living with advanced breast cancer in Ghana. PLoS One, 15(3), e0229683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229683

    16. Kuupiel, D., Adu, K. M., Apiribu, F., Bawontuo, V., Adogboba, D. A., Ali, K. T., & Mashamba-Thompson, T. P. (2019). Geographic accessibility to public health facilities providing tuberculosis testing services at point-of-care in the upper east region, Ghana. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 718. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7052-2

    17. Nakua, E., Amissah, J., Apiribu, F., Otupiri, E., Budu-Ainooson, A., Agyeman-Weittey, F., . . . Ansong, D. (2019). Sports Injuries in Second-Cycle Institutions: The Burden on, and Risk Factors Associated with Student Health. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 8(2), 108-116.

    18. Onaolapo, E. S., Boateng, E. A., Apiribu, F., & Dzomeku, V. M. (2020). Experiences and coping strategies of perinatally bereaved mothers with the loss. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 12(3), 40-47. doi:10.5897

    19. Boamah Mensah, A. B., Adamu, B., Mensah, K. B., Dzomeku, V. M., Agbadi, P., Kusi, G., & Apiribu, F. (2020). Exploring the social stressors and resources of husbands of women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in their role as primary caregivers in Kumasi, Ghana. Supportive Care in Cancer. doi:10.1007/s00520-020-05716-2

    20. Atanuriba, G. A., Apiribu, F., Boamah Mensah, A. B., Dzomeku, V. M., Afaya, R. A., Gazari, T., . . . Amooba, P. A. (2021). Caregivers’ Experiences with Caring for a Child Living with HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Study in Northern Ghana. Global Pediatric Health, 8, 2333794X211003622.
    21. Tano, P. F., Apiribu, F., Tano, E. K., Mensah, A. B. B., Dzomeku, V. M., & Boateng, I. (2021). Predicting factors that determine patients’ satisfaction with post-operative pain management following abdominal surgeries at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. PLoS One, 16(5), 1-13.
    22. Gazari, T., Apiribu, F., Afaya, R. A., Awenabisa, A. G., Dzomeku, V. M., Mensah, A. B. B., . . . Kukeba, M. W. (2021). Qualitative exploration of the challenges and the benefits of the nursing process in clinical practice: A study among registered nurses in a municipal hospital in Ghana. Nursing Open. doi:10.1002/nop2.1043
    23. Laari, T. T., Apiribu, F., Gazari, T., Akor, M. H., Mensah, A. B. B., Atanuriba, G. A., . . . Amooba, P. A. (2021). Strategies Adopted by Novice Nurse Educators to Facilitate Their Transition From Practice to Academia: A Qualitative Study in Ghana. SAGE Open Nursing, 7, 237796082110352. doi:10.1177/23779608211035209
    24. Laari, T. T., Apiribu, F., Amooba, P. A., Mensah, A. B. B., Gazari, T., Kuunibe, J. K., . . . Akor, M. H. (2021). Exploring the reasons for novice nurse educators’ transition from practice to academia in Ghana. PLoS One, 16(10), e0258695. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258695
    25. Apiribu, F., Duma, S. E., & Ncama, B. P. (2022). Men’s experience of perpetrating intimate partner violence following disclosure of HIV status by their seropositive female intimate partners: a qualitative study. Annals of Medicine, 54(1), 1126–1139.

    26. Atanuriba, G. A., Apiribu, F., Dzomeku, V. M., Amooba, P. A., Mensah, A. B. B., Afaya, R. A., . .. Abnory, L. (2022). “Some believe those who say they can cure it” perceived barriers to antiretroviral therapy for children living with HIV/AIDS: Qualitative exploration of caregivers experiences in Tamale Metropolis. PLoS One, 17(10), 1-15. doi:e0275529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275529

    27. Laari, T. T., Apiribu, F., Mensah, A. B. B., Dzomeku, V. M., & Amooba, P. A. (2022). Easing the transition from nurse clinician to nurse educator in Ghana: Exploring novice nurse educators' perspectives. Nursing Open. 1-10. doi:10.1002/nop2.1409zd

     

     

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