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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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.
    28. Atanuriba, G. A., Apiribu, F., Laari, T. T., Bonsu, A. B. B., Dzomeku, V. M., Afaya, R. A., . . . Amooba, P. A. (2023). How do caregivers of children living with HIV/AIDS cope, and where do they get support?: A qualitative study in Ghana. Lifestyle Medicine, 1-11. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/lim2.79 
    29. 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.
    30. Owusu, L. B., Ababio, C., Boahene, S., Zakaria, A.-F. S., Emikpe, A. O., Dwumfour, C. K., . . . Apiribu, F. (2023). The predictors of unsuppressed viremia among PLHIV: a cross-sectional study in Ghana. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1113. doi:10.1186/s12889-023-16032-9
    31. Atanuriba, G. A., Apiribu, F., & Laari, T. T. (2024). A qualitative study of caregivers of children living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana: diagnosis history, health-seeking behaviour, and care expectations. J Adv Pediatr Child Health, 7(1), 026-036.
    32. Laari, T. T., Apiribu, F., Kuunibe, J. K., Atanuriba, G. A., Mohammed, R. S. (2024). Determinants of Workload and Stress among New Nurse Educators in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. American Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, 5(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajnhs.20240501.12
    33. Boadi–Suadwa A, Boateng EA, Apiribu F, Boateng CA, Abebrese AK (2026) Family presence during resuscitation: A qualitative study of the experiences of families at the emergency medicine directorate of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana. PLoS One 21(1): e0307244. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307244
    34. Sakyi, R., Boateng, E. A., Diji, A. K. A., Afful, K. A., Nimoh, V. A., Ajanaba, P. A., Adjei, M. D., Apiribu, F., & Dzomeku, V. M. (2025). Pain expectations, experiences and coping strategies used by post-operative patients: A descriptive phenomenological study. Plos one, 20(6), e0298780.
    35. Osei, E., Apiribu, , Kissi, J., Asante, L. S., Ampon-Wireko, S., & Mashamba-Thompson, T. P. (2024). Healthcare workers’ perspectives on the availability and use of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Plos one, 19(4), e0294802.
    36. Atanuriba, G. A., Apiribu, F., Laari, T. T., Amooba, P. A., & Sefah, V. (2025). Navigating pediatric HIV status disclosure: a phenomenology among Ghanaian home caregivers of children living with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 1-16.
    37. Asakitogum, P., Dede, C., Sandycious, K., Osborn, A., Asakitogum, D. A., & Apiribu, F. (2026). Prevalence, attitude, and knowledge of urinary tract infection among female adolescents in senior high school: A cross-sectional study in Upper East Region, Ghana. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 101115.
    38. Mensah, A. B. B., Nunoo, H., Boamah Mensah, K., Okyere, J., Dzomeku, V. M., Apiribu, F., ... & Clegg-Lamptey, J. N. (2025). Being the nurse for my child at home: A qualitative analysis of parental recognition, appraisal, and reactions to childhood cancer in Ghana. Journal of Child Health Care, 29(2), 472-485.
    39. Lampinley, A., Budu, I. H., Diji, A. K. A., Lomotey, A. Y., Mensah, O. N., Davor, S. Y., & Apiribu, F. (2025). A Three-Way Challenge Faced by Patients Living with Diabetic Foot Ulcers at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 22, 100856.
    40. Lampinley, A., Budu, H. I., Boateng, F. N., Apiribu, F., Mensah, O. N., & Boateng, E. A. (2026). Navigating continuity of post-discharge care: Lived experiences of patients with diabetic foot ulcers in Ghana. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 101120.
    41. Appiah, A., Apiribu, F., Dzomeku, V., Diji, A., Kolbila, L., Osei, E., . . . Donkor, P. (2023). I Wish I Were Dead: Health Consequences of Physically Traumatized Older Adults: A Qualitative Study in Southern Ghana. Innovation in Aging, Suppl.1, 7, 904. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.2907

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