Perspectives
Jaya Strategies documents what it learns, in peer-reviewed research and in shorter commentary on the systems shaping health in Nigeria and across Africa. A selection is below.
Research
Peer-reviewed publications
Sloan, N.L., Storey, A., Fasawe, O., Yakubu, J., McCrystal, K., Wiwa, O., Lothe, L.J., & Grepstad, M. (2018). Advancing survival in Nigeria: a pre-post evaluation of an integrated maternal and neonatal health program. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22, 986–997. doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2476-3
Rominski, S., Yakubu, J., Oteng, R.A., Peterson, M., Tagoe, N., & Bell, S.A. (2015). The role of short-term volunteers in a global health capacity building effort: the Project HOPE-GEMC experience. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 8:23. doi.org/10.1186/s12245-015-0071-6
Bell, S.A., Oteng, R., Redman, R., Lapham, J., Bam, V., Dzomecku, V., Yakubu, J., Tagoe, N., & Donkor, P. (2014). Development of an emergency nursing training curriculum in sub-Saharan Africa. International Emergency Nursing, 22(4), 202–207. doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2014.02.002
Yakubu, J., et al. (2014). It's for the greater good: perspectives on maltreatment during labor and delivery in rural Ghana. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4, 383–390. doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2014.47057
Selected presentations
Yakubu, J., Fasawe, O., Setaruddin, M., & Wiwa, O. Integrating postpartum family planning into maternal health services to increase contraceptive uptake in Northern Nigeria. Poster, International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP); Kigali, Rwanda, November 2018.
Yakubu, J. Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative Training Initiative: a pilot program in emergency medicine. Oral presentation, Society of Emergency Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria (SEMPON) Conference; Abuja, Nigeria, September 2014.
Yakubu, J., et al. It's for the greater good: midwives' perspectives on maltreatment during labor and delivery in rural Ghana. Poster, Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference; Washington, DC, May 2014.
Frazier-Kouassi, S., Yakubu, J., & Knox, F. Does income and education matter less for overweight and obese African American women? Poster, American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference; Boston, MA, November 2013.
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