Patience Afulani
Dr. Patience Afulani’s research focuses on the social and health system factors underlying disparities in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health (RMNCH). Dr. Afulani’s research explores how RMNCH outcomes are shaped by quality of care in health facilities as well as by social determinants. She works on improved measurement of quality of care, particularly person-centered care, and on developing evidence-based interventions to improve RMNCH outcomes and reduce disparities. Dr. Afulani obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Ghana Medical School and an MPH with a certificate in Global Health followed by a PhD in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Afulani joined UCSF in 2015 as a member of the inaugural cohort of post-doctoral fellows of the Preterm Birth Initiative.
SPARQ
The project was created to measure the care women received, design interventions to solve problems women identified, and learn whether those interventions could be applied and work on a broad scale.
Understanding the drivers of poor person-centered-maternity care in Ghana
The objective of this project is to examine the drivers of poor person-centered-maternity-care in Ghana
Pregnancy Pop-Up Village
Conduct feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect evaluation of Pregnancy Pop-Up Village in the Bayview in San Francisco, California.
Re-envisioning Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care
To review, rethink, and revise the global EmONC framework and set of indicators for EmONC policy-making, monitoring, and strengthening.
Healthcare Providers Preparedness to Manage COVID-19
To assess Health care providers' preparedness to manage COVID-19 and examine the associated psychological effects in Ghana and Kenya.
Measuring Person Centered Maternity Care for Women of Color
Adaptation of the person-centered maternity care scale for women of color in the U.S.
Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience
Addressing provider stress and unconscious bias to improve the quality of maternal health care.
Promising Approaches in RMC
Landscaping project to identify promising approaches and existing evidence on interventions and programs to promote RMC in Africa.
LINQED
Improving maternal and neonatal health by strengthening nurse mentoring programs implemented by partners in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India.
Contact Information
Location
550 16th St, Third FLR
San Francisco, CA. 94158, USA
United States
