Browsing by Author "Etowa, Josephine Bassey"
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Building nurses' leadership and research capacity through international mentoring
Etowa, Josephine Bassey; Vukic, Adele; Asuquo, Ekaete Francis (2012-01-04)The need to develop sound research to inform health care planning and policy development in health care is well documented. However, not all areas of health care have seen adequate research productivity and there is general ... -
Community engagement to explore mothering and infant feeding practices among Black women living with HIV
Hannan, Jean; Etowa, Josephine Bassey; Babatunde, Seye; Phillips, J. Craig; Kohoun, Bagnini (2017-10-25)The paper presents the process of community engagement employed in a three-country community-based participatory research investigating the infant feeding practices of women living with HIV. -
Cultural diversity in childbirth practices in a rural community in Southern Nigeria
Esienumoh, Ekpoanwan E.; Akpabio, Idongesit I.; Etowa, Josephine Bassey; Waterman, Heather (2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Cultural diversity refers to the differences between people based on shared ideology and valued set of beliefs, norms, customs and meanings evidenced in a way of life. ... -
Determinants of perinatal food choices among African-Caribbean immigrant women in Canada: A photo-voice study
Etowa, Josephine Bassey; Vallianatos, Helen; Shankar, Janki (2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Food practices are an important component of marking individual and group identity. How an individual reproduces or resists normative practices is a means of ... -
Effects of sociocultural factors on infant feeding with Black African immigrant mothers living With HIV
Hannan, Jean; Etowa, Josephine Bassey; Phillips, J. Craig; Babatunde, Seye (2017-09-28)US and Canadian Black African Immigrant mothers are disproportionately affected by HIV compared with mothers of other races. It is recommended to exclusively formula feed their infants. However, infant feeding practices ... -
Ethno-racial context of HIV: Building capacity for health equity and HIV response in ACB people
Etowa, Josephine Bassey; Gebremeskel, Akalewold Tadesse; Mkandawire, Paul; Uddin, ZhaidaRacial disparities in HIV/AIDS prevalence is common and varies across countries. There is no single response to halt HIV. Closing ethno-racial health inequities gap is important. HIV combination prevention strategy is an ... -
"Know what battle to fight and how to fight it": Navigating the cultural terrain of healthcare
Etowa, Josephine Bassey (2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Globalisation and the changing demographics of contemporary society call for a diverse health professionals' workforce to provide effective health care for all ... -
Nurses' involvement in HIV policy formulation in Nigerian health care system
Asuquo, Ekaete Francis; Etowa, Josephine Bassey (2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Nurses' involvement in HIV policy formulation in Nigerian Health Care System. Background of study: Nigerian national policy on HIV stresses the need for the adoption of ... -
Psychosocial perspectives on motherhood among Black women living with HIV: A multi-country analysis
Etowa, Josephine BasseyThe paper provides analysis of motherhood among HIV+ black women of African Descent in three Countries. It measured Motherhood on the "Being a Mother Scale" and analysed the socio-cultural and psychosocial determinants of ... -
Surviving on the margin of a profession: Experiences of Black nurses
Etowa, Josephine BasseyThis study used grounded theory method to explicate Black nurses' worklife experiences within the health care system in Nova Scotia. The aim of this research was to develop substantive theory of this phenomenon. The data ...