Contact
ATS Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing
- marfo@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
HPV vaccination Black and Racialized Children Well-being Intersectionality
About
I am a PhD-prepared nurse, educator, and researcher dedicated to improving health equity. My clinical experience is broad, including industrial nursing, long-term care, acute mental health and addictions, and specialized work in sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Additionally, I am a trained motivational interviewer and have worked as a virtual immunization counsellor.
Research
My research interests lie at the intersection of public health and social justice, focusing on HPV vaccination, health equity, intersectionality, and the well-being of Black and racialized children. My doctoral research investigates strategies to improve equitable access to HPV vaccination in resource-limited settings, specifically in Ghana. As a trainee in the Applied Immunization Research Program at the Faculty of Nursing, I have actively participated in various immunization research projects. My research experience encompasses all stages of the research process, including protocol development, ethics application, data collection, analysis, and knowledge dissemination. I possess strong skills in qualitative research methodologies and data analysis.
Courses
NURS 422A - Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Ethics and Law
The course examines a range of ethical theories, relevant research, and approaches to ethical decision-making to critically debate real world problems in health care. Students will develop an understanding of health law and health care ethics and of the relationship between law and ethics. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative/Honors Program, After Degree/After Degree Honors Program or RPN-BScN Program. Prerequisite for students in the Collaborative/Honors and After Degree/After Degree Honors Programs: NURS 400. Corequisites: NURS 425 and INT D 420.
NURS 422B - Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Ethics and Law
The course examines a range of ethical theories, relevant research, and approaches to ethical decision-making to critically debate real world problems in health care. Students will develop an understanding of health law and health care ethics and of the relationship between law and ethics. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative/Honors Program, After Degree/After Degree Honors Program or RPN-BScN Program. Prerequisite for students in the Collaborative/Honors and After Degree/After Degree Honors Programs: NURS 400. Corequisites: NURS 425 and INT D 420.
Featured Publications
Emmanuel Marfo, Bukola Salami, Charles Adjei, Shannon MacDonald
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2024 December; 20 (1):2397219
Higinio Fernandez-Sanchez, Emmanuel Akwasi Marfo, Diane Santa Maria, Mercy Mumba
Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 2024 September; 11
Emmanuel A Marfo, Terra Manca, Eunah Cha, Laura Aylsworth, S Michelle Driedger, Samantha B Meyer, Catherine Pelletier, Ève Dubé, Shannon E MacDonald
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2024 February; 2024
Higinio Fernández-Sánchez, Ziad Zahoui, Jennifer Jones, Emmanuel Akwasi Marfo
Public Library of Science. 2023 June; 18 (6): e0287884
Yared Asmare Aynalem, Lemma Getacher, Yonatan Eshete Ashene, Tadesse Yirga Akalu, Getachew Yideg Yitbarek, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele, Dawit Aklilu, Emmanuel Akwasi Marfo, Tamiru Alene, Wondimeneh Shibabaw Shiferaw
Frontiers in pediatrics. 2023 May; 11
Shannon E MacDonald, Emmanuel Marfo, Hannah Sell, Ali Assi, Andrew Frank-Wilson, Katherine Atkinson, James D Kellner, Deborah McNeil, Kristin Klein, Lawrence W Svenson
JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2022 November; 10 (11):e37579
Emmanuel Akwasi Marfo, Keith Denis King, Charles Ampong Adjei, Shannon E MacDonald
Public Health (Elsevier). 2022 November; 213
EA Marfo, H Fernandez-Sanchez, BOH Annor
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. 2022 October; 18 (4):332-340
Laura Reifferscheid, Emmanuel Marfo, Ali Assi, Eve Dubé, Noni E MacDonald, Samantha B Meyer, Julie A Bettinger, S Michelle Driedger, Joan Robinson, Manish Sadarangani, Sarah E Wilson, Karen Benzies, Samuel Lemaire-Paquette, Arnaud Gagneur, Shannon E MacDonald
Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2022 August; 113 (4):547-558
Emmanuel A Marfo, Higinio Fernández-Sánchez
Nursing Leadership (Toronto, Ont.). 2022 June; 35 (2):8-11
M. S MacDonald, S.E., Reifferscheid, L., Bettinger, J., Robinson, J., Sadarangani, M., Dubé, E., MacDonald, N. E., Marfo, E. A., Assi, A., Gagneur, A., Driedger
Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2022 May; 113
Emmanuel Akwasi Marfo, Desire Urindwanayo
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education-Avancées en formation infirmière. 2021 April; 7 (1)
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