Education and Qualification

PhD (Public Health with specialization in Public Health Informatics), School of Public Health, University of Ghana. (2017)

Master of Health Informatics, University of Ghana. (2008)

Bachelor of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University

Working Experience

August 2021 – Present Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics 

August 2017 – July 2021 Lecturer University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics

January 2011 – July 2017 Tutor University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics

September 2008 – March 2011 IT Specialist, Ghana Canada Medical Centre

Publications

Nti, J., Afagbedzi, S., Da-Costa Vroom, F. B., Ibrahim, N. A., & Guure, C. (2021). Variations and Determinants of Anemia among Reproductive Age Women in Five Sub-Saharan Africa Countries. BioMed Research International, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9957160

Guure, C., Owusu, S., Dery, S., da-Costa Vroom, F. B., & Afagbedzi, S. (2020). Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV and AIDS among Ghanaian Adults from 1998 to 2014: A Multilevel Logistic Regression Model Approach. Scientifica, 2020, 1-10. doi:10.1155/2020/7313497

Were, M. C., Kimutai, S., da-Costa Vroom, F. B., Twizere, C., & Wright, G. (2019). Harmonizing Minimum Competencies for Masters in Health Informatics Programs in Africa Leveraging University Accreditation Bodies and Professional Societies. Paper presented at the 12th Health Informatics in Africa Conference (HELINA 2019), Gaborone, Botswana. https://conf.helina-online.org/public/2019_Helina_Proceedings_Part1.pdf

Nangsangna, R. D., & da-Costa Vroom, F. (2019). Factors influencing online health information seeking behaviour among patients in Kwahu West Municipal, Nkawkaw, Ghana. Online J Public Health Inform, 11(2), e13. doi:10.5210/ojphi.v11i2.10141

Guure, C., Maya, E. T., Dery, S., da-Costa Vroom, B., Alotaibi, R. M., Rezk, H. R., & Yawson, A. (2019). Factors influencing unmet need for family planning among Ghanaian married/union women: a multinomial mixed effects logistic regression modelling approach. Archives of Public Health, 77(1). doi:10.1186/s13690-019-0340-6

Gyapong, J. O., Owusu, I. O., da-Costa Vroom, F. B., Mensah, E. O., & Gyapong, M. (2018). Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: current perspectives on mass drug administration. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, Volume 9, 25-33. doi:10.2147/rrtm.s125204

da-Costa Vroom, F., Godi, A., Dery, S., & Afagbedzi, S. (2017). Perceptions of EMR usage by health sciences students in Ghana. J Health Inform Afr., 4(1), 58-67. doi:10.12856/JHIA-2017-v4-i1-166

Dery, S., da-Costa Vroom, F., Godi, A., Afagbedzi, S., & Dwomoh, D. (2016). Knowledge and use of information and communication technology by health science students of the University of Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 50(3), 180-188.

Nonvignon, J., Mensah, E., da-Costa Vroom, B. F., Adjei, S., & Gyapong, J. O. (2016). The Role of Health Systems in the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. In J. Gyapong & B. Boatin (Eds.), Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa (1 ed.): Springer International Publishing.

da-Costa Vroom, F. B., Aryeetey, R., Boateng, R., Anto, F., Aikins, M., Gyapong, M., & Gyapong, J. (2015). Data reporting constraints for the lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration activities in two districts in Ghana: A qualitative study. SAGE Open Medicine, 3. doi: 10.1177/2050312115594083

Aikins, M., da-Costa Vroom, B., & Dery, S. K. K. (2014). Human Resource for eHealth care delivery: The State of the Ghanaian Health Sector. In Prof. C. Charles Mate-Kole (Ed.), Public Health Issues in Ghana: Practice, Interventions and Control Strategies (pp. 33-48). Tema: Digibooks Ghana Ltd.