About

Dr Ernest Tei Maya

Current research projects:

Adanu PI
Prevalence and outcomes of abnormal continuous wave Doppler flow indices in unselected obstetric populations in low- and middle-income countries: The Umbiflow International study
This multicountry, multicenter study seeks to determine the prevalence of raised umbilical        artery   resistance index in unselected antenatal population
Role: Co-Investigator

Sonalkar PI
Pilot monitoring and evaluation of the WHO Postpartum Family Planning Compendium Mobile Application: an in-depth, qualitative study
This project seeks to assess the functionality, stability, and usability of the WHO Postpartum Family Planning Compendium Mobile Application among postpartum family planning providers in three public hospitals in Accra, Ghana
            Role: Co-investigator
 

Maya Co-PI
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Epidemiology & Phenotype Study in Nsawam, Ghana (GHANA-PEP STUDY)
This population based study in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the first of its kind in sub Saharan Africa.  The aim of the Ghana-PEP study is to estimate the prevalence and phenotypic distribution of PCOS in a medically unbiased population of reproductive-aged women

Cox PI
Provider perspectives on infertility care in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: a      qualitative study
The aim of this research study is to explore provider training, knowledge, perspectives, and practices in the provision of infertility care in public sector facilities in Ghana
Role: Co-investigator

3. Research Interest
Maternal Health, Family Planning and Abortion

4. Courses Taught

GSPH 303: Reproductive Health: Maternal Health Care (2 credits)
GSPH 308: Family Planning Methods & Practice (2 credits)
PFRH 618: Pregnancy Outcomes: Newborn & Infant Health (2 credits)
PFRH 616: Motherhood issues, maternal morbidity & mortality (2 credits)
PFRH 646: Clinical & Organizational Practices of Reproductive Health Services (2 credits)
GSPH 703: Leadership in Public Health (3 credits) Co-taught
PFRH 708:  Innovative Interventions in Women’s Health (3 credits) Co-taught

5. Selected Academic Publications
1. Chris Guure, Ernest Tei Maya, Samuel Dery, Baaba da-Costa Vrom, Refah M. Alotaibi, Hoda Ragab Rezk, Alfred Yawson (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 77:11 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-019-0340-6

2. Ntumy M,  Maya E,  Lizneva D, Adanu R,  Ricardo Azziz R (2019).  The pressing need for standardization in epidemiologic studies of PCOS across the globe. Gynecol Endocrinol. DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2018.1488958

3. Ganle J.K, Mahama M.S, Maya E, Manu A, Torpey K, Adanu R (2019).
Understanding factors influencing home delivery in the context of user‐fee abolition in    Northern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 DHS. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 1–17.

4. Ganle JK, Busia NT, Maya E (2019). Availability and prescription of misoprostol for medical abortion in community pharmacies and associated factors in Accra, Ghana. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 144(2):167-173

5. Bohren MA, Vogel JP, Fawole B, Maya ET, Maung TM, Baldé MD, Oyeniran AA, Ogunlade M, Adu-Bonsaffoh K, Mon NO, Diallo BA, Bangoura A, Adanu R, Landoulsi S, Gülmezoglu AM, Tunçalp Ö (2018). Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: labor observation and community survey. BMC Med Res Methodol. 15; 18 (1):132.

6. Maya ET, Adu-Bonsaffoh K, Dako-Gyeke P, Badzi C, Vogel JP, Bohren MA, Adanu R (2018). Women's perspectives of mistreatment during childbirth at health facilities in Ghana: findings from a qualitative study. Reprod Health Matters. 26(53):70-87.

7. Maya ET, Guure CB, Adanu RMK, Sarfo B, Ntumy M, Bonney EY, Lizneva D, Walker W, Azziz R (2018). Why we need epidemiologic studies of polycystic ovary syndrome in Africa. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 143(2):251-254.

8. Tabong PT, Maya ET, Adda-Balinia T, Kusi-Appouh D, Birungi H, Tabsoba P, Adongo PB (2018). Acceptability and stakeholders perspectives on feasibility of using trained psychologists and health workers to deliver school-based sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents in urban Accra, Ghana. Reprod Health. 5; 15(1):122.

9. Rominski SD, Manu A, Maya E, Morhe ESK, Dalton VK (2018). Discontinuation of long-acting reversible contraception versus short-term hormonal methods in urban Ghana: A pilot longitudinal study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 142(2):235-236.

10. Ibrahim H, Maya ET, Issah K, Apanga PA, Bachan EG, Noora CL (2017). Factors influencing uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulphadoxine pyrimethamine in Sunyani Municipality, Ghana. Pan Afr Med J. 10; 28:122.

11. Diallo N, Akweongo P, Maya E, Aikins M, Sarfo B (2017). Burden of malaria in mobile populations in the Greater Accra region, Ghana: a cross- sectional study. Malar J.  9; 16(1):109.

12. Rominski SD, Morhe ESK, Maya E, Manu A, Dalton VK (2017). Comparing Women's Contraceptive Preferences With Their Choices in 5 Urban Family Planning Clinics in Ghana. Glob Health Sci Pract. 28; 5(1):65-74.

13. Ibrahim A, Maya ET, Donkor E, Agyepong IA, Adanu RM (2016). Perinatal mortality among infants born during health user-fees (Cash & Carry) and the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) eras in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth.  8; 16(1):385.

14. Aziato L, Hindin MJ, Maya ET, Manu A, Amuasi SA, Lawerh RM, Ankomah A (2016). Adolescents' Responses to an Unintended Pregnancy in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 29(6):653-658

15. Oduro AR, Maya ET, Akazili J, Baiden F, Koram K, Bojang K (2016). Monitoring malaria using health facility based surveys: challenges and limitations. BMC Public Health. 21; 16:354.

16. Asgary R, Adongo PB, Nwameme A, Cole HV, Maya E, Liu M, Yeates K, Adanu R, Ogedegbe O (2016). mHealth to Train Community Health Nurses in Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid for Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 20(3):239-42.

17. Maya ET, Buntugu KA, Aki L, Srofenyoh EK (2015). Condom Tamponade in the Management of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage: A Report of three cases in Ghana. Afr J Reprod Health.  19(3):151-7