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Dr Esther Adama

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2859
Email: e.adama@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.406  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-2722

Esther is a Lecturer in Nursing and Course Coordinator for L84 - Graduate Certificate in Children and Young Peoples Nursing within the School of Nursing and Midwifery

Current Teaching

NNT5100: Foundation of Children and Young People’s Nursing
NNT5101: Holistic Assessment of Children and Young People
NNT5102: Contemporary Approaches to Communicating with Children and Young People

Professional Associations

  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses
  • Fathers in Neonatal Environment Supporting Salubrious Experience (FINESSE)
  • International Network for Child and Family Centred Care (INCFCC)
  • Australian Nursing Federation
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana
  • Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2016 - 2017: Postgraduate Research Scholarship to complete PhD studies at Edith Cowan University
  • 2014 - 2016: International Postgraduate Research Scholarship for PhD (Nursing) at Edith Cowan University
  • 2011 - 2012: Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for Master’s Degree at University of Nottingham.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Support needs of carers of preterm infants
  • Support needs of vulnerable infants in the community
  • Child health Nursing
  • Culture and health outcomes
  • Systematic literature reviews (Meta-synthesis)
  • Narrative Inquiry (Research Methodology.

Qualifications

  • Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Edith Cowan University, 2022.
  • PhD, Edith Cowan University, 2018.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2018.
  • Master of Science in Advanced Nursing with Distinction, England, 2012.
  • Bachelor of Science Nursing First Class Honours, Ghana, 2008.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Anyango, E., Ngune, I., Brown, J., Adama, E. (2024). The influence of individual factors on the career preferences and specialty choices of final-year nursing students. Journal of Professional Nursing, 54(Article in press), 126-133. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.06.020.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Bayes, S., Ireson, D., Adama, E. (2024). Using interpretive description to facilitate women's contributions to maternity care: experiences and views of obstetric fistula prevention. African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 18(3), 10 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2023.0025.
  • Anyango, E., Adama, E., Brown, J., Ngune, I. (2024). The impact of final-year clinical placements on nursing students' career planning for the graduate year and beyond. Nurse Education in Practice, 76(Article in press), Article number 103944. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2024.103944.
  • Anyango, E., Adama, E., Brown, J., Ngune, I. (2024). An examination of the career decision-making self-efficacy of final-year nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 138(Article in press), Article number 106196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106196.
  • Anyango, E., Ngune, I., Brown, J., Adama, E. (2024). “I changed my mind after my placement”: The influence of clinical placement environment on career choices of final-year pre-registration nurses. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 31(2), 69-76. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2023.11.004.
  • Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Adama, E., Graf, A., Adusei-Asante, K. (2024). Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 24(3), 52-67. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v24i3.35672.
  • McCullough, K., Gibson, N., Graf, A., Beament, T., Adama, E., Ferguson, N., Kirk, D., Muge-Sugutt, J. (2024). "It was difficult to understand the system”: developing a coordinator role to support international nursing students- A qualitative study. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 16(3), 250-261. https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i3.4945.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Graf, A., Adusei-Asante, K., Afrifa-Yamoah, E. (2023). COVID-19 and alternative assessments in higher education: implications for academic integrity among nursing and social science students. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 19(1), Article number 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00129-0.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Ireson, D., Adama, E., Bayes, S. (2023). Women's views on obstetric fistula risk factors and prevention in north-central Nigeria: an interpretive descriptive study. BMJ Open, 13(6), article number e066923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066923.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Bayes, S., Adama, E., Ireson, D. (2023). North-central Nigerian women's experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and their perceived treatment services: An Interpretive Description. Women and Birth, 2023(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.02.007.
  • Mbengo, F., Adama, E., Towell, A., Zgambo, M. (2023). “A spade was called a spade … ”: Youth and intervention implementers’ perceptions of a resilience-based HIV-prevention intervention for youth in South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2023.2233496.
  • Graf, A., Adama, E., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Adusei-Asante, K. (2023). Perceived Nexus Between Non‑Invigilated Summative Assessment and Mental Health Difficulties: A Cross Sectional Studies. Journal of Academic Ethics, 2023(Article in press), 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09472-w.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Koliouli, F., Provenzi, L., Feeley, N., Van Teijlingen, E., Ireland, J., Thomson- Salo, F., Khashu, M. (2022). COVID‐19 restrictions and psychological well‐being of fathers with infants admitted to NICU—an exploratory cross‐sectional study. Acta Paediatrica, 111(9), 1771-1778. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16455.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Ireson, D., Adama, E., Bayes, S. (2022). Sub-Saharan African women’s views and experiences of risk factors for obstetric fistula: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), Article number 680. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05013-2.
  • Adama, E., Adua, E., Bayes, S., Pahlsson Morelius, EM. (2022). Support Needs of Parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(5-Jun), 532-547. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15972.
  • Foster, M., Adama, E., Arabiat, D., Runions, K., Vithiatharan, R., Zgambo, M., Lin, A. (2022). Parents' experiences of children with a rare disease attending a mainstream school: Australia. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 63(1 March 2022), e50-e57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.10.013.
  • Mbengo, F., Adama, E., Barnard, M., Bhana, A., Zgambo, M. (2022). Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Prevention Interventions for Reducing Risky Sexual Behavior Among Youth Worldwide: A Systematic Review. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(1), Article number 679. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07649-z.
  • Mbengo, F., Adama, E., Barnard, M., Bhana, A., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Zgambo, M. (2022). Impact of you only live once: A resilience-based HIV prevention intervention to reduce risky sexual behaviour among youth in South Africa. Acta Psychologica, 230(October 2022), article number 103757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103757.
  • Wang, C., Lo, J., Saunders, R., Adama, E., Bulsara, C., Etherton-Beer, C., Yang, AW. (2022). Light acupuncture and five-element music therapy for nurses’ mental health and well-being during and post-COVID-19: protocol for a randomised cross-over feasibility study. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article number e057106. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057106.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Arabiat, D., Foster, M., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Runions, K., Vithiatharan, R., Lin, A. (2021). The psychosocial impact of rare diseases among children and adolescents attending mainstream schools in Western Australia. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021(Article in press), 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2021.1888323.
  • Foster, M., Al-Motlaq, M., Carter, B., Neill, S., O'Sullivan, T., Quaye, A., Majamanda, M., Abdullah, KL., Hallström, I., English, C., Vickers, A., Coyne, I., Adama, E., Pahlsson Morelius, EM. (2021). Seeing lockdown through the eyes of children from around the world: Reflecting on a children's artwork project. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 37(3), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542.2021.039.
  • Adua, E., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Frimpong, K., Adama, E., Karthigesu, S., Anto, E., Aboagye, E., Yan, Y., Wang, Y., Tan, X., Wang, W. (2021). Construct validity of the Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 in a Ghanaian population. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(July 2021), Article number 180. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-021-01810-z.
  • Adama, E., Sundin, D., Bayes, S. (2021). Sociocultural Practices Affecting the Care of Preterm Infants in the Ghanaian Community. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 32(5), 458-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659620975098.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Fisher, D., Khashu, M., Adama, E., Feeley, N., Garfield, CF., Ireland, J., Koliouli, F., Lindberg, B., Nørgaard, B., Provenzi, L., Thomson-Salo, F., Van Teijlingenl, E. (2018). Fathers in neonatal units: Improving infant health by supporting the baby-father bond and mother-father coparenting. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 24(6), 306-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2018.08.007.
  • Adama, E., Bayes, S., Sundin, D. (2018). Parents’ experiences of caring for preterm infants after discharge with grandmothers as their main support. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(17-18), 3377-3386. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13868.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Sundin, D., Bayes, S. (2017). Ghanaian fathers' experiences of caring for preterm infants; a journey of exclusion. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 23(6), 275-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2017.05.003.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Bayes, S., Sundin, D. (2016). Parents' experiences of caring for preterm infants after discharge from neonatal intensive care unit: A meta-synthesis of the literature. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 22(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2015.07.006.
  • Adama, E., Sundin, D., Bayes, S. (2016). Exploring the sociocultural aspect of narrative inquiry: A dynamic nursing research methodology. Clinical Nursing Studies, 4(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5430/cns.v4n4p1.

Research Projects

  • Infant Mental Wellbeing: Supporting Fathers' Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Women and Infants Research Foundation, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $30,000.
  • Fathers Matter: Fathers experiences of caring for their late preterm infants in the neonatal unit, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2019, 2019 ‑ 2020, $30,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Nursing (Research), Fathers' ecperiences of child health nurse support in the transition to fatherhood

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Evaluation of the You Only Live Once: A Resilience-Based Intervention for reducing Risky Sexual Behaviours Associated with HIV Infection Among Youth in South Africa
  • Master of Nursing (Research), The Impact of In-Utero Cannabis Exposure on the First Week of Life Outside the Womb: Insights from Neonatal Health Professionals

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, An Interpretive Description Study of the Views and Experience of Obstetric Fistula Risk Factors Among Women Attending Evangel Vesico Vagina Fistula Centre in Nigeria
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The impact of final-year clinical placements on career preferences of pre-registration nurses: A mixed methods study
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