Kafuli Agbemenu, PhD, MPH, RN, CTN-A

• PhD, University of Pittsburgh
• MPH, University of Pittsburgh
• MSN, University of Pittsburgh
  
• BSN, University at Buffalo, the State of New York 

• Reproductive health outcomes of women in the African immigrant and refugee community 
• Health disparities 
• Reproductive health education 
• Access to reproductive health care 
• Pregnancy intention and contraceptive use

• NSG 410 Public Health Nursing for Population Health
• NGS 509 Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
• NGC 632 Interpreting Health Care Policy

Agbemenu, K., Auerbach, S., Murshid, N., Amutah-Onukagha, N., & Shelton, J. (2019). Reproductive health outcomes in African refugee women: A comparative study. Journal of Women’s Health. Advance online publication. http://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2018.7314

Agbemenu, K., Auerbach, S., & Shelton, J. (2019). Reproductive health characteristics of African refugee women: Introduction to an at-risk population in Western New York. Association of Black Nursing Faculty Newsletter, 13(1), 4-6.

Agbemenu, K., Banke-Thomas, A., Ely, G., & Johnson-Agbakwu, C. (2019). Avoiding obstetrical interventionsamong US-based Somali migrant women: A qualitative study. Ethnicity & Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2019.1613519

Banke-Thomas, A. O., Agbemenu, K., & Agbakwu-Johnson, C. (2018). Factors associated with access to maternal and reproductive health care among Somali refugee women resettled in Ohio, United States: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Immigrant Minority Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0824-4

Ely, G. E., Hales, T. W., Jackson, D. L., Kotting, J., & Agbemenu, K. (2018). Access to choice: Examining differences between adolescent and adult abortion fund patients. Journal of Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(5), 695-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12582

Agbemenu, K., Volpe, E. M., & Dyer, E. (2017). Reproductive health decision making among U.S. dwelling Somali Bantu refugee women: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/jocn.14162

Covington-Ward, Y., Agbemenu, K., & Matambanadzo, A. (2017). "We feel like it was better back home": Stress, coping and health in a U.S. dwelling African immigrant community. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. (In Press).

Agbemenu, K. (2016). Acculturation and health behaviors of African immigrants living in the United States: An integrative review. ABNF Journal, 27(3), 67-73.

Agbemenu, K., Devido, J., Hannan, M., & Doswell, W. (2016). Exploring the experience of African immigrant mothers providing reproductive health education to their daughters aged 10 to 14 years. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. doi:10.1177/1043659616681848

Agbemenu, K., Terry, M. A., Hannan, M., Kitutu, J., & Doswell, W. (2015). Attitudes and beliefs of African immigrant mothers living in the US towards providing comprehensive sex education to daughters aged 12–17 years: A pilot study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-7. doi:10.1007/s10903-015-0292-z

Yang, K., Woomer, G. R., Agbemenu, K., & Williams, L. (2014).  Relate better and judge less: Poverty simulation promoting culturally competent care in community health nursing. Nursing Education in Practice, 14(6), 680-685. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2014.09.001. [Epub ahead of print].

Agbemenu, K., & Schlenk, E. A. (2011). An integrative review of comprehensive sex education for Adolescent Girls in Kenya. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43, 54–63.

• Civic Engagement Research Fellowship, 2015-16     
• Gregory J. Dimitriadis Mentoring Fellowship, 2015-16
• Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau Eta Chapter, 2013