Adriana A. E. Biney is a Senior Lecturer in Population Studies at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry (Biochemistry Option) from the City College of New York (CCNY) and the Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (CUNY). She also received her Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Population Studies from the University of Ghana. In addition, she has undertaken positions as a postdoctoral visiting scholar and researcher at the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University and the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, respectively.
Adriana has taught research methods, urbanization and development and gender-related courses at RIPS and other centres and institutes at the University of Ghana, and has supervised about 40 graduate students to date. She has over a decade of professional experience undertaking both qualitative and quantitative studies on sexual and reproductive health, urban health, maternal and child health and health systems research. She has received grants from a number of funders including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA project to carry out her research. She has also consulted on projects funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc., USAID, IDRC and WHO, to name a few. Adriana is currently a member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), and the Population Association of America. She has publications in many widely read peer reviewed journals.
abiney@ug.edu.gh
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Maternal and Child Health
Urban Health
Health Systems Research
Book Chapters
Dodoo, N.D., Biney, A.A.E. and Abu, M. (2014). Methods in Population Studies. In Codjoe, S.N.A., Badasu, D.M. and Kwankye, S.O. (Eds). Population Studies: Key Issues and Contemporary Trends. Legon: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Agula, C., Bawah, A. A., Asuming, P. O., Kyei, P., & Biney, A. (2024). Impact of health system strengthening interventions on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 15.
Kushitor, M., Wright, K., Biney, A., Kanmiki, E. W., Kyei, P., Phillips, J. F., Awoonor-Williams, J. K. & Bawah, A. A. (2023). “The trip actually opened our eyes to things that we were supposed to do and we were not doing”: developing primary health care system leadership in a low-income country with peer exchanges. Research in Health Services & Regions, 2(1), 15.
Biney, A. A., Kayi, E., Atiglo, D. Y., Sowah, L. R., Badasu, D., & Ankomah, A. (2023). COVID-19, relationships, and contraception: Qualitative perspectives from emerging adults during the COVID19 lockdown in Accra, Ghana. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 100216.
Tangcharoensathien, V., Sudhakar, M., Birhanu, Z., Abraham, G., Bawah, A., Kyei, P., Biney, A. ... & Panichkriangkrai, W. (2022). Health Policy and Systems Research Capacities in Ethiopia and Ghana: Findings From a Self-Assessment. Global Health: Science and Practice, 10(Supplement 1): e2100715.
Bawah, A. A., Biney, A. A., & Kyei, P. (2022). “You can’t look at an orange and draw a banana”: using research evidence to develop relevant health policy in Ghana. Global Health: Science and Practice, 10(Supplement 1): e2100693.
Kons, K., Biney, A. A., & Sznajder, K. (2022). Factors Associated with Adolescent Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Socioeconomic Influences and Essential Interventions. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(3), 386-396.
Harpham, T., Tetui, M., Smith, R., Okwaro, F., Biney, A., Helzner, J., ... & Ganle, J. (2022). Urban family planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: an illustration of the cross-sectoral challenges of urban health. Journal of Urban Health, 99(6), 1044-1053.
Atiglo, D. Y., & Biney, A. A. (2022). Post-Abortion Contraceptive Use Among Girls and Women in Ghana. Women's Reproductive Health, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/23293691.2022.2079964
Kayi, E. A., Biney, A. A. E., Dodoo, N. D., Ofori, C. A. E., & Dodoo, F. N. A. (2021). Women’s post-abortion contraceptive use: Are predictors the same for immediate and future uptake of contraception? Evidence from Ghana. PloS One, 16(12), e0261005.
Manuh, T., & Biney, A. A. (2021). Exploring intersections between gender-based violence and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in West Africa: A review of the literature produced in the sub-region. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 25(4): 118-134.
Akonor, N. O., & Biney, A. A. (2021). Ethnicity and fertility desires in Ghana. Journal of Population Research, 38(3), 283-306.
Christian, A. K., Biney, A. A., Atiglo, D. Y., Dodoo, N. D., Obeng-Dwamena, A. D., Owoo, N. S., & Dodoo, F. N. A. (2021). Being overweight and its association with risky sexual behaviour among female youth in Ghana. SN Social Sciences, 1(3), 1-15.
Cassels, S., Mwenda, K. M., Biney, A. A. E. & Jenness, S. M. (2021). Is It the Timing? Short-Term Mobility and Coital Frequency in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(2), 589– 600
Biney, A. A., Wright, K. J., Kushitor, M. K., Jackson, E. F., Phillips, J. F., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., & Bawah, A. A. (2021). Being ready, willing and able: understanding the dynamics of family planning decision-making through community-based group discussions in the Northern Region, Ghana. Genus, 77(1), 1-23.
Larbi, R. T., Atiglo, D. Y., Peterson, M. B., Biney, A. A., Dodoo, N. D., & Dodoo, F. N. A. (2021). Household food sources and diarrhoea incidence in poor urban communities, Accra Ghana. PloS One, 16(1), e0245466.
Atiglo, D. Y., & Biney, A. A. (2021). Postpartum and post-abortion contraceptive use among unmarried young women in Ghana. Journal of Biosocial Science, 53(3), 459-470.
Hutchinson, P., Leyton, A., Meekers, D., Stoecker, C., Wood, F., Murray, J., ... & Biney, A. (2020). Evaluation of a multimedia youth anti-smoking and girls’ empowerment campaign: SKY Girls Ghana. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1-18.
Sznajder, K.K., Winchester, M.S., Biney, A. A. E., Dodoo, N. D., Letsa, D. & Dodoo, F. N. A. (2020). The Migration Experience and Differential Risks to Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana, Health Education Behavior, 47(5), 718-727.
Awoonor-Williams, J. K., Baffoe, P., Aboba, M., Ayivor, P., Nartey, H., Felker, B., Van der Tak, D. & Biney, A. A. E. (2020). Exploring conscientious objection to abortion among health providers in Ghana. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 46, 51-59.
Wright, K. J., Biney, A., Kushitor, M., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., Bawah, A. A., & Phillips, J. F. (2020). Community perceptions of universal health coverage in eight districts of the Northern and Volta regions of Ghana. Global Health Action, 13(1), 1705460.
Kushitor, M. K., Biney, A. A., Wright, K., Phillips, J. F., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., & Bawah, A. A. (2019). A qualitative appraisal of stakeholders’ perspectives of a community-based primary health care program in rural Ghana. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 675.
Cassels, S., Jenness, S. M., & Biney, A. A. E. (2019). Coital Frequency and Male Concurrent Partnerships During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. AIDS and Behavior, 23(6), 1508-1517.
Dodoo N. D., Atiglo, D. Y., Biney, A. A. E., Alhassan, N., Peterson, M. B., & Dodoo F. N. A. (2019). Does financial autonomy imply reproductive and sexual autonomy? Evidence from urban poor women in Accra, Ghana. African Studies, 0 (0), 1–19. doi:10.1080/00020184.2019.1584485.
Atiglo, D. Y., Larbi, R. T., Kushitor, M. K., Biney, A. A., Asante, P. Y., Dodoo, N. D., & Dodoo, F. N. A. (2018). Sense of community and willingness to support malaria intervention programme in urban poor Accra, Ghana. Malaria Journal, 17 (1), 289.
Atiglo, D. Y. & Biney, A. A. E. (2018). Correlates of sexual inactivity and met need for contraceptives among young women in Ghana. BMC Women's Health, 18 (1), 139.
Phillips, J.F., Awoonor-Williams, J.K. Bawah, A.A., Nimako, B.A. Kanlisi, N.S., Sheff, M.C., Asuming, P.O., Kyei, P.E., Biney, A. & Jackson, E.F. (2018). What do you do with success? The science of scaling up a health systems strengthening intervention in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), 484.
Awuah, R. B., Asante, P. Y., Sakyi, L., Biney, A. A. E., Kushitor, M. K., Agyei, F. & de-Graft Aikins, A. (2018). Factors associated with treatment-seeking for malaria in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana. Malaria Journal, 17 (168), 1-8.
Biney, A. A. E. & Nyarko, P. (2017). Is a woman’s first pregnancy outcome related to her years of schooling? An assessment of women’s adolescent pregnancy outcomes and subsequent educational attainment in Ghana. Reproductive Health, 14(123), 1-15.
Cassels, S., Jenness, S. M., Biney, A. A. E., & Dodoo, F. N.-A. (2017). Geographic mobility and potential bridging for sexually transmitted infections in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Social Science & Medicine, 184, 27–39.
Biney, A. A. E. & Atiglo, D. Y. (2017). Examining the association between motivations for induced abortion and method safety among women in Ghana. Women & Health, 57(9), 1044-1060.
Biney, A. A. E. (2016). A Different Approach in Developing a Sexual Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents in Accra, Ghana. Sexuality & Culture, 20(2), 403-424.
Biney, A. A. E., & Dodoo, F.N.A.. (2016). What are the characteristics of ‘sexually ready’ adolescents? Exploring the sexual readiness of youth in urban poor Accra.” BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-11.
Jenness, S. M., Biney, A. A., Ampofo, W.K., Dodoo, F. N.A., & Cassels, S. (2015). Minimal Coital Dilution in Accra, Ghana. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69(1), 85-91.
Dodoo, F.N.A., Horne, C., & Biney, A. (2014). Does education mitigate the adverse impact of bridewealth on women's reproductive autonomy?. Genus, 70(1), 77-97.
Cassels, S., Jenness, S. M., Biney, A. A., Ampofo, W. K., & Dodoo, F. N.A. (2014). Migration, sexual networks, and HIV in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Demographic Research, 31, 861-888.
Biney, A. A. E. (2011). Exploring Contraceptive Knowledge and Use among Women Experiencing Induced Abortion in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 15(1), 37-46.
Edrey, Y. H., Park, T. J., Kang, H. S., Biney, A. & Buffenstein, R. (2011). Endocrine function and neurobiology of the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat. Experimental Gerontology, 46(2-3), 116-123.
Web Article
Biney, A. (2013). Adolescents in Ga Mashie, Ghana, Share Reasons for Sexual Activity or Abstinence. Population Reference Bureau. Web article <http://www.prb.org/Articles/2013/youthGhana.aspx>.
Project Title: Testing Approaches to Promote Breast Cancer Screening in Rural Ghana
Project Duration: 04/2023 – 03/2025
Funder: National Cancer Institute
Amount: US$56,000
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Title: Exploring use, non-use and discontinuation of modern contraception among urban youth in Accra, Ghana
Project Duration: 02/2020 – 06/2023
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (through the IUSSP Project on Urban Fertility and Family Planning Project grant)
Amount: US$45,745
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Title: Assessment of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) capacities: generating and using evidence for policies in Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique
Project Duration: 11/2019 – 06/2020
Funder: World Health Organization (WHO)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ayaga Bawah, University of Ghana
Role: Lead Qualitative Researcher
Project Title: Women and Political Participation in Africa: A Comparative Study of the Representation and Roles of Female Chiefs
Project Duration: 01/2019 – 12/2021
Funder: Mellon Foundation
Amount: US$500,000
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: Mapping Resources, Synthesizing Knowledge and Analyzing Gaps to Address Sexual Gender-based Violence (SGBV) and Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) across Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Project Duration: 08/2018 – 11/2018
Funder: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Principal Investigators: Prof Takyiwaa Manuh, University of Ghana; Prof Akosua Darkwah, University of Ghana
Role: ASRHR Desk Review Consultant
Project Title: Developing Acute Care and Emergency Referral Systems (ACERS)
Project Duration: 11/2018 – 02/2023
Funder: USAID
Amount: US$888,792
Role: Co-Investigator (on the RIPS Research Team)
Project Title: Examining the Transition to Adulthood in an Urban Poor Context
Project Duration: 10/2018 – 06/2020
Funder: Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Fund
Amount: £5,910
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: Addressing Conscientious Objection to Abortion in Ghana
Project Duration: 05/2018 – 12/2018
Funder: AmplifyChange
Principal Investigators: Dr Koku Awoonor-Williams, Ghana Health Service; Dr Peter Baffoe, UNICEF - Ghana
Role: Qualitative Research Consultant
Project Title: Migration and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Project Duration: 11/2017 – 12/2023
Funder: PRI and SSRI Penn State Funding
Amount: US$25,000
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: Impact Assessment of Social Marketing in Ghana (IASMG)
Project Duration: 02/2017 – 02/2019
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amount: $724,732
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: A National Program for Strengthening the Implementation of Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative in Ghana: CHPS+
Project Duration: 08/2016 – 06/2022
Funder: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF)
Principal Investigators: Prof. Ayaga Bawah, University of Ghana; Prof. Stephen Kachur, Columbia University; Dr Koku Awoonor-Williams, Ghana Health Service
Role: Lead Qualitative Researcher
Project Title: Adolescent Sexual Activity in Accra: Exploring Circumstances Surrounding First Sex and Societal Norms
Project Duration: 03/2016 – 03/2017
Funder: Office for Research, Innovation and Development (ORID), University of Ghana
Amount: GHS6,500
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Title: RIPS Student-Led Outreach Project (RIPS-SLOP)
Project Duration: 01/2013 – 12/2013
Funder: Population Association of America (PAA) Research Fund
Amount: US$7,980
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
POPS 609 – Methods of Social Research
POPS 622 – Quantitative Research Methodology
POP 703 – The Logic of Social Research
POPS 704 – Advanced Quantitative Research
INTA 605 – Research Methodology (Guest Lecturer)
INTA 702 – Advanced Quantitative Methods (Guest Lecturer)