Adriana A. E. Biney is an Associate Professor of Demography and Population Health at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana. She has an MPhil and a PhD in Population Studies from the University of Ghana, as well as a BS in Chemistry from the City College of New York (CCNY) and Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (CUNY). Adriana’s research focuses on women’s and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health. Her work also explores issues related to health and wellbeing among deprived and marginalized communities in Ghana; with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health among urban poor youth. 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 Foundation, USAID, IDRC and WHO, to name a few. Adriana teaches research methods related courses at the University of Ghana, and has published widely in a number of peer reviewed journals.

abiney@ug.edu.gh

Prof Adriana A. E. Biney

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)