Dr Yakubu Salifu

Lecturer

Research Overview

My research interest falls under three broad areas;

  • Palliative care/managing care at the end of life so that patients and their families will feel supported and live a more dignified life.
  • The other areas of interest are providing care in a resource-poor context. This includes the provision of home-based palliative care and how services are delivered to meet the needs and aspirations of patients and their caregivers, particularly access to care (financial, resources, practical, and technical support).
  • Lastly, palliative care around health and social policy to include vulnerable people who have challenges in accessing care. This involves how policy and professional interventions address the challenges of patients and families in dealing with long term chronic conditions.

Empowering Change: COMPASS Ghana’s Innovative Integrated Approach to Palliative Care
Invited talk

Bridging gaps in palliative care using system’s approach by empowering community, and people – experiences from Ghana.
Invited talk

Worldwide Universities Network funded grant Webinar on Supporting Palliative Care Education
Symposium

13th World Research Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Inaugural Event of the Africa Research Hub
Symposium

Digging Deep@ Securing Grants for Africa-focused Research and Engagement
Symposium

Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis
Invited talk

Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Training Program for Nurses in Cameroon (POPCaT)
Consultancy

Prostate Cancer Palliative and end-of-life care
Invited talk

Global Qualitative Nursing Research (Journal)
Editorial activity

From International PhD Student to Post-Doc Success: Navigating Research, Teaching, and Impact in Society
Invited talk

SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England (Publisher)
Editorial activity

Consultant in Global Assessment and Monitoring of National Palliative Care Development
Consultancy

Decolonising Palliative Care: Learning from Research Beyond the Global West
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Transforming Palliative Care in Resource-Poor Settings: A Global Perspective and Compass-Ghana's Impact
Invited talk

INTRODUCING OUR NEW CAMPAIGN - Bringing Compassionate Palliative Care to Ashanti: Our £50,000 Mission
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

PhD Recruitment Event for DHR
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Supporting nurses' palliative care education needs- Worldwide Universities Networking funded project
Invited talk

Compassion Knows No Bounds: Kuwaiti Donors and Polish Artist Illuminate COMPASS- Ghana’s Mission
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

British Journal of Health Psychology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Let's talk Research: Designing a Research Question
Oral presentation

Palliative and Supportive Care (Journal)
Publication peer-review

18th World Congress of the EAPC 2023, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

COMPASS Ghana Death Cafe
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Death Café
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

International Research Engagement ad Networking
Invited talk

International Research Networking and Engagement (Ghana)
Types of External academic engagement - Hosting an academic visitor

Palliative Care and Social Practice (Journal)
Editorial activity

One step at a time; using compassionate communities’ model (COMPASS Ghana) to impact on the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care in resource-poor setting
Oral presentation

EthicsLab
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

BMC Palliative Care (Journal)
Editorial activity

Annals of Palliative Medicine (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Sociology of Health & Illness (Journal)
Editorial activity

10001GM_215485 - Contextualised communication for Patients with serious illness (Con-Com)
Expert Opinion

Palliative Care Research Society (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Developing and preliminary feasibility testing of an integrated primary palliative care intervention for people with a serious illness and their families in Nigeria
Examination

Annals of Palliative Medicine (Journal)
Editorial activity

Annals of Palliative Medicine (Journal)
Editorial activity

Health and Social Care in the Community (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Mentoring for Curriculum Education Development Academy
Business Course/Training

Democratizing palliative care using a community-based compassionate palliative care model, COMPASS Ghana.
Oral presentation

BMJ Open (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Experience of Palliative Care in an African Context
Invited talk

Experiences of living and dying with Lewy body dementia: a longitudinal narrative study.
Oral presentation

Physical and Social Environments Typical of Residential Care Settings for Older People in Malaysia
Examination

Annals of Palliative Medicine (Journal)
Editorial activity

International webinar Lecture - Supportive, Palliative, and End of Life Transformation Forum
Invited talk

International Council of Nurses- Online Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Moral Distress in the Care of People Living with Moderate to Advanced Dementia: A Narrative Exploration of Informal Caregivers’ Experience of Home-Based Care Provision towards the End of Life
Examination

17th EAPC World Congress Online, 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

The role of Community health health in the delivery of palliative care in Ghana
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Mortality (Journal)
Editorial activity

European Journal of Oncology Nursing (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Bayero Journal of Nursing and Health Care BJNHC (Journal)
Editorial activity

Oncologists’ and Haematologists’ Views of what Facilitates or Hinders Referral of a Child with Advanced Cancer to Palliative Care in India
Examination

British Society of Gerontology 50th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

A reviewer for a Scientific Committee
Expert Opinion

International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Review of PalC Research Grant Proposal
Expert Opinion

The Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education (PalC) (External organisation)
Member of external research organisation

Expressing end of life care wishes and preferences amongst Nigerian patients with advanced cancer and their family members: a grounded theory study
Examination

Journal of Palliative Medicine (Journal)
Publication peer-review

SAGE Open (Journal)
Publication peer-review

International Journal of Palliative Nursing (Journal)
Editorial activity

Caregivers’ engagement with online support
Examination

11th EAPC World Research Congress Online, 2020
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Transitions in palliative care provision across healthcare settings in the U.S.: a grounded theory of interdependence between specialist and generalist palliative care teams
Examination

Palliative Medicine (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Palliative Medicine, Sage Publishing (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Qualitative Health Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review

The Higher Education Academy (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Royal College of Nursing (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

FHM Dean's Award 2023
Prize (including medals and awards)

LearnSci Teaching Innovation Awards (Recognition Certificate)
National/international honour

Top Downloaded Article- Wiley (Nursing Open)
National/international honour

  • International Observatory on End of Life Care