Listen as our hosts talk with educator and researcher Dr. Zainab Toteh Osakwe about her article on the intense experiences of Home Health Aides (HHAs) during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City. Learn how this situation applies to the everyday infection prevention needs of HHAs and how we can better meet their critical need for information.
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Authors: Zainab Toteh Osakwe, PhD, NP, Jennel C. Osborne, PhD, MPhil, MSNEd, RN, Tonya Samuel, EdD, MSPH, Gabriella Bianco, MPH, Amarilis Céspedes, PhD, MPH, Michelle Odlum, MPH, EdD, Ana Stefancic, PhD
Zainab Toteh Osakwe, PhD, NP
Assistant Professor
Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health
Dr. Osakwe is an assistant professor at Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health. Her clinical and research career is dedicated to access and quality of care in the home healthcare setting. Her current work focuses on home health aide information needs on patient care plans, particularly home health aides with limited-English proficiency. As a nurse researcher, she has leveraged national data sets to investigate quality of care in the home healthcare setting. Dr. Osakwe has published widely on the topics of long-term care, health disparities, infections in the home health care setting including, COVID-19.
Zainab received her PhD at Columbia University School of Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, and BSN at Adelphi University.