Buseh A
Nursing
Herzliya Medical Center
Hungary
Biography
Dr. Aaron Buseh is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Nursing. Originally from Liberia, West Africa, Dr. Buseh completed graduate training in nursing and public health. He has over 15 years of experience in nursing and public health sciences. During his doctoral studies, he received the John E. Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Minority International Research Training (MIRT) Fellowship sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing World Health organization (WHO) Global Health Leadership Office (GHLO). Dr. Buseh completed his doctoral dissertation research in the area of sexual risk behaviors and HIV/AIDS prevention among adolescents in Swaziland, Southern Africa. Prior to joining the faculty at UWM, Dr. Buseh served as Visiting Research Specialist in Health Sciences at the GHLO at UIC where he collaborated with other scholars developing and implementing community-based participatory research projects.
Research Interest
His health disparities research for those living with HIV/AIDS focuses on multidimensional constructs such as: illness and symptom experiences, social stigma, sexual risk behaviors, disclosure within interpersonal relationships, barriers to health care, and quality of life determinants. To examine these issues, he utilizes community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) and mixed methods approaches that help to build advocacy and policy based capacities for partnering community-based organizations (CBOs).
