BSSM Data Core Member Affan Ghaffari
- Email: ag04f@fsu.edu
- Software:Stata, Mplus, Excel, Qualtrics, NVivo, ATLAS.ti
- Study Type: Cross-sectional studies, Measurement development, Qualitative studies
- Unfavorite Study Type: Cohort studies / longitudinal studies
- Study Component: Research idea initiating and/or research question/hypothesis generating, Data collecting, Data cleaning, Data analyses
- Unfavorite Study Component: Questionnaire or other measurement designing, Data collecting
- Analysis Method: Basic descriptive statistical analyses, t-test, Chi-squared test, Correlation, Multiple linear regression, Logistic regression, Structural equation modeling, Inter-rater reliability
- Interested Population: Pediatric population Minorities
- Interested Topic: P reventive dental procedures.
- Collaboration Availability: No limitation, always interested or available
- Time Availability: F or both collaboration and detailed actual work
- Self-Description: Affan Ghaffari, PhD is a specialized research faculty currently working on projects associated with substance abuse policy (CDC-funded Overdose Data to Action) and provision of family planning services (Florida Family Planning Services) at FSUCOM. For all these projects, he has been involved in survey instrument development, quantitative data analysis, conducting qualitative interviews, and performing qualitative data analysis.
He was previously at Columbia University School of Nursing involved in research relating to nurse practitioner (NP) organizational climate and workforce outcomes along with the validation of existing survey instruments relating to NP organizational climate and errors of care omission within primary care.The survey tools he worked with include the Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Organizational Climate Questionnaire (NP-PCOCQ) and the Errors of Care Omission Survey (ECOS).His doctoral training took place at Texas A&M School of Public Health and his dissertation involved application of the Relational Coordination instrument in different healthcare contexts.
He has a broad background in health services research, with specific training and expertise in instrument development, survey data analysis, qualitative methodology, and qualitative data analysis.