AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Opoku

Publications (58)

Preterm delivery in Ghana: challenges and implications for maternal mental health trajectories.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Kumador David Kwame DK Opoku-Mensah Alberta A Tackie-Ofosu Vivian V Mahama Sheriffa S Owusu-Bempah Justice J Osei Tutu Crossby C

Caregivers' Experience of Supporting Deaf Adults with Mental Health Disorders in Ghana.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah EM Nur Shakila S Duorinaah Juventus J Frimpomaa Lilian L Efstratopoulou Maria M

Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: a multicentre, binational study.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Ubom Akaninyene E AE Ohachenu Chidinma P CP Auwal Suraiya S SS Usman Safiyya F SF Opoku Akwasi B AB Ansing Caesar A CA Shehu Jamiu S JS Oriji Peter C PC Okpebri Komommo O KO Olutoye Ademola S AS

Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

Journal: Journal of epidemiology and community health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Adjei Nicholas Kofi NK Jonsson Kenisha Russell KR Opoku-Ware Jones J Yaya Sanni S Chen Yanhua Y Bennett Davara D McGovern Ruth R Munford Luke L Black Michelle M Taylor-Robinson David D

Exploring the synergy between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among university students in Ghana.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Miezah Daniel D Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Fenu Christopher C Quainoo Raphael R Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah EM

The paternal influence on early childhood development in Africa: implications for child and adolescent mental health.

Journal: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Osborne Augustus A Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO

Perception and experience of HIV-induced stigma among people with HIV seeking healthcare in Ghana.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Mohammed Aliyu A Cheabu Benjamin Spears Ngmekpele BSN Amoah-Larbi Jerry J Osei Francis Adjei FA Benyah Georgina G Asampong Robert R Odoom Samuel Frimpong SF Owusu Eugene Acheampong EA Amanor Ernest E Idan Jacob Solomon JS

Mental health services for the deaf: an exploratory study of the aetiology, sources of information, and access to mental health services among deaf persons in Ghana.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Duorinaah Juventus J Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah EM Nketsia William W Adwan-Kamara Lyla L

Prevalence of schistosomiasis among school children at Esuekyir community in the Central Region of Ghana.

Journal: BMC infectious diseases

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku-Kwabi Denzel D Sevor Belinda B Sarpong Emmanuel Adu EA Sam Pius Kwasi PK Frimpong Abigail Agyen AA Marfo Porschier Aninagyei PA Asare Michael M Nkrumah Emmanuella Akumeniwaa EA Badu Bernard Boakye BB Anning Alberta Serwah AS

Prevalence of schistosomiasis among school children at Esuekyir community in the Central Region of Ghana.

Journal: BMC infectious diseases

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku-Kwabi Denzel D Sevor Belinda B Sarpong Emmanuel Adu EA Sam Pius Kwasi PK Frimpong Abigail Agyen AA Marfo Porschier Aninagyei PA Asare Michael M Nkrumah Emmanuella Akumeniwaa EA Badu Bernard Boakye BB Anning Alberta Serwah AS

Sex-related inequalities in current cigarette smoking among adolescents in Africa.

Journal: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy

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Authors & Co-authors:  Aboagye Richard Gyan RG Mohammed Aliu A Duodu Precious Adade PA Adnani Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah QES Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO

Psychological well-being and job performance of nurses and midwives amidst COVID-19 in Ghana; a multi-group analysis.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku Felix Kwame FK Owusu Nester Kumiwaa NK

Self-management interventions for gestational diabetes in Africa: a scoping review.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Druye Andrews Adjei AA Owusu Gifty G Yeboa Naomi Kyeremaa NK Boso Christian Makafui CM Berchie Gifty Osei GO Nabe Bernard B Abraham Susanna Aba SA Nsatimba Frederick F Agyare Dorcas Frempomaa DF Agyeiwaa Joyce J

Ownership and usage of insecticide-treated nets in Ghana: a scoping review of facilitators and barriers.

Journal: Malaria journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Doe Patience Fakornam PF Druye Andrews Adjei AA Azu Theodora Dedo TD Boso Christian Makafui CM Commey Isaac Tetteh IT Agyare Dorcas Frempomaa DF Agyeiwaa Joyce J Berchie Gifty Osei GO Opoku-Danso Rita R Owusu Gifty G

Psychological distress of Ghanaian couples after unsuccessful treatment for infertility.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Arhin Stephen M SM Mensah Kwesi B KB Agbeno Evans K EK Yirdong Felix F Opoku-Agyeman Kwame K Ansah Charles C

Perceived Competence of Teachers in the Implementation of Trauma-informed Practices for Students with Disabilities in Classrooms in the United Arab Emirates.

Journal: Journal of child & adolescent trauma

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Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Elhoweris Hala H Moustafa Ashraf A Miezah Daniel D Shah Haseena H Oppong Angelina A

Barriers and outcomes of therapeutic communication between nurses and patients in Africa: a scoping review.

Journal: BMC nursing

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Authors & Co-authors:  Abraham Susanna Aba SA Nsatimba Frederick F Agyare Dorcas Frempomaa DF Agyeiwaa Joyce J Opoku-Danso Rita R Ninnoni Jerry Paul JP Doe Patience Fakornam PF Kuffour Benjamin Osei BO Anumel Benjamin Kofi BK Berchie Gifty Osei GO

Developing and validating a scale to measure trauma-informed practices used by teachers in inclusive schools in Ghana and the United Arab Emirates.

Journal: Journal of child and adolescent mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Elhoweris Hala H Moustafa Ashraf A Miezah Daniel D Shah Haseena H Al Murshidi Ghadah G

Obesity, Disability and Self-Perceived Health Outcomes in Australian Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis Using 14 Annual Waves of the HILDA Cohort.

Journal: ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR

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Authors & Co-authors:  Keramat Syed Afroz SA Alam Khorshed K Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO Islam Md Sariful MS Islam Md Irteja MI Hossain Md Zobayer MZ Ahmed Sazia S Gow Jeff J Biddle Stuart J H SJH

Sex differences in the experience of COVID-19 post-traumatic stress symptoms by adults in South Africa.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Nzimande Ntombifuthi P NP El Tantawi Maha M Zuñiga Roberto Ariel Abeldaño RAA Opoku-Sarkodie Richmond R Brown Brandon B Ezechi Oliver C OC Uzochukwu Benjamin S C BSC Ellakany Passent P Aly Nourhan M NM Nguyen Annie Lu AL

Improving Ghana's mental healthcare through task-shifting- psychiatrists and health policy directors perceptions about government's commitment and the role of community mental health workers.

Journal: Globalization and health

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Agyapong Vincent Israel Opoku VI Farren Conor C McAuliffe Eilish E

Perceived stress and quality of life of pharmacy students in University of Ghana.

Journal: BMC research notes

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku-Acheampong Adomah A Kretchy Irene A IA Acheampong Franklin F Afrane Barima A BA Ashong Sharon S Tamakloe Bernice B Nyarko Alexander K AK

Economic cost and quality of life of family caregivers of schizophrenic patients attending psychiatric hospitals in Ghana.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku-Boateng Yaw Nyarko YN Kretchy Irene A IA Aryeetey Genevieve Cecilia GC Dwomoh Duah D Decker Sybil S Agyemang Samuel Agyei SA Tozan Yesim Y Aikins Moses M Nonvignon Justice J

"They Say I Should not Think About It:": A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experience of Infant Loss for Bereaved Mothers in Kumasi, Ghana.

Journal: Omega

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Meyer Anna C AC Opoku Constance C Gold Katherine J KJ

Evaluating the Impact of an Innovative Public Speaking Competition to Promote Psychiatry as a Career Option for Ghanaian Medical Students.

Journal: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Agyapong Vincent I O VIO Hrabok Marianne M Agyapong-Opoku Gerald G Khinda Harsimran H Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Osei Akwasi A Ohene Sammy S Ulzen Thaddeus T Gilligan Paul P

The predictors of treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana.

Journal: Perspectives in psychiatric care

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Nartey Anna Korley AK Badu Eric E Agyei-Baffour Peter P Gyamfi Naomi N Opoku Maxwell Preprah MP O'Brien Anthony Paul AP Mitchell Rebecca R

The burden of caregiving among mental health nurses providing services to consumers with depression in Ghana.

Journal: Perspectives in psychiatric care

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Deborah Tetteh Dela TD Anthony Edusei Kwaku EK Badu Eric E Amy Budu-Ainooson BA Gyamfi Naomi N Josephine Adusei-Nkrumah AN Opoku Maxwell Preprah MP

Psychiatry as a specialization: influential factors and gender differences among medical students in a low- to middle-income country.

Journal: Irish journal of psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Agyapong V I O VIO Owusu-Antwi R R Ritchie A A Agyapong-Opoku G G Khinda H H Hrabok M M Ohene S S Ulzen T T Osei A A

Mental health challenges in academia: comparison between students of the various educational levels in Ghana.

Journal: Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Ahorsu Daniel Kwasi DK Adjaottor Emma Sethina ES Yeboah Florence Aninniwaa FA Opoku Yaw Y

The Impact of Diaspora-Based Psychiatrists' Participation in Clinical Teaching in a Lower Middle-Income Country on Interest in Psychiatry Among Medical Students and the Choice of Psychiatry as a Career.

Journal: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Agyapong Vincent I O VIO Shalaby Reham R Agyapong-Opoku Gerald G Osei Akwasi A Ulzen Thaddeus T

Mainstream reintegration of COVID-19 survivors and its implications for mental health care in Africa.

Journal: The Pan African medical journal

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Ameyaw Edward Kwabena EK Hagan John Elvis JE Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Schack Thomas T

Factors influencing medical students and psychiatry residents in Ghana to consider psychiatry as a career option - a qualitative study.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Agyapong Vincent I O VIO Ritchie Amanda A Doucet Kacy K Agyapong-Opoku Gerald G Shalaby Reham R Hrabok Marianne M Ulzen Thaddeus T Osei Akwasi A

Predictors of Anxiety-Induced Sleep Disturbance among in-School Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence from the 2012 Global School-Based Health Survey.

Journal: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO Aboagye Richard Gyan RG Arthur-Holmes Francis F Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Frimpong James Boadu JB Budu Eugene E Amoako Bernard Mensah BM Hagan John Elvis JE

Living with hepatitis B virus infection; media messaging matters.

Journal: International journal of STD & AIDS

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Abraham Susanna Aba SA Agyemang Sampson Opoku SO Ampofo Evelyn Asamoah EA Agyare Elizabeth E Adjei-Druye Andrew A Obiri-Yeboah Dorcas D

Bullying Victimization among In-School Adolescents in Ghana: Analysis of Prevalence and Correlates from the Global School-Based Health Survey.

Journal: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Aboagye Richard Gyan RG Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Hagan John Elvis JE Frimpong James Boadu JB Okyere Joshua J Cadri Abdul A Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO

Disability, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in Australian adults: An investigation using 19 waves of a longitudinal cohort.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Keramat Syed Afroz SA Ahammed Benojir B Mohammed Aliu A Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Farjana Fariha F Hashmi Rubayyat R Ahmad Kabir K Haque Rezwanul R Ahmed Sazia S Ali Mohammad Afshar MA

Morbid obesity, multiple long-term conditions, and health-related quality of life among Australian adults: Estimates from three waves of a longitudinal household survey.

Journal: Preventive medicine reports

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Keramat Syed Afroz SA Alam Khorshed K Keating Byron B Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO Gyan Aboagye Richard R Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Samad Nandeeta N Saha Monidipa M Gow Jeff J Biddle Stuart J H SJH

Girl child marriage and its association with maternal healthcare services utilization in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO Budu Eugene E Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Bolarinwa Obasanjo Afolabi OA Agbaglo Ebenezer E Adu Collins C Arthur-Holmes Francis F Samad Nandeeta N Yaya Sanni S

Prevalence and determinants of depression, anxiety and stress among psychiatric nurses in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC nursing

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku Agyemang Sampson S Ninnoni Jerry Paul JP Enyan Nancy Innocentia Ebu NIE

COVID-19 Pandemic and International Students' Mental Health in China: Age, Gender, Chronic Health Condition and Having Infected Relative as Risk Factors.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Antwi Collins Opoku CO Belle Michelle Allyshia MA Ntim Seth Yeboah SY Wu Yuanchun Y Affum-Osei Emmanuel E Aboagye Michael Osei MO Ren Jun J