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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Publications (90)

Factors influencing treatment success in drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients in Ghana: A prospective cohort study.

Journal: PLOS global public health

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Authors & Co-authors: Djochie Richard Delali Agbeko RDA Anto Berko Panyin BP Opare-Addo Mercy Naa Aduele MNA Boakye-Yiadom Jonathan J

Effects of trauma-related amputations in children on caregivers: An exploratory descriptive study in a developing country.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors: Barnie Patience Achiamaa PA Dzomeku Veronica Millicent VM Tetteh Abigail Aban AA Barnie Bernard Asamoah BA Mock Charles C Donkor Peter P

Predictors of food security status among informal caregivers of older adults residing in slums in Ghana.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors: Adei Dina D Agyemang-Duah Williams W Boateng Bright Osei BO Mensah Anthony Acquah AA

Exploring the relationship between mental health issues and academic performance of undergraduate students in a Ghanaian tertiary institution: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Discover mental health

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Authors & Co-authors: Arthur Andrew Nketsia AN Fraikue Joanne J Adu-Amankwah Bijoux B Ofori Richard R Sekyi Dorcas D Boateng Abena Afrakomah AA Asamoah Elsie E Appiah Seth Christopher Yaw SCY

Integrating Maternal and Child Health Into Climate Change: A Holistic Approach.

Journal: Public health reviews

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Authors & Co-authors: Amekpor Felix F Sakariyau Waheed W Kengo Nathan Ezie NE Sandra Nwodo Amarachukwu NA Agyapong Joseph J Dauda Zakariya'u Z Kwarteng Samuel S Adedokun David Adeoye DA Darko Gideon G

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

Associations between fear of COVID-19 and mental health in Ghana: A sequential mediation model.

Journal: Heliyon

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Authors & Co-authors: Ye Jiajia J Huang Po-Ching PC Adjaottor Emma Sethina ES Addo Frimpong-Manso FM Griffiths Mark D MD Ahorsu Daniel Kwasi DK Lin Chung-Ying CY

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

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

Experiences of women living with cervical cancer in Ghana: challenges and coping strategies.

Journal: BMC women's health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Agyeiwaa Joyce J Kusi-Amponsah Diji Abigail A Amoo Sarah Ama SA Asare Hayford H Yeboah Dorcas D Antwi Godwin G Davies Anita Efua AE Diji Francis F Ebu Enyan Nancy Innocentia NI

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

Adolescent mental health services in West Africa: a comparative analysis of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger.

Journal: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

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Authors & Co-authors: Amenah Michel Adurayi MA Ibrahim Nassirou N Tapsoba Ludovic Deo Gracias LDG Novignon Jacob J Fenny Ama Pokuaa AP Agyepong Irene A IA da Silva Roxane Borges RB Ensor Tim T

Mental health problems in pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Danso-Appiah Anthony A Akuffo Kwadwo Owusu KO Owiredu David D

Knowledge of abortion legality among health facility staff in Ghana.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Sheehy Grace G Polis Chelsea C Otupiri Easmon E Moreau Caroline C

Assessment of Noise Levels and Perceptions of Its Health Impact at Kejetia Market in Ghana.

Journal: TheScientificWorldJournal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Sackey Lyndon N A LNA Agyemang Lawrencia S Y LSY Acheampong Patrick E PE Owusu Michael Afriyie MA Amoah Jennifer J

The Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Psychological Health Among Older Adults in Ghana.

Journal: Journal of gerontological social work

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Addai-Dansoh Stephen S Dai Baozhen B Larnyo Ebenezer E Aseye Nutakor Jonathan J Osei-Kwakye Jeremiah J Arboh Francisca F Owusu Prince P Yeboah Boahemaa Priscilla P Boadu Bright B

Prevalence and factors associated with antepartum depression among adolescent women in the assin north district of Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC women's health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Asante Hannah Amoquandoh HA Boyetey Shadrach Tetteh ST Essaw Ebenezer E Nyame Christopher Amoah CA Mante Bertha B Dziwornu Louisa L Okyere Paul P

The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana.

Journal: International journal of epidemiology

Publication Year: 1999

Authors & Co-authors: Mock C C Acheampong F F Adjei S S Koepsell T T

The impact of blood glucose and cholesterol levels on the manifestation of psychiatric disorders.

Journal: Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS

Publication Year: 2009

Authors & Co-authors: Owiredu W K B A WK Appiah-Poku J J Adusei-Poku F F Amidu N N Osei Y Y

The contribution of Ghanaian pharmacists to mental healthcare: current practice and barriers.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors: Owusu-Daaku Frances T FT Marfo Afia Fa AF Boateng Edmund A EA

Mental health in hypertension: assessing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress on anti-hypertensive medication adherence.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors: Kretchy Irene A IA Owusu-Daaku Frances T FT Danquah Samuel A SA

Does disability matter? Disability in sexual and reproductive health policies and research in Ghana.

Journal: International quarterly of community health education

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors: Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Anafi Patricia P Sekyere Frank Owusu FO

Building Research Capacity Across and Within Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Collaborative Hubs for International Research on Mental Health.

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

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Pilowsky Daniel J DJ Rojas Graciela G Price LeShawndra N LN Appiah-Poku John J Razzaque Bushra B Sharma Mona M Schneider Marguerite M Seedat Soraya S Bonini Bárbara B BB Gureje Oye O

CYP3A5 as a candidate gene for hypertension: no support from an unselected indigenous West African population.

Journal: Journal of human hypertension

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Fisher D L DL Plange-Rhule J J Moreton M M Eastwood J B JB Kerry S M SM Micah F F Johnston A A Cappuccio F P FP MacPhee I A M IA

Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana.

Journal: BMC international health and human rights

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Dogbe Joslin J Owusu-Dabo Ellis E Edusei Anthony A Plange-Rhule Gyikua G Addofoh Nicholas N Baffour-Awuah Sandra S Sarfo-Kantanka Osei O Hammond Charles C Owusu Michael M

Completing the Maternal Care Team: OB/GYN Expertise at Rural District Hospitals in Ghana, a Qualitative Study.

Journal: Maternal and child health journal

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Luo Eva M EM Opare-Ado Henry S HS Adomako Joseph J Danso Kwabena A KA Peltzman Talya T Anderson Frank W J FWJ

High risk of coagulopathy among Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus clients at a municipal hospital in Ghana.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Ephraim Richard Kd RK Awuku Yaw A YA Adu Patrick P Ampomah Lord Tw LT Adoba Prince P Panford Solomon S Ninnoni Jerry Pk JP Agbodzakey Hope H

Urinary iodine concentration and thyroid volume of pregnant women attending antenatal care in two selected hospitals in Ashanti Region, Ghana: a comparative cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Gyamfi Daniel D Wiafe Yaw Amo YA Danquah Kwabena Owusu KO Adankwah Ernest E Amissah Gertrude Akua GA Odame Angela A

Knowledge of mental health legislation in Ghana: a case of the use of certificate of urgency in mental health care.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

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Authors & Co-authors: Anokye Reindolf R Acheampong Enoch E Gyamfi Naomi N Budu-Ainooson Amy A Kyei Ernest Appiah EA

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

Social support networks and psychological wellbeing in community-dwelling older Ghanaian cohorts.

Journal: International psychogeriatrics

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Authors & Co-authors: Gyasi Razak M RM Phillips David R DR Abass Kabila K

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

The status of Ghanaian community health workers' supervision and service delivery: descriptive analyses from the 2017 Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey.

Journal: Gates open research

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Authors & Co-authors: Schwarz Dan D Kim June-Ho JH Ratcliffe Hannah H Bell Griffith G Awoonor-Williams John Koku JK Nimako Belinda B Otupiri Easmon E Lipsitz Stuart S Hirschhorn Lisa L Bitton Asaf A

Women's experiences of midwifery care immediately before and after caesarean section deliveries at a public Hospital in the Western Region of Ghana.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Afaya Agani A Dzomeku Veronica Millicent VM Baku Elizabeth A EA Afaya Richard Adongo RA Ofori Mavis M Agyeibi Samuel S Boateng Frederick F Gamor Rosemond Ohwui RO Gyasi-Kwofie Elsie E Mwini Nyaledzigbor Prudence P PP

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

Recovery services and expectation of consumers and mental health professionals in community-based residential facilities of Ghana.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Gyamfi Naomi N Badu Eric E Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Mensah Isaac I

"With tramadol, I ride like a Jaguar": a qualitative study of motivations for non-medical purpose tramadol use among commercial vehicle operators in Kumasi, Ghana.

Journal: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Peprah Prince P Agyemang-Duah Williams W Appiah-Brempong Emmanuel E Akwasi Adjei Gyimah AG Morgan Anthony Kwame AK

Short-Term Changes in Behaviors Resulting from COVID-19-Related Social Isolation and Their Influences on Mental Health in Ghana.

Journal: Community mental health journal

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Asiamah Nestor N Opuni Frank Frimpong FF Mends-Brew Edwin E Mensah Samuel Worlanyo SW Mensah Henry Kofi HK Quansah Fidelis F