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University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

Publications (43)

Lived experiences of Ghanaian community psychiatric nurses resilience strategies in combating stigma: an interpretive phenomenology.

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Authors & Co-authors: Buertey Abigail Ansere AA Puplampu Gideon Lawer GL Ani-Amponsah Mary M Ibrahim Jibril Mohammad Amin MA Attiogbe Alexander A

Mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors: Boakye Dorothy Serwaa DS Xatse Eugenia E Akorli Vincent Valentine VV Adjorlolo Paul Kwame PK Battanis Yvonne Yawa YY Frempong Abigail Bempomaa AB Ocansey Lydia Kaki LK Yeboah Cecillia C Adjorlolo Samuel S

mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana.

Journal: Global health, science and practice

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Authors & Co-authors: Sackey Enoch E Ofori-Atta Angela A Ohene Sammy S Obeng Kwadwo K Ben-Zeev Dror D

Understanding depression, anxiety and stress in young people living with HIV in Ghana.

Journal: African journal of AIDS research : AJAR

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Authors & Co-authors: Omuojine John-Paul JP Martyn-Dickens Charles C Owusu Sheila Agyiewaa SA Warling Allysa A Sackey Ruth Charlotte RC Nettey Gustav G Otieku Evans E Enimil Anthony A Ratner Leah L

Impact of climate change on child outcomes: an evidence gap map review.

Journal: BMJ paediatrics open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Meherali Salima S Aynalem Yared Asmare YA Nisa Saba Un SU Kennedy Megan M Salami Bukola B Adjorlolo Samuel S Ali Parveen P Silva Kênia Lara KL Aziato Lydia L Richter Solina S

Tools for screening maternal mental health conditions in primary care settings in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Gyimah Leveana L Agyepong Irene Akua IA Owiredu David D Awini Elizabeth E Yevoo Linda Lucy LL Ashinyo Mary Eyram ME Aye Sorre Grace Emmanuelle Victoire SGEV Abbas Shazra S Cronin de Chavez Anna A Mirzoev Tolib T

Child marriage and well-being in Central and Western Africa: A scoping review of costs and potential benefits for girls.

Journal: Journal of adolescence

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Authors & Co-authors: Yendork Joana S JS Kliewer Wendy W Cyrus John W JW

Coping strategies used by informal family caregivers of individuals living with mental illness in the Upper East Region of Ghana: a qualitative study.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Daliri Dennis Bomansang DB Aninanya Gifty Apiung GA Laari Timothy Tienbia TT Abagye Nancy N Afaya Agani A

Violence against women in Ghana: a look at women's perceptions and review of policy and social responses.

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982)

Publication Year: 2005

Authors & Co-authors: Amoakohene Margaret Ivy MI

Attitudes of psychologists and nurses toward suicide and suicide prevention in Ghana: a qualitative study.

Journal: International journal of nursing studies

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors: Osafo J J Knizek B L BL Akotia C S CS Hjelmeland H H

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

Managing mental illness in Ghana: the state of commonly prescribed psychotropic medicines.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Oppong Samuel S Kretchy Irene A IA Imbeah Emelia P EP Afrane Barima A BA

Regional brain volume changes in alcohol-dependent individuals during early abstinence: associations with relapse following treatment.

Journal: Addiction biology

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Durazzo Timothy C TC Mon Anderson A Gazdzinski Stefan S Meyerhoff Dieter J DJ

Prevalence of psychological symptoms among adults with sickle cell disease in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Anim Michael Tetteh MT Osafo Joseph J Yirdong Felix F

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

HIV Case Management Support Service Is Associated with Improved CD4 Counts of Patients Receiving Care at the Antiretroviral Clinic of Pantang Hospital, Ghana.

Journal: AIDS research and treatment

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Authors & Co-authors: Sarfo Bismark B Vanderpuye Naa Ashiley NA Addison Abigail A Nyasulu Peter P

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

Patterns of Prescription of Psychotropic Medications and Their Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Psychiatric Hospitals in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Journal: Psychiatry journal

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Authors & Co-authors: Ashong Sharon S Kretchy Irene A IA Afrane Barima B de-Graft Aikins Ama A

Personality Traits, Clinical Characteristics, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Hypertension in a Primary Hospital in Ghana.

Journal: International journal of hypertension

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Authors & Co-authors: Kretchy Irene A IA Acheampong Franklin F Laryea Jane J Osafo Joseph J Asampong Emmanuel E Dickson Erica E

Societal Reactions to Suicide in Ghana.

Journal: Crisis

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Andoh-Arthur Johnny J Knizek Birthe Loa BL Osafo Joseph J Hjelmeland Heidi H

Old age and depression in Ghana: assessing and addressing diagnosis and treatment gaps.

Journal: Global health action

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Lloyd-Sherlock Peter P Agrawal Sutapa S Amoakoh-Coleman Mary M Adom Selasie S Adjetey-Sorsey Ebenezer E Rocco Ilaria I Minicuci Nadia N

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

"We try our best to offer them the little that we can" coping strategies of Ghanaian community psychiatric nurses: a qualitative descriptive study.

Journal: BMC nursing

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Authors & Co-authors: Opare Frederick Yaw FY Aniteye Patience P Afaya Agani A Glover-Meni Nathaniel N

Religion as Meaning-Making Resource in Understanding Suicidal Behavior in Ghana and Uganda.

Journal: Frontiers in psychology

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Authors & Co-authors: Knizek Birthe Loa BL Andoh-Arthur Johnny J Osafo Joseph J Mugisha James J Kinyanda Eugene E Akotia Charity C Hjelmeland Heidi H

A Digital Toolkit (M-Healer) to Improve Care and Reduce Human Rights Abuses Against People With Mental Illness in West Africa: User-Centered Design, Development, and Usability Study.

Journal: JMIR mental health

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Authors & Co-authors: Ben-Zeev Dror D Meller Suzanne S Snyder Jaime J Attah Dzifa A DA Albright Liam L Le Hoa H Asafo Seth M SM Collins Pamela Y PY Ofori-Atta Angela A

Facilitators and Barriers to Health Seeking among People Who Use Drugs in the Sunyani Municipality of Ghana: An Exploratory Study.

Journal: BioMed research international

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Cadri Abdul A Nagumsi Bonyo Abdul Aziz BAA Twi-Yeboah Alberta A Yeboah Linda Darko LD Adomah-Afari Augustine A Ane-Loglo Maria Goretti MG Aboagye Richard Gyan RG

Psychological impact of COVID-19 on diabetes mellitus patients in Cape Coast, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: The Pan African medical journal

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Ephraim Richard Kobina Dadzie RKD Duah Evans E Nkansah Charles C Amoah Samuel S Fosu Emmanuel E Afrifa Justice J Botchway Felix F Okyere Perditer P Essien-Baidoo Samuel S Mensah Kofi K

Self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Ghana: a systematic review protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Quarshie Emmanuel Nii-Boye EN Oppong Asante Kwaku K Andoh-Arthur Johnny J

Anxiety, depression, and stress in caregivers of children and adolescents with mental disorders in Ghana and implications for medication adherence.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Ocansey Patience Me PM Kretchy Irene A IA Aryeetey Genevieve C GC Agyabeng Kofi K Nonvignon Justice J

Cultural diversity is crucial for African neuroethics.

Journal: Nature human behaviour

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Matshabane Olivia P OP Mgweba-Bewana Lihle L Atuire Caesar A CA de Vries Jantina J Koehly Laura M LM

Lively Minds: improving health and development through play-a randomised controlled trial evaluation of a comprehensive ECCE programme at scale in Ghana.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Augsburg Britta B Attanasio Orazio Pedro OP Dreibelbis Robert R Nketiah-Amponsah Edward E Phimister Angus A Wolf Sharon S Krutikova Sonya S

Scoping review of community health participatory research projects in Ghana.

Journal: Global health action

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Kretchy Irene A IA Okoibhole Lydia O LO Sanuade Olutobi Adekunle OA Jennings Hannah H Strachan Daniel Ll DL Blandford Ann A Agyei Francis F Asante Paapa P Todowede Olamide O Kushitor Mawuli M

Multi-level manifestations of sexual stigma among men with same-gender sexual experience in Ghana.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Saalim Khalida K Amu-Adu Prince P Amoh-Otu Richard Panix RP Akrong Ransford R Abu-Ba'are Gamji Rabiu GR Stockton Melissa A MA Vormawor Richard R Torpey Kwasi K Nyblade Laura L Nelson LaRon E LE

Burden of mental health problems among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Awini Elizabeth E Agyepong Irene Akua IA Owiredu David D Gyimah Leveana L Ashinyo Mary Eyram ME Yevoo Linda Lucy LL Aye Sorre Grace Emmanuelle Victoire SGEV Abbas Shazra S Cronin de Chavez Anna A Kane Sumit S

The influence of social capital in the utilisation of sexual reproductive health services among the youth in Ghana. A community-based cross-sectional study.

Journal: PLOS global public health

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Authors & Co-authors: Ananga Mark Kwame MK Agbefu Rosemary Kafui RK Doku Paul Narh PN Manu Adom A Alangea Deda Ogum DO Ganle John Kumuori JK

Scoping review of HIV-related intersectional stigma among sexual and gender minorities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Dada Debbie D Abu-Ba'are Gamji R GR Turner DeAnne D Mashoud Ibrahim Wunpini IW Owusu-Dampare Francis F Apreku Amos A Ni Zhao Z Djiadeu Pascal P Aidoo-Frimpong Gloria G Zigah Edem Yaw EY

Preponderance of vaccine-preventable diseases hotspots in northern Ghana: a spatial and space-time clustering analysis from 2010 to 2014.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Amoako-Sakyi Daniel D Obiri-Yeboah Dorcas D Ofosu Anthony A Kusi Kwadwo Asamoah KA Osei Kingsley K Adade Richard R Aniakwaa-Bonsu Ebenezer E Quansah Reginald R Arko-Mensah John J Amoah Brodrick Yeboah BY

Mistreatment of women during childbirth and postpartum depression: secondary analysis of WHO community survey across four countries.

Journal: BMJ global health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Guure Chris C Aviisah Philomina Akandity PA Adu-Bonsaffoh Kwame K Mehrtash Hedieh H Aderoba Adeniyi Kolade AK Irinyenikan Theresa Azonima TA Balde Mamadou Dioulde MD Adeyanju Olusoji O Maung Thae Maung TM Tunçalp Özge Ö

Exploring the barriers to mental health service utilization in the Bolgatanga Municipality: the perspectives of family caregivers, service providers, and mental health administrators.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Daliri Aninanya Laari Abagye Dei-Asamoa Afaya

Exploring the experiences of mental health nurses in the management of schizophrenia in the Upper East Region of Ghana: a qualitative study.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Daliri Laari Abagye Afaya