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Publications (589)

Stroke-related stigma among West Africans: Patterns and predictors.

Journal: Journal of the neurological sciences

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Sarfo Fred Stephen FS Nichols Michelle M Qanungo Suparna S Teklehaimanot Abeba A Singh Arti A Mensah Nathaniel N Saulson Raelle R Gebregziabher Mulugeta M Ezinne Uvere U Owolabi Mayowa M

Some Epidemiological Characteristics of Perpetrators and Victims of Incest in Contemporary Ghana: Analysis of Media Reports.

Journal: Journal of child sexual abuse

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Quarshie Emmanuel N-B EN Osafo Joseph J Akotia Charity S CS Peprah Jennifer J Andoh-Arthur Johnny J

From condemnation to understanding: Views on suicidal behavior in Ghana in transition.

Journal: Death studies

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Osafo Joseph J Akotia Charity S CS Hjelmeland Heidi H Knizek Birthe L BL

Burden and Predictors of Poststroke Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Ghanaian Stroke Survivors.

Journal: Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Sarfo Fred Stephen FS Akassi John J Adamu Sheila S Obese Vida V Ovbiagele Bruce B

Growing up HIV-positive in Uganda: "psychological immunodeficiency"? A qualitative study.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Knizek Birthe Loa BL Mugisha James J Osafo Joseph J Kinyanda Eugene E

The experiences of caregivers of children living with HIV and AIDS in Uganda: a qualitative study.

Journal: Globalization and health

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Osafo Joseph J Knizek Birthe Loa BL Mugisha James J Kinyanda Eugene E

Specificity in mediated pathways by anxiety symptoms linking adolescent stress profiles to depressive symptoms: Results of a moderated mediation approach.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Anyan Frederick F Bizumic Boris B Hjemdal Odin O

Suicide among men in Ghana: The burden of masculinity.

Journal: Death studies

Publication Year: 2018

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

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

Publication Year:

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

Reasons for attempting suicide: An exploratory study in Ghana.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Akotia Charity S CS Knizek Birthe Loa BL Hjelmeland Heidi H Kinyanda Eugene E Osafo Joseph J

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

Journal: International psychogeriatrics

Publication Year:

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

Correlates of Early Sexual Debut Among Sexually Active Youth in Ghana.

Journal: International quarterly of community health education

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: O Asante Kwaku K Nketiah-Amponsah Edward E Andoh-Arthur Johnny J Boafo Isaac M IM Ampaw Samuel S

Exploration of the understanding and etiology of ADHD in HIV/AIDS as observed by adolescents with HIV/AIDS, caregivers and health workers- using case vignettes.

Journal: African health sciences

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Mpango Richard Stephen RS Kinyanda Eugene E Rukundo Godfrey Zari GZ Osafo Joseph J Gadow Kenneth D KD

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

Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Ghana.

Journal: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Publication Year:

Authors & Co-authors: Amoateng Patrick P Quansah Emmanuel E Karikari Thomas K TK Asase Alex A Osei-Safo Dorcas D Kukuia Kennedy Kwami Edem KKE Amponsah Isaac Kingsley IK Nyarko Alexander K AK

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

Quality of life among patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease in Ghana - a single centre study.

Journal: BMC nephrology

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Tannor Elliot K EK Norman Betty R BR Adusei Kwame K KK Sarfo Fred S FS Davids Mogamat R MR Bedu-Addo George G

How can engagement of adolescents in antenatal care be enhanced? Learning from the perspectives of young mothers in Ghana and Tanzania.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Hackett Kristy K Lenters Lindsey L Vandermorris Ashley A LaFleur Curtis C Newton Sam S Ndeki Sidney S Zlotkin Stanley S

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

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

Publication Year:

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

Towards patient-centred care in Ghana: health system responsiveness, self-rated health and experiential quality in a nationally representative survey.

Journal: BMJ open quality

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Ratcliffe Hannah L HL Bell Griffith G Awoonor-Williams Koku K Bitton Asaf A Kim June-Ho JH Lipstiz Stuart S Macarayan Erlyn E Ofosu Anthony A Otupiri Easmon E Schwarz Dan D

Health care professionals' perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orphan children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and mental distress in a rural district in central, Uganda.

Journal: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

Publication Year:

Authors & Co-authors: Mugisha James J Kinyanda Eugene E Osafo Joseph J Nalukenge Winfred W Knizek Birthe Loa BL

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

Healthcare Concerns of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Lessons for Health Policy and Social Work.

Journal: Journal of gerontological social work

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Arthur-Holmes Francis F Akaadom Michael Kwesi Asare MKA Agyemang-Duah Williams W Abrefa Busia Kwaku K Peprah Prince P

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

Pre-Stroke Depression in Ghana and Nigeria: Prevalence, Predictors and Association With Poststroke Depression.

Journal: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Ojagbemi Akin A Akinyemi Joshua J Wahab Kolawole K Owolabi Lukman L Arulogun Oyedunni O Akpalu Josephine J Akpalu Albert A Ogbole Godwin G Akinsanya Cynthia C Wasiu Adeniyi A

Correlates of child functional difficulties status in Ghana: A further analysis of the 2017/18 multiple indicator cluster survey.

Journal: Heliyon

Publication Year:

Authors & Co-authors: Dey Nutifafa Eugene Yaw NEY Dziwornu Emmanuel E Frimpong-Manso Kwabena K Duah Henry Ofori HO Agbadi Pascal P

Tracheostomy trends in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in the United States: 2008-2017.

Journal: Pediatric pulmonology

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Donda Keyur K Agyemang Christfelly O CO Adjetey Naa A NA Agyekum Afua A Princewill Nimitariye N Ayensu Marian M Bray Leonita L Yagnik Priyank J PJ Bhatt Parth P Dapaah-Siakwan Fredrick F

Understanding Stalking Among University Students in Ghana: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Journal: Journal of interpersonal violence

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Zagurny Emily S F ESF Compton Sarah D SD Dzomeku Veronica V Cannon Lindsay M LM Omolo Tanya T Munro-Kramer Michelle L ML

Lifestyle interventions for type 2 diabetes management among migrants and ethnic minorities living in industrialized countries: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

Journal: BMJ open diabetes research & care

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Rawal Lal L Sahle Berhe W BW Smith Ben J BJ Kanda Kie K Owusu-Addo Ebenezer E Renzaho Andre M N AMN

Vision loss, vision difficulty and psychological distress in South Africa: results from SANHANES-1.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Akuffo Kwadwo Owusu KO Sewpaul Ronel R Darrah Samson S Dukhi Natisha N Kumah David Ben DB Agyei-Manu Eldad E Addo Emmanuel Kofi EK Asare Akosua Kesewah AK Osei Duah Isaiah I Reddy Priscilla P

Suicide among university students: prevalence, risks and protective factors.

Journal: Health psychology and behavioral medicine

Publication Year:

Authors & Co-authors: Owusu-Ansah Frances Emily FE Addae Akua Afriyie AA Peasah Bernice Ofosuhene BO Oppong Asante Kwaku K Osafo Joseph J