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Publications (41,443)

Women's health status in urban Ghana: dimensions and differentials using short form 36.

Journal: Health and quality of life outcomes

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Frempong-Ainguah Faustina F Bailey Claire E CE Hill Allan G AG

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

Parental involvement could mitigate the effects of physical activity and dietary habits on mental distress in Ghanaian youth.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Glozah Franklin N FN Oppong Asante Kwaku K Kugbey Nuworza N

Experiences of frontline nursing staff on workplace safety and occupational health hazards in two psychiatric hospitals in Ghana.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Alhassan Robert Kaba RK Poku Kwabena Adu KA

The Effects of Religion and Locus of Control on Perception of Mental Illness.

Journal: Journal of religion and health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Amedome Sedem Nunyuia SN Bedi Innocent Kwame IK

"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

Brief interventions to address substance use among patients presenting to emergency departments in resource poor settings: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Journal: Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Dwommoh Rebecca R Sorsdahl Katherine K Myers Bronwyn B Asante Kwaku Poku KP Naledi Tracey T Stein Dan J DJ Cleary Susan S

Prevalence of geriatric depression in a community sample in Ghana: Analysis of associated risk and protective factors.

Journal: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Kugbey Nuworza N Nortu Theodore Atsu TA Akpalu Bright B Ayanore Martin Amogre MA Zotor Francis Bruno FB

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

Muslim Traditional Healers in Accra, Ghana: Beliefs About and Treatment of Mental Disorders.

Journal: Journal of religion and health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Kpobi Lily N A LNA Swartz Leslie L

Social Support, Dysfunctional Coping, and Community Reintegration as Predictors of PTSD Among Human Trafficking Survivors.

Journal: Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Okech David D Hansen Nathan N Howard Waylon W Anarfi John K JK Burns Abigail C AC

Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among women in four districts of the central region of Ghana: Baseline findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Ogum Alangea Deda D Addo-Lartey Adolphina Addoley AA Sikweyiya Yandisa Y Chirwa Esnat Dorothy ED Coker-Appiah Dorcas D Jewkes Rachel R Adanu Richard Mawuena Kofi RMK

Barriers to cardiovascular disease secondary prevention care in the West Bank, Palestine - a health professional perspective.

Journal: Conflict and health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Collier Jane J Kienzler Hanna H

Higher vegetable intake and vegetable variety is associated with a better self-reported health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in a cross-sectional survey of rural northern Ghanaian women in fertile age.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Azupogo Fusta F Seidu Judith A JA Issaka Yakubu Balma YB

'The threads in his mind have torn': conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kpobi Lily N A LNA Swartz Leslie L

Economic burden of caregiving for persons with severe mental illness in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Addo Rebecca R Agyemang Samuel Agyei SA Tozan Yesim Y Nonvignon Justice J

Correlates of sedentary behavior in the general population: A cross-sectional study using nationally representative data from six low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Koyanagi Ai A Stubbs Brendon B Vancampfort Davy D

The importance of cultural awareness when planning and implementing telepsychiatric services.

Journal: Rural and remote health

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Acharibasam Jeremiah W JW Wynn Rolf R

Associations between active travel and physical multi-morbidity in six low- and middle-income countries among community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Vancampfort Davy D Smith Lee L Stubbs Brendon B Swinnen Nathalie N Firth Joseph J Schuch Felipe B FB Koyanagi Ai A

Perceived Stress and Mild Cognitive Impairment among 32,715 Community-Dwelling Older Adults across Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Journal: Gerontology

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Koyanagi Ai A Oh Hans H Vancampfort Davy D Carvalho Andre F AF Veronese Nicola N Stubbs Brendon B Lara Elvira E

Assessing the reactivity to mobile phones and repeated surveys on reported care-seeking for common childhood illnesses in rural India.

Journal: Journal of global health

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Nair Harish H Williams Linda J LJ Marsh Andrew A Lele Pallavi P Bhattacharjee Tathagata T Chavan Uddhavi U Hirve Siddhivinayak S Campbell Harry H Juvekar Sanjay S

Building Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Expertise in Ghana Through Training and Knowledge Dissemination: a Review of the Initial Collaboration Stages, Opportunities, and Challenges.

Journal: Current psychiatry reports

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Natala Nakita N Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Donnir Gordon G Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Burns Heidi H Mohiuddin Sarah S Fluent Thomas T Riba Michelle M Dalack Gregory G

Community and individual sense of trust and psychological distress among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Kushitor Mawuli K MK Peterson Maame B MB Asante Paapa Yaw PY Dodoo Naa Dodua ND Boatemaa Sandra S Awuah Raphael Baffour RB Agyei Francis F Sakyi Lionel L Dodoo F Nii-Amoo FN de-Graft Aikins Ama A

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

Handgrip strength and depression among 34,129 adults aged 50 years and older in six low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Ashdown-Franks Garcia G Stubbs Brendon B Koyanagi Ai A Schuch Felipe F Firth Joseph J Veronese Nicola N Vancampfort Davy D

Traditional herbalists' methods of treating mental disorders in Ghana.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Kpobi Lily N A LNA Swartz Leslie L Omenyo Cephas N CN

Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with improved mental and cognitive health in older adults from non-Western developing countries.

Journal: Public health nutrition

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Gehlich Kerstin H KH Beller Johannes J Lange-Asschenfeldt Bernhard B Köcher Wolfgang W Meinke Martina C MC Lademann Jürgen J

Mental adjustment to cancer and quality of life among women living with breast cancer in Ghana.

Journal: International journal of psychiatry in medicine

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Kugbey Nuworza N Meyer-Weitz Anna A Oppong Asante Kwaku K

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

The Burden of Care: Psychosocial Experiences and Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Persons with Mental Illness in Ghana.

Journal: Issues in mental health nursing

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Dadson Deborah Awusuah DA Annor Francis F Salifu Yendork Joana 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

Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana.

Journal: International journal of hypertension

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Banerjee Debasish D Plange-Rhule Jacob J Chitalia Nihil N Kumi Kwabena K Micah Frank B FB Cappuccio Francesco P FP Eastwood John B JB

Concordance between GPS-based smartphone app for continuous location tracking and mother's recall of care-seeking for child illness in India.

Journal: Journal of global health

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Hirve Siddhivinayak S Marsh Andrew A Lele Pallavi P Chavan Uddhavi U Bhattacharjee Tathagata T Nair Harish H Campbell Harry H Juvekar Sanjay S

Cash Transfers, Young Women's Economic Well-Being, and HIV Risk: Evidence from HPTN 068.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Kilburn Kelly K Hughes James P JP MacPhail Catherine C Wagner Ryan G RG Gómez-Olivé F Xavier FX Kahn Kathleen K Pettifor Audrey A

An integrative review of potential enablers and barriers to accessing mental health services in Ghana.

Journal: Health research policy and systems

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Badu Eric E O'Brien Anthony Paul AP Mitchell Rebecca R

Food insecurity, mental distress and suicidal ideation in rural Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana.

Journal: The International journal of social psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Sweetland Annika Claire AC Norcini Pala Andrea A Mootz Jennifer J Kao Jennifer Chien-Wen JC Carlson Catherine C Oquendo Maria A MA Cheng Bryan B Belkin Gary G Wainberg Milton M

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

The relationship between causal beliefs and desire for social distance towards people with schizophrenia and depression: Results from a survey of young Ghanaian adults.

Journal: Psychiatry research

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Franke Miriam Leona ML Lersner Ulrike von UV Essel Osuanyi Quaicoo OQ Adorjan Kristina K Schomerus Georg G Gómez-Carrillo Ana A Tam Ta Thi Minh TM Böge Kerem K Mobashery Mahan M Dettling Michael M

The Intergenerational Effects of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: Mediating Pathways and Implications for Prevention.

Journal: Trauma, violence & abuse

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Murray Aja Louise AL Kaiser Daniela D Valdebenito Sara S Hughes Claire C Baban Adriana A Fernando Asvini D AD Madrid Bernadette B Ward Catherine L CL Osafo Joseph J Dunne Michael M

Telemental Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

Journal: International journal of telemedicine and applications

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Acharibasam Jeremiah W JW Wynn Rolf R