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Analyzing the relationship between objective–subjective health status and public perception of climate change as a human health risk in Coastal Tanzania

Armah, Frederick Ato; Luginaah, Isaac; Yengoh, Genesis T.; Hambati, Herbert; Chuenpagdee, Ratana; Campbell, Gwyn (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

Climatechangeisconsideredasthebiggestthreattohumanhealthinthe21stcentury. Sub-Saharan Africa, which is the most-at-risk region of the world, is estimated to have a disproportionately large share of the burden of climate ...
Assessing barriers to adaptation to climate change in coastal Tanzania: Does where you live matter?

Armah, Frederick Ato; Luginaah, Isaac; Hambati, Herbert; Chuenpagdee, Ratana; Campbell, Gywn (University of Cape Coast, 2015-02-08)

Research on barriers to climate change adaptation has, hitherto, disproportionately focused on institutional barriers. Despite the critical importance of personal barriers in shaping the adaptive response of humanity to ...
Assessing environmental exposure and health impacts of gold mining in Ghana

Armah, Frederick A.; Luginaah, Isaac; Obiri, Samuel (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Understanding the extent to which people are being exposed to environmental contaminants helps to identify those populations which may be disproportionately exposed to the contaminants of potential public health concern. ...
Assessing the bio-psychosocial correlates of flood impacts in coastal areas of Lagos, Nigeria

Ajibade, Idowu; Armah, Frederick Ato; Kuuire, Vincent Zubedaar; Luginaah, Isaac; McBean, Gordon; Tenkorang, Eric Y. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

This paper explores the complex heterogeneous experiences of ﬂood impacts based on a bio-psychosocial model of socio-economic, demographic, behavioral and environmental factors. Using ordinary least squares regression on ...
Assessment of cancer and noncancer health risks from exposure to PAHs in street dust in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

Obiri, Samuel; Cobbina, Samuel J.; Armah, Frederick A.; Luginaah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2013-02-04)

This study is part of a broader initiative to characterize, quantify and assess the human health risk associated with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in street dust along the Trans-ECOWAS highway in ...
Assessment of spatial variability of heavy metals in soils under the influence of industrial soap and detergent waste water discharge

Odoi, Justice O.; Armah, Frederick A.; Luginaah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2011-11)

Soil heavy metals have been a very useful indicator of environmental quality worldwide. The present study was conducted to investigate the levels, sources, distribution and spatial variability of heavy metals (Cu, Mn, Cd, ...
Association of arsenic with adverse pregnancy outcomes/infant mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Quansah, Reginald; Armah, Frederick Ato; Essumang, David Kofi; Luginaah, Isaac; Clarke, Edith; Marfoh, Kissinger; Cobbina, Samuel Jerry; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward; Namujju, Proscovia Bazanya; Obiri, Samuel; Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

Background: Exposure to arsenic is one of the major global health problems, affecting > 300 million people worldwide, but arsenic’s effects on human reproduction are uncertain. oBjectives: We conducted a systematic review ...
Characterization of macro-benthic fauna for ecological health status of the Fosu and Benya lagoons in coastal Ghana

Armah, Frederick A.; Ason, Benjamin; Luginaah, Isaac; Essandoh, Paul K. (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

This study conducted a comparative analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Fosu and Benya lagoons in Ghana, based on the anthropogenic effect on the two lagoons. Salinity, oxygen, temperature, conductivity, ...
Circumcision status and time to first sex among never-married young men in Malawi: evidence from the demographic and health survey

Mkandawire, Paul; Luginaah, Isaac; Dixon, Jenna; Armah, Frederick; Arku, Godwin (University of Cape Coast, 2013-03-10)

This study examines the association between circumcision status and the timing of first sexual intercourse among adolescents in Malawi. Results of survival models applied to nationally representative sample of never-married ...
Does previous experience of floods stimulate the adoption of coping strategies? evidence from cross sectional surveys in Nigeria and Tanzania

Boamah, Sheila A.; Armah, Frederick Ato; Kuuire, Vincent Z.; Ajibade, Idowu; Luginaah, Isaac; McBean, ` Gordon (University of Cape Coast, 2015-11-20)

In sub-Saharan Africa, hydro-meteorological related disasters, such as floods, account for the majority of the total number of natural disasters. Over the past century, floods have affected 38 million people, claimed ...
Does the new alliance for food security and nutrition impose biotechnology on smallholder farmers in Africa?

Vercillo, Siera; Kuuire, Vincent Z.; Armah, Frederick Ato; Luginaah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

Almost one in three people who live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are hungry, higher than anywhere else. This magnitude of food insecurity coupled with slow progress in regional integration, disease and epidemics, poor ...
Electronic waste is a mess: awareness and pro environmental behavior among university students in Ghana

Edumadze, John K. E.; Tenkorang, Eric Y.; Armah, Frederick A.; Luginaah, Isaac; Edumadze, Gladys E. (University of Cape Coast, 2014-03-24)

E-waste contains hazardous chemicals and materials that threaten the environment and human health, when improperly disposed. This study examined levels of awareness of e-waste disposal among university students in Ghana, ...
Electronic Waste is a Mess: Awareness and Pro environmental Behavior Among University Students in Ghana

Edumadze, John .K.E; Tenkorang, Eric Y; Armah, Fredrick A; Luginaah, Isaac; Edumadze, Gladys E (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

E-waste contains hazardous chemicals and materials that threaten the environment and human health, when improperly disposed. This study examined levels of awareness of e-waste disposal among university students in Ghana, ...
Evaluating the complex interactions between malaria and cholera prevalence, neglected tropical disease comorbidities, and community perception of health risks of climate change

Boamah, Sheila A.; Armah, Frederick Ato; Luginaah, Isaac; Hambati, Herbert; Chuenpagdee, Ratana; Campbell, Gwyn (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07-02)

The burgeoning literature on the climate change–human health nexus has focused almost exclusively on the health impacts of climate change withlittleattentiontohowill-healthanddiseaseinﬂuencepublicperception of the health ...
Management of natural resources in a conflicting environment in Ghana: unmasking a messy policy problem

Armah, Frederick A.; Luginaah, Isaac; xYengoh, Joseph; Taabazuing, Joseph; Yawson, David O. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

Resource use conﬂict is an enduring problem for science and policy making. Using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with resource users, policy makers and key informants, we explored four case examples of ...
THE relationship between traditional authorities and decentralized structures in GHANA: Conflicting roles or a struggle for power and legitimacy

Taabazuin, Joseph; Armah, Frederick; Dixon, Jenna; Luginaah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2013-02-21)

This paper uses the Wenchi District as a case study to generate a nuanced understanding of the interactive process between decentralized government structures and traditional authority in the context of Ghana’s highly ...
Respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms associated with pesticide management practices among farmers in Ghana’s most important vegetable hub

Quansah, Reginald; Bend, John R.; Armah, Frederick Ato; Bonney, Felix; Aseidu, Joshua; r Yawson, David Osca; Adu, Michael Osei; Luginaah, Isaac; Essumang, David Kofi; Abdul-Rahaman, Abukari; Cobbina, Samuel; Iddi, Samuel; Tersigni, Matthew; Afful, Samuel; Osei-Fosu, Peter; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

The data resented here are from the Offinso North District Farm Health Study (ONFAHS), a population-based cross-sectional study among vegetable farmers in Ghana. The paper addresses knowledge, pesticide handling practices, ...
Self-reported experiences of climate change in Nigeria : The role of personal and socio-environmental factors

Ajibade, Idowu; Armah, Frederick Ato; Kuuire, Vincent; Luginaah, Isaac; McBean, Gordon (University of Cape Coast, 2014-12-23)

In this study, we examined the individual and socio-environmental factors that Mediate differential self-reported experiences of climate change in coastal communities in Lagos, Nigeria. Binary complementary log-log ...
A systematic review of heavy metals of anthropogenic origin in environmental media and biota in the context of gold mining in Ghana

Armah, Frederick Ato; Quansah, Reginald; Luginaah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2014-11-09)

Heavy metal accumulation in the food chain is an issue of global concern because it eventually leads to toxic effects on humans through the water we drink, contaminated soils, crops, and animals. Reports of toxic ant levels ...
A systematic review of resource habitat taboos and human health outcomes in the context of global environmental change

Angsongna, Alexander; Armah, Frederick Ato; Boamah, Sheila; Hambati, Herbert; Luginaah, Isaac; Chuenpagdee, Ratana; Campbell, Gwyn (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

The dependence of humans on the ecosystem services that natural resources provide is absolute. The need for social taboos as frameworks for governing natural resource abstraction is gaining widespread recognition especially ...

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