• Double burden of malnutrition: increasing overweight and obesity and stall underweight trends among Ghanaian women 

  Doku, David Teye; Neupane, Subas (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

  Background: Overweight and obesity are among the leading causes of mortality globally, and although previously they were mostly prevalent in developed countries, recent scanty evidence suggests that overweight and obesity ...
• Adolescents’ exposure to mass media campaign messages on HIV/AIDS in Ghana 

  Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

  Using rich data collected from adolescents in Ghana by the Guttmacher Institute in collaboration with partners including the University of Cape Coast, this paper attempts to examine how exposure to specific messages designed ...
• Do mobile family planning clinics facilitate vasectomy use in Nepal? 

  Padmadas, Sabu S.; Johnson, Fiifi Amoako; Leone, Tiziana; Dahal, Govinda P. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

  Background: Nepal has a distinct topography that makes reproductive health and family planning services difficult to access, particularly in remote mountain and hill regions where over a quarter of modern contraceptive ...
• Diagnostically important muscle pathology in DNAJB6 mutated LGMD1D 

  Sandell, Satu; Huovinen, Sanna; Palmio, Johanna; Raheem, Olayinka; Mikaela, Lindfors; Haapasalo, Hannu; Udd, Bjarne (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

  Limb girdle muscular dystrophies are a large group of both dominantly and recessively inherited muscle diseases. LGMD1D is caused by mutated DNAJB6 and the molecular pathogenesis is mediated by defective chaperonal function ...
• Determinants of unprotected casual heterosexual sex in Ghana 

  Kumi­Kyereme, Akwasi; Tuoyire, Derek A.; Darteh, Eugene K. M. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

  Casual heterosexual sex remains a significant contributor to HIV transmissions in Ghana. The study used data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) to assess the socio-demographic, economic and spatial ...
• Determinants of unintended pregnancies in rural Ghana 

  Eliason, Sebastian; Baiden, Frank; Yankey, Barbara A; Awusabo–Asare, Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

  Background: Unintended pregnancies may carry serious consequences for women and their families, including the possibility of unsafe abortion, delayed prenatal care, poor maternal mental health and poor child health outcomes. ...
• Determinants of under-five mortality in Ghana: Evidence from the Ghana demographic and Health Survey 

  Nyaaba, Albert Apotele; Tanle, Augustine; Dadzie, Louis Kobina; Ayamga, Matthew (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

  Background and Objectives: This study aims to investigate the strength of the association between socio-economic, maternal and environmental determinants and under-five mortality in Ghana. Methods: We utilized data from ...
• Determinants of time of start of prenatal care and number of prenatal care visits during pregnancy among Nepalese Women 

  Neupane, Subas; Doku, David Teye (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

  This study is aimed at investigating the factors determining the timing of first prenatal care (PNC) visit and the number of PNC visits among a national representative sample of Nepali women. Data was drawn from the 2006 ...
• Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Ghana: a cross-sectional study 

  Tampah-Naah, Anthony Mwinilanaa; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

  Background: Mothers are encouraged to practice exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life. The general objective of the study was to assess the predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers ...
• Determinants of choice of skilled antenatal care service providers in Ghana: analysis of demographic and health survey 

  Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi; Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

  Background: The International Safe Motherhood initiative provides a focus for programmes and research to improve maternal health in low – income countries. Antenatal care is one of the key pillars of the initiative. This ...
• Dependence on agriculture and ecosystem services for livelihood in Northeast India and Bhutan: vulnerability to climate change in the Tropical River Basins of the Upper Brahmaputra 

  Johnson, Fiifi Amoako; Hutton, Craig William (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

  The Upper Brahmaputra River Basin is prone to natural disasters and environmental stresses (floods, droughts and bank erosion, delayed rainfall, among others) creating an environment of uncertainty and setting the basin ...
• Decision-Making for Induced Abortion in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana 

  Gbagbo, Fred Yao; Amo-Adjei, Joshua; Laar, Amos (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

  Decision-making for induced abortion can be influenced by various circumstances including those surrounding onset of a pregnancy. There are various dimensions to induced abortion decision-making among women who had an ...
• Decentralization and conflicts: A case study of the Kassena-Nankana West District of Ghana 

  Tanle, Augustine; Essaw, David W.; Titigah, Gregory (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

  In Ghana, decentralization has been adopted as a means of promoting democracy and local governance, but the outcomes have been problematic in some cases. This study, which assesses decentralization and conflict in the ...
• Counting the costs: occupational injuries and illnesses among auto-artisans 

  Adu-Gyamfi, Addae Boateng (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

  Although assessing the cost of workplace injuries and illnesses as part of occupational health and safety management is important in ensuring workplace safety, the issue is generally neglected among informal auto-artisans ...
• Correlates of stunting among children in Ghana 

  Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo; Acquah, Evelyn; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

  Background: Stunting, is a linear growth retardation, which results from inadequate intake of food over a long period of time that may be worsened by chronic illness. Over a long period of time, inadequate nutrition or its ...
• Coping With Stress: Strategies Adopted by Students at the Winneba Campus of University of Education, Winneba, Ghana 

  Esia-Donkoh, Kweku; Yelkpieri, Daniel; Esia-Donkoh, Kobina (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

  The purpose of the study was to investigate if students of the Winneba Campus of UEW (University of Education, Winneba), have appropriate strategies to cope with stress. Four hundred students who were selected based on ...
• Coping in silence: Challenges faced by pregnant-students at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana 

  Esia-Donkoh, Kobina; Esia-Donkoh, Kweku; Asare, Hagar (University of Cape Coast, 2014-07-28)

  Post Beijing Conference has seen tremendous efforts by governments especially in developing countries such as Ghana to improve access to education at all levels and most critically to females. Over the last two decades, ...
• Context matters: fostering, orphanhood and schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Hampshire, Kate; Porter, Gina; Agblorti, Samuel; Robson, Elsbeth; Munthali, Alister; Abane, Albert (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

  A growing body of research suggests that orphanhood and fostering might be (independently) associated with educational disadvantage in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, literature on the impacts of orphanhood and fostering ...
• Conforming to partnership values: a qualitative case study of public private mix for TB control in Ghana 

  Amo-Adjei, Joshua (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01-05)

  Public-private mix (PPM) can supplement public sector initiatives, including public health. As National Tuberculosis Control Programmes around the world embrace PPM, conforming to the four key principles of partnership ...
• Community participation in the Ghana poverty reduction strategy in the Twifu-Heman-Lower Denkyira District 

  Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2008)

  The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 1999 approved the Poverty Reduction Strategies Paper (PRSP) approachto reducing poverty for the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). One of the underlying principles ...

• Double burden of malnutrition: increasing overweight and obesity and stall underweight trends among Ghanaian women 

  Doku, David Teye; Neupane, Subas (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

  Background: Overweight and obesity are among the leading causes of mortality globally, and although previously they were mostly prevalent in developed countries, recent scanty evidence suggests that overweight and obesity ...
• Adolescents’ exposure to mass media campaign messages on HIV/AIDS in Ghana 

  Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

  Using rich data collected from adolescents in Ghana by the Guttmacher Institute in collaboration with partners including the University of Cape Coast, this paper attempts to examine how exposure to specific messages designed ...
• Do mobile family planning clinics facilitate vasectomy use in Nepal? 

  Padmadas, Sabu S.; Johnson, Fiifi Amoako; Leone, Tiziana; Dahal, Govinda P. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

  Background: Nepal has a distinct topography that makes reproductive health and family planning services difficult to access, particularly in remote mountain and hill regions where over a quarter of modern contraceptive ...
• Diagnostically important muscle pathology in DNAJB6 mutated LGMD1D 

  Sandell, Satu; Huovinen, Sanna; Palmio, Johanna; Raheem, Olayinka; Mikaela, Lindfors; Haapasalo, Hannu; Udd, Bjarne (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

  Limb girdle muscular dystrophies are a large group of both dominantly and recessively inherited muscle diseases. LGMD1D is caused by mutated DNAJB6 and the molecular pathogenesis is mediated by defective chaperonal function ...
• Determinants of unprotected casual heterosexual sex in Ghana 

  Kumi­Kyereme, Akwasi; Tuoyire, Derek A.; Darteh, Eugene K. M. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

  Casual heterosexual sex remains a significant contributor to HIV transmissions in Ghana. The study used data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) to assess the socio-demographic, economic and spatial ...
• Determinants of unintended pregnancies in rural Ghana 

  Eliason, Sebastian; Baiden, Frank; Yankey, Barbara A; Awusabo–Asare, Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

  Background: Unintended pregnancies may carry serious consequences for women and their families, including the possibility of unsafe abortion, delayed prenatal care, poor maternal mental health and poor child health outcomes. ...
• Determinants of under-five mortality in Ghana: Evidence from the Ghana demographic and Health Survey 

  Nyaaba, Albert Apotele; Tanle, Augustine; Dadzie, Louis Kobina; Ayamga, Matthew (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

  Background and Objectives: This study aims to investigate the strength of the association between socio-economic, maternal and environmental determinants and under-five mortality in Ghana. Methods: We utilized data from ...
• Determinants of time of start of prenatal care and number of prenatal care visits during pregnancy among Nepalese Women 

  Neupane, Subas; Doku, David Teye (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

  This study is aimed at investigating the factors determining the timing of first prenatal care (PNC) visit and the number of PNC visits among a national representative sample of Nepali women. Data was drawn from the 2006 ...
• Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Ghana: a cross-sectional study 

  Tampah-Naah, Anthony Mwinilanaa; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

  Background: Mothers are encouraged to practice exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life. The general objective of the study was to assess the predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers ...
• Determinants of choice of skilled antenatal care service providers in Ghana: analysis of demographic and health survey 

  Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi; Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

  Background: The International Safe Motherhood initiative provides a focus for programmes and research to improve maternal health in low – income countries. Antenatal care is one of the key pillars of the initiative. This ...
• Dependence on agriculture and ecosystem services for livelihood in Northeast India and Bhutan: vulnerability to climate change in the Tropical River Basins of the Upper Brahmaputra 

  Johnson, Fiifi Amoako; Hutton, Craig William (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

  The Upper Brahmaputra River Basin is prone to natural disasters and environmental stresses (floods, droughts and bank erosion, delayed rainfall, among others) creating an environment of uncertainty and setting the basin ...
• Decision-Making for Induced Abortion in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana 

  Gbagbo, Fred Yao; Amo-Adjei, Joshua; Laar, Amos (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

  Decision-making for induced abortion can be influenced by various circumstances including those surrounding onset of a pregnancy. There are various dimensions to induced abortion decision-making among women who had an ...
• Decentralization and conflicts: A case study of the Kassena-Nankana West District of Ghana 

  Tanle, Augustine; Essaw, David W.; Titigah, Gregory (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

  In Ghana, decentralization has been adopted as a means of promoting democracy and local governance, but the outcomes have been problematic in some cases. This study, which assesses decentralization and conflict in the ...
• Counting the costs: occupational injuries and illnesses among auto-artisans 

  Adu-Gyamfi, Addae Boateng (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

  Although assessing the cost of workplace injuries and illnesses as part of occupational health and safety management is important in ensuring workplace safety, the issue is generally neglected among informal auto-artisans ...
• Correlates of stunting among children in Ghana 

  Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo; Acquah, Evelyn; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

  Background: Stunting, is a linear growth retardation, which results from inadequate intake of food over a long period of time that may be worsened by chronic illness. Over a long period of time, inadequate nutrition or its ...
• Coping With Stress: Strategies Adopted by Students at the Winneba Campus of University of Education, Winneba, Ghana 

  Esia-Donkoh, Kweku; Yelkpieri, Daniel; Esia-Donkoh, Kobina (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

  The purpose of the study was to investigate if students of the Winneba Campus of UEW (University of Education, Winneba), have appropriate strategies to cope with stress. Four hundred students who were selected based on ...
• Coping in silence: Challenges faced by pregnant-students at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana 

  Esia-Donkoh, Kobina; Esia-Donkoh, Kweku; Asare, Hagar (University of Cape Coast, 2014-07-28)

  Post Beijing Conference has seen tremendous efforts by governments especially in developing countries such as Ghana to improve access to education at all levels and most critically to females. Over the last two decades, ...
• Context matters: fostering, orphanhood and schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Hampshire, Kate; Porter, Gina; Agblorti, Samuel; Robson, Elsbeth; Munthali, Alister; Abane, Albert (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

  A growing body of research suggests that orphanhood and fostering might be (independently) associated with educational disadvantage in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, literature on the impacts of orphanhood and fostering ...
• Conforming to partnership values: a qualitative case study of public private mix for TB control in Ghana 

  Amo-Adjei, Joshua (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01-05)

  Public-private mix (PPM) can supplement public sector initiatives, including public health. As National Tuberculosis Control Programmes around the world embrace PPM, conforming to the four key principles of partnership ...
• Community participation in the Ghana poverty reduction strategy in the Twifu-Heman-Lower Denkyira District 

  Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2008)

  The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 1999 approved the Poverty Reduction Strategies Paper (PRSP) approachto reducing poverty for the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). One of the underlying principles ...

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