Works by Okyere, Joshua

Results: 127

Factors associated with Ghanaian nurses' knowledge of palliative care: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey based on the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing.

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Palliative Care & Social Practice, 2025, p. 1, doi. 10.1177/26323524251346223

By:

Boateng, Samuel Asamoah;
Okyere, Joshua

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Article

From early sexual debut to later overweight and obesity: a multilevel analysis of Ghanaian women.

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Tropical Medicine & Health, 2025, v. 53, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41182-025-00753-1

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi;
Duodu, Precious Adade

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Article

Analysis of Couples' Discordance on Fertility Desire in Ghana.

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Genealogy (2313-5778), 2023, v. 7, n. 3, p. 48, doi. 10.3390/genealogy7030048

By:

Yeboah, Isaac;
Okyere, Joshua;
Duah, Henry Ofori;
Conduah, Andrew Kweku;
Essiaw, Mary Naana

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Article

In-school adolescents' loneliness, social support, and suicidal ideation in sub-Saharan Africa: Leveraging Global School Health data to advance mental health focus in the region.

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PLoS ONE, 2022, v. 17, n. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0275660

By:

Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Okyere, Joshua;
Frimpong, James Boadu;
Kumar, Manasi

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Article

Cervical cancer screening prevalence and its correlates in Cameroon: secondary data analysis of the 2018 demographic and health surveys.

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2021

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Duodu, Precious Adade;
Aduse-Poku, Livingstone;
Agbadi, Pascal;
Nutor, Jerry John

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journal article

A multi-country cross-sectional study of self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active men in sub-Saharan Africa.

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2020

By:

Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Dadzie, Louis Kobina;
Tetteh, Justice Kanor;
Agbaglo, Ebenezer;
Okyere, Joshua;
Salihu, Tarif;
Oteng, Kenneth Fosu;
Bugase, Eustace;
Osei, Sampson Aboagye;
Hagan, John Elvis;
Schack, Thomas;
Hagan, John Elvis Jr

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journal article

Multiple sexual partnership as an independent predictor of cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age: an analysis of the 2022 Kenya demographic and health survey.

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BMC Cancer, 2025, v. 25, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12885-025-13704-0

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Okyere, Joshua

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Article

Opportunities for Integrating Palliative Care in Ghana.

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SAGE Open Nursing, 2022, v. 8, p. 1, doi. 10.1177/23779608221143271

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Kissah-Korsah, Kwaku

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Article

Covid-19 Front-Liners: Experiences of Palliative Care Providers in a Tertiary Hospital.

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SAGE Open Nursing, 2022, v. 8, p. 1, doi. 10.1177/23779608221132172

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah;
Kissah-Korsah, Kwaku

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Article

Opportunities for Integrating Palliative Care in Ghana.

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SAGE Open Nursing, 2022, v. 8, p. 1, doi. 10.1177/23779608221143271

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Kissah-Korsah, Kwaku

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Article

Covid-19 Front-Liners: Experiences of Palliative Care Providers in a Tertiary Hospital.

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SAGE Open Nursing, 2022, v. 8, p. 1, doi. 10.1177/23779608221132172

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah;
Kissah-Korsah, Kwaku

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Article

Reducing poverty through fiscal decentralization in Ghana and beyond: A review.

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Cogent Economics & Finance, 2018, v. 6, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1080/23322039.2018.1476035

By:

Agyemang-Duah, Williams;
Kafui Gbedoho, Evans;
Peprah, Prince;
Arthur, Francis;
Kweku Sobeng, Augustus;
Okyere, Joshua;
Mengba Dokbila, Jennifer

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Article

Factors associated with vaccine default in Southern Ghana based on data from the RTSS malaria vaccine trial in Cape Coast.

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Scientific Reports, 2025, v. 15, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1038/s41598-024-75408-y

By:

Bediako, Vincent Bio;
Ackah, Josephine Akua;
Yankey, Theophilus Junior;
Okyere, Joshua;
Acheampong, Emmanuella;
Owusu, Bernard Afriyie;
Agbemavi, Wonder;
Nwameme, Adanna Uloaku;
Kamau, Edward Mberu;
Asampong, Emmanuel

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Article

Individual and community-level determinants of quality antenatal care in six South Asian countries.

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Scientific Reports, 2024, v. 14, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1038/s41598-024-67206-3

By:

Methun, Md Injamul Haq;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Hassan, Md Mehedi;
Okyere, Joshua;
Habib, Md Jakaria;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Hasan, Md Kamrul

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Article

Unmet need for breast cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey.

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BMC Public Health, 2025, v. 25, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-025-23133-0

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Simkhada, Bibha;
Simkhada, Padam

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Article

Alcohol consumption among persons living with hypertension: evidence from a population-based study in Cape Verde.

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BMC Public Health, 2025, v. 25, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-025-21663-1

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Gendered differences in the prevalence and associated factors of dementia in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.

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BMC Psychiatry, 2024, v. 24, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12888-024-05856-3

By:

Duodu, Precious Adade;
Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw;
Okyere, Joshua;
Simkhada, Bibha;
Barker, Caroline;
Gillibrand, Warren;
Simkhada, Padam

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Article

Skilled antenatal care services utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of demographic and health surveys from 32 countries.

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2022

By:

Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi;
Okyere, Joshua;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Salihu, Tarif;
Bediako, Vincent;
Owusu, Bernard Afriyie;
Budu, Eugene;
Agbemavi, Wonder;
Edjah, Jane Odurowaah;
Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo

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journal article

Rural-urban disparities in caesarean deliveries in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition modelling of Demographic and Health Survey data.

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2022

By:

Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Okyere, Joshua;
Mohammed, Aliu;
Chattu, Vijay Kumar;
Budu, Eugene;
Adoboi, Faustina;
Yaya, Sanni

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journal article

Utilization of abortion services from an unsafe provider and associated factors among women with history of induced abortion in Ghana.

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2022

By:

Klu, Desmond;
Yeboah, Isaac;
Kayi, Esinam Afi;
Okyere, Joshua;
Essiaw, Mary Naana

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journal article

Inequalities in antenatal care in Ghana, 1998-2014.

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2022

By:

Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Okyere, Joshua;
Budu, Eugene;
Duah, Henry Ofori;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku

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journal article

Promoting respectful maternity care: challenges and prospects from the perspectives of midwives at a tertiary health facility in Ghana.

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2022

By:

Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent;
Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah;
Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku;
Agbadi, Pascal;
Okyere, Joshua;
Donkor, Peter;
Lori, Jody R.

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journal article

Antenatal care attendance and low birth weight of institutional births in sub-Saharan Africa.

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2022

By:

Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Holmes, Francis Arthur-;
Okyere, Joshua;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku

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journal article

Inequalities in prevalence of birth by caesarean section in Ghana from 1998-2014.

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BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2022, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12884-022-04378-8

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Okyere, Joshua;
Duah, Henry Ofori;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Budu, Eugene

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Article

Child marriage and its association with partner controlling behaviour against adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.

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BMC Global & Public Health, 2023, v. 1, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s44263-023-00001-w

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Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Okyere, Joshua;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Budu, Eugene;
Yaya, Sanni

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Article

Frequency of internet use and hypertension risk among men and women in Kenya: an analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey.

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BMC Digital Health, 2024, v. 2, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s44247-024-00104-w

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Okyere, Joshua;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Okantey, Christiana;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Perceptions of barriers and facilitators for cervical cancer screening from women and healthcare workers in Ghana: Applying the Dynamic Sustainability Framework.

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PLoS Global Public Health, 2025, v. 5, n. 4, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003011

By:

Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah;
Konney, Thomas Okpoti;
Adankwah, Ernest;
Amuasi, John;
Nones, Madalyn;
Okyere, Joshua;
Boadu, Kwame Ofori;
Eduah, Felicia Maame Efua;
Xiong, Serena;
Moon, Jeong Robin;
Virnig, Beth;
Kulasingam, Shalini

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Article

Utilisation of traditional medicine among women diagnosed with breast cancer in Ghana: a descriptive phenomenological study.

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BMC Complementary Medicine & Therapies, 2024, v. 24, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12906-024-04364-x

By:

Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah;
Asuo, Stella Baffour;
Mensah, Kofi Boamah;
Okyere, Joshua;
Kulasingam, Shalini;
Virnig, Beth;
Clegg-Lamptey, Joe-Nat

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Article

Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnership Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cross‐Sectional Study.

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Health Science Reports, 2025, v. 8, n. 5, p. 1, doi. 10.1002/hsr2.70798

By:

Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Donkoh, Irene Esi;
Okyere, Joshua;
Seidu, Abdul‐Aziz;
Yaya, Sanni

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Article

Socioeconomic determinants of the double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa: A cross‐sectional study.

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Health Science Reports, 2024, v. 7, n. 5, p. 1, doi. 10.1002/hsr2.2071

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Budu, Eugene;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Seidu, Abdul‐Aziz;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Yaya, Sanni

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Article

Association between knowledge and use of contraceptive among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa.

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Health Science Reports, 2024, v. 7, n. 5, p. 1, doi. 10.1002/hsr2.2028

By:

Donkoh, Irene Esi;
Okyere, Joshua;
Seidu, Abdul‐Aziz;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Yaya, Sanni

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Article

Being the nurse for my child at home: A qualitative analysis of parental recognition, appraisal, and reactions to childhood cancer in Ghana.

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Journal of Child Health Care, 2025, v. 29, n. 2, p. 472, doi. 10.1177/13674935231225715

By:

Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah;
Nunoo, Humaima;
Boamah Mensah, Kofi;
Okyere, Joshua;
Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent;
Apiribu, Felix;
Agyenim Boateng, Kofi;
Asoogo, Comfort;
Opare-Lokko, Edwina;
Clegg-Lamptey, Joe-Nat

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Article

Association between female genital mutilation and girl-child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Journal of Biosocial Science, 2023, v. 55, n. 1, p. 87, doi. 10.1017/S0021932021000687

By:

Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Hagan Jr, John Elvis;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Bolarinwa, Obasanjo Afolabi;
Budu, Eugene;
Adu, Collins;
Okyere, Joshua;
Archer, Anita Gracious;
Schack, Thomas

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Article

High risk fertility behaviour and health facility delivery in West Africa.

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BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12884-023-06107-1

By:

Budu, Eugene;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Okyere, Joshua;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Yaya, Sanni

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Article

Postnatal care service utilisation for babies within the first two months after childbirth: an analysis of rural-urban differences in eleven Sub-Saharan African countries.

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BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12884-023-05758-4

By:

Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Adu-Gyamfi, Addae Boateng;
Okyere, Joshua

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Article

Utilisation of traditional healers among older people living with HIV in South Africa: a WHO SAGE well-being of older people study.

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AIDS Research & Therapy, 2023, v. 20, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12981-023-00537-9

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Owusu, Bernard Afriyie;
Agbemavi, Wonder;
Amoako, Joseph Kwarteng;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Women's Sexual Autonomy and Short Birth Interval in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multilevel Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data.

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Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2024, v. 53, n. 1, p. 413, doi. 10.1007/s10508-023-02713-4

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Dadzie, Louis Kobina;
Agbaglo, Ebenezer;
Arthur-Holmes, Francis;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku

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Article

Intimate partner violence against married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: does sexual autonomy matter?

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Reproductive Health, 2022, v. 19, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12978-022-01382-1

By:

Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Dadzie, Louis Kobina;
Arthur-Holmes, Francis;
Okyere, Joshua;
Agbaglo, Ebenezer;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz

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Article

Use of any contraceptive method among women in rural communities in the eastern region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

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BMC Public Health, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-023-16795-1

By:

Yeboah, Isaac;
Agyekum, Martin Wiredu;
Okyere, Joshua;
Mensah, Ronald Osei;
Essiaw, Mary Naana;
Appiah, Hilda;
Conduah, Andrew Kweku;
Koduah, Seth Nana Kwabena;
Christian, Aaron Kobina

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Article

Factors influencing and changes in childhood vaccination coverage over time in Bangladesh: a multilevel mixed-effects analysis.

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BMC Public Health, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-023-15711-x

By:

Kundu, Satyajit;
Kundu, Subarna;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Okyere, Joshua;
Ghosh, Susmita;
Hossain, Ahmed;
Alshahrani, Najim Z.;
Banna, Md. Hasan Al;
Rahman, Md. Ashfikur;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku

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Article

Prevalence and determinants of breast self-examination practices among women in their reproductive age in Namibia: an analysis of the 2013 Namibia demographic and Health Survey.

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BMC Public Health, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-023-14985-5

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw;
Owusu Ansah, Kenneth;
Thywill, Sonu Elijah;
Duodu, Precious Adade

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Article

Health insurance coverage and timely antenatal care attendance in sub-Saharan Africa.

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2022

By:

Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Okyere, Joshua;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Zegeye, Betregiorgis;
Amu, Hubert;
Yaya, Sanni

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journal article

Risky health behaviours and chronic conditions among aged persons: analysis of SAGE selected countries.

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BMC Geriatrics, 2023, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12877-023-03836-y

By:

Oduro, Joseph Kojo;
Okyere, Joshua;
Nyador, Jonas Kwame Mawuli Tawiah

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Article

Prevalence of diabetes and its associated factors in Cape Verde: an analysis of the 2020 WHO STEPS survey on non-communicable diseases risk factors.

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BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2024, v. 24, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12902-024-01803-1

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Who receives health advice? Prevalence and correlates of receiving health advice among adults in Cape Verde.

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Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2025, v. 44, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41043-025-00923-1

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Okyere, Joshua;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Trends and economic inequalities in obesity prevalence in Ghana: a cross-sectional study spanning 2008–2022.

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Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2025, v. 44, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41043-025-00935-x

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Okyere, Joshua

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Article

Association between dietary self-care adherence and depression among adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

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Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2025, v. 44, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41043-025-00859-6

By:

Duodu, Precious Adade;
Okyere, Joshua;
Akyirem, Samuel;
Waring, Gill;
Gillibrand, Warren

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Article

Fear of intimate partner and women's engagement in exercise: insights from a national survey in Kenya.

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Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2025, v. 44, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41043-025-00838-x

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Dosoo, Abigail Kabukie;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Duodo, Precious Adade;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Dynamics of violence disclosure among women in Kenya: trends, changes and associated factors.

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Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2024, v. 43, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41043-024-00702-4

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Dosoo, Abigail Kabukie;
Ayebeng, Castro;
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi

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Article

Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2024, v. 42, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s41043-023-00479-y

By:

Okyere, Joshua;
Donkoh, Irene Esi;
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz;
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku;
Aboagye, Richard Gyan;
Yaya, Sanni

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Article