Joshua Okyere

Affiliations

Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Publications (46)

Women's autonomy in household decision-making and safer sex negotiation in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of data from 27 Demographic and Health Surveys.

SSM - population health

Avec: Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Richard Gyan Aboagye , Joshua Okyere , Wonder Agbemavi , Mawulorm Akpeke , Eugene Budu , Farrukh Ishaque Saah , Vivian Tackie , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Prevalence and Factors Associated with the Triple Burden of Malnutrition among Mother-Child Pairs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Nutrients

Avec: Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Iddrisu Amadu , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Joshua Okyere , Eric Duku , John Elvis Hagan , Eugene Budu , Anita Gracious Archer , Sanni Yaya

Factors associated with food safety knowledge and practices among meat handlers in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.

Environmental health and preventive medicine

Avec: Md Hasan Al Banna , Tasnim Rahman Disu , Satyajit Kundu , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Keith Brazendale , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Joshua Okyere , Nahidur Rahman , Shuvajit Mondal , Bidyut Matubber , Md Shafiqul Islam Khan

Inequalities in antenatal care in Ghana, 1998-2014.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

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

Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and predictors.

BMJ global health

Avec: Richard Gyan Aboagye , Michael Boah , Joshua Okyere , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Edward Kwabena Ameyaw , Bupe Mwamba , Sanni Yaya

A multilevel analysis of prevalence and factors associated with female child marriage in Nigeria using the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data.

BMC women's health

Avec: Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Joshua Okyere , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Olalekan Seun Olagunju

Cervical cancer screening among women with comorbidities: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania demographic and health survey.

BMC public health

Avec: Joshua Okyere , Castro Ayebeng , Abigail Kabukie Dosoo , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Unveiling Shadows: Investigating women's experience of intimate partner violence in Ghana through the lens of the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey.

PloS one

Avec: Kwamena Sekyi Dickson , Castro Ayebeng , Joshua Okyere

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

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

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

Trends and inequalities in children aged 6-59 months who received Vitamin A supplementation: evidence from the 2003, 2008 and 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.

Tropical medicine and health

Avec: Joshua Okyere , Simon Agongo Azure , Eugene Budu , Felix Mensah , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Edward Kwabena Ameyaw , Abdul-Aziz Seidu

Spatial distribution and predictors of lifetime experience of intimate partner violence among women in South Africa.

PLOS global public health

Avec: Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa , Zemenu Tadesse Tessema , Joshua Okyere , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Abdul-Aziz Seidu

Charge midwives' awareness of and their role in promoting respectful maternity care at a tertiary health facility in Ghana: A qualitative study.

PloS one

Avec: Veronica Millicent Dzomeku , Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah , Emmanuel Kweku Nakua , Pascal Agbadi , Joshua Okyere , Richard Gyan Aboagye , Peter Donkor , Jody R Lori

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

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Joseph Kojo Oduro , Joshua Okyere , Jonas Kwame Mawuli Tawiah Nyador

Barriers to the integration of palliative care in Ghana: evidence from a tertiary health facility.

Palliative care and social practice

Avec: Joshua Okyere , Kwaku Kissah-Korsah

Reaching young people living with HIV & AIDS and young people in detention with comprehensive sexuality education (CSE): a preparatory formative study in Ghana.

Sexual and reproductive health matters

Avec: Joshua Amo-Adjei , Adwoa Yenyi , Brian Ahanotu , Joshua Okyere

Impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative analysis of strains, resources and coping strategies among elderly patients in a rural setting in Ghana.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah , Maurice Mikare , Kofi Boamah Mensah , Joshua Okyere , Er-Menan Amaniampong , Abena Agyekum Poku , Felix Apiribu , Joe-Nat Clegg Lamptey

Women's autonomy in refusing risky sex in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 30 countries.

PLOS global public health

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

Emerging burdens of adolescent psychosocial health problems: a population-based study of 202 040 adolescents from 68 countries.

BJPsych open

Avec: Md Ashfikur Rahman , Satyajit Kundu , Enryka Christopher , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Joshua Okyere , Riaz Uddin , Rashidul Alam Mahumud

Spatial distribution and factors associated with health insurance subscription among women in Ghana.

International health

Avec: Richard Gyan Aboagye , Ebenezer N K Boateng , Yaw Marfo Okyere , Joshua Okyere , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

'Completely by accident': a qualitative analysis of service providers motivations to practice palliative care.

Palliative care and social practice

Avec: Joshua Okyere

Prevalence and factors associated with rural mothers' protection against tetanus: a cross-national analysis in 33 sub-Saharan African countries.

International health

Avec: Wonder Agbemavi , Castro Ayebeng , Joshua Okyere , Emmanuella Acheampong , Vincent Bio Bediako

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

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

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

Primary caregivers' experiences of caring for people living with dementia in Ghana: a phenomenological study.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Precious Adade Duodu , Bibha Simkhada , Joshua Okyere , Ransford Akrong , Caroline Barker , Warren Gillibrand , Padam Simkhada

Association between experience of emotional violence and hypertension among Kenyan women.

Scientific reports

Avec: Joshua Okyere , Castro Ayebeng , Abigail Kabukie Dosoo , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

The Joint Effect of Maternal Marital Status and Type of Household Cooking Fuel on Child Nutritional Status in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Surveys on Children from 31 Countries.

Nutrients

Avec: Iddrisu Amadu , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Eric Duku , Joshua Okyere , John Elvis Hagan , Thomas Hormenu , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy Termination in Armenia: Evidence from Nationally-Representative Survey Data.

European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education

Avec: Nandeeta Samad , Pranta Das , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , James Boadu Frimpong , Joshua Okyere , John Elvis Hagan , Mohammad Hayatun Nabi , Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

A Multi-Country Analysis of Prevalence of Anxiety-Induced Sleep Disturbance and Its Associated Factors among In-School Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa Using the Global School-Based Health Survey.

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

Avec: Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Richard Gyan Aboagye , Francis Arthur-Holmes , John Elvis Hagan , Joshua Okyere , Eugene Budu , Robert Kokou Dowou , Collins Adu , Abdul-Aziz Seidu

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

BMC public health

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

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

Reproductive health

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

Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy Termination Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal of interpersonal violence

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

The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Reproductive health

Avec: Bright Opoku Ahinkorah , Joshua Okyere , John Elvis Hagan , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Richard Gyan Aboagye , Sanni Yaya

Determinants of birth registration in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys.

Frontiers in public health

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

Expectations and barriers to the utilization of specialist palliative care services among persons living with cancer in Ghana: an exploratory qualitative study.

Palliative care and social practice

Avec: Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah , Abena Agyekum Poku , Kofi Boamah Mensah , Joshua Okyere , Maurice Mikare , Felix Apiribu , Emelia Osei Boakye , Joe-Nat Clegg Lamptey

Determinants of contraceptive continuation among women in sub-Saharan Africa.

BMC women's health

Avec: Eugene Budu , Joshua Okyere , Mary Dansoah Osei , Abdul-Aziz Seidu , Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Impact of childhood and adolescence cancer on family caregivers: a qualitative analysis of strains, resources and coping behaviours.

BMC psychology

Avec: Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah , Humaima Nunoo , Kofi Boamah Mensah , Joshua Okyere , Veronica Millicent Dzomeku , Felix Apiribu , Comfort Asoogo , Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey

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

BMC public health

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

Fruits and vegetable consumption, and its association with hypertension among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Public health nutrition

Avec: Joshua Okyere , Castro Ayebeng , Bernard Afriyie Owusu , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Examining the influence of wealth status on prehypertension risk in women aged 30-49: evidence from the 2018 Benin demographic and health survey.

BMC research notes

Avec: Castro Ayebeng , Joshua Okyere , Samuel Salu , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Correlates of repeat pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

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

Perceived discrimination, anxiety and mood disorders among university students during the COVID-19 era: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in a Ghanaian public university.

Frontiers in psychology

Avec: Eugene K M Darteh , Jerry Paul K Ninnoni , Joshua Okyere , Florie Darteh , Johannes John-Langba , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Individual and community-level factors associated with repeat induced abortion among women in Ghana: a multivariable complex sample logistic regression analysis of 2017 Ghana maternal health survey.

BMC public health

Avec: Isaac Yeboah , Joshua Okyere , Desmond Klu , Pascal Agbadi , Martin Wiredu Agyekum

Can women empowerment boost dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months in sub-Saharan Africa?

Tropical medicine and health

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

Institutional drivers for integrating palliative care services in a hospital in a sub-Saharan African military hospital context.

Palliative care and social practice

Avec: Samuel Asamoah Boateng , Joshua Okyere , Priscilla Y A Attafuah , Gladys Dzansi

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

Health science reports

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

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

BMC psychiatry

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

Clicks and checks: investigating the association between internet usage frequency and women's uptake of clinical breast examination in Ghana.

BMC health services research

Avec: Joshua Okyere , Castro Ayebeng , Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Réseau de co-auteurs

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah 24 collaborations

Abdul-Aziz Seidu 23 collaborations

Richard Gyan Aboagye 14 collaborations

Eugene Budu 11 collaborations

Sanni Yaya 9 collaborations

Kwamena Sekyi Dickson 8 collaborations

Castro Ayebeng 7 collaborations

John Elvis Hagan 6 collaborations

Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah 4 collaborations

Isaac Yeboah 3 collaborations

Kofi Boamah Mensah 3 collaborations

Felix Apiribu 3 collaborations

Francis Arthur-Holmes 3 collaborations

Louis Kobina Dadzie 3 collaborations

Ebenezer Agbaglo 3 collaborations

Wonder Agbemavi 2 collaborations

Iddrisu Amadu 2 collaborations

Eric Duku 2 collaborations

Satyajit Kundu 2 collaborations

Edward Kwabena Ameyaw 2 collaborations

Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa 2 collaborations

Abigail Kabukie Dosoo 2 collaborations

Desmond Klu 2 collaborations

Mary Naana Essiaw 2 collaborations

Veronica Millicent Dzomeku 2 collaborations

Pascal Agbadi 2 collaborations

Maurice Mikare 2 collaborations

Abena Agyekum Poku 2 collaborations

Joe-Nat Clegg Lamptey 2 collaborations

Precious Adade Duodu 2 collaborations

Bibha Simkhada 2 collaborations

Caroline Barker 2 collaborations

Warren Gillibrand 2 collaborations

Padam Simkhada 2 collaborations

Martin Wiredu Agyekum 2 collaborations

Mawulorm Akpeke 1 collaboration

Farrukh Ishaque Saah 1 collaboration

Vivian Tackie 1 collaboration

Anita Gracious Archer 1 collaboration

Md Hasan Al Banna 1 collaboration

Tasnim Rahman Disu 1 collaboration

Keith Brazendale 1 collaboration

Nahidur Rahman 1 collaboration

Shuvajit Mondal 1 collaboration

Bidyut Matubber 1 collaboration

Md Shafiqul Islam Khan 1 collaboration

Henry Ofori Duah 1 collaboration

Michael Boah 1 collaboration

Bupe Mwamba 1 collaboration

Olalekan Seun Olagunju 1 collaboration

Esinam Afi Kayi 1 collaboration

Simon Agongo Azure 1 collaboration

Felix Mensah 1 collaboration

Zemenu Tadesse Tessema 1 collaboration

Emmanuel Kweku Nakua 1 collaboration

Peter Donkor 1 collaboration

Jody R Lori 1 collaboration

Joseph Kojo Oduro 1 collaboration

Jonas Kwame Mawuli Tawiah Nyador 1 collaboration

Kwaku Kissah-Korsah 1 collaboration

Joshua Amo-Adjei 1 collaboration

Adwoa Yenyi 1 collaboration

Brian Ahanotu 1 collaboration

Er-Menan Amaniampong 1 collaboration

Md Ashfikur Rahman 1 collaboration

Enryka Christopher 1 collaboration

Riaz Uddin 1 collaboration

Rashidul Alam Mahumud 1 collaboration

Ebenezer N K Boateng 1 collaboration

Yaw Marfo Okyere 1 collaboration

Emmanuella Acheampong 1 collaboration

Vincent Bio Bediako 1 collaboration

Ransford Akrong 1 collaboration

Thomas Hormenu 1 collaboration

Nandeeta Samad 1 collaboration

Pranta Das 1 collaboration

James Boadu Frimpong 1 collaboration

Mohammad Hayatun Nabi 1 collaboration

Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader 1 collaboration

Robert Kokou Dowou 1 collaboration

Collins Adu 1 collaboration

Justice Kanor Tetteh 1 collaboration

Tarif Salihu 1 collaboration

Kenneth Fosu Oteng 1 collaboration

Eustace Bugase 1 collaboration

Sampson Aboagye Osei 1 collaboration

Thomas Schack 1 collaboration

Emelia Osei Boakye 1 collaboration

Mary Dansoah Osei 1 collaboration

Humaima Nunoo 1 collaboration

Comfort Asoogo 1 collaboration

Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey 1 collaboration

Ronald Osei Mensah 1 collaboration

Hilda Appiah 1 collaboration

Andrew Kweku Conduah 1 collaboration

Seth Nana Kwabena Koduah 1 collaboration

Aaron Kobina Christian 1 collaboration

Bernard Afriyie Owusu 1 collaboration

Samuel Salu 1 collaboration

Eugene K M Darteh 1 collaboration

Jerry Paul K Ninnoni 1 collaboration

Florie Darteh 1 collaboration

Johannes John-Langba 1 collaboration

Irene Esi Donkoh 1 collaboration

Samuel Asamoah Boateng 1 collaboration

Priscilla Y A Attafuah 1 collaboration

Gladys Dzansi 1 collaboration

Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey 1 collaboration