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Samuel Agyei-Mensah

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Population and Health Geography, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Population and Health Geography
Publications

174

Citations

5,024

H-index

36

i10-index

73

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.9
Most cited paper
614
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 07:46
Publications

174 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Strangers in a strange land: Mapping household and neighbourhood associations with improved wellbeing outcomes in Accra, Ghana
AC Cavanaugh, JC Baumgartner, H Bixby, AM Schmidt, S Agyei-Mensah, ...
2023 Cities 143, 104584, 2023 Social Sciences 8
Chronic non-communicable diseases in Ghana
AG Aikins, S Agyei-Mensah, C Agyemang
2014 Multidisciplinary Perspectives 1, 2014 Social Sciences 8
New faces of poverty in Ghana
R Lund, S Agyei-Mensah, SH Jørgensen
2008 Taylor & Francis Group 62 (3), 135-138, 2008 Social Sciences 8
Household-specific barriers to citizen-led flood risk adaptation
BC Howard, CA Awuni, S Agyei-Mensah, LD Bryant, AM Collins, ...
2024 npj Climate Action 3 (1), 112, 2024 Social Sciences 7
Changing perspectives on the social sciences in Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, JA Ayee, AD Oduro
2014 Springer Netherlands, 2014 Social Sciences 7
SOCIAL SETTING, BIRTH TIMING, AND SUBSEQUENT
S Agyei-Mensah, A Aase, K Awusabo-Asare
2003 Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro …, 2003 Social Sciences 7
Underreaction to sexual behavioural change among the youth in Ghana in the era of AIDS
JK Anarfi, S Agyei-Mensah, JB Casterline, DK Agyeman
2005 Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects …, 2005 Social Sciences 6
Infant nutritional Patterns and Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) 1986-1999
S Agyeu-Mensah
1999 Research Review of the Institute of African Studies 15 (2), 1-12, 1999 Health Sciences 5
The Accra school health and environment study (ASHES): a study of the urban environment and child health and development in Accra
CL Lange, AS Alli, KA Kyeremateng, JF Holmes, J Nimo, N Dery, P Anku, ...
2026 Environmental Research Communications 8 (3), 035012, 2026 Social Sciences 4
Trends in spousal age difference at first marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa
PS Kyei, S Agyei-Mensah, JB Casterline, AA Bawah
2025 Journal of Biosocial Science 57 (4), 532-548, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Transit and fairness: Exploring spatial equity in Accra's public transport system
E Kyere-Gyeabour, A Sivakumar, S Agyei-Mensah
2024 African transport studies 2, 100012, 2024 Social Sciences 4
“Shaping the family”: Individual’s capabilities to exercise reproductive rights seen through a qualitative survey
C Sauvain-Dugerdil, TA Bosiakoh, S Diarra, A Piraud, S Diop, J Anarfi, ...
2014 African Population Studies 28 (2), 872-889, 2014 Social Sciences 4
Reproductive change in Ghana: Recent patterns and future prospects
S Agyei-Mensah, JB Casterline, DK Agyeman
2005 Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, 2005 Social Sciences 4
Co-production methodologies to deliver city-level flood resilience and reduce health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa
BC Howard, CA Awuni, A Arif, F Berkhout, W Buytaert, S Agyei-Mensah
2024 Climate and Health: Science-based policy solutions, 2024 Health Sciences 3
The capabilities approach and agency for shaping family formation trajectories in Ghana
TA Bosiakoh, S Agyei-Mensah, JK Anarfi, AO Sarkodie, ...
2018 African Population Studies 32 (3), 2018 Social Sciences 3
The politics of healthcare financing reforms in Ghana: a comparative analysis of the Rawlings and Kufuor years
M Kpessa-Whyte
2018 Ghana Social Science 15 (1), 1, 2018 Social Sciences 3
Multidisciplinary perspectives on chronic non-communicable diseases in Ghana
AG Aikens, S Agyei-Mensah, C Agyemang
2013 Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Ghana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 1-12, 2013 Social Sciences 3
Household and neighborhood determinants of particulate matter pollution in 4 accra neighborhoods
Z Zhou, K Dionisio, R Arku, A Quaye, A Hughes, J Vallarino, J Spengler, ...
2011 Epidemiology 22 (1), S196, 2011 Social Sciences 3
Within neighborhood patterns and sources of particle pollution: mobile monitoring and GIS analysis in four Accra communities
KL Dionisio, MS Rooney, RE Arku, AB Friedman, AF Hughes, J Vallarino, ...
2010 Environ Health Perspect 118 (5), 607-613, 2010 Social Sciences 3
Intra-urban differentials in poverty and health in Accra, Ghana
JR Weeks, AG Hill, DA Stow, A Getis, S Agyei-Mensah, JK Anarfi
2005 San Diego State University, 2005 Social Sciences 3
Accessibility to and Utilization of Primary Health Care in the Ga, Dangme East and Dangme West Districts of the Greater Accra Region
CM Mensah, JS Nabila, E Ardayfio-Schandorf, M Awumbila, ...
2003 Health Sciences 3
Integrating literacy and health education for a sustainable development in Africa.
AB Bodomo, S Agyei-Mensah
1997 Social Sciences 3
Urban ambient air pollution and blood pressure in schoolchildren in Accra, Ghana
AS Alli, KA Kyeremateng, J Nimo, CL Lange, N Dery, P Anku, LY Adzrakor, ...
2026 Scientific Reports, 2026 Social Sciences 2
Characterizing air and noise pollution and their determinants in elementary schools in Accra, Ghana
CL Lange, SN Clark, AS Alli, J Nimo, KA Kyeremateng, S Agyei-Mensah, ...
2025 Environmental Research: Health 3 (4), 041002, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Mapping socio-economic status using mixed data: a hierarchical Bayesian approach
G Virgili-Gervais, AM Schmidt, H Bixby, A Cavanaugh, G Owusu, ...
2025 Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society 188 …, 2025 Social Sciences 2