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Ama de-Graft Aikins

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Social Psychology, University of Ghana; Professorial Research Fellow, LSE Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Chronic ConditionsCommunity HealthSocial RepresentationsQualitative MethodsArts and Health
Publications

244

Citations

11,087

H-index

54

i10-index

115

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
45.4
Most cited paper
1,640
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:03
Publications

244 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission: tackling a global health, gender, and equity challenge
CE Coles, BO Anderson, D Cameron, F Cardoso, R Horton, FM Knaul, ...
2022 The Lancet 399 (10330), 1101-1103, 2022 Health Sciences 57
Lay community perceptions and treatment options for hypertension in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative analysis
GN Nyaaba, L Masana, AG Aikins, K Stronks, C Agyemang
2018 BMJ open 8 (11), e023451, 2018 Social Sciences 57
Symptoms of common mental disorders and their correlates among women in Accra, Ghana: a population-based survey
V De Menil, A Osei, N Douptcheva, AG Hill, P Yaro, ADG Aikins
2012 Ghana medical journal 46 (2), 95, 2012 Social Sciences 56
Food variety, dietary diversity, and type 2 diabetes in a multi-center cross-sectional study among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study
I Danquah, C Galbete, K Meeks, M Nicolaou, K Klipstein-Grobusch, ...
2018 European journal of nutrition 57 (8), 2723-2733, 2018 Health Sciences 54
Migration and cardiovascular disease risk among Ghanaian populations in Europe: the RODAM study (research on obesity and diabetes among African migrants)
D Boateng, C Agyemang, E Beune, K Meeks, L Smeeth, M Schulze, ...
2017 Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 10 (11), e004013, 2017 Social Sciences 54
Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study
C Galbete, M Nicolaou, K Meeks, K Klipstein-Grobusch, A de-Graft Aikins, ...
2018 Nutrition & diabetes 8 (1), 25, 2018 Health Sciences 53
Preparing for Ebola Virus Disease in West African countries not yet affected: perspectives from Ghanaian health professionals
Y Nyarko, L Goldfrank, G Ogedegbe, S Soghoian, A de-Graft Aikins, ...
2015 Globalization and health 11 (1), 7, 2015 Health Sciences 53
Strengthening quality and continuity of diabetes care in rural Ghana: a critical social psychological approach
ADG Aikins
2004 Journal of health psychology 9 (2), 295-309, 2004 Social Sciences 51
Patterns of cardiovascular disease mortality in Ghana
OA Sanuade, JK Anarfi, A de-Graft Aikins, KA Koram
2014 Ethnicity & disease 24 (1), 55-59, 2014 Health Sciences 49
Factors associated with waiting time for breast cancer treatment in a teaching hospital in Ghana
F Dedey, L Wu, H Ayettey, OA Sanuade, TS Akingbola, SA Hewlett, ...
2016 Health Education & Behavior 43 (4), 420-427, 2016 Health Sciences 47
Special Issue: Health, disease and healthcare in Africa
A de-Graft Aikins, D Marks
2007 Journal of Health Psychology 12 (3), 387-559, 2007 Health Sciences 47
Knowledge and perceptions of type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM qualitative study
A de-Graft Aikins, F Dodoo, RB Awuah, E Owusu-Dabo, J Addo, ...
2019 PLoS ONE 14 (4), e0214501, 2019 Social Sciences 43
Innovative ways of studying the effect of migration on obesity and diabetes beyond the common designs: lessons from the RODAM study
C Agyemang, E Beune, K Meeks, J Addo, AG Aikins, S Bahendeka, ...
2017 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1391 (1), 54-70, 2017 Social Sciences 43
Dietary patterns among adults in three low-income urban communities in Accra, Ghana
SB Kushitor, DO Alangea, R Aryeetey, A de-Graft Aikins
2023 PLoS One 18 (11), e0293726, 2023 Social Sciences 41
Differences in alcohol consumption and drinking patterns in Ghanaians in Europe and Africa: the RODAM study
J Addo, S Cook, C Galbete, C Agyemang, K Klipstein-Grobusch, ...
2018 PloS one 13 (11), e0206286, 2018 Social Sciences 41
Understanding the causes of breast cancer treatment delays at a teaching hospital in Ghana
OA Sanuade, H Ayettey, S Hewlett, F Dedey, L Wu, T Akingbola, ...
2021 Journal of health psychology 26 (3), 357-366, 2021 Health Sciences 40
Building cardiovascular disease competence in an urban poor Ghanaian community: A social psychology of participation approach
A de‐Graft Aikins, M Kushitor, SB Kushitor, O Sanuade, PY Asante, ...
2020 Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 30 (4), 419-440, 2020 Social Sciences 38
“Colonial Virus”: COVID-19, creative arts and public health communication in Ghana
AG Aikins, B Akoi-Jackson
2020 Ghana Medical Journal 54 (4s), 86-96, 2020 Health Sciences 38
Community and individual sense of trust and psychological distress among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana
MK Kushitor, MB Peterson, PY Asante, ND Dodoo, S Boatemaa, ...
2018 PLoS One 13 (9), e0202818, 2018 Social Sciences 37
Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study
B van Nieuwenhuizen, MH Zafarmand, E Beune, K Meeks, AG Aikins, ...
2018 Internal and emergency medicine 13 (6), 845-856, 2018 Health Sciences 37
Exploring biomedical and ethnomedical representations of diabetes in Ghana and the scope for cross-professional collaboration: a social psychological approach to health policy
AG Aikins
2002 Social Science Information 41 (4), 625-652, 2002 Social Sciences 36
Improving the quality of care for people who had a stroke in a low‐/middle‐income country: A qualitative analysis of health‐care professionals’ perspectives
L Baatiema, A de‐Graft Aikins, FS Sarfo, S Abimbola, JK Ganle, ...
2020 Health Expectations 23 (2), 450-460, 2020 Health Sciences 34
Research on aging in Ghana from the 1950s to 2016: A bibliography and commentary
AG Aikins, M Kushitor, O Sanuade, S Dakey, D Dovie, J Kwabena-Adade
2016 Ghana Studies 19 (1), 173-189, 2016 Social Sciences 34
Mental illness and destitution in Ghana: a social psychological perspective
A de-Graft Aikins
2015 The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa, 112-143, 2015 Social Sciences 34
Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: the RODAM study
R Brathwaite, J Addo, AE Kunst, C Agyemang, E Owusu-Dabo, ...
2017 PloS one 12 (5), e0177291, 2017 Health Sciences 33