Ama de-Graft Aikins
PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Chronic ConditionsCommunity HealthSocial RepresentationsQualitative MethodsArts and Health
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Publications
244 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Colonial virus’? Creative arts and public understanding of COVID-19 in Ghana A de-Graft Aikins |
2020 | Journal of the British Academy 8, 401-413, 2020 | Health Sciences | 31 |
| Diabetes in Ghana: a review of research on prevalence, experiences and healthcare AD Aikins, E Owusu-Dabo, C Agyemang |
2013 | — | Health Sciences | 31 |
| Is social support associated with hypertension control among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and non-migrants in Ghana? The RODAM study GN Nyaaba, K Stronks, K Meeks, E Beune, E Owusu-Dabo, J Addo, ... |
2019 | Internal and emergency medicine 14 (6), 957-966, 2019 | Social Sciences | 29 |
| African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology and a Vibrant Ecosystem (ACHIEVE): novel strategies for accelerating hypertension control in Africa M Owolabi, P Olowoyo, A Mocumbi, OS Ogah, A Odili, K Wahab, D Ojji, ... |
2025 | Journal of human hypertension 39 (2), 86-94, 2025 | Health Sciences | 28 |
| The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study EL Van Der Linden, K Meeks, E Beune, A de-Graft Aikins, J Addo, ... |
2019 | European Journal of Public Health 29 (5), 906-913, 2019 | Health Sciences | 28 |
| Towards evidence-based policies to strengthen acute stroke care in low-middle-income countries L Baatiema, S Abimbola, AG Aikins, A Damasceno, AP Kengne, FS Sarfo, ... |
2020 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences 418, 117117, 2020 | Social Sciences | 27 |
| Metabolic syndrome C Agyemang, S Boatemaa, GA Frempong, A Aikins |
2015 | Switzerland: Springer International, 2015 | Social Sciences | 27 |
| Culture, ethnicity and chronic conditions: reframing concepts and methods for research, interventions and policy in low-and middle-income countries A de-Graft Aikins, E Pitchforth, P Allotey, G Ogedegbe, C Agyemang |
2012 | Ethnicity & Health 17 (6), 551-561, 2012 | Health Sciences | 27 |
| Differential associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among Ghanaians in Europe and in Ghana: findings from the RODAM study C Baratin, E Beune, D van Schalkwijk, K Meeks, L Smeeth, J Addo, ... |
2020 | Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 55 (1), 45-56, 2020 | Social Sciences | 25 |
| Psychosocial factors and hypertension prevalence among Ghanaians in Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe: The RODAM study RB Awuah, A de-Graft Aikins, FNA Dodoo, KAC Meeks, EJAJ Beune, ... |
2019 | Health psychology open 6 (2), 2055102919885752, 2019 | Health Sciences | 25 |
| Illness representations and coping practices for self-managing hypertension among sub-Saharan Africans: A comparative study among Ghanaian migrants and non-migrant Ghanaians GN Nyaaba, C Agyemang, L Masana, AG Aikins, E Beune, ... |
2019 | Patient education and counseling 102 (9), 1711-1721, 2019 | Social Sciences | 24 |
| An Action Plan to Face the Challenge of Dementia: INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT ON DEMENTIA from IAP for Health H Chertkow, ... |
2018 | The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease 5 (3), 207-212, 2018 | Health Sciences | 24 |
| Physical inactivity among Ghanaians in Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe E Afrifa-Anane, AMA De-Graft Aikins, K AC MEEKS, E Beune, J Addo, ... |
2020 | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 (10), 2152-2161, 2020 | Health Sciences | 23 |
| Schizophrenia and Psychosis in West Africa from the colonial era to the present UM Read, V Doku, A de-Graft Aikins |
2015 | The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa., 73-111, 2015 | Social Sciences | 23 |
| The contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) diabetes project: study design for a quantitative survey of diabetes prevalence and non-communicable disease risk in Ga … SA Lule, SB Kushitor, CS Grijalva-Eternod, K Adjaye-Gbewonyo, ... |
2024 | Global health action 17 (1), 2297513, 2024 | Health Sciences | 22 |
| Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Ghana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives A de-Graft Aikins, S Agyei-Mensah, C Agyemang |
2013 | Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2013 | Social Sciences | 22 |
| Obesity in Africa: A silent public health crisis C Agyemang, SB Kushitor, GF Afrifa-Anane, A de-Graft Aikins |
2024 | Metabolic syndrome: A comprehensive textbook, 47-64, 2024 | Health Sciences | 21 |
| Lay knowledge of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in three communities in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional survey OA Sanuade, MK Kushitor, RB Awuah, PY Asante, C Agyemang, ... |
2021 | BMJ open 11 (12), e049451, 2021 | Health Sciences | 21 |
| Metabolic syndrome among individuals living with hypertension in Accra, Ghana AK Christian, OA Sanuade, SB Kushitor, M Kushitor, I Kretchy, ... |
2021 | PloS one 16 (10), e0253837, 2021 | Social Sciences | 21 |
| The Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health: why race can’t be ignored even if it causes discomfort R Bhopal, L Gruer, C Agyemang, N Davidovitch, A de-Graft Aikins, ... |
2021 | European Journal of Public Health 31 (1), 3-4, 2021 | Health Sciences | 21 |
| Patterns of prescription of psychotropic medications and their adherence among patients with schizophrenia in two psychiatric hospitals in Accra, Ghana: a cross‐sectional survey S Ashong, IA Kretchy, B Afrane, A de-Graft Aikins |
2018 | Psychiatry Journal 2018 (1), 9850594, 2018 | Social Sciences | 21 |
| Explanatory models of stroke in Ghana: perspectives of stroke survivors and their caregivers OA Sanuade, FNA Dodoo, K Koram, A de-Graft Aikins |
2021 | Ethnicity & Health 26 (5), 697-719, 2021 | Health Sciences | 20 |
| Scoping review of community health participatory research projects in Ghana IA Kretchy, LO Okoibhole, OA Sanuade, H Jennings, DL Strachan, ... |
2022 | Global health action 15 (1), 2122304, 2022 | Health Sciences | 18 |
| Anthropometric indices and their cut-off points in relation to type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants and non-migrants: The RODAM study SN Darko, KAC Meeks, WKBA Owiredu, EF Laing, D Boateng, E Beune, ... |
2021 | Diabetes research and clinical practice 173, 108687, 2021 | Health Sciences | 18 |
| Early-and mid-career transitions to research leadership in Africa L Mtwisha, J Jackson, A Mitchel, AG Aikins, H Kebirungi, K Outtara, ... |
2021 | Wellcome Open Research 6, 74, 2021 | Social Sciences | 18 |