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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
Health psychology in Ghana: A review of the multidisciplinary origins of a young sub-field and its future prospects
A de-Graft Aikins
2018 Journal of health psychology 23 (3), 425-441, 2018 Social Sciences 18
Ghana at fifty: reflections on independence and after
E Akyeampong, AG Aikins
2008 Transition 98 (1), 24-34, 2008 Social Sciences 18
Mass media constructions of ‘socio-psychological epidemics’ in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of genital shrinking in 11 countries
A de-Graft Aikins, VA Dzokoto, E Yevak
2015 Public Understanding of Science 24 (8), 988-1006, 2015 Social Sciences 17
Social representations of diabetes in Ghana: reconstructing self, society and culture
A de-Graft Aikins
2005 Unpublished PhD Thesis, 2005 Social Sciences 17
Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study
E van der Linden, K Meeks, E Beune, AG Aikins, J Addo, E Owusu-Dabo, ...
2019 Atherosclerosis 284, 83-91, 2019 Social Sciences 16
The scope and limits of Ghana’s “Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty” programme.
A de-Graft Aikins, S Alidu, E Bortei-Doku Aryeetey, GAR Domfe
2017 Politics, public policy and social protection in Africa: evidence from cash …, 2017 Social Sciences 16
Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana–The RODAM study
M Bijlholt, KAC Meeks, E Beune, J Addo, L Smeeth, MB Schulze, ...
2018 Diabetes research and clinical practice 136, 32-38, 2018 Social Sciences 15
Culture, diet and the maternal body: Ghanaian women’s perspectives on food, fat and childbearing
A de-Graft Aikins
2011 Fatness and the Maternal Body: Women's experiences of corporeality and the …, 2011 Health Sciences 15
Pathways to research leadership for early career researchers in Africa: a potential role for African and global funders
J Jackson, C Viney, A de-Graft Aikins, H Kebirungi, A Neba, L Mtwisha, ...
2022 South African Journal of Higher Education 36 (2), 151-172, 2022 Social Sciences 14
Validation of the multidimensional WHOQOL‐OLD in Ghana: A study among population‐based healthy adults in three ethnically different districts
A Anum, S Adjorlolo, CS Akotia, A de‐Graft Aikins
2021 Brain and Behavior 11 (8), e02193, 2021 Social Sciences 14
How chronic conditions are understood, experienced and managed within African communities in Europe, North America and Australia: A synthesis of qualitative studies
A de-Graft Aikins, O Sanuade, L Baatiema, K Adjaye-Gbewonyo, J Addo, ...
2023 Plos one 18 (2), e0277325, 2023 Social Sciences 13
Psychology in Ghana: a review of research and practice
AG Aikins, AL Ofori-Atta, A Anum, VA Dzokoto
2014 Changing perspectives on the social sciences in Ghana, 75-93, 2014 Social Sciences 11
Stroke in Ghana: A systematic literature review
O Sanuade, C Agyemang, A de-Graft Aikins, S Agyei-Mensah, ...
2013 Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Ghana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives …, 2013 Humanities 11
Contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) of diabetes in poor urban communities in Ghana: the CARE diabetes project qualitative study protocol
L Baatiema, DL Strachan, LO Okoibhole, IA Kretchy, M Kushitor, ...
2024 Global health action 17 (1), 2364498, 2024 Social Sciences 10
Improving stroke care in Ghana: a roundtable discussion with communities, healthcare providers, policymakers and civil society organisations
OA Sanuade, L Baatiemaa, K Adjaye-Gbewonyo, AG Aikins
2021 Ghana Medical Journal 55 (2), 147, 2021 Health Sciences 10
Psychosocial stressors among Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe
RB Awuah, A de-Graft Aikins, FNA Dodoo, KAC Meeks, EJAJ Beune, ...
2022 Journal of health psychology 27 (3), 674-685, 2022 Social Sciences 9
Competence in professional psychology practice in Ghana: Qualitative insights from practicing clinical health psychologists
A de-Graft Aikins, A Osei-Tutu, F Agyei, PY Asante, H Aboyinga, A Adjei, ...
2021 Journal of Health Psychology 26 (7), 1012-1025, 2021 Health Sciences 9
COVID-19, chronic conditions and structural poverty: A social psychological assessment of the needs of a marginalized community in Accra, Ghana
J Okai
2021 Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2021 Social Sciences 9
Towards population salt reduction to control high blood pressure in Ghana: a policy direction
E Menyanu, L Baatiema, K Charlton, M Wilson, ADG Aikins, J Russell, ...
2020 Current developments in nutrition 4 (Supplement_3), nzaa084, 2020 Social Sciences 9
Cross-sectional study of association between socioeconomic indicators and chronic kidney disease in rural–urban Ghana: the RODAM study
DN Adjei, K Stronks, D Adu, E Beune, K Meeks, L Smeeth, J Addo, ...
2019 BMJ open 9 (5), e022610, 2019 Social Sciences 9
Healthy cities in Africa: A continent of difference
J Simos, FB Naissem, J Naissem, F Maïga Sokona, JD Konongo, A Sani, ...
2017 Healthy Cities: The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Value-Based Urban …, 2017 Social Sciences 9
Frontline health workers’ experiences of providing care for people living with non-communicable diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: a qualitative study
L Baatiema, A de-Graft Aikins, KK Koram, SMP Kunfah, LN Allen, ...
2024 BMJ open 14 (5), e078957, 2024 Health Sciences 8
What accounts for quality of life among older adults? Examining chronic physical health, mental health, and social support among ethnically diverse populations in Ghana
A Anum, CS Akotia, A de-Graft Aikins
2024 Cogent Gerontology 3 (1), 2308846, 2024 Social Sciences 8
Chronic non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries: concepts and strategies for prevention, control and advocacy.
AG Aikins, C Agyemang
2017 CABI Reviews, 1-8, 2017 Social Sciences 8
Ageing and neurodegenerative diseases in low-and middleincome countries.
A Graft Aikins, OA Sanuade, K Anie
2016 Chronic non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries, 50-68, 2016 Social Sciences 8