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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

245

Citations

11,099

H-index

54

i10-index

115

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
45.3
Most cited paper
1,646
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 02:06
Publications

245 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2005 Unpublished PhD Thesis, 2005 Social Sciences 17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
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 9
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
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