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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
Beyond “Food is Medicine”: Evaluating the impact of Ghana’s Regenerative Health and Nutrition Pilot Programme.
A de-Graft Aikins
2010 Ghana Social Science Journal 7 (1), 14-35, 2010 Health Sciences 8
One size doesn’t fit all: insights from North–south academic partnerships in Africa
A de-Graft Aikins
2008 NORRAG News. Special issue: The Politics of Partnership: Peril of Promise 41 …, 2008 Social Sciences 8
Rationale and crosssectional study design of the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants: the RODAM study. BMJ Open. 2014; 4 (3): e004877
C Agyemang, E Beune, K Meeks, E Owusu-Dabo, P Agyei-Baffour, ...
1900 Article PubMed PubMed Central, 0 Social Sciences 8
Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA): a study protocol for a controlled clinical heat adaptation trial
M Deglon, C Africa, LM Soepnel, T Kapwata, AG Aikins, K Bedu-Addo, ...
2025 BMC Public Health 25 (1), 1725, 2025 Health Sciences 7
Qualitative inquiry and public health science: Case studies from the COVID-19 pandemic
T Greenhalgh, A de-Graft Aikins
2023 SAGE, 2023 Health Sciences 7
Introduction: Addressing the Chronic Non-communicable Disease Burden in Low-and Middle-income Countries
AG Aikins, C Agyemang
2016 Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Low-and Middle-income Countries, xix-xxvi, 2016 Health Sciences 7
Health Policy Analysis Institutes: Landscaping and Learning from Experience.
S Bennett, A Adrijana Corluka, J Doherty, A de-Graft Aikins, ...
2010 Geneva: Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, 2010 Health Sciences 7
A multi-dimensional Sustainable Diet Index (SDI) for Ghanaian adults under transition: the RODAM Study
AP Okekunle, M Nicolaou, M De Allegri, KAC Meeks, H Osei-Kwasi, ...
2024 Nutrition journal 23 (1), 117, 2024 Health Sciences 6
Creating communities that care: Social representation of mental health in two urban poor communities in Ghana
F Agyei, A de-Graft Aikins, A Osei-Tutu, F Annor
2024 Discover Mental Health 4 (1), 33, 2024 Social Sciences 6
The socio-cultural and socio-economic context of Africa‟ s chronic disease burden
A de-Graft Aikins
2013 Chronic Non-Communicable Dis Ghana: Multidiscip Perspect 9, 124-36, 2013 Social Sciences 6
Nonverbal communication in everyday multicultural life
A de-Graft Aikins
2011 The social psychology of communication, 67-86, 2011 Social Sciences 6
Evaluation of Capacity Development at District Level of the Health Sector in Ghana (2006–2009): Evidence-Based Case Study
S Adjei, A Seddoh, A de-Graft Aikins, A Nazzar, F Satara, B Sarkodie
2010 Accra, Ghana: Centre for Health and Social Services, 2010 Health Sciences 6
Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Low and Middle-income Countries
A De Graft Aikins, C Agyemang
2016 CABI, 2016 Social Sciences 5
Non-communicable disease in Africa: bridging the research-public gap
A de-Graft Aikins
2007 Report on the 1st Annual Workshop of the British Academy UK-Africa Academic …, 2007 Health Sciences 5
Group (2015),‘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 Aikins, ...
1900 Globalization and Health 11 (7), 0 Health Sciences 5
Social group membership, social identities, and mental health experiences in urban poor communities in Ghana: A critical social psychology inquiry
F Agyei, A de-Graft Aikins, A Osei-Tutu, F Annor
2025 Community Mental Health Journal 61 (1), 76-86, 2025 Social Sciences 4
‘If you sell your sickness, you will get its medicine’: Care and intrafamilial communication for chronic diseases in southern Ghana
K Adjaye-Gbewonyo, AG Aikins, M Vaughan
2022 Scientific African 18, e01400, 2022 Social Sciences 4
A too familiar threat
A de-Graft Aikins
2021 New Scientist, 23, 2021 Social Sciences 4
Patient characteristics that influence the Advocacy Role of nurses in Ghana: a qualitative study
G Dadzie, L Aziato, A de-Graft Aikins
2018 J Nurs Patient Care 3 (1), 2, 2018 Health Sciences 4
The prevalence and determinants of physical activity among Ghanaians in Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe: the RODAM study
E Afrifa-Anane, A Aikins, F Dodoo, C Agyemang
2018 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 28, 32-32, 2018 Health Sciences 4
I. 22 Barriers to patient empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: a social psychological evaluation
AG Aikins
2014 Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, S7, 2014 Health Sciences 4
Social cognition, social representations and social knowledge: themes in Ghanaian social psychology
A de-Graft Aikins
2014 Contemporary Psychology: Readings from Ghana, 87-108, 2014 Social Sciences 4
Ethnicity, social development and wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa: a conceptual review
E Aryeetey, A de-Graft Aikins
2013 Ethnicity: Theories, International Perspectives and Challenges, 2013 Social Sciences 4
Ethnicity: Theories, International Perspectives and Challenges.
C Agyemang, C Airhenbuwa, A de-Graft Aikins
2013 Social Sciences 4
Health systems research and infectious diseases of poverty: from the margins to the mainstream.
MA Gonzàlez Block, AB Akosa, M Chowdhury, A de-Graft Aikins
2012 Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty., 2012 Health Sciences 4