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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 for the urban poor
E Coast, AG Aikins
2011 Cities, Health and Well Being, 2011 Health Sciences 4
Assessing community readiness for overweight and obesity prevention among Ghanaian immigrants living in Greater Manchester, England
HA Osei-Kwasi, P Jackson, R Akparibo, M Holdsworth, M Nicolaou, ...
2023 Journal of Public Health 31 (12), 1953-1967, 2023 Health Sciences 3
Ageing in Ghana: addressing the multifaceted needs of Older Ghanaians
A de-Graft Aikins, NA Apt
2016 Ghana Studies 19 (1), 35-201, 2016 Social Sciences 3
Self-help and chronic noncommunicable disease care: a preliminary review of existing models in lowand middle-income countries
A de-Graft Aikins, P Allotey, LL Atanga
2016 Chronic non-communicable dis. low middle-income ctries. London: CABI, 179-90, 2016 Health Sciences 3
Colliding crises: The global diabetes pandemic meets climate change—A scoping review
JS Perez, H Hudson, J Araneta, B Bedell, AG Aikins, LR Dugas, M Eid, ...
2025 The journal of climate change and health 22, 100433, 2025 Natural Sciences 2
COVID-19 pandemic and access to mental healthcare: A qualitative study of the experiences of mental healthcare providers and caregivers in Ghana
L Baatiema, OA Sanuade, SMP Kunfah, KD Owusu-Ansah, LN Allen, ...
2025 PLOS Mental Health 2 (7), e0000386, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Applying arts to health interventions and health research in Ghana: a scoping review
A de-Graft Aikins, O Sanuade, F Agyei, RF Bewong, B Akoi-Jackson
2024 Arts & Health, 1-20, 2024 Health Sciences 2
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? Experiences of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people living with non-communicable diseases in Ghana: a qualitative study
L Baatiema, SMP Kunfah, OA Sanuade, LN Allen, S Abimbola, ...
2024 PLOS global public health 4 (10), e0003820, 2024 Health Sciences 2
5.10-P11 psychosocial factors and hypertension among Ghanaians living in different geographic locations: the RODAM study
R Awuah, C Agyemang, A de-Graft Aikins
2018 The European Journal of Public Health 28 (suppl_1), cky048. 197, 2018 Health Sciences 2
Curing our ills: The psychology of chronic disease risk, experience and care in Africa
AG Aikins
2018 Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2018 Social Sciences 2
Rethinking Society for the 21st century. Volume 3: Transformations in Values, Norms, Cultures
I International Panel on Social Progress
2018 Cambridge University Press 3, 605-896, 2018 Social Sciences 2
Culture, Ethnicity and Chronic Conditions: A Global Synthesis
C Agyemang, AG Aikins
2016 Routledge, 2016 Social Sciences 2
A review of population-based studies on hypertension in Ghana1
CA JulietAddo, L Smeeth, A de-GraftAikins, A Edusei, G Ogedegbe
2014 Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in Ghana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 1, 13, 2014 Social Sciences 2
Psychology in Africa: A review of research trends from the colonial era to the present
AG Aikins
2012 30th International Congress of Psychology (ICP),, Cape Town 27, 2012, 2012 Social Sciences 2
Non-communicable Diseases in Ghana
AG Aikins
2008 Bridging the Research-Practice Gap. Report of the, 2008 Social Sciences 2
Correction to: 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), 188, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana
F Agyei, A de-Graft Aikins, A Osei-Tutu, F Annor
2024 Journal of Psychology in Africa 34 (3), 299-307, 2024 Social Sciences 1
Group membership, social identification and mental health: A test of social cure or curse narrative in resource-poor communities in Ghana
F Agyei, A de-Graft Aikins, A Osei-Tutu, F Annor
2024 Journal of Psychology in Africa 34 (3), 243-250, 2024 Social Sciences 1
‘What’s Up, Fellow Deadly Diseases?’Creative Arts and Communicating COVID-19 in Ghana
A de-Graft Aikins
2024 Communicating COVID-19: Media, Trust, and Public Engagement, 261-283, 2024 Social Sciences 1
Breaking the glass ceiling: perspectives and strategies on gender and research leadership in the health sciences at African higher education institutions.
J Jackson-Malete, A de-Graft Aikins, L Mtwisha, A Mitchel, H Kebirungi, ...
2023 International Journal of Gender, Science & Technology 15 (1), 2023 Social Sciences 1
Ama de-Graft Aikins: unravelling the complexities of chronic illness experiences in African communities
P Venkatesan
2021 The Lancet Psychiatry 8 (12), 1038, 2021 Social Sciences 1
Lay knowledge of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in three communities in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
AS Olutobi, MK Kushitor, RB Awuah, PY Asante, C Agyemang, AG Aikins
2021 BMJ Open 11 (12), e049451, 2021 Health Sciences 1
Markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in only diabetic and obese Ghanaian populations: The RODAM study
SN Darko, WKBA Owiredu, D Yar, C Agyemang, J Addo, ...
2019 The Open Diabetes Journal 9, 8-15, 2019 Social Sciences 1
5.10-P9 Exploring self-management practices of people living with hypertension: a comparative study of Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam and Ghanaians residing in Ghana
G Nyaaba, A de-Graft Aikins, K Stronks, C Agyemang, L Masana
2018 The European Journal of Public Health 28 (suppl_1), cky048. 195, 2018 Social Sciences 1
Health policy and systems research in Ghana: a preliminary review of the evidence
A Aikins
2016 Aryeety, E. BD, Sackey B, Arfranie S (eds). Contemporary Social Policy …, 2016 Health Sciences 1