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Amos Laar

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, School of Public Health, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF POPULATION, FAMILY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
BioethicsPublic Health Nutrition
Publications

249

Citations

7,189

H-index

43

i10-index

110

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.9
Most cited paper
669
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:46
Publications

249 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Preferred interpersonal distances: A global comparison
A Sorokowska, P Sorokowski, P Hilpert, K Cantarero, T Frackowiak, ...
2017 Journal of cross-cultural psychology 48 (4), 577-592, 2017 Health Sciences 669
Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals
J Fanzo, L Haddad, KR Schneider, C Béné, NM Covic, A Guarin, ...
2021 Food Policy 104, 102163, 2021 Health Sciences 479
Overweight and obesity epidemic in Ghana—a systematic review and meta-analysis
R Ofori-Asenso, AA Agyeman, A Laar, D Boateng
2016 BMC public health 16 (1), 1239, 2016 Health Sciences 384
Commercial determinants of health: future directions
S Friel, J Collin, M Daube, A Depoux, N Freudenberg, AB Gilmore, ...
2023 The Lancet 401 (10383), 1229-1240, 2023 Health Sciences 288
The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030
KR Schneider, J Fanzo, L Haddad, M Herrero, JR Moncayo, A Herforth, ...
2023 Nature Food 4 (12), 1090-1110, 2023 Health Sciences 246
Marital satisfaction, sex, age, marriage duration, religion, number of children, economic status, education, and collectivistic values: Data from 33 countries
P Sorokowski, AK Randall, A Groyecka, T Frackowiak, K Cantarero, ...
2017 Frontiers in psychology 8, 1199, 2017 Social Sciences 223
How do food safety concerns affect consumer behaviors and diets in low-and middle-income countries? A systematic review
J Liguori, U Trübswasser, R Pradeilles, A Le Port, E Landais, EF Talsma, ...
2022 Global Food Security 32, 100606, 2022 Health Sciences 189
Exclusive breastfeeding among city-dwelling professional working mothers in Ghana
EJ Dun-Dery, AK Laar
2016 International breastfeeding journal 11 (1), 23, 2016 Health Sciences 180
Inadequate preparedness for response to COVID-19 is associated with stress and burnout among healthcare workers in Ghana
PA Afulani, AO Gyamerah, JJ Nutor, A Laar, RA Aborigo, H Malechi, ...
2021 PloS one 16 (4), e0250294, 2021 Health Sciences 172
The associations of dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction vary between and within nations: A 35-nation study
P Hilpert, AK Randall, P Sorokowski, DC Atkins, A Sorokowska, K Ahmadi, ...
2016 Frontiers in psychology 7, 1106, 2016 Health Sciences 159
Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts’ assessment of government action
A Laar, A Barnes, R Aryeetey, A Tandoh, K Bash, K Mensah, F Zotor, ...
2020 Food Policy 93, 101907, 2020 Health Sciences 152
Food availability, accessibility and dietary practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country survey
A Jafri, N Mathe, EK Aglago, SO Konyole, M Ouedraogo, K Audain, ...
2021 Public health nutrition 24 (7), 1798-1805, 2021 Health Sciences 146
Health system challenges to hypertension and related non-communicable diseases prevention and treatment: perspectives from Ghanaian stakeholders
AK Laar, AJ Adler, AM Kotoh, H Legido-Quigley, IL Lange, P Perel, ...
2019 BMC health services research 19 (1), 693, 2019 Health Sciences 132
Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response
P Baker, S Slater, M White, B Wood, A Contreras, C Corvalán, A Gupta, ...
2025 The Lancet 406 (10520), 2703-2726, 2025 Health Sciences 123
Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district
SK Arzoaquoi, EE Essuman, FY Gbagbo, EY Tenkorang, I Soyiri, AK Laar
2015 Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 11 (1), 59, 2015 Health Sciences 105
Factors influencing dietary behaviours in urban food environments in Africa: a systematic mapping review
H Osei-Kwasi, A Mohindra, A Booth, A Laar, M Wanjohi, F Graham, ...
2020 Public Health Nutrition 23 (14), 2584-2601, 2020 Health Sciences 98
Unhealthy eating practices of city-dwelling Africans in deprived neighbourhoods: evidence for policy action from Ghana and Kenya
M Holdsworth, R Pradeilles, A Tandoh, M Green, M Wanjohi, F Zotor, ...
2020 Global food security 26, 100452, 2020 Health Sciences 96
Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030
KR Schneider, R Remans, TH Bekele, D Aytekin, P Conforti, S Dasgupta, ...
2025 Nature Food 6 (1), 105-116, 2025 Social Sciences 88
Determinants of overweight with concurrent stunting among Ghanaian children
BK Atsu, C Guure, AK Laar
2017 BMC pediatrics 17 (1), 177, 2017 Health Sciences 87
Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey
P Lamptey, A Laar, AJ Adler, R Dirks, A Caldwell, D Prieto-Merino, A Aerts, ...
2017 BMC public health 17 (1), 368, 2017 Health Sciences 87
Urban physical food environments drive dietary behaviours in Ghana and Kenya: A photovoice study
R Pradeilles, A Irache, MN Wanjohi, M Holdsworth, A Laar, F Zotor, ...
2021 Health & Place 71, 102647, 2021 Social Sciences 85
ART access-related barriers faced by HIV-positive persons linked to care in southern Ghana: a mixed method study
A Ankomah, JK Ganle, MY Lartey, A Kwara, PA Nortey, MPK Okyerefo, ...
2016 BMC infectious diseases 16 (1), 738, 2016 Health Sciences 74
Actions in global nutrition initiatives to promote sustainable healthy diets
LI Reyes, SV Constantinides, S Bhandari, EA Frongillo, ...
2021 Global Food Security 31, 100585, 2021 Health Sciences 73
The role of lifestyle factors in controlling blood pressure among hypertensive patients in two health facilities in urban Ghana: a cross‐sectional study
E Modey Amoah, D Esinam Okai, A Manu, A Laar, J Akamah, K Torpey
2020 International Journal of Hypertension 2020 (1), 9379128, 2020 Health Sciences 71
The African urban food environment framework for creating healthy nutrition policy and interventions in urban Africa
HA Osei-Kwasi, A Laar, F Zotor, R Pradeilles, R Aryeetey, M Green, ...
2021 Plos one 16 (4), e0249621, 2021 Health Sciences 70