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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
La iniciativa Food Environment Research Network, en África: del concepto a la práctica
A Tandoh, R Aryeetey, C Agyemang, M Holdsworth, G Asiki, F Zotor, ...
2023 Health Promotion 30 (2), 11-18, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Le Réseau pour la recherche sur l'environnement alimentaire en Afrique (FERN): du concept à la pratique
A Tandoh, R Aryeetey, C Agyemang, M Holdsworth, G Asiki, F Zotor, ...
2023 Health Promotion 30 (2), 11-18, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Sanitation, food safety, and hygiene are suboptimal in public sector basic schools in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana: field observations and perspectives of food service providers
P Ohene-Agyei, A Laar, M Holdsworth, G Amevinya, R Aryeetey, ...
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 380-380, 2023 Health Sciences 0
" Some are healthy some are not..." Accra-based food retailers' characterization of the healthiness of the food they sell.
S Nanema, A Adjei, G Amevinya, A Laar
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 834-834, 2023 Health Sciences 0
The distribution and healthiness of foods sold around urban and rural schools in Kenya.
S Mugo, C Karugu, M Wanjohi, S Vandevijere, M Holdsworth, A Laar, ...
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 371-371, 2023 Social Sciences 0
Using participatory photography to identify drivers of dietary behaviours in adolescents and women living in urban Ghana
J Ligouri, R Pradeilles, A Laar, F Zotor, A Tandoh, H Osei-Kwasi, ...
2023 Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 79 (1), 2023 Social Sciences 0
Using participatory photography to identify drivers of dietary behaviours in adolescents and women living in urban Ghana. Abstract of the 22nd International Congress of …
J Liguori, R Pradeilles, A Laar, F Zotor, A Tandoh, HA Osei-Kwasi, ...
2023 Social Sciences 0
Developing Socially and Ethically Responsive National AIDS Policies
A Laar
2022 Balancing the Socio-political and Medico-ethical Dimensions of HIV: A Social …, 2022 Health Sciences 0
HIV Interventions: Which Should Count? Which Should Not? And Why Not?
A Laar
2022 Balancing the Socio-political and Medico-ethical Dimensions of HIV: A Social …, 2022 Health Sciences 0
Making National HIV/AIDS Response Responsive to Social Public Health: Lessons from Ghana
A Laar
2022 Balancing the Socio-political and Medico-ethical Dimensions of HIV: A Social …, 2022 Health Sciences 0
Perspective: FoodEnvironmentResearchPriorities forAfrica—LessonsfromtheAfricaFood EnvironmentResearchNetwork
AK Laar, P Addo
2022 Health Sciences 0
Public Health Approaches to HIV and AIDS
A Laar
2022 Balancing the Socio-political and Medico-ethical Dimensions of HIV: A Social …, 2022 Health Sciences 0
The Practice of Public Health
A Laar
2022 Balancing the Socio-political and Medico-ethical Dimensions of HIV: A Social …, 2022 Health Sciences 0
“They Are Criminals”: AIDS, the Law, Harm Reduction, and the Socially Excluded
A Laar
2022 Balancing the Socio-political and Medico-ethical Dimensions of HIV: A Social …, 2022 Health Sciences 0
Enrolment of children in clinical research: Understanding Ghanaian caregivers’ perspectives on consent/assent procedures, and their attitudes towards storage of biological …
GO Adjei, A Laar, JAL Kurtzhals, BQ Goka
2021 Clinical Ethics 16 (2), 122-129, 2021 Health Sciences 0
Perspectives of Urban Ghanaian Adolescents on Healthy Eating Habits
K Rampalli, C Blake, E Frongillo, K Erickson, A Laar
2021 Current Developments in Nutrition 5, 564, 2021 Social Sciences 0
Providing measurement, evaluation, accountability, and leadership support (MEALS) for non-communicable diseases prevention in Ghana: project implementation protocol
GS Amevinya, A Laar, B Kelly, M Holdsworth, W Quarpong, R Aryeetey, ...
2021 Health Sciences 0
Benchmarking Ghana's Policies for Creating Healthy Food Environments.
A Laar, A Tandoh, A Barnes, K Bash, S Vandevijvere, M Holdsworth, ...
2019 The University of Auckland, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Disponibilité des services de planning familial intégrés sur les sites de soins et de soutien en matière de VIH en Afrique subsaharienne: une analyse secondaire d'enquêtes …
M Kanyangarara, K Sakyi, A Laar
2019 Reproductive Health 16, 1, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Identifying successful community-level strategies that have led to a 67% decline in neonatal mortality in the Northern Region of Ghana
BS Kristin Watkoske
2019 Health Sciences 0
Medical Issues, Pharmacology and Nutrient Interaction
Y Tuakli-Wosornu, N Naushad, A Laar, C Townsend, E Lin
2019 Sports Nutrition for Paralympic Athletes, Second Edition, 219-243, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Bioéthique nord et sud: créer un terrain commun
SH Miles, AK Laar
2018 Ethics, Medicine and Public Health 4, 59-64, 2018 Health Sciences 0
Ethics in Nutrition–An African Perspective
E Wentzel-Viljoen, A Laar, M Umugwaneza
2018 African Perspectives on Ethics for Healthcare Professionals, 73-89, 2018 Health Sciences 0
Conference on ‘Nutrition dynamics in Africa: opportunities and challenges for meeting the sustainable development goals’
AK Laar, RNO Aryeetey, M Mpereh, FB Zotor
2017 Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2017 Health Sciences 0
Edited and reviewed by: Marcel Zentner, University of Innsbruck, Austria* Correspondence
P Sorokowski, P Sorokowski, AK Randall, A Groyecka, T Frackowiak, ...
2017 Health Sciences 0