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Baatiema Leonard

SENIOR LECTURER

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH POLICY, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Health systems and policy analysisPrimary Health CareGovernance and Leadership in Healthcare
Publications

97

Citations

2,717

H-index

24

i10-index

43

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.0
Most cited paper
409
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:32
Publications

97 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Financing and prioritizing diabetes and other non-communicable diseases in Ghana: a qualitative policy analysis of the barriers, enablers and opportunities
L Baatiema, K Danforth, DA Watkins, J Ansong, ...
2025 Health Systems & Reform 11 (1), 2565010, 2025 Health Sciences 5
Implementation of medicines pricing policies in Ghana: the interplay of policy content, actors’ participation, and context
A Koduah, L Baatiema, IA Kretchy, IA Agyepong, A Danso-Appiah, ...
2023 International journal of health policy and management 12, 7994, 2023 Health Sciences 5
Zoonotic disease preparedness among frontline healthcare workers in Ghana: Assessing literacy and behaviors in a One Health context
KP West, KK Sznajder, HE Sauve, G Hwang, KT Roba, L Baatiema, ...
2025 medRxiv, 2025.07. 08.25331119, 2025 Health Sciences 4
Perceptions and knowledge of diabetes in poor urban communities in Accra, Ghana
RB Awuah, P Antwi, OA Sanuade, SB Kushitor, AA Marphatia, ...
2025 Global public health 20 (1), 2516700, 2025 Health Sciences 3
The cascade of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in urban-poor communities in Accra, Ghana: a population-based household survey
OA Sanuade, L Baatiema, IA Kretchy, L Okoibhole, SB Kushitor, ...
2025 BMC Public Health 25 (1), 4288, 2025 Health Sciences 3
The impact of COVID-19 on health system resilience to the cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in the Upper West Region of Ghana: a qualitative study
SMP Kunfah, L Baatiema, KM Dam, L Baatiema
2025 International Health 17 (5), 701-708, 2025 Health Sciences 3
Three lessons on diabetes for global health professionals, researchers and policy-makers from the people of Ga Mashie
OA Sanuade, LO Okoibhole, EK Dankyi, D Strachan, L Baatiema, ...
2025 Frontiers in Nutrition 12, 1534450, 2025 Health Sciences 3
Promoting lifestyle changes in patients with prediabetes from African-Caribbean backgrounds in the United Kingdom
M Bah, JPS Banchani, E Banchani, L Baatiema, MA Issakah
2024 Ethnicity & Health 29 (4-5), 465-483, 2024 Health Sciences 3
The knowledge-practice gap: Evidence-based practice for acute stroke care in Ghana
L Baatiema
2018 ACU Research Bank, 2018 Health Sciences 3
‘When you go to bed, and you cannot sleep…’: smallholder farmers’ experiences and perceptions of climate change events and their impacts on health in northern Ghana
A Siiba, J Kangmennaang, L Baatiema, I Luginaah
2026 Social Science & Medicine, 118947, 2026 Health Sciences 2
Associations Between Self-Perceived Psychosocial Stress and Markers of Adiposity in Ga Mashie, Urban Ghana: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey
E Rougeaux, S Amon, L Baatiema, SB Kushitor, MK Kushitor, SK Mensah, ...
2025 Obesities 5 (3), 60, 2025 Social 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
Exploring the gendered dimensions of health workforce retention challenges and transformative solutions in three deprived districts of Ghana: a qualitative participatory action …
I Hotopf, S Amon, L Baatiema, P Akweongo, J Raven
2025 medRxiv, 2025.03. 05.25323454, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Unclean cooking fuel use and stillbirth in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 DHS
KP West, KK Sznajder, G Hwang, HE Sauve, KT Roba, L Baatiema, ...
2025 Frontiers in Global Women's Health 6, 1636924, 2025 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
Predictors of cigarette and shisha use in Nima and Osu communities, Accra, Ghana: A cross-sectional study
LM Massawudu, DD Logo, FB Oppong, S Afari-Asiedu, Z Nakobu, ...
2021 Pneumon 34 (4), 1-9, 2021 Health Sciences 2
Exploring the gendered dimensions of health workforce (HWF) retention challenges and transformative solutions in three deprived districts of Ghana: An exploratory qualitative study
S Amon, L Baatiema, P Akweongo, J Raven
2026 SSM-Health Systems, 100174, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Frontline knowledge, attitudes, and practices on climate change and its link to zoonotic diseases: a mixed-methods study of healthcare workers in Ada East, Ghana
AN Yilma, KP West, HE Sauve, KK Sznajder, G Hwang, L Baatiema, ...
2026 Discover Public Health 23 (1), 285, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Reflections on Developing and Implementing a Participatory Learning and Action Intervention Addressing Diabetes in Ghana
P Antwi, S Amon, E Gray, V Asah-Ayeh, A Blandford, L Baatiema, ...
2026 Global Implementation Research and Applications 6 (2), 316-330, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Beyond individual barriers and facilitators: Digital interventions to address diabetes in urban Ghana
E Gray, A Blandford, S Amon, P Antwi, V Asah-Ayeh, RB Awuah, ...
2025 Digital Health 11, 20552076251349705, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Community perspectives on the built environment, community stress, and the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in Accra, Ghana
MK Kushitor, H Yacobi, LO Okoibhole, SB Kushitor, P Antwi, IA Kretchy, ...
2025 BMC Public Health 25 (1), 3469, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Health workforce retention situation and effect on service delivery in three highly deprived districts in Ghana: a mixed methods design
L Baatiema¹, KM Sedzro¹, S Amon¹, K Basit¹, W Akatoti¹, M Aikins, ...
2025 Health Sciences 1
Implementation of reaching every child immunization strategy in Ghana: a qualitative exploration of the perspectives of the district health management team
VAA Harvey, A Adom-Afari, L Baatiema, E Annan, K Duah Dwomoh, ...
2025 Discover public health 22 (1), 396, 2025 Health Sciences 1
A stakeholder engagement method to inform adaptation of a multicomponent hypertension control program in Ghana: A mixed methods study
OA Sanuade, L Baatiema, IA Kretchy, AN Velazquez, OYW Kpolar, ...
2026 Implementation Science Communications 7 (1), 91, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Healthcare professionals’ experiences managing cerebrospinal meningitis in the Upper West Region, Ghana: a qualitative study
L Baatiema, SMP Kunfah, PM Lana, AN Kullah, A Naawa, A Moomin, ...
2026 Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 120 (6 …, 2026 Health Sciences 0