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Kwaku Oppong Asante

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Psychology, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0002-0206-3326 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Adolescent mental healthSubstance useSuicide
Publications

138

Citations

7,456

H-index

47

i10-index

98

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
54.0
Most cited paper
631
First publication year
2010
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:40
Publications

138 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2017, and forecasts to 2030, for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the …
TD Frank, A Carter, D Jahagirdar, MH Biehl, D Douwes-Schultz, ...
2019 The Lancet HIV 6 (12), e831-e859, 2019 Health Sciences 631
Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
SL James, CD Castle, ZV Dingels, JT Fox, EB Hamilton, Z Liu, ...
2020 Injury Prevention 26 (Suppl 2), i96-i114, 2020 Health Sciences 606
Illness perception, diabetes knowledge and self-care practices among type-2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional study
N Kugbey, K Oppong Asante, K Adulai
2017 BMC Research Notes 10 (1), 381, 2017 Social Sciences 246
The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana
KO Asante, N Kugbey, J Osafo, ENB Quarshie, JO Sarfo
2017 SSM Population Health 3, 427-434, 2017 Health Sciences 244
Prevalence and determinants of depressive symptoms among university students in Ghana
K Oppong Asante, J Andoh–Arthur
2015 Journal of Affective Disorders 171, 161-166, 2015 Health Sciences 225
Access to health information, health literacy and health-related quality of life among women living with breast cancer: Depression and anxiety as mediators
N Kugbey, A Meyer-Weitz, KO Asante
2019 Patient Education and Counseling 102 (7), 1357-1363, 2019 Health Sciences 197
Social support and the psychological wellbeing of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana
K Oppong Asante
2012 African Journal of Psychiatry 15 (5), 340-345, 2012 Social Sciences 193
Mental toughness in competitive tennis: Relationships with resilience and stress
RG Cowden, A Meyer-Weitz, K Oppong Asante
2016 Frontiers in Psychology 7 (1), 320, 2016 Social Sciences 192
Secondary students' attitudes towards mathematics
K Oppong Asante
2012 IFE PsychologIA 20 (1), 121-133, 2012 Natural Sciences 189
The lived experiences of street children in Durban, South Africa: Violence, substance use, and resilience
F Hills, A Meyer-Weitz, K Oppong Asante
2016 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being 11 (1 …, 2016 Social Sciences 179
Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa’s provinces, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study
T Achoki, B Sartorius, D Watkins, SD Glenn, AP Kengne, T Oni, ...
2022 Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 76 (5), 471-481, 2022 Health Sciences 165
HIV/AIDS knowledge among undergraduate university students: implications for health education programs in Ghana
K Oppong Asante, M Oti-Boadi
2013 African Health Sciences 13 (2), 270-277, 2013 Health Sciences 162
Substance use and risky sexual behaviours among street connected children and youth in Accra, Ghana
K Oppong Asante, A Meyer-Weitz, I Petersen
2014 Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 9 (1), 45, 2014 Social Sciences 157
HIV/AIDS knowledge and uptake of HIV counselling and testing among undergraduate private university students in Accra, Ghana
K Oppong Asante
2013 Reproductive Health 10 (1), 17, 2013 Health Sciences 153
Suicide among university students: prevalence, risks and protective factors
FE Owusu-Ansah, AA Addae, BO Peasah, K Oppong Asante, J Osafo
2020 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 8 (1), 220-233, 2020 Health Sciences 144
Women’s approval of domestic physical violence against wives: analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey
DT Doku, K Oppong Asante
2015 BMC Women's Health 15 (1), 120, 2015 Health Sciences 137
Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low-and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017
2020 Nature medicine 26 (5), 750-759, 2020 Social Sciences 131
Sex differences in mathematics performance among senior high students in Ghana
K Oppong Asante
2010 Gender and Behaviour 8 (2), 3279-3289, 2010 Social Sciences 115
Psychological health and religious coping of Ghanaian women with infertility
M Oti-Boadi, K Oppong Asante
2017 BioPsychoSocial Medicine 11 (1), 20, 2017 Health Sciences 114
Depression, anxiety and quality of life among women living with breast cancer in Ghana: mediating roles of social support and religiosity
N Kugbey, KO Asante, A Meyer-Weitz
2020 Supportive Care in Cancer 28 (6), 2581-2588, 2020 Social Sciences 97
Alcohol use by school-going adolescents in Ghana: Prevalence and correlates
KO Asante, N Kugbey
2019 Mental Health & Prevention 13, 75-81, 2019 Health Sciences 96
The relationship between psychological distress and bullying victimisation among school-going adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
DK Arhin, KO Asante, N Kugbey, M Oti-Boadi
2019 BMC Research Notes 12 (1), 264, 2019 Social Sciences 93
Validation of the child and youth resilience measure among South African adolescents
K Govender, RG Cowden, K Oppong Asante, G George, C Reardon
2017 PloS one 12 (10), e0185815, 2017 Social Sciences 88
Street Children and Adolescents in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Trajectory and Behavioural Experiences of Homelessness
K Oppong Asante
2016 Global Social Welfare 3 (1), 33-43, 2016 Social Sciences 85
Cultural adaptation of the condom use self efficacy scale (CUSES) in Ghana
K Oppong Asante, PN Doku
2010 BMC Public Health 10 (1), 227, 2010 Health Sciences 81