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Aaron Kobina Christian

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana, Legon ORCID 0000-0001-8871-3387 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Publications

69

Citations

827

H-index

16

i10-index

25

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
12.0
Most cited paper
126
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:42
Publications

69 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Profiling household double and triple burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and influencing household factors
AK Christian, FAA Dake
2022 Public Health Nutrition 25 (6), 1563-1576, 2022 Health Sciences 126
Social capital is associated with improved subjective well-being of older adults with chronic non-communicable disease in six low-and middle-income countries
AK Christian, OA Sanuade, MA Okyere, K Adjaye-Gbewonyo
2020 Globalization and Health 16 (1), 2, 2020 Health Sciences 65
Caregivers’ nutrition knowledge and attitudes are associated with household food diversity and children’s animal source food intake across different agro-ecological zones in Ghana
AK Christian, GS Marquis, EK Colecraft, A Lartey, O Sakyi-Dawson, ...
2016 British Journal of Nutrition 115 (2), 351-360, 2016 Health Sciences 58
Women's empowerment, children's nutritional status, and the mediating role of household headship structure: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa
AK Christian, DY Atiglo, MA Okyere, A Obeng‐Dwamena, GS Marquis, ...
2023 Maternal & child nutrition 19 (3), e13520, 2023 Health Sciences 47
Households' socio-demographic characteristics, perceived and underestimated vulnerability to floods and related risk reduction in Ghana
AK Christian, BD Dovie, W Akpalu, SNA Codjoe
2021 Urban Climate 35, 100759, 2021 Social Sciences 47
Livestock ownership, household food security and childhood anaemia in rural Ghana
AK Christian, ML Wilson, RNO Aryeetey, AD Jones
2019 PLoS One 14 (7), e0219310, 2019 Agriculture 43
Infant and young child feeding practices are associated with childhood anaemia and stunting in sub-Saharan Africa
AK Christian, E Afful-Dadzie, GS Marquis
2023 BMC nutrition 9 (1), 9, 2023 Health Sciences 36
Five years after; the impact of a participatory technology development programme as perceived by smallholder farmers in Benin and Ghana
B Sterk, AK Christian, AC Gogan, O Sakyi-Dawson, D Kossou
2013 The journal of agricultural education and extension 19 (4), 361-379, 2013 Social Sciences 35
Co-occurrence of overweight/obesity, anemia and micronutrient deficiencies among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in Ghana: results from a nationally representative survey
AK Christian, M Steiner-Asiedu, HJ Bentil, F Rohner, R Wegmüller, ...
2022 Nutrients 14 (7), 1427, 2022 Social Sciences 30
Household food insecurity but not dietary diversity is associated with children's mean micronutrient density adequacy in rural communities across Ghana
AK Christian, GS Marquis, EK Colecraft, A Lartey, R Soueida
2019 Nutrition 65, 97-102, 2019 Health Sciences 24
Correlates and spatial distribution of the co-occurrence of childhood anaemia and stunting in Ghana
AK Christian, C Agula, PN Jayson-Quashigah
2020 SSM-Population Health 12, 100683, 2020 Social Sciences 23
Food access and subjective welfare in a developing country
W Akpalu, AK Christian, SNA Codjoe
2018 Journal of behavioral and experimental economics 73, 34-39, 2018 Social Sciences 22
“Now we’ve all turned to eating processed foods”: a photovoice study of the food and nutrition security implications of ‘galamsey’in Ghana
H Nyantakyi-Frimpong, AK Christian, J Ganle, R Aryeetey
2023 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 23 (1 …, 2023 Health Sciences 21
Metabolic syndrome among individuals living with hypertension in Accra, Ghana
AK Christian, OA Sanuade, SB Kushitor, M Kushitor, I Kretchy, ...
2021 PloS one 16 (10), e0253837, 2021 Social Sciences 21
Rural out-migration from Ghana’s development zones and household food security
DY Atiglo, AK Christian, MA Okyere, SNA Codjoe
2022 Migration and Development 11 (3), 469-483, 2022 Social Sciences 18
Risk of anaemia among women engaged in biomass-based fish smoking as their primary livelihood in the central region of Ghana: a comparative cross-sectional study
D Armo-Annor, EK Colecraft, S Adu-Afarwuah, AK Christian, AD Jones
2021 BMC nutrition 7 (1), 50, 2021 Health Sciences 18
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Dietary Practices, and Nutritional Status of Adults with Hypertension in a Semi‐Rural Community in the Eastern Region of Ghana
EK Colecraft, M Asante, AK Christian, S Adu-Afarwuah
2018 International Journal of Hypertension 2018 (1), 2815193, 2018 Social Sciences 15
Understanding food (In) security through land and livelihoods: Evidence from longitudinal household data
D Egerson, EE Kpegba-Fiaboe, AK Christian
2025 Journal of Rural Studies 119, 103750, 2025 Social Sciences 14
Hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease nexus: investigating the role of urbanization and lifestyle in Cabo Verde
AK Christian, AA Osei-Appaw, RT Sawyerr, M Wiredu Agyekum
2024 Global Health Action 17 (1), 2414524, 2024 Health Sciences 14
Environmental exposure and potential health impact of heavy metals in previous mining communities in Ghana
RB Opoku, E Dankyi, A Christian, R Aryeetey
2024 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 5 (2), 702-709, 2024 Health Sciences 13
Wading out the storm: Exploring the effect of flooding on energy poverty amidst disaster management strategies in Dar es Salaam
MA Okyere, F Essel-Gaisey, FM Zuka, AK Christian, IK Nunoo
2023 Environmental Science & Policy 150, 103578, 2023 Social Sciences 13
Multinomial logistic regression analysis of the determinants of anaemia severity among children aged 6–59 months in Ghana: new evidence from the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey
D Klu, DY Atiglo, AK Christian
2023 BMC pediatrics 23 (1), 91, 2023 Health Sciences 12
Cold, dark and malnourished: a cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between energy poverty and household burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa
FAA Dake, AK Christian
2023 BMJ open 13 (12), e074601, 2023 Social Sciences 11
Use of any contraceptive method among women in rural communities in the eastern region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
I Yeboah, MW Agyekum, J Okyere, RO Mensah, MN Essiaw, H Appiah, ...
2023 BMC Public Health 23 (1), 1925, 2023 Health Sciences 11
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREGIVERS'INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES AND THEIR CHILDREN'S ANIMAL SOURCE FOOD INTAKE.
AK Christian, A Lartey, EK Colecraft, GS Marquis, O Sakyi-Dawson, ...
2012 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition & Development 12 (1), 5746, 2012 Agriculture 10