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SYLVIA ESTHER GYAN

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Asoociate Professor of Sociology, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0001-8517-4162 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Sociology of HealthAdolescent Reproductive HealthGenderAgeingMigration
Publications

33

Citations

209

H-index

10

i10-index

11

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
6.3
Most cited paper
30
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:31
Publications

33 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Passing as “normal”: adolescent girls’ strategies for escaping stigma of premarital sex and childbearing in Ghana
SE Gyan
2018 Sage Open 8 (3), 2158244018801421, 2018 Social Sciences 30
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ADOLESCENT GIRLS’RESILIENCE TO TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN BEGORO, GHANA
SE Gyan, C Ahorlu, DBS Dzorgbo, CK Fayorsey
2017 Journal of biosocial science 49 (3), 334-347, 2017 Social Sciences 28
Migration and development in Africa: Trends, challenges, and policy implications
RKO Kyei, DM Kadje, L Kandilige, TK Abutima, PB Obour, OM Osiki, ...
2017 Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2017 Social Sciences 18
Farmers’ knowledge, experience and management of fall armyworm in a major maize producing municipality in Ghana
A Safo, SW Avicor, PK Baidoo, P Addo-Fordjour, MK Ainooson, M Osae, ...
2023 Cogent Food & Agriculture 9 (1), 2184006, 2023 Social Sciences 16
Exploring adolescents’(non-) use of modern contraceptives in Ghana through the lens of the theory of gender and power
SE Gyan, S Marhefka-Day
2021 Archives of sexual behavior 50 (6), 2411-2421, 2021 Social Sciences 16
Adolescent girls’ resilience to teenage pregnancy and motherhood in Begoro, Ghana: The effect of financial support
SE Gyan
2017 Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 12 (2), 130-137, 2017 Social Sciences 15
‘Why give birth to many children when you cannot take care of them?’Determinants of family size among dual-earner couples in Ghana
SE Gyan, A Kpoor
2024 Current Sociology 72 (1), 150-167, 2024 Social Sciences 13
Exploratory study of the current status of the rights and welfare of Ghanaian women: Taking stock and mapping gaps for new actions
DBS Dzorgbo, SE Gyan
2016 African Journal of Reproductive Health 20 (3), 136-148, 2016 Social Sciences 13
Intimate partner violence and health outcomes among women living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
EY Tenkorang, AY Owusu, M Zaami, S Langmagne, S Gyan
2023 Health Education & Behavior 50 (3), 347-358, 2023 Health Sciences 11
Women's earnings and domestic work among couples in Ghana
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio, SE Gyan, AD Oduro
2022 African Review of Economics and Finance 14 (1), 26-55, 2022 Social Sciences 11
Exploring the causes of change in adolescent girls’ sexual behaviour in Begoro, Ghana
SE Gyan
2017 African journal of reproductive health 21 (2), 55-63, 2017 Social Sciences 10
Child marriage in Ghana: who cares?
S Afranie, ES Gyan, A Tsiboe-Darko
2019 GHANA SOCIAL SCIENCE 16 (2), 19, 2019 Social Sciences 5
Consistent condom use among sexually active young adults in Ghana: an analysis of prevalence and associated factors
K Oppong Asante, S Ampaw, SE Gyan
2024 Global Health Promotion 31 (1), 75-84, 2024 Health Sciences 4
Child marriage in Ghana: A problem of social, cultural, and traditional norms or a socioeconomic issue?
SE Gyan, S Okyere
2026 Children and Youth Services Review, 108972, 2026 Social Sciences 3
‘I Am on a Family Planning Program, but I Have Not Told My Husband’: Contraceptive Decision-Making of Child Brides in Ghana
SE Gyan, G Domfe, A Tsiboe-Darko
2023 Journal of Family Issues 44 (9), 2398-2421, 2023 Social Sciences 3
6 Gender and Higher Education in Nursing
IM Boafo, SE Gyan
2022 Laura Perna, Vice Provost for Faculty, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor …, 2022 Social Sciences 3
Women Earnings and Household Division of Labour Among Couples in Ghana
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio, S Gyan, AD Oduro
2020 African Review of Economics and Finance 14 (1), 26-55, 2020 Social Sciences 3
Assessing tertiary students’ self-engagement characteristics in the online environment
YAA Ussher, RKB Asante, MKM Obeng, SE Gyan
2023 SN Social Sciences 3 (10), 181, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Key factors that influence separation and divorce in contemporary Ghana
A Kpoor, SE Gyan
2022 Marriage and Family in Contemporar y Ghana: New Perspectives. Accra: Woeli …, 2022 Social Sciences 2
Spiritual Abuse in Ghana: A Neglected Dimension of Intimate Partner Abuse in Sub‐Saharan Africa?
EY Tenkorang, AY Owusu, S Langmagne, S Gyan
2026 Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2026 Social Sciences 1
“When you use tramadol, the sperms will not come out...”: Unconventional strategies for avoiding unintended pregnancy among adolescents in Ghana
SE Gyan, IM Boafo
2024 SAGE Open Medicine 12, 20503121231224660, 2024 Social Sciences 1
Child marriage in Ghana
S Afranie, EK Dankyi, G Domfe, SE Gyan, AD Oduro, A Tsiboe-Darko
2016 Social Sciences 1
Entrepreneurship: the holy grail for women's economic empowerment in Ghana?
CG Ackah, S Richter, L Aziato, SE Gyan
2026 Women’s Economic Empowerment and the State, 124-144, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Gambling among Ghanaian tertiary students: Exploring gender dynamics, motivations, and risks in urban Accra, Ghana
RKB Asante, SE Gyan
2026 Ghana Social Science Journal 23 (1), 153–168-153–168, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Housing and Water Insecurity as Structural Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Cross-Sectional Study of People Living with HIV
SE Gyan, P Owuor, K Naidoo, GO Boateng
2026 AIDS and Behavior, 1-13, 2026 Health Sciences 0