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John K Ganle

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh UNIVERSITY OF GHANA Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF POPULATION, FAMILY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Public HealthMaternal &Child HealthSexual and Reproductive Health RightsGender & Health.
Publications

116

Citations

4,211

H-index

34

i10-index

64

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
36.3
Most cited paper
461
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:34
Publications

116 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Microcredit: Empowerment and disempowerment of rural women in Ghana
JK Ganle, K Afriyie, AY Segbefia
2015 World development 66, 335-345, 2015 Health Sciences 461
How intra-familial decision-making affects women’s access to, and use of maternal healthcare services in Ghana: a qualitative study
JK Ganle, B Obeng, AY Segbefia, V Mwinyuri, JY Yeboah, L Baatiema
2015 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 15 (1), 173, 2015 Health Sciences 311
Challenges women with disability face in accessing and using maternal healthcare services in Ghana: a qualitative study
JK Ganle, E Otupiri, B Obeng, AK Edusie, A Ankomah, R Adanu
2016 PloS one 11 (6), e0158361, 2016 Health Sciences 280
‘What men don’t know can hurt women’s health’: a qualitative study of the barriers to and opportunities for men’s involvement in maternal healthcare in Ghana
JK Ganle, I Dery
2015 Reproductive health 12 (1), 93, 2015 Health Sciences 248
A qualitative study of health system barriers to accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn healthcare services in Ghana after user-fee abolition
JK Ganle, M Parker, R Fitzpatrick, E Otupiri
2014 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 14 (1), 425, 2014 Health Sciences 233
Barriers facing persons with disability in accessing sexual and reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
JK Ganle, L Baatiema, R Quansah, A Danso-Appiah
2020 PloS one 15 (10), e0238585, 2020 Health Sciences 193
Why Muslim women in Northern Ghana do not use skilled maternal healthcare services at health facilities: a qualitative study
JK Ganle
2015 BMC international health and human rights 15 (1), 10, 2015 Health Sciences 148
The good in evil: a discourse analysis of the galamsey industry in Ghana
JKGJAAA Kwadwo Afriyie
2016 Oxford Development Studies, 2016 Health Sciences 135
Inequities in accessibility to and utilisation of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption: a descriptive study
JK Ganle, M Parker, R Fitzpatrick, E Otupiri
2014 International journal for equity in health 13 (1), 89, 2014 Health Sciences 129
Limiting spread of COVID-19 in Ghana: Compliance audit of selected transportation stations in the Greater Accra region of Ghana
HA Bonful, A Addo-Lartey, JMK Aheto, JK Ganle, B Sarfo, R Aryeetey
2020 PloS one 15 (9), e0238971, 2020 Social Sciences 107
‘The floods came and we lost everything’: weather extremes and households’ asset vulnerability and adaptation in rural Ghana
K Afriyie, JK Ganle, E Santos
2018 Climate and Development 10 (3), 259-274, 2018 Health Sciences 104
‘If I go with him, I can't talk with other women’: Understanding women's resistance to, and acceptance of, men's involvement in maternal and child healthcare in Northern Ghana
BO John Kuumuori Ganle, Isaac Dery, Abubakar A. Manu
2016 Social Science & Medicine, 2016 Health Sciences 103
Community health workers in Ghana: the need for greater policy attention
L Baatiema, AM Sumah, PN Tang, JK Ganle
2016 BMJ global health 1 (4), e000141, 2016 Health Sciences 81
ART access-related barriers faced by HIV-positive persons linked to care in southern Ghana: a mixed method study
A Ankomah, JK Ganle, MY Lartey, A Kwara, PA Nortey, MPK Okyerefo, ...
2016 BMC infectious diseases 16 (1), 738, 2016 Health Sciences 74
Factors influencing the use of supervised delivery services in Garu-Tempane District, Ghana
JK Ganle, ML Kombet, L Baatiema
2019 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 19 (1), 141, 2019 Health Sciences 63
Childhood obesity in urban Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years
JK Ganle, PP Boakye, L Baatiema
2019 BMC public health 19 (1), 1561, 2019 Health Sciences 62
Risky sexual behaviour and contraceptive use in contexts of displacement: insights from a cross-sectional survey of female adolescent refugees in Ghana
JK Ganle, D Amoako, L Baatiema, M Ibrahim
2019 International journal for equity in health 18 (1), 127, 2019 Health Sciences 61
Hegemonic masculinity, HIV/AIDS risk perception, and sexual behavior change among young people in Ghana
JK Ganle
2016 Qualitative health research 26 (6), 763-781, 2016 Health Sciences 60
Anaemia at antenatal care initiation and associated factors among pregnant women in West Gonja District, Ghana: a cross-sectional study
BA Tibambuya, JK Ganle, M Ibrahim
2019 Pan African Medical Journal 33 (1), 2019 Health Sciences 57
Addressing health system barriers to access to and use of skilled delivery services: perspectives from Ghana
JK Ganle, R Fitzpatrick, E Otupiri, M Parker
2016 The International journal of health planning and management 31 (4), e235-e253, 2016 Health Sciences 55
Socio-cultural barriers to accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn healthcare services in Ghana after user-fee abolition
JK Ganle, E Otupiri, M Parker, R Fitpatrick
2015 Int J Matern Child Health 3 (1), 1-14, 2015 Health Sciences 55
“We are free when water is available”: gendered livelihood implications of sporadic water supply in Northern Ghana
EB Jeil, K Abass, JK Ganle
2020 Local Environment 25 (4), 320-335, 2020 Health Sciences 53
Inclusion of men in maternal and safe motherhood services in inner-city communities in Ghana: evidence from a descriptive cross-sectional survey
MD Atuahene, S Arde-Acquah, NF Atuahene, M Adjuik, JK Ganle
2017 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 17 (1), 419, 2017 Health Sciences 51
Determinants of modern contraceptive use: A cross-sectional study among market women in the Ashiaman Municipality of Ghana
A Asiedu, BYA Asare, B Dwumfour-Asare, D Baafi, AR Adam, SE Aryee, ...
2020 International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 12, 100184, 2020 Health Sciences 50
Ethnic disparities in utilisation of maternal health care services in Ghana: evidence from the 2007 Ghana Maternal Health Survey
JK Ganle
2016 Ethnicity & health 21 (1), 85-101, 2016 Health Sciences 48