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Irene A. Kretchy

Associate Professor

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Pharmacy Practice (Socio-Behavioural), University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PHARMACY
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE AND CLINICAL PHARMACY
Medication adherenceSocial and Behavioural PharmacyMental HealthComplementary and Alternative
Publications

157

Citations

8,211

H-index

34

i10-index

76

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
52.3
Most cited paper
1,480
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:37
Publications

157 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
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
Considering the Cultural Context of Parental Involvement and Loneliness
P Peprah, BYA Asare, SD Nyadanu, W Asare-Doku, C Adu, J Peprah, ...
2023 The Journal of adolescent health: official publication of the Society for …, 2023 Health Sciences 3
How technology can help solve substandard medicine problems: A case study on the digital medicine supply chain platform Med4All
G Sunkwa-Mills, IA Kretchy, G Afful, TFR de Wit, M Antwi
2023 Medicine across borders: exploration of grey zones. Stellenbosch: African …, 2023 Health Sciences 3
Consumer reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions: modelling the acceptance of mobile phone caller tunes to raise awareness
B Appiah, A Yoshikawa, L Asamoah-Akuoko, DA Anum, IA Kretchy, ...
2020 Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research 11 (1), 39-48, 2020 Health Sciences 3
Hypertension management: Perspectives of complementary and al-ternative medicine practitioners
IA Kretchy, JA Sarkodie, BA Afrane, P Debrah, P Amoateng, ...
2015 Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences 4 (1), 17-23, 2015 Health Sciences 3
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
Community-based participatory action research (CBPAR): A research methodology for impactful, culturally sensitive, and contextually appropriate health psychology
B Ambuehl, R Appiah, A Bibi, IA Kretchy
2025 The Routledge International Handbook of Health Psychology, 585-601, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Sex of household head and trends in uptake of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy: insights from secondary data in sub …
BK Kwansa, D Atobrah, EA Anaba, A Kyere, IA Kretchy
2025 Discover Social Science and Health 5 (1), 43, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences with the quality of essential medicines in primary healthcare facilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
IA Kretchy, G Sunkwa-Mills, MA Antwi, SK Alor, A Squire, GY Afful, ...
2025 Discover Public Health 22 (1), 196, 2025 Health Sciences 2
The association between exposure to a radio campaign on nutrition and mothers’ nutrition-and health-related attitudes and minimal acceptable diet of children 6–36 months old: a …
B Appiah, M Saaka, G Appiah, L Asamoah-Akuoko, E Samman, ...
2024 Public Health Nutrition 27 (1), e232, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Women’s Empowerment and the Use of Insecticide-treated Nets for Malaria Prevention in Six sub-Saharan African Countries
BK Kwansa, D Atobrah, D Adumbire, DM Badasu, IA Kretchy
2024 Health Sciences 2
Determinants of blood pressure and blood glucose control in patients with co-morbid hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana: A hospital-based cross-sectional study …
Y Alhassan, AO Kwakye, AK Dwomoh, E Baah-Nyarkoh, VJ Ganu, ...
2022 Health Sciences 2
Adherencia a antidiabéticos orales entre pacientes que visitan un hospital universitario en Gana
SP Bruce, F Acheampong, I Kretchy
2015 Pharmacy Practice (Granada) 13 (1), 0-0, 2015 Health Sciences 2
Facilitators and barriers to malaria surveillance in community pharmacies and over-the-counter medicine sellers in sub-Saharan Africa’s health sector: a scoping review protocol
HA Bonful, D Owiredu, RB Annor, M Opoku-Mireku, LN Abokyi, BD Vroom, ...
2026 BMJ open 16 (4), e115439, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Measuring the composition and availability of human resources for health by sex in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023, and workforce gaps for universal health coverage: a …
M Knight, K Bienhoff, HS Ababneh, M Abbasi, ZA Dolatabadi, ...
2026 The Lancet Public Health 11 (9), e604-e629, 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 Health 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
Personal and Psychological Predictors of Glycemic Control among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Tertiary Care Center in Ghana
E Yorke, V Boima, V Ganu, L Twumazi, A Gyaban-Mensah, K Agyabeng, ...
2024 Current Medical Issues 22 (4), 222-230, 2024 Health Sciences 1
PS-C20-10: HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS BELIEFS, PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE OF GENERIC SUBSTITUTION, AND ADHERENCE AT A LARGE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GHANA
M Akolgo, MA Harrison, F Dzabeng, C Kyei, EA Apraku, DNA Ankrah, ...
2023 Journal of Hypertension 41 (Suppl 1), e396, 2023 Health Sciences 1
Prevalence and biopsychosocial analysis of the use of antibiotics as a coping strategy for COVID-19 infections: a scoping review
R Nortey, I Kretchy, K Buabeng
2022 OSF, 2022 Health Sciences 1
Achievements, challenges and enablers of Ghana’s National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance during 2017-2021: A mixed-methods study
A Koduah, JA Boadi, E Nanteer-Oteng, J Azeez, S Yevutsey, BA Asare, ...
2026 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 8 (1), 1374-1383, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Are there sex differences in the prevalence, patterns, and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use in Ghana?
HA Bonful, M Opoku-Mireku, M Opoku-Mireku, Y Alhassan, D Atobrah, ...
2026 Health Sciences 0
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
Complementary and alternative medicine utilization for malaria prevention: A multi-site community-based cross-sectional study in Ghana
IA Kretchy, A Koduah, JP Kretchy, D Atobrah, HK Klobodu, JA Junior, ...
2026 medRxiv, 2026.03. 29.26349410, 2026 Health Sciences 0