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Doris A. Boateng

Senior Lecturer

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Department of Social Work, University of Ghana, Legon Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
GenderWomen's EmpowermentMental Health
Publications

29

Citations

250

H-index

9

i10-index

9

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
8.6
Most cited paper
54
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:49
Publications

29 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Experiences of female academics in Ghana: Negotiation and strengths as strategies for successful careers
DA Boateng
2018 African journal of social work 8 (1), 21-30, 2018 Social Sciences 54
Pathways for the economic empowerment of female entrepreneurs in emerging economies: Implications for social work
DA Boateng
2021 International Social Work 64 (2), 216-232, 2021 Social Sciences 34
" Do not Worry Your Head": The Impossibility of Indigenising Social Work Education and Practice in Africa
K Osei-Hwedie, DA Boateng
2018 Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development 30 (3), 12 …, 2018 Social Sciences 34
Negotiating gender roles and power relations through the management of international migrant remittances in a patriarchal community in Ghana
JK Teye, AK Darkwah, D Thorsen, TK Abutima, DA Boateng
2025 Journal of Asian and African Studies 60 (1), 36-50, 2025 Social Sciences 19
Known by the children’s condition: Associative stigma among family carers of children with cerebral palsy
M Dako-Gyeke, DA Boateng, AA Mills, RB Kodom, J Appiah-Kubi
2021 Global Social Welfare 8 (4), 379-392, 2021 Social Sciences 18
The role of social work in the provision of healthcare in Africa
M Dako-Gyeke, DA Boateng, AA Mills
2018 African perspectives on ethics for healthcare professionals, 107-118, 2018 Social Sciences 18
Delivering financial capability and asset building curriculum: Strengthening the competencies of social work faculty
M Dako-Gyeke, K Abekah-Carter, VM Hervie, DA Boateng
2023 Global Social Welfare 10 (1), 61-69, 2023 Social Sciences 16
Good for parents but bad for wives: Migration as a contested model of success in contemporary Ghana
AK Darkwah, D Thorsen, DA Boateng, JK Teye
2019 Migrating out of Poverty Working Papers 61, 1-33, 2019 Social Sciences 14
The experiences of persons with disabilities (PWDs) with the district assembly common fund in Ghana: exploratory qualitative research
J Ephraim, A Naami, DA Boateng
2022 Ghana Social Science Journal 19 (2), 52–66-52–66, 2022 Social Sciences 11
Accessibility for all to unlock sustainable mobility-a gendered approach: The case of Accra and Kumasi in Ghana
B Anderson, J Patiño, J Sheahan, K Owusu, E Agyemang, D Boateng, ...
2024 West African Papers, 2024 Social Sciences 8
Child protection systems in Ghana
M Dako-Gyeke, A Adubea Mills, D Akyere Boateng
2023 Social Sciences 4
Accidental opportunities? Women in family businesses taking the lead in a new market economy
DA Boateng
2021 Advances in Social Work 21 (4), 1083-1099, 2021 Social Sciences 4
Women traders at the Elmina Fishing Harbor: Harbingers of Ghana’s social development
DA Boateng
2023 Women’s contributions to development in West Africa: Ordinary women …, 2023 Social Sciences 3
Empowering others: Motives and strategies successful Ghanaian women adopt
DAA BOATENG, K OSEI-HWEDIE
2017 Review of Social Studies 4 (1), 2017 Social Sciences 3
The Ghanaian Woman as an Agent of Change in Ghana’s Development
DA Boateng
2014 PhD Thesis, Department of Social Work, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, 2014 Social Sciences 3
Suicide stigma in Ghana: examining the role of gender, culture, and attribution
RE Gearing, KB Brewer, DA Boateng, M Washburn, RKB Asante, ...
2025 International Journal of Mental Health 54 (4), 446-465, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Mobilité accessible et durable dans les villes africaines-une approche spatiale et genrée: Accra et Kumasi (Ghana)
B Anderson, J Patiño, J Sheahan, K Owusu, E Agyemang, D Boateng, ...
2024 Notes ouest-africaines, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Sexual Harassment
SJ Fogel, DA Boateng
2013 Social Sciences 2
Present-time witches: media and the intersecting discourses of age, gender and mental health in Ghana
M Wilińska, D Boateng
2022 Ageing and the Media, 46-60, 2022 Social Sciences 1
Adaptation challenges of international students at the university of Ghana
AN Asamoah, DA Boateng, A Naami
2026 Ghana Social Science Journal 23 (1), 113–127-113–127, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Attitudes toward professional mental health care in Ghana: the role of education, knowledge, and stigma
RKB Asante, RE Gearing, M Washburn, DA Boateng, SJ Fogel, ...
2026 Advances in Mental Health, 1-11, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Challenges and Prospects for Integrating Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) into Social Work Education across Cultures
AA Mills, DA Boateng, S Banks, F Tuggle
2024 Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education, 382-394, 2024 Social Sciences 0
Nana Yaa Asantewaa: The African Heroine (A Digital Graphic Novel)
M Dako-Gyeke, W Apoh, A Boateng, DA Boateng, L Kreitzer, D Ray, ...
2024 Social Sciences 0
Nana Yaa Asantewaa: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Documentary
W Apoh, L Kreitzer, M Dako-Gyeke, A Boateng, D Boateng, DI Ray, ...
2024 Social Sciences 0
Author Correction: Known by the Children’s Condition: Associative Stigma Among Family Carers of Children with Cerebral Palsy
DG Mavis, DA Boateng, AA Mills, KR Baffo, AK Jamal
2022 Global Social Welfare 9 (1), 67-67, 2022 Social Sciences 0