Benjamin Kobina Kwansa
Research Fellow
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Health and culturemasculinitiesgender and healthfamily studiespopulation and development
Publication activity
Publication statistics
Publications
25 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety in the midst of stigma: experiencing HIV/AIDS in two Ghanaian communities BK Kwansa |
2013 | Safety in the midst of stigma: Experiencing HIV/AIDS in two Ghanaian communities, 2013 | Health Sciences | 30 |
| Complex negotiations:‘spiritual’therapy and living with HIV in Ghana BK Kwansa |
2010 | African Journal of AIDS Research 9 (4), 449-458, 2010 | Health Sciences | 25 |
| Enhancing the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy: a scoping review of interventions and gender-informed approaches IA Kretchy, D Atobrah, DA Adumbire, S Ankamah, T Adanu, DM Badasu, ... |
2025 | Malaria Journal 24 (1), 49, 2025 | Health Sciences | 17 |
| Do men also sell garden-eggs?’: paternal childcare among teachers in Accra BK Kwansa |
2012 | — | Social Sciences | 13 |
| Dealing with COVID-19 in Ghanaian urban shared low-income housing: What it reveals and the planning implications IA Addo, D Atobrah, M Frehiwot, BK Kwansa |
2023 | Cities 142, 104555, 2023 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Avoided family care, diverted intimacy: How people living with HIV/AIDS find new kinship in two Ghanaian hospitals S Van Der Geest, JM Dapaah, BK Kwansa |
2019 | Africa Today 65 (3), 31-46, 2019 | Health Sciences | 8 |
| The gender dimensions of resource conflicts in Ghana: Deconstructing the male-centric and binary outlook of communal conflicts D Atobrah, B Kwansa, D Tsikata |
2022 | Contemporary Journal of African Studies (CJAS) 9 (1), 93-108, 2022 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| Conceptualization of gender in published malaria and gender research: a systematic descriptive review D Atobrah, BK Kwansa, PG Okyere-Asante, A Kyere, DM Badasu, ... |
2025 | International Journal for Equity in Health 24 (1), 211, 2025 | Health Sciences | 4 |
| Menstrual Hygiene: Challenges, Taboos and Impact on Girl’s Education. E Nanbigne, O Alhassan, B Kwansa, AK Awedoba |
2016 | Ghana Research Brief, 2016 | Social Sciences | 3 |
| The Dark Sides of Privacy: Stigma, Shame and HIV/AIDS in Ghana S van der Geest, J Dapaah, B Kwansa, R Spronk |
2012 | University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 2012 | Health Sciences | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| „Silent nights, anointing days “. Post-HIV test religious experiences in Ghana BK Kwansa |
2016 | Rijk van Dijk ua, 147-168, 2016 | Health Sciences | 2 |
| An Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Folkzoology in Health and Illness Constructions Among the Kasena of Ghana. Journal of West African Languages 49 (1): 94 – 106. D Atobrah, AK Awedoba, BK Kwansa |
2022 | Journal of West African Languages 49 (1), 94 - 106, 2022 | Health Sciences | 1 |
| Sex of household head and women's willingness to accept malaria vaccine for children under five years in Ghana BK Kwansa, D Atobrah, EA Anaba, A Kyere, E Abbey, DM Badasu, ... |
2026 | Health Sciences Investigations Journal 9 (1), 1556-1564, 2026 | Health Sciences | 0 |
| “I can’t believe it wasn’t perfect”: childbirth experiences of Ghanaian birth tourists in the United States of America AA Allotey, BK Kwansa |
2025 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 25 (1), 1180, 2025 | Social Sciences | 0 |
| “A short illness?” Why we deserve to know what kills our leaders. (A blog post) D Atobrah, B Kwansa |
2021 | https://africanarguments.org/2021/04/a-short-illness-why-we-deserve-to-know …, 2021 | Social Sciences | 0 |
| Understanding the intra-ethnic conflict in Bimbilla: A revelation on blacks and whites. (A blog post) BK Kwansa |
2020 | https://www.diis.dk/en/node/24350, 2020 | Social Sciences | 0 |
| Avoided family care, diverted intimacy: how people living with HIV/AIDS find new kinship in two Ghanaian hospitals. S Geest, JM Dapaah, BK Kwansa |
2019 | — | Health Sciences | 0 |
| Edward Oku Ampofo: Medical Doctor, Artist and Humanitarian D Atobrah, B Kwansa, AA Ampofo, SO Acheampong |
2019 | Building the Nation: Seven Notable Ghanaian, 2019 | Health Sciences | 0 |
| “Pathways to Accessible, Affordable and Gender-Responsive Childcare Provision: The Case of Ghana.” D Atobrah, B Kwansa |
2017 | Background paper for the Research and Data Section. UN Women, New York., 2017 | Social Sciences | 0 |
| Menstrual Hygiene Management Research in Zabzugu and North Dayi Districts in Ghana. E Nanbigne, O Alhassan, B Kwansa, AK Awedoba |
2016 | UNICEF, Accra., 2016 | Social Sciences | 0 |
| ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT B Aidoo, VM Vesterinen, MA Macdonald, B Gísladóttir, S Pétursdóttir |
1900 | — | Social Sciences | 0 |
| The 1st Int'l Workshop on Engineering EHR Solutions R Schügerl, A von Heydwolff, C Husek, S Michalek, N Vaz, ... |
1900 | — | Engineering | 0 |
| V. Kinship, Stigma, and the Pursuit of Safety: Ex-periences of People Living with HIV in Ghana within the Context of New Treatment Guidelines and the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Targets BK Kwansa |
1900 | SELENIA MARABELLO, SAMUEL NTEWUSU, 107, 0 | Health Sciences | 0 |