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List of works by Philip Adongo

"If you do vasectomy and come back here weak, i will divorce you": A qualitative study of community perceptions about vasectomy in Southern Ghana

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"it's up to the woman's people": How social factors influence facility-based delivery in Rural Northern Ghana

scientific article published on January 2014

'They treat you like you are not a human being': maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana

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A comparative qualitative study of misconceptions associated with contraceptive use in southern and northern Ghana

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A qualitative analysis of the effect of a community-based primary health care programme on reproductive preferences and contraceptive use among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana

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Addressing the continuum of maternal and newborn care in Ghana: implications for policy and practice

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Adherence and uptake of artemisinin-based combination treatments for uncomplicated malaria: A qualitative study in northern Ghana

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Beyond Knowledge and Awareness: Addressing Misconceptions in Ghana’s Preparation towards an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease

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Beyond symptom recognition: Care-seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana

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Chasing spirits: Clarifying the spirit child phenomenon and infanticide in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Clean delivery practices in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative study of community and provider knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs

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Community response to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) delivered through the expanded programme of immunization in five African settings

scientific article published on 10 August 2009

Compliance with emergency obstetric care referrals among pregnant women in an urban informal settlement of Accra, Ghana

scientific article published on August 2014

Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

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Cultural factors constraining the introduction of family planning among the kassena-nankana of northern Ghana

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Does the design and implementation of proven innovations for delivering basic primary health care services in rural communities fit the urban setting: The case of Ghana's Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS)

scientific article published on April 2014

Domestic waste disposal practice and perceptions of private sector waste management in urban Accra

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Estimating cause of adult (15 + years) death using InterVA-4 in a rural district of southern Ghana

scholarly article

Factors facilitating and constraining the scaling up of an evidence-based strategy of community-based primary care: Management perspectives from northern Ghana

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Factors influencing adverse events reporting within the health care system: The case of artemisinin-based combination treatments in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Feasibility and acceptability of ACT for the community case management of malaria in urban settings in five African sites

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Female autonomy and reported abortion-seeking in Ghana, West Africa

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Grandmothers as gatekeepers? The role of grandmothers in influencing health-seeking for mothers and newborns in rural northern Ghana

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Health workers perceptions and attitude about Ghana's preparedness towards preventing, containing, and managing Ebola Virus Disease

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How local community knowledge about malaria affects insecticide-treated net use in northern Ghana

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Infant illness spanning the antenatal to early neonatal continuum in rural northern Ghana: Local perceptions, beliefs and practices

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Infant nutrition in the first seven days of life in rural northern Ghana

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Infertility and childlessness: A qualitative study of the experiences of infertile couples in Northern Ghana

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Perceptions, Attitudes, and Experience Regarding mHealth Among Homeless Persons in New York City Shelters

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Preparing towards Preventing and Containing an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak: What Socio-cultural Practices May Affect Containment Efforts in Ghana?

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Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana

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Socio-economic differences in cost of pregnancy-related health services in the peri-urban Accra, Ghana

scientific article published on 3 October 2014

Stillbirths and early neonatal mortality in rural Northern Ghana

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The influence of socio-cultural interpretations of pregnancy threats on health-seeking behavior among pregnant women in urban Accra, Ghana

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The long-term fertility impact of the navrongo project in northern Ghana

scientific article published on September 2012

The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: A qualitative study in Southern Ghana

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Top 10 public health challenges to track in 2023: Shifting focus beyond a global pandemic

scientific article published in 2023

Trend and causes of neonatal mortality in the kassena-nankana district of northern Ghana, 1995-2002

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Trends in the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation and its Effect on Delivery Outcomes in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

scientific article published on September 2006

Understanding the Social Meaning of Infertility and Childbearing: A Qualitative Study of the Perception of Childbearing and Childlessness in Northern Ghana

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Why Are Babies Dying in the First Month after Birth? A 7-Year Study of Neonatal Mortality in Northern Ghana

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mHealth to Train Community Health Nurses in Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid for Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana.

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