List of works by Ama de-Graft Aikins

Association between socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians in different geographic locations: the RODAM study.

scientific article

Barriers to evidence-based acute stroke care in Ghana: A qualitative study on the perspectives of stroke care professionals

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Cardiovascular disease prevention in Ghana: Feasibility of a faith-based organizational approach

scientific article

Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations — Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study

scientific article

Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Ghana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

book by Ama de-Graft Aikins

Chronic kidney disease burden among African migrants in three European countries and in urban and rural Ghana: The RODAM cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Chronic non-communicable diseases and the challenge of universal health coverage: Insights from community-based cardiovascular disease research in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

scientific article

Community and individual sense of trust and psychological distress among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Competence in professional psychology practice in Ghana: Qualitative insights from practicing clinical health psychologists

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Culture, ethnicity and chronic conditions: Reframing concepts and methods for research, interventions and policy in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article

Curing Our Ills: The Psychology of Chronic Disease Risk, Experience and Care in Africa

book by Ama de-Graft Aikins

Developing effective chronic disease interventions in Africa: insights from Ghana and Cameroon

scientific article

Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: The RODAM study

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Epidemiological Transition and the Double Burden of Disease in Accra, Ghana ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease

scientific article

Ethnicity and cardiovascular health research: Pushing the boundaries by including comparison populations in the countries of origin

scientific article published in January 2012

Explanatory models of diabetes in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

Factors Associated With Waiting Time for Breast Cancer Treatment in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana

scientific article

Factors associated with treatment-seeking for malaria in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Food Beliefs and Practices During Pregnancy in Ghana: Implications for Maternal Health Interventions

research work

Food beliefs and practices in urban poor communities in Accra: implications for health interventions

scholarly article

Food consumption, nutrient intake, and dietary patterns in Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Ghana’s neglected chronic disease epidemic: a developmental challenge

scientific article published on December 2007

Healer shopping in Africa: new evidence from rural-urban qualitative study of Ghanaian diabetes experiences

scientific article

Health professionals' views on the barriers and enablers to evidence-based practice for acute stroke care: a systematic review

scientific article

Health psychology in Ghana: A review of the multidisciplinary origins of a young sub-field and its future prospects

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

Healthy Cities in Africa: A Continent of Difference

Homelessness and mental health in Ghana: everyday experiences of Accra's migrant squatters

scientific article

Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Influencing policy change: The experience of health think tanks in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

Innovative ways of studying the effect of migration on obesity and diabetes beyond the common designs: lessons from the RODAM study

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Knowledge and awareness of and perception towards cardiovascular disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Lay community perceptions and treatment options for hypertension in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative analysis

scholarly article

Mass media constructions of 'socio-psychological epidemics' in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of genital shrinking in 11 countries

scientific article

Migration and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Ghanaian Populations in Europe: The RODAM Study (Research on Obesity and Diabetes Among African Migrants).

scientific article published in November 2017

Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study.

scientific article

Parental Wellbeing, Parenting and Child Development in Ghanaian Families with Young Children

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Patterns of Prescription of Psychotropic Medications and Their Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Psychiatric Hospitals in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

scientific article published in January 2018

Patterns of cardiovascular disease mortality in Ghana: A 5-year review of autopsy cases at Korle-Bu teaching hospital

scholarly article

Preparing for Ebola Virus Disease in West African countries not yet affected: Perspectives from Ghanaian health professionals

scientific article

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

scientific article published on June 2014

Psychosocial stressors among Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Rationale and cross-sectional study design of the research on obesity and type 2 diabetes among African migrants: The RODAM study

scientific article

Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: The RODAM study

scientific article

Social representations of diabetes in Ghana: Reconstructing self, society and culture ⬇️

doctoral thesis by Ama de-Graft Aikins

Strengthening quality and continuity of diabetes care in rural ghana: a critical social psychological approach

scientific article published in March 2004

Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

scientific article

The association of physical activity, body mass index and the blood pressure levels among urban poor youth in Accra, Ghana

scientific article

Tracing Africa’s progress towards implementing the Non-Communicable Diseases Global action plan 2013-2020: a synthesis of WHO country profile reports

scientific article

Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana – The RODAM study

scientific article published in December 2017

Understanding the causes of breast cancer treatment delays at a teaching hospital in Ghana

scientific article published on 30 November 2018

Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana-the RODAM study

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

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