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List of works by Patricia Akweongo

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

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Adherence to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Treatment among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana

research work

An exploration of moral hazard behaviors under the national health insurance scheme in Northern Ghana: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Analysis of the Financial Cost of Diabetes Mellitus in Four Cocoa Clinics of Ghana

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Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of First Response HIV-1-2 test kit with whole blood and serum samples: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of common isolates of neonatal sepsis, Ho Municipality, Ghana-2016.

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Bovine Tuberculosis Surveillance System Evaluation, Greater-Accra Region, Ghana, 2006-2011

scientific article published on October 2016

Burden of malaria in mobile populations in the Greater Accra region, Ghana: a cross- sectional study

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

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

Cost of maternal health services in selected primary care centres in Ghana: a step down allocation approach

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Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: A cross sectional study

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Cost-effectiveness of clinical decision support system in improving maternal health care in Ghana

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Costs associated with implementation of computer-assisted clinical decision support system for antenatal and delivery care: Case study of Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

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Does the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana reduce household cost of treating malaria in the Kassena-Nankana districts?

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Economic costs of fever to households in the middle belt of Ghana

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Erratum to: Mapping the use of research to support strategies tackling maternal and child health inequities: evidence from six countries in Africa and Latin America

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Erratum to: The role of weather in meningitis outbreaks in navrongo, Ghana: A generalized additive modeling approach

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

scholarly article

Exploring the dimensions of access

Factors associated with DELAY in diagnosis among tuberculosis patients in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Factors associated with syphilis screening uptake among pregnant women in health facilities in Brong Ahafo Region of 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

Factors influencing performance of community-based health volunteers’ activities in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana

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Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: A qualitative study in Ghana

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

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Feasibility and cost of using mobile phones for capturing drug safety information in peri-urban settlement in Ghana: a prospective cohort study of patients with uncomplicated malaria.

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Gate-keeping and women's health seeking behaviour in navrongo, northern Ghana

scientific article published in April 2003

Impact of an electronic clinical decision support system on workflow in antenatal care: The QUALMAT eCDSS in rural health care facilities in Ghana and Tanzania

scholarly article

Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences

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Indirect costs associated with deaths from the Ebola virus disease in West Africa.

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Inequalities in child mortality in ten major African cities

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to meningitis in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Mapping the use of research to support strategies tackling maternal and child health inequities: evidence from six countries in Africa and Latin America

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Postpartum abstinence and risk of HIV among young mothers in the kassena-nankana district of northern Ghana

scholarly article

Prevalence of obesity and overweight and associated factors among financial institution workers in Accra Metropolis, Ghana: A cross sectional study

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Reducing medical claims cost to Ghana’s National Health Insurance scheme: a cross-sectional comparative assessment of the paper- and electronic-based claims reviews

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Retention and sustainability of community-based health volunteers' activities: A qualitative study in rural Northern Ghana

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Review of Antenatal-Linked Voluntary Counseling and HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons and Options for Ghana.

scientific article published on March 2005

Simultaneous administration of praziquantel, ivermectin and albendazole, in a community in rural northern Ghana endemic for schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis

scientific article published on 20 June 2011

Sustainability of recurrent expenditure on public social welfare programmes: Expenditure analysis of the free maternal care programme of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

The Role of Weather in Meningitis Outbreaks in Navrongo, Ghana: A Generalized Additive Modeling Approach

scholarly article by Vanja Dukić et al published 3 August 2012 in Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

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The effects of health worker motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention in Ghana: A cross-sectional study

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The informed consent process in a rural African setting: A case study of the kassena-nankana district of northern Ghana

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The limited effectiveness of legislation against female genital mutilation and the role of community beliefs in upper east region, Ghana

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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

Use of Antimalarial in the Management of Fever during a Community Survey in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Using weather forecasts to help manage meningitis in the West African Sahel

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What do district health managers in Ghana use their working time for? A case study of three districts

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