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Joshua Okyere · Sankore

University of Cape Coast

Joshua Okyere

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-4080-7522

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Publications

157

Citations

1,476

h-index

20

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

55

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

Affiliations

Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

University of Cape Coast144 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology73 works
University of Ghana10 works
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital3 works
Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT3 works
Ghana Health Service2 works
Takoradi Technical University1 works
University of Education, Winneba1 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences1 works
Ghana Communication Technology University1 works

Publications

155 works in the graph, newest first.

Residence-based inequalities in health facility delivery among women in sub-Saharan Africa
2026International HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihag030
A pilot study on the acceptability and feasibility of HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening among women attending urban hospitals in Kumasi, Ghana
2026Journal of Cancer PolicyJournal0 citations10.1016/j.jcpo.2026.100710
Prolonged breastfeeding and hypertension risk among Kenyan women: exploring the roles of obesity and alcohol consumption
2026Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s41043-026-01272-3
Too young to die, too silenced to love: Sexual and reproductive health of young adults receiving palliative and end-of-life care in Ghana
2026Palliative Care and Social PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/26323524261432746

Co-creating dementia knowledge and action in Ghana: Evidence from a participatory stakeholder workshop

2026Palliative Care and Social PracticeJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1177/26323524261442208

Rural–Urban Disparities in Noncommunicable Diseases and Associated Factors Among Women of Reproductive Age: An Analysis of the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey

2026Advances in Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1155/adph/1474061

Traditional medicine use among adults living with hypertension in Cape Verde: A WHO STEPWISE study

2026Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s41043-026-01330-w

Ethics on the periphery: Unpacking Ghanaian NGOs’ avoidance of research oversight

2026Research EthicsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/17470161261459739

Differences in Social Support Received and Its Association With Dietary Self‐Care Adherence Among Adults Living With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

2026Health & Social Care in the CommunityJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1155/hsc/3458939

Sex and Age Disparities in the Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in Ghana, 1990–2022: A Cross-Sectional Study

2026NutrientsJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/nu18132050

Effectiveness of health education interventions on breast cancer literacy and breast screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol

2026Systematic ReviewsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s13643-026-03243-5

Women’s empowerment and experience of marital control in sub-Saharan Africa

2026Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12978-026-02376-z

Gender disparities in central obesity in Cape Verde: analysis of the 2020 WHO STEPS survey

2026Scientific ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1038/s41598-026-60765-7

When Stigma Differs: A Cross‐Sectional Study of Divergent Associations of Internalized and Enacted Stigma on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disclosure in Zambia

2026Health Science ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1002/hsr2.72800

Health Beliefs, Diabetes Education, and Physical Activity Engagement Among Persons Living With Diabetes in Ghana

2026Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1111/tmi.70208

Diabetes dietary self-care adherence in Ghana: a qualitative exploration of the roles of stakeholders

2026Public Health NutritionJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1017/s1368980026103243

Economic dependency and cancer screening behavior among women (30–49 years) in Nigeria: analysis of a national survey

2026Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s41043-026-01440-5

Multifaceted barriers associated with clinical breast examination in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analytical approach

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding10 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0316800

Perceptions of barriers and facilitators for cervical cancer screening from women and healthcare workers in Ghana: Applying the Dynamic Sustainability Framework

2025PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access9 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0003011

Trends and economic inequalities in obesity prevalence in Ghana: a cross-sectional study spanning 2008–2022

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00935-x

Influence of paternal education on maternal and child health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.1186/s12978-025-02086-y

Sex differences in help-seeking behavior for depression in Lesotho: findings from a national survey

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s12888-025-06749-9

Cohabitation in sub-Saharan Africa: Does women empowerment matter? Insights from the demographic and health survey

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0322222

Multiple sexual partnership as an independent predictor of cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age: an analysis of the 2022 Kenya demographic and health survey

2025BMC CancerJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1186/s12885-025-13704-0

Factors associated with vaccine default in Southern Ghana based on data from the RTSS malaria vaccine trial in Cape Coast

2025Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1038/s41598-024-75408-y

State of multi-morbidity among adults in Cape Verde: findings from the 2020 WHO STEPS non-communicable disease survey

2025Journal of Public HealthJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1093/pubmed/fdaf031

Association between dietary self-care adherence and depression among adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00859-6

Health‐Seeking Behaviours Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women With Sexually Transmitted Infections: Evidence From Sub‐Saharan Africa

2025Public Health ChallengesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1002/puh2.70088

Spatial distribution and factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in Ghana

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01935-6

Lifetime prevalence of psychotic experience, and its associated factors among Senegalese women: a cross-sectional study

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12888-025-06879-0

From early sexual debut to later overweight and obesity: a multilevel analysis of Ghanaian women

2025Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s41182-025-00753-1

Fear of intimate partner and women’s engagement in exercise: insights from a national survey in Kenya

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00838-x

Factors associated with Ghanaian nurses’ knowledge of palliative care: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey based on the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing

2025Palliative Care and Social PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citations10.1177/26323524251346223

Death and dying in Ghana: Implications for palliative and end-of-life care

2025Palliative Care and Social PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1177/26323524251376029

Alcohol consumption among persons living with hypertension: evidence from a population-based study in Cape Verde

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12889-025-21663-1

Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnership Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cross‐Sectional Study

2025Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1002/hsr2.70798

Assessing the socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

2025International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.1186/s12939-025-02625-w

Unmet need for breast cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12889-025-23133-0

Who receives health advice? Prevalence and correlates of receiving health advice among adults in Cape Verde

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00923-1

Life-time experience of violence among women and girls living with disability in Nepal

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0326659

Do the effects of type and place of birth on early initiation of breastfeeding differ by place of residence? Evidence from the Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey 2017

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00988-y

Anticipated First Contact and Time to Seek Healthcare for Possible Breast Cancer Symptoms: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Rural Ghana

2025Health ExpectationsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1111/hex.70395

A nonlinear decomposition analysis of the rural-urban disparities in tobacco use among women in sub-Saharan Africa

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0331738

Blurring boundaries: Research assistance and the risk of contract cheating in postgraduate education in Africa

2025Research EthicsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/17470161251388118

Residential inequalities in hypertension medication use: a multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s41043-025-01207-4

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs and utilisation of health services in the Bono East Region, Ghana

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author20 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01822-0

Association between knowledge and use of contraceptive among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa

2024Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access15 citations10.1002/hsr2.2028

Association between the survey-based women’s empowerment index (SWPER) and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access14 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01755-8

Early age at menarche and history of sexually transmitted infections significantly predict cervical cancer screening uptake among women aged 25–49 years: evidence from the 2021 Côte d’Ivoire demographic and health survey

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1186/s12913-024-10881-9

Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

2024Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.1186/s41043-023-00479-y

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