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Patricia Akweongo · Sankore

University of Ghana

Patricia Akweongo

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0001-6728-3365

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Publications

35

Citations

740

h-index

9

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

i10-index

8

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

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

University of Ghana47 works
Ghana Health Service4 works
University of Cape Coast1 works
Makerere University1 works
Research for Equity And Community Health Trust1 works

Publications

35 works in the graph, newest first.

Exploring the gendered dimensions of health workforce (HWF) retention challenges and transformative solutions in three deprived districts of Ghana: An exploratory qualitative study
2026SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2026.100174
Multi-actor collaborations in primary health care implementation: a Social Network Analysis of the primary health care strategy in Ghana
2026Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/heapol/czag027
To leave or stay towards Universal Health Coverage: qualitative analysis of factors influencing poor retention of primary healthcare workers in deprived districts of Ghana
2026SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2026.100295
Developing a contextually and culturally relevant benefit-sharing framework for pathogen genomic research and biobanking in africa: a deliberative expert approach
2025BMC Medical EthicsJournalOpen access3 citations

10.1186/s12910-025-01238-w

Implementation of reaching every child immunization strategy in Ghana: a qualitative exploration of the perspectives of the district health management team

2025Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1186/s12982-025-00784-3

Determinants of motorcycle-related head injuries among children and youth: an unmatched case–control study in northern Ghana

2025Injury PreventionJournalOpen access2 citations10.1136/ip-2024-045526

Assessment of Factors Affecting Discharge Planning Implementation in a Ghanaian Hospital

2025Open Journal of NursingJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4236/ojn.2025.153018

Costs and psychosocial burden of tuberculosis to the treatment supporters in Ghana

2025Health Policy and TechnologyJournal0 citations10.1016/j.hlpt.2025.101060

How participation in deliberative engagement affects awareness of, and attitudes towards, genomics research and data sharing: evidence from rural Ghana

2025BMC Medical EthicsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12910-025-01251-z

Cost of implementation and maintenance of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response: a scoping review

2025BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12884-025-08181-z

De facto health governance policies and practices in a decentralized setting of Ghana: Implication for policy making and implementation

2024SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen access9 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2024.100017

Effect of social capital on enrolment of informal sector occupational groups in the national health insurance scheme in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12913-024-11025-9

The economic burden of leprosy treatment to households in Ghana: A cross-sectional study in the Volta Region of Ghana

2024SAGE Open MedicineJournalOpen access6 citations10.1177/20503121241281424

Economic burden and coping mechanisms by tuberculosis treatment supporters: a mixed method approach from Bono Region, Ghana

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12913-024-10611-1

Factors Affecting Pregnancy Complications in Ghana

2024Global Journal on Quality and Safety in HealthcareJournalOpen access3 citations10.36401/jqsh-23-28

Household willingness-to-pay for formal residential care for the elderly in an urban setting in Accra, Ghana

2024Discover Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12982-024-00231-9

Gender differences in disclosure among tuberculosis (TB) and human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) patients reporting in some health facilities in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

2024African Journal of Social IssuesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.58

Role of actor networks in primary health care implementation in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

2023Global Health ActionJournalOpen access11 citations10.1080/16549716.2023.2206684

Publish and still perish? Learning to make the ‘right’ publishing choices in the Ghanaian academy

2023Higher Education Research & DevelopmentJournal11 citations10.1080/07294360.2023.2246396

Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium

2023Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access11 citations10.1186/s12961-022-00956-6

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors of frontline health workers in Ghana

2023F1000ResearchJournalOpen access4 citations10.12688/f1000research.126824.1

Using the integration of human resource management strategies at district level to improve workforce performance: analysis of workplan designs in three African countries

2023Human Resources for HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12960-023-00838-0

Determinants of tuberculosis treatment support costs to the treatment supporters in rural Ghana

2023AIMS Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.3934/publichealth.2023007

Family Planning Practices among Adolescents: A Case Study from Ghana

2023Book ChapterSenior author0 citations10.9734/bpi/rdmms/v6/5103a

COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries

2022Nature MedicineJournalOpen access575 citations10.1038/s41591-022-01750-1

Sub-national variations in general service readiness of primary health care facilities in Ghana: Health policy and equity implications towards the attainment of Universal Health Coverage

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author17 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0269546

Evaluating the impact of maternal health care policy on stillbirth and perinatal mortality in Ghana; a mixed method approach using two rounds of Ghana demographic and health survey data sets and qualitative design technique

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access14 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0274573

Prevalence and Classification of Misdiagnosis Among Hospitalised Patients in Five General Hospitals of Central Uganda

2022Clinical AuditJournalOpen access11 citations10.2147/ca.s370393

Effect of different helmet types in head injuries: a case–control study in northern Ghana

2022Injury PreventionJournal11 citations10.1136/ip-2022-044683

Community perceptions of enrolment of indigents into the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: a case study of the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty Programme

2022Global Health Research and PolicyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1186/s41256-022-00238-2

Factors associated with head injury among survivors of motorcycle crashes: a case-control study in northern Ghana

2022Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access5 citations10.11604/pamj.2022.43.73.35900

Assessing the scalability of a health management-strengthening intervention at the district level: a qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda

2022Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12961-022-00887-2

Effectiveness of adjunct telephone-based postnatal care on maternal and infant illness in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial

2022BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12884-022-05138-4

Using a theory of change in monitoring, evaluating and steering scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda – lessons from the PERFORM2Scale consortium

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s12913-022-08354-y

Contribution of child health interventions to under-five mortality decline in Ghana: A modeling study using lives saved and missed opportunity tools

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0267776