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Castro Ayebeng · Sankore

Castro Ayebeng

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This profile was assembled from author names on publications. Open indexes routinely split one researcher across several such profiles, so these totals may be incomplete.

Publications

47

Citations

340

h-index

10

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

i10-index

12

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

University of Cape Coast47 works
Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT4 works
University of Education, Winneba1 works

Publications

47 works in the graph, newest first.

Prolonged breastfeeding and hypertension risk among Kenyan women: exploring the roles of obesity and alcohol consumption
2026Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s41043-026-01272-3
Traditional medicine use among adults living with hypertension in Cape Verde: A WHO STEPWISE study
2026Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s41043-026-01330-w
Gender disparities in central obesity in Cape Verde: analysis of the 2020 WHO STEPS survey
2026Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1038/s41598-026-60765-7
Multifaceted barriers associated with clinical breast examination in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analytical approach
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0316800

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

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s12888-025-06749-9

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

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0322222

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

2025Journal of Public HealthJournal3 citations10.1093/pubmed/fdaf031

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

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen access2 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 access2 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 access1 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00838-x

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

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12889-025-21663-1

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

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00923-1

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

2025Research EthicsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1177/17470161251388118

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

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s41043-025-01207-4

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 access14 citations10.1186/s12913-024-10881-9

Burden of non-communicable diseases among women of reproductive age in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access13 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078666

Unveiling Shadows: Investigating women’s experience of intimate partner violence in Ghana through the lens of the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access13 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0309564

Exposure to pro-tobacco and anti-tobacco media messages and events and smoking behaviour among adolescents in Gambia

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding10 citations10.1186/s12889-024-18543-5

Cervical cancer screening among women with comorbidities: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania demographic and health survey

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12889-024-18552-4

Prevalence of diabetes and its associated factors in Cape Verde: an analysis of the 2020 WHO STEPS survey on non-communicable diseases risk factors

2024BMC Endocrine DisordersJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12902-024-01803-1

Trends, and patterns, of premarital sexual intercourse and its associated factors among never-married young women aged 15–24 in Sierra Leone

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access6 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0309200

Clicks and checks: investigating the association between internet usage frequency and women’s uptake of clinical breast examination in Ghana

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12913-024-11576-x

Influence of type of violence on women’s help-seeking behaviour: Evidence from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0297308

Frequency of internet use and hypertension risk among men and women in Kenya: an analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey

2024BMC Digital HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s44247-024-00104-w

Association between experience of emotional violence and hypertension among Kenyan women

2024Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1038/s41598-024-74131-y

Factors associated with age at first screening for cervical cancer among adult Cape Verdean women: a cross-sectional study

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s12889-024-19917-5

Age at first menstruation and clinical breast cancer screening utilization: insights from the 2021 Côte d'Ivoire demographic and health survey

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01915-w

Shedding light on hidden dynamics: partner controlling behavior and women's alcohol consumption in Ghana

2024Discover Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12982-024-00129-6

Hormonal contraceptive use among women living with hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from 12 countries

2024BMC Research NotesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s13104-024-06830-8

Spatial distribution and determinants of physical intimate partner violence among women in Kenya: Evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0309173

Dynamics of violence disclosure among women in Kenya: trends, changes and associated factors

2024Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s41043-024-00702-4

Examining the influence of wealth status on prehypertension risk in women aged 30–49: evidence from the 2018 Benin demographic and health survey

2024BMC Research NotesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1186/s13104-023-06676-6

Mediating effects of hypertension in association between household wealth disparities and diabetes among women of reproductive age: analysis of eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa

2024International HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihae013

Place of residence and blood sugar testing practices among men: insights from the 2021 Madagascar demographic and health survey

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-024-19248-5

Screening for cervical cancer among women in five countries in sub-saharan Africa: analysis of the role played by distance to health facility and socio-demographic factors

2023BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access48 citations10.1186/s12913-023-09055-w

Influence of women empowerment on childhood (12–23 months) immunization coverage: Recent evidence from 17 sub-Saharan African countries

2023Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen access23 citations10.1186/s41182-023-00556-2

Influence of distance to health facilities on clinical breast cancer screening behaviour among women in five sub-Saharan African countries

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding25 citations10.1186/s12889-023-15782-w

Geospatial disparities and predictors of anaemia among pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding18 citations10.1186/s12884-023-06008-3

Postnatal care service utilisation for babies within the first two months after childbirth: an analysis of rural-urban differences in eleven Sub-Saharan African countries

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access11 citations10.1186/s12884-023-05758-4

Influence of type of cooking fuel on risk of hypertension among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from nationally representative cross-sectional surveys

2023International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad060

Utilisation of traditional healers among older people living with HIV in South Africa: a WHO SAGE well-being of older people study

2023AIDS Research and TherapyJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12981-023-00537-9

Fruits and vegetable consumption, and its association with hypertension among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2023Public Health NutritionJournalOpen access6 citations10.1017/s1368980023002896

Prostate cancer screening uptake in Kenya: An analysis of the demographic and health survey

2023Journal of Cancer PolicyJournal4 citations10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100427

Non-use of diabetes medication and its associated factors: a comparative analysis of female and male patients in four Sub-Saharan African countries

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1186/s12889-023-17038-z

Prevalence and factors associated with rural mothers’ protection against tetanus: a cross-national analysis in 33 sub-Saharan African countries

2023International HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad103

Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among older people living with HIV in South Africa

2022BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access35 citations10.1186/s12889-022-14091-y

Single motherhood in Ghana: analysis of trends and predictors using demographic and health survey data

2022Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1057/s41599-022-01371-6