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Joseph Osarfo · Sankore

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Joseph Osarfo

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-5366-3997

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Publications

28

Citations

295

h-index

10

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

i10-index

12

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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University of Health and Allied Sciences30 works
Ministry of Health1 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 works
Ghana Health Service1 works

Publications

28 works in the graph, newest first.

Effect of completing eight or more antenatal care contacts on adverse pregnancy outcomes in a district hospital in Ghana: A propensity score–matched and doubly robust analysis
2026Global EpidemiologyJournalOpen access2 citations10.1016/j.gloepi.2026.100253
Impact of surgical treatment on pelvic floor symptoms and sexual function in Ghanaian women with pelvic organ prolapse: a prospective study
2026Therapeutic Advances in Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/26334941261426088
The Persistence of High Maternal Anaemia and Low Birthweight Despite Declining Malaria Transmission and Prevalence in Ghana
2026PathogensJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/pathogens15060618
Malaria and anaemia prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in two regions in Ghana: an analytical cross-sectional study
2025BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access10 citations10.1186/s12884-025-07735-5

Health seeking behaviour of caregivers of children under five and its determinants in Ho West and Adaklu districts, Volta Region, Ghana: a community-based cross-sectional study

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1186/s12889-025-22393-0

Prediction of caesarean section birth using machine learning algorithms among pregnant women in a district hospital in Ghana

2025BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12884-025-07716-8

Health effects of occupational noise exposure on heavy-duty equipment operators and exposed workers in a mining firm in Ghana

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access5 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0332600

Risk prediction models to determine maternal and newborn adverse pregnancy outcomes in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review protocol

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0318658

Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of preterm live births in a tertiary health facility in Ghana

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0331223

Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis among final-year midwifery students in the Volta Region of Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding11 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0302554

Medical students’ perceptions of a community-engaged learning approach to community health in Ghana: the Students’ Community Engagement Programme (SCEP)

2024BMC Medical EducationJournalOpen accessCorresponding9 citations10.1186/s12909-024-06409-8

Prevalence and correlates of depression among students in a senior high school in Ghana: A school-based cross-sectional study

2024SAGE Open MedicineJournalOpen access6 citations10.1177/20503121241229841

Prevalence and associated factors of occupational injuries in an industrial city in Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0301339

Occupational injury prevalence and predictors among small-scale sawmill workers in the Sokoban Wood Village, Kumasi, Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access2 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0298954

Stillbirth incidence and determinants in a tertiary health facility in the Volta Region of Ghana

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding14 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0296076

An assessment of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) situation in rural Volta Region, Ghana

2023PLOS WaterJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1371/journal.pwat.0000134

Prevalence and determinants of occupational injuries among emergency medical technicians in Northern Ghana

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen access7 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0284943

Interventions for malaria prevention in pregnancy; factors influencing uptake and their effect on pregnancy outcomes among post-natal women in a tertiary facility in the Volta Region of Ghana

2023SAGE Open MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding7 citations10.1177/20503121231199653

Malaria in pregnancy control and pregnancy outcomes: a decade’s overview using Ghana’s DHIMS II data

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen access30 citations10.1186/s12936-022-04331-2

Trends of malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana over the past two decades: a review

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding33 citations10.1186/s12936-021-04031-3

Factors Influencing Turnover Intention among Nurses and Midwives in Ghana

2022Nursing Research and PracticeJournalOpen access31 citations10.1155/2022/4299702

Attrition of Nursing Professionals in Ghana: An Effect of Burnout on Intention to Quit

2022Nursing Research and PracticeJournalOpen access25 citations10.1155/2022/3100344

Determinants of Maternal Satisfaction with the Quality of Childbirth Services in a University Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

2022BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen access15 citations10.1155/2022/9984113

Assessment and determinants of acute post-caesarean section pain in a tertiary facility in Ghana

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding12 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0268947

Knowledge of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a tertiary hospital in Ghana

2022SAGE Open MedicineJournalOpen accessCorresponding17 citations10.1177/20503121221088432

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its determinants in the Bono Region of Ghana

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access10 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i4.2

The burden and predictors of late antenatal booking in a rural setting in Ghana

2022Nursing OpenJournalOpen access7 citations10.1002/nop2.1467

Willingness to Test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection among First-Year Students of a Public University in the Volta Region of Ghana

2022VenereologyJournalOpen access6 citations10.3390/venereology1020015