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Kabila Abass · Sankore

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kabila Abass

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ORCID 0000-0001-6662-6688

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49

Citations

411

h-index

14

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

i10-index

17

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology52 works
Kwame Nkrumah University5 works

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49 works in the graph, newest first.

Psychosomatic mechanisms linking food insecurity with psychological distress among artisanal miners in Ghana
2026Journal of Affective Disorders ReportsJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jadr.2025.101020
Economic Status and Financial Hardship in Food Insecurity among Single Parents: Evidence from Ghana
2026Global Social WelfareJournalCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s40609-026-00447-4
Resilience in the face of rising flood risk: assessing severity, socio-economic effects, and responses in Buipe
2026Urban Water JournalJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/1573062x.2026.2648231
Coconut exports from Southwestern Ghana: Implications for coconut farmers’ economic well-being
2026Social Sciences & Humanities OpenJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103445

Association between work-related stress and self-rated health among artisanal and small-scale miners in Ghana: a two-way serial mediation analysis

2025Discover Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12982-025-00932-9

Association of social support with sleep and subjective health outcomes in Ghanaian artisanal miners

2025Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1038/s41598-025-27679-2

Living with familiar hazards: flood experiences of urban households and health implications in Ghana

2025Environmental HazardsJournalSenior author3 citations10.1080/17477891.2025.2534643

‘The new geriatric giants’: how do loneliness and social isolation contribute to probable depression in older adults?

2025Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournalOpen access3 citations10.1017/s0021932025100400

‘We live in fear and face endless physical and emotional health problems’: Perceived health implications of floods among urban households in Ghana

2025Geographical JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1111/geoj.70036

Sleep problems and depression among single parents in Ghana: the mediating role of anxiety symptoms

2025Current PsychologyJournal3 citations10.1007/s12144-025-08439-x

A cross-sectional analysis of the association between depressive symptoms and sleep problems among artisanal miners in Ghana

2025GeopsychiatryJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.geopsy.2025.100021

Social Network Connectivity and Depression Among Single Parents in Ghana: The Mediating Role of Anxiety

2025International Journal of Social PsychiatryJournal1 citations10.1177/00207640251405455

Meeting the WHO physical activity guidelines and health-related quality of life of single parents in Ghana

2025Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.3389/fpubh.2025.1533284

Bodily pain severity and emotional pain experience in old age: Analyses of potential mediators from representative Ghanaian aging survey

2025Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112062

Host Communities’ Participation in Large-Scale Land Deal Negotiations in Rural Ghana

2025International Journal of Community Well-BeingJournal0 citations10.1007/s42413-025-00252-5

Building smallholder farmers’ resilience under climate change through agroforestry practice in the northern savanna of Ghana: determinants and policy implications

2025African Geographical ReviewJournal0 citations10.1080/19376812.2025.2529492

Living with pluvial floods: coping and adaptation experiences of households in Atonsu, Ghana

2025Urban Water JournalJournal0 citations10.1080/1573062x.2025.2596746

Battling with large-scale land acquisition in rural Ghana: What are the gendered coping and adaptation strategies employed by households in the Asutifi North District?

2025African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.48346/imist.prsm/ajlp-gs.v8i6.55865

Anxiety and sleep mediate the effect of food insecurity on depression in single parents in Ghana

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12889-024-20087-7

Urban expansion and livelihood dynamics in peri‐urban Tamale, Ghana

2024Geographical ResearchJournalOpen accessCorresponding9 citations10.1111/1745-5871.12681

More Movement, Less Bodily Pain? Findings From a Large, Representative Multi-District Aging Study in Ghana

2024Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationJournal7 citations10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105153

Sleep problems and chronic conditions in single parents in Ghana: Serial mediating roles of health-related quality of life and functional limitations

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access5 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0312312

Trading future sustainable livelihoods for present gain: labour dynamics, opportunities, challenges and sustainability of virgin coconut oil processing businesses in the wake of coconut exports from Southwestern Ghana

2024Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1080/23311932.2024.2395476

Later Life Food Insecurity and Social Isolation in Ghana: The Importance of Psychological Factors

2024International Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryJournalOpen access1 citations10.1002/gps.6134

Association Between Physical Activity and Sleep Health Among Community-Dwelling Adults Aged ≥50 in Ghana: The Mediating Role of Psychosomatic Factors

2024Clinical GerontologistJournal1 citations10.1080/07317115.2024.2442743

Asset or liability: exploring undergraduates’ perceptions of faculty-mentored research in Ghana

2024Studies in Higher EducationJournal0 citations10.1080/03075079.2024.2329744

Interest Groups and COVID-19 in Africa (2019–2022)

2024Advances in experimental medicine and biologyBook Chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-61939-7_18

Farmers’ perceptions of severe climate risks and adaptation interventions in indigenous communities in northern Ghana

2023International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionJournal37 citations10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103891

Emotional and physical-related experiences as potential mechanisms linking physical activity and happiness: Evidence from the Ghana Aging, Health, Psychological Well-being, and Health-seeking Behavior Study

2023Archives of Psychiatric NursingJournalOpen accessCorresponding21 citations10.1016/j.apnu.2022.12.023

Land-use and land cover change dynamics in urban Ghana: implications for peri-urban livelihoods

2023International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.1080/19463138.2023.2184822

Battling with urban floods: Household experience, coping and adaptation strategies in Ghana

2023CitiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1016/j.cities.2023.104430

Inefficient allocation of paratransit service terminals and routes in Ghana: The role of driver unions and paratransit operators

2023Journal of Transport GeographyJournal18 citations10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103643

Bodily Pain in Physical Function and the Role of Physical Activity Among Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50–69 Years in Ghana

2023The Journals of Gerontology Series AJournalOpen access17 citations10.1093/gerona/glad156

Climate change mitigation potential of agroforestry farms in West African Savanna

2023Environmental ChallengesJournalOpen access16 citations10.1016/j.envc.2023.100678

Sleep and Happiness in Urban-Dwelling Older Adults in Ghana: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model of Generalized Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms

2023American Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryJournal14 citations10.1016/j.jagp.2023.05.004

Flood stressors and mental distress among community-dwelling adults in Ghana: a mediation model of flood-risk perceptions

2023Environmental HazardsJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1080/17477891.2023.2183177

Mobility limitations and emotional dysfunction in old age: The moderating effects of physical activity and social ties

2023International Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryJournalOpen access10 citations10.1002/gps.5969

Public perceptions of the health benefits of green spaces in urban Ghana

2023Local EnvironmentJournalFirst author9 citations10.1080/13549839.2023.2181777

Ageing Happily in Ghana : How Does Social Inclusion Contribute?

2023PsychogeriatricsJournalOpen access8 citations10.1111/psyg.13004

Toward maximising profits from markets: an analysis of the management structure of markets in Kumasi, Ghana

2023SN Business & EconomicsJournalSenior author1 citations10.1007/s43546-023-00442-3

The dynamics and livelihood implications of illegal mining in Ghana: A critical assessment

2022Geographical ResearchJournalCorresponding25 citations10.1111/1745-5871.12573

Flood exposure and psychological distress among Ghanaian adults in flood-prone settings

2022The Science of The Total EnvironmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155481

Loneliness and physical function impairment: Perceived health status as an effect modifier in community-dwelling older adults in Ghana

2022Preventive Medicine ReportsJournalOpen access28 citations10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101721

Coping with and adapting to urban floods: experiences of flood community-dwelling households in Aboabo, Ghana

2022Urban Water JournalJournalCorresponding17 citations10.1080/1573062x.2022.2156890

A two-mediator serial mediation chain of the association between social isolation and impaired sleep in old age

2022Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access17 citations10.1038/s41598-022-26840-5

The effect-modification of physical activity on the association of pain with impaired physical function in aging adults

2022Experimental GerontologyJournal14 citations10.1016/j.exger.2022.111791

Food insecurity and geriatric functional limitations: Observational analysis from the AgeHeaPsyWel–HeaSeeB Survey

2022Experimental GerontologyJournal13 citations10.1016/j.exger.2022.111707

Prevalence study of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Ashanti region of Ghana: a systematic review of risk factors

2022Journal of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes of South AfricaJournalOpen access11 citations10.1080/16089677.2022.2074121

Depopulation or vaccination? Tackling the COVID-19 crisis in prisons in Africa

2022Health & JusticeJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s40352-022-00176-8