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Sanni Yaya · Sankore

Sanni Yaya

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ORCID 0000-0002-4876-6043

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Publications

89

Citations

1,306

h-index

21

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

i10-index

48

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

University of Education, Winneba1 works
Université de Parakou1 works

Publications

53 works in the graph, newest first.

Malnourished Child, Overweight Mother? Examining the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Sub‐Saharan Africa
2026Maternal and Child NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1111/mcn.70175
Do children’s feeding practices affect growth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa? A multi-country study
2026Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s41043-026-01250-9
Left Behind After Birth: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of Factors Associated With Postnatal Care Use in Sub‐Saharan Africa
2026Journal of PregnancyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1155/jp/3035162
Multilevel factors associated with self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active women in Africa: a socio-ecological analysis
2026BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-026-28423-9
Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

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2025Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthJournalOpen access6 citations10.1136/jech-2024-223168

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

2025Public Health ChallengesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1002/puh2.70088

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 accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1002/hsr2.70798

Artificial intelligence and sexual reproductive health and rights: a technological leap towards achieving sustainable development goal target 3.7

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding24 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01924-9

Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of HIV testing during antenatal care: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

2024International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding21 citations10.1186/s12939-023-02068-1

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

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding14 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01755-8

Can women empowerment boost dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa?

2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding13 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00579-3

Association between sexual violence and multiple high-risk fertility behaviours among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding8 citations10.1186/s12889-023-17444-3

Female genital mutilation and safer sex negotiation among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of demographic and health survey data

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0299034

Female genital mutilation/cutting among girls aged 0–14: evidence from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey data

2024BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1186/s12905-024-02940-4

Association between women’s household decision-making autonomy and health insurance enrollment in sub-saharan Africa

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding39 citations10.1186/s12889-023-15434-z

Socioeconomic inequalities in modern contraceptive use among women in Benin: a decomposition analysis

2023BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding25 citations10.1186/s12905-023-02601-y

HIV testing among women of reproductive age in 28 sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel modelling

2023International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding21 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad031

Does women's empowerment and socio-economic status predict adequacy of antenatal care in sub-Saharan Africa?

2023International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding18 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad016

Prevalence and predictors of infant and young child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa

2023International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad022

Physical violence during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: why it matters and who are most susceptible?

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059236

Determinants of birth registration in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding10 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193816

Child marriage and its association with partner controlling behaviour against adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa

2023BMC Global and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding10 citations10.1186/s44263-023-00001-w

Early Sexual Debut and Its Associated Factors Among Young Women Aged 15–24 in Mali: A Multilevel Analysis

2023Archives of Sexual BehaviorJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding13 citations10.1007/s10508-023-02591-w

Prevalence, Trends, and Factors Associated with Teen Motherhood in Nigeria: An Analysis of the 2008–2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys

2023International Journal of Sexual HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.1080/19317611.2023.2189763

Health facility delivery and early initiation of breastfeeding: Cross‐sectional survey of 11 sub‐Saharan African countries

2023Health Science ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding10 citations10.1002/hsr2.1263

Exposure to interparental violence and intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea

2023BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1186/s12905-023-02179-5

High risk fertility behaviour and health facility delivery in West Africa

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s12884-023-06107-1

Hygienic Disposal of Children’s Stools Practices Among Women of Children With Diarrhoea in Sub-Saharan Africa

2023Environmental Health InsightsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding5 citations10.1177/11786302231204764

An assessment of Individual, community and state-level factors associated with inadequate iodised salt consumption among pregnant and lactating women in Nigeria

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1186/s12884-023-05833-w

Exposure to interparental violence and justification of intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea

2023BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1186/s12905-023-02248-9

Birth weight and nutritional status of children under five in sub-Saharan Africa

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author72 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0269279

Association between frequency of mass media exposure and maternal health care service utilization among women in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for tailored health communication and education

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author69 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0275202

Psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding35 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0277238

Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health in 17 sub-Saharan African countries

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding29 citations10.1186/s12913-022-08693-w

Understanding the factors associated with married women’s attitudes towards wife-beating in sub-Saharan Africa

2022BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding28 citations10.1186/s12905-022-01809-8

Health insurance coverage and timely antenatal care attendance in sub-Saharan Africa

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author39 citations10.1186/s12913-022-07601-6

Socio-economic and proximate determinants of under-five mortality in Guinea

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author35 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0267700

Women’s household decision-making power and contraceptive use in Mali

2022Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author34 citations10.1186/s12978-022-01534-3

Girl child marriage and its association with maternal healthcare services utilization in sub-Saharan Africa

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding26 citations10.1186/s12913-022-08117-9

Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and predictors

2022BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007731

Factors associated with the number and timing of antenatal care visits among married women in Cameroon: Evidence from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey

2022ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University)JournalSenior authorCorresponding23 citations

Rural–urban disparities in caesarean deliveries in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition modelling of Demographic and Health Survey data

2022BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior author22 citations10.1186/s12884-022-04992-6

Intention to use contraceptives among married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional data

2022BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060073

Disparities in use of skilled birth attendants and neonatal mortality rate in Guinea over two decades

2022BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding20 citations10.1186/s12884-021-04370-8

Women’s decision-making capacity and its association with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS in 23 sub-Saharan African countries

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding20 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00849-8

Contraceptive discontinuation among women of reproductive age in Papua New Guinea

2022Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author19 citations10.1186/s40834-022-00170-3

Sex inequality in early initiation of breastfeeding in 24 sub-Saharan African countries: A multi-country analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0267703

Awareness of obstetric fistula and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding18 citations10.1186/s41182-022-00443-2

Women’s decision-making power and knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

2022BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding13 citations10.1186/s12905-022-01691-4

Prevalence and predictors of oral rehydration therapy, zinc, and other treatments for diarrhoea among children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0275495