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Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor · Sankore

Stellenbosch University

Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor

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ORCID 0000-0002-0638-6261

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Publications

39

Citations

243

h-index

10

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i10-index

11

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Stellenbosch University21 works
University of Ghana4 works
Ghana Health Service2 works
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research1 works

Publications

30 works in the graph, newest first.

Being active in Ghana: facilitators, barriers and preferences for being physically active in community settings among Ghanaian adults
2026BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjph-2025-002680
Prevalence of diabetes and associated risk factors in Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional CARE Diabetes community-based survey
2026BMJ OpenJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119125
Changes in food quality and habits in urban Ghana: evidence from a mixed-methods study
2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1186/s12889-025-23751-8
Non-communicable diseases, psychosocial wellbeing, and quality of life in Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana: analysis from a community-based cross-sectional study
2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access14 citations10.1186/s12889-025-22227-z

The cascade of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in urban-poor communities in Accra, Ghana: a population-based household survey

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12889-025-25409-x

An assessment of a health education program addressing overweight, obesity and lifestyle modification in Ghana

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0333625

Alcohol use among adolescents in eight sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from the Global School-based student health survey (2012–2017) using the socio-ecological model

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12888-025-07555-z

Associations Between Self-Perceived Psychosocial Stress and Markers of Adiposity in Ga Mashie, Urban Ghana: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey

2025ObesitiesJournalOpen access1 citations10.3390/obesities5030060

Promoting lifestyle medicine research in Ghana: lessons learned from Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) Ghana hybrid workshop

2025Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.3389/fpubh.2025.1636462

Three lessons on diabetes for global health professionals, researchers and policy-makers from the people of Ga Mashie

2025Frontiers in NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fnut.2025.1534450

Perceptions and knowledge of diabetes in poor urban communities in Accra, Ghana

2025Global Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1080/17441692.2025.2516700

Beyond individual barriers and facilitators: Digital interventions to address diabetes in urban Ghana

2025Digital HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/20552076251349705

Community perspectives on the built environment, community stress, and the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in Accra, Ghana

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24106-z

Sex differences in social connectedness, health, and quality of life: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in urban Accra, Ghana

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-025-25322-3

Gender differences in well-being among people living with non-communicable disease: The influence of social capital and grants

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0337065

Additional file 1 of The cascade of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in urban-poor communities in Accra, Ghana: a population-based household survey

2025FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.30944703.v1

Additional file 1 of The cascade of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in urban-poor communities in Accra, Ghana: a population-based household survey

2025FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.30944703

Prevalence and predictors of diarrhea among children under five in Ghana

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access22 citations10.1186/s12889-023-17575-7

Household economic burden of type-2 diabetes and hypertension comorbidity care in urban-poor Ghana: a mixed methods study

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access18 citations10.1186/s12913-024-11516-9

The contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) diabetes project: study design for a quantitative survey of diabetes prevalence and non-communicable disease risk in Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana

2024Global Health ActionJournalOpen access17 citations10.1080/16549716.2023.2297513

Implementation of national policies and interventions (WHO Best Buys) for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana: a mixed methods analysis

2024Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access14 citations10.1186/s12961-024-01242-3

Primary health care response to noncommunicable diseases: an assessment of Wellness Clinics in Ghana

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1186/s12913-024-11264-w

Perceptions and experiences of an intervention to improve diets of women and young children in Ghana

2024World NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.26596/wn.202415118-31

Evaluation of the Improved Feeding Practices for the First 1000 Days Project in Ghana

2024World NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.26596/wn.202415274-86

Study protocol for the development of a real-time interface showing the availability of breast and cervical cancer services in Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0312150

Dietary patterns among adults in three low-income urban communities in Accra, Ghana

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0293726

Obesity in Africa: A Silent Public Health Crisis

2023Book ChapterOpen access8 citations10.1007/978-3-031-40116-9_5

Obesity in Africa: A Silent Public Health Crisis

2023Book Chapter7 citations10.1007/978-3-319-12125-3_5-2

Development of a facilitator guide for nutrition education on overweight and obesity in the eastern region of Ghana

2023African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.18697/ajfand.116.23010

“Working with little:” Access to market infrastructure and its effect on food handling and food safety among vegetable traders in an African city

2022Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.3389/fsufs.2022.724190