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Augustus Osborne · Sankore

Augustus Osborne

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-0226-841X

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Publications

71

Citations

255

h-index

8

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

i10-index

6

Affiliations

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

Njala University3 works
Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre2 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences1 works
University of Cape Coast1 works
The Environmental Foundation for Africa1 works

Publications

40 works in the graph, newest first.

Sex-based disparities in whooping cough prevalence in Sierra Leone: Evaluating World Health Organization Health Equity Assessment Toolkit data
2026International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihag003
Utilizing longitudinal studies to address adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa
2026Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12978-025-02256-y
Women’s empowerment and experience of marital control in sub-Saharan Africa
2026Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12978-026-02376-z
Emergency contraception among female university students in Sierra Leone: An exploratory study of use, knowledge, attitudes, and associated factors
2026Women s HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1177/17455057261469462

A comparative analysis of inequalities in sexual violence before age 18 among women in Ghana using the WHO health equity assessment toolkit, 2008 and 2022

2026Frontiers in PsychiatryJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1816366

Cervical cancer screening uptake and its predictors among women aged 30–49 in Ghana: Providing evidence to support the World Health Organization’s cervical cancer elimination initiative

2025BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access24 citations10.1186/s12879-025-10485-6

Inequalities in total fertility rate in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1186/s12889-024-21196-z

Full vaccination coverage for children aged 12–23 months in Madagascar: Analysis of the 2021 Demographic and Health Survey

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding7 citations10.1186/s12889-025-21397-0

Utilisation of eight or more antenatal care visits and its associated socio-economic-related inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: A decomposition analysis

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access6 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0312412

Trends and inequalities in stunting and underweight among children aged 0–59 months in Ghana, 1993–2022

2025International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s12939-025-02519-x

Prevalence and factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women in Ghana

2025BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s12884-025-07749-z

Trends and inequalities in full immunisation coverage among one-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2025BMC PediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1186/s12887-025-05644-2

Provincial distribution of unintended pregnancy and its associated factors in Sierra Leone

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12889-024-20990-z

Spatial distribution and factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in Ghana

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01935-6

Understanding the dynamics of sexual and reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa using the Demographic and Health Survey: the need for longitudinal studies

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1186/s12978-025-01997-0

Migration patterns and access to reproductive and maternal healthcare among women aged 15–49 years in Ghana: insights from a population-based national survey

2025Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12982-025-00441-9

Sierra Leone’s safe motherhood bill: balancing public health, religious values, and cultural traditions

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9

Health insurance non-enrollment among women in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2019 Demographic and Health Survey

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0323538

Progress and inequalities in early initiation of breastfeeding among women in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2025International Breastfeeding JournalJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s13006-025-00749-x

Trends and inequalities in full immunization coverage among two-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0329572

Trends and inequalities in early breastfeeding initiation in Ghana

2025International Breastfeeding JournalJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s13006-025-00765-x

Inequalities in the use of three-dose of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among women in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2025Malaria JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12936-025-05511-6

Trends and inequalities in insecticide-treated net use among children under five in Ghana, 2003–2022: analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys using the WHO Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT)

2025Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s41182-025-00869-4

Trends and inequalities in modern contraceptive use among women in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01900-3

The paternal influence on early childhood development in Africa: implications for child and adolescent mental health

2024Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1186/s13034-024-00847-4

Regional disparities and socio-demographic factors associated with eight or more antenatal care visits in Ghana

2024Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen access15 citations10.1186/s13690-024-01364-8

Regional distribution and factors associated with early marriage in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding9 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01861-7

Early sexual debut among adolescent girls and young women in Sierra Leone: A multilevel analysis of prevalence and predictors

2024Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1186/s40834-024-00309-4

Spatial distribution and factors associated with HIV testing among adolescent girls and young women in Sierra Leone

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1186/s12879-024-10031-w

Alcohol use among in-school adolescents in Sierra Leone

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080222

Spatial distribution and factors associated with high completed fertility among women aged 40–49 years in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 Ghana Demographic Health Survey

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01845-7

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

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0309200

Provincial distribution and factors associated with self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their symptoms among women in Sierra Leone

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1186/s12879-024-10030-x

Predictors of intention to use contraceptives among married and cohabiting women in Ghana: A cross-sectional study

2024Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.1186/s40834-024-00312-9

Inequalities in measles immunization coverage among two-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1186/s12879-024-10088-7

Trends and inequalities in the use of deworming medication during pregnancy in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00638-9

Socio-economic and geographical inequalities in neonatal mortality rates in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024BMC PediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12887-024-05189-w

Trends and inequalities in adequate antenatal care coverage among women in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1186/s13690-024-01430-1

Trends and inequalities in BCG immunisation coverage among one-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12889-024-20560-3

Socioeconomic and geographical inequalities in adolescent fertility rates in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0313030