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Collins Adu · Sankore

University of Cape Coast

Collins Adu

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-1300-6327

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Publications

37

Citations

536

h-index

15

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

i10-index

17

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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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology26 works
University of Cape Coast1 works

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37 works in the graph, newest first.

Awareness of and positive attitudes toward HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among reproductive-aged women in Ghana: A multilevel analysis of the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0347111
Peer connectedness moderates the association of bullying victimisation with substance use among 135,881 in-school adolescents in 35 countries
2025Children and Youth Services ReviewJournal0 citations10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108603
Residence-based inequalities in overweight/obesity in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis
2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen access17 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00593-5
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 accessCorresponding3 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 access4 citations10.1186/s12905-024-02940-4

Associations of nuptiality perceptions, financial difficulties, and socio-demographic factors with mental health status in Australian adults: Analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0296941

Cyberbullying victimization and suicidal ideation among in-school adolescents in three countries: implications for prevention and intervention

2023BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen accessCorresponding39 citations10.1186/s12888-023-05268-9

Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Behavior among adolescents in 28 Countries and Territories: A Moderated Mediation Model

2023Journal of Adolescent HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding35 citations10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.01.029

Unmet need for contraception among women in Benin: a cross-sectional analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey

2023International HealthJournalOpen access10 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad049

High-risk fertility behaviour and undernutrition among children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen access9 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066543

Association of food insecurity and sleep difficulty among 189,619 school-going adolescents: a study from the global in-school students survey

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access9 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1212254

A multi-level analysis of prevalence and factors associated with caesarean section in Nigeria

2023PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access9 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0000688

The role of digital surveillance during outbreaks: the Ghana experience from COVID‑19 response

2023Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessCorresponding9 citations10.4081/jphia.2023.2755

Preparing for future outbreaks in Ghana: An overview of current COVID-19, monkeypox, and Marburg disease outbreaks

2023Health Promotion PerspectivesJournalOpen access8 citations10.34172/hpp.2023.25

Substance use and adolescent injuries: a multi-country analysis of the association and mediating effect of interpersonal violence among 122,945 in-school paediatric populations in 29 countries

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193711

Intimate partner violence as a determinant of pregnancy termination among women in unions: evidence from the 2016–2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey

2023Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournalOpen accessCorresponding6 citations10.1017/s002193202300007x

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

2023BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12905-023-02248-9

HIV testing and counselling among women in Benin: a cross-sectional analysis of prevalence and predictors from demographic and health survey data

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068805

Considering the Cultural Context of Parental Involvement and Loneliness

2023Journal of Adolescent HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.09.006

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

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access72 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0269279

Sexual autonomy and self-reported sexually transmitted infections among women in sexual unions

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00796-4

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

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access35 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0267700

Socio-economic inequalities in intimate partner violence justification among women in Ghana: analysis of the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data

2022International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding29 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihac032

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

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access26 citations10.1186/s12913-022-08117-9

Trends in total fertility rate in Ghana by different inequality dimensions from 1993 to 2014

2022BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen access23 citations10.1186/s12905-022-01629-w

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)Journal23 citations

Socio-demographic factors associated with medication adherence among People Living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

2022AIDS Research and TherapyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding20 citations10.1186/s12981-022-00474-z

Association between female genital mutilation and girl-child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa

2022ResearchOnline - JCU (James Cook University)JournalOpen access16 citations10.1017/s0021932021000687

Intimate partner violence and timely antenatal care visits in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding18 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00853-y

Towards the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs): Healthcare-seeking behaviour of women with STIs or STI symptoms in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Sexually Transmitted InfectionsJournalOpen accessCorresponding16 citations10.1136/sextrans-2022-055424

Impact of socio-demographic and economic factors on intimate partner violence justification among women in union in Papua New Guinea

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00889-0

Inequalities in the prevalence of skilled birth attendance in Ghana between 1993 and 2014

2022International HealthJournalOpen access8 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihac071

Safer sex negotiation and parity among women in sub-Saharan Africa

2022ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University)JournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1017/s0021932021000651

Female genital mutilation and skilled birth attendance among women in sub-Saharan Africa

2022BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12905-021-01578-w

Barriers to healthcare access and healthcare seeking for childhood illnesses among childbearing women in Burundi

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access7 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0274547

Spatial distribution and multilevel analysis of factors associated with child marriage in Nigeria

2022International HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihac030

Cigarette smoking during breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea: Prevalence and demographic and socio-economic predictors

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0278373