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• Predictors of young maternal age at first birth among women of reproductive age in Nigeria.

  Authors:Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Aliu Mohammed, Fortune Benjamin Effiong, John Elvis Hagan, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 13, 20236,164 words Report 1520LBackground Adverse obstetric outcomes have been commonly associated with early childbearing in many low-and middle-income countries. Despite this evidence, scholarly information on early childbearing in the sub-Saharan...

• Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact and timely initiation of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa.

  Authors:Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Stephen Kofi Anin, James Boadu Frimpong, and John Elvis HaganFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 10, 20235,806 words Report 1460LBackground Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) plays a key role in breastfeeding practices of mothers. In this study, we examined the association between mother and newborn SSC and timely initiation of...

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

  Authors:Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, James Boadu Frimpong, Abdul Cadri, Agani Afaya, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 13, 20226,261 words Report 1470LBackground Despite the evidence-based effectiveness of diarrhoea treatment in preventing diarrhoea-related child mortality, the accessibility and utilization of diarrhoea treatments remain low in sub-Saharan Africa,...

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

  Authors:Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, John Elvis Hagan, Eugene Budu, Aliu Mohammed, Collins Adu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 30, 20224,967 words Report 1520LIntroduction Poor health seeking behaviour continues to be major challenge in accessing healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa despite the availability of effective treatment for most childhood illnesses. The current study...

• 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.

  Authors:Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul Cadri, James Boadu Frimpong, John Elvis Hagan, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 29, 20226,328 words Report 1420LIntroduction Awareness creation through mass media has the potential to promoted positive behaviors and discourage negative health-related behaviors through direct and indirect pathways. In this study, we examined the...

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

  Authors:Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, James Boadu Frimpong, Anita Gracious Archer, Collins Adu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 9, 20225,375 words Report 1490LIntroduction Over the past three decades, undernutrition has become a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years globally. Low birth weight has been identified as a risk factor for child...

• Understanding the association between exposure to family planning messages and consistent condom use among never married men in Ghana.

  Authors:Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, John Elvis Hagan, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Eugene Budu, Georgina Yaa Mensah, Collins Adu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 24, 20216,390 words Report 1640LBackground Despite considerable efforts to promote condom use, sexually active people in sub-Sahara Africa still engage in risky sexual behaviours, with condom use relatively low. With this high vulnerability of these...

• Consistent condom use among men who pay for sex in sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys.

  Authors:Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, John Elvis Hagan, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Thomas Hormenu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 10, 20206,238 words Report 1540LBackground Paying for sex has often been associated with risky sexual behavior among heterosexual men, and men who pay for sex are considered as a bridging population for sexually transmitted infections. Consistent...

• Exploring temporal patterning of psychological skills usage during the week leading up to competition: Lessons for developing intervention programmes

  Authors:John Elvis Hagan, Dietmar Pollmann, and Thomas SchackFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 7, 20177,011 words Report 1630LBackground and purpose Although sport psychology literature focuses on psychological skills use to promote proficiency, it is still puzzling that current research has focused on psychological skills use only during...

• A multilevel analysis of individual and contextual factors associated with the practice of safe disposal of children's faeces in sub-Saharan Africa.

  Authors:Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Louis Kobina Dadzie, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 2, 20217,023 words Report 1440LBackground Over the years, sanitation programs over the world have focused more on household sanitation, with limited attention towards the disposal of children's stools. This lack of attention could be due to the...

• Assessing sub-regional-specific strengths of healthcare systems associated with COVID-19 prevalence, deaths and recoveries in Africa

  Authors:Iddrisu Amadu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Rahaman Afitiri, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, John Elvis Hagan, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 1, 20216,983 words Report 1540LIntroduction The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has overwhelmed the health systems of several countries, particularly those within the African region. Notwithstanding, the relationship between health systems and the...

• Predictors of alcohol consumption among in-school adolescents in the Central Region of Ghana: A baseline information for developing cognitive-behavioural interventions

  Authors:Thomas Hormenu, John Elvis Hagan Jnr, and Thomas SchackFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 12, 20188,260 words Report 1560LBackground and purpose Despite a recent shift in school going adolescents' engagement in health compromising behaviours and their related socio-economic implications on developing societies, it is surprising that...

• Which factors predict fertility intentions of married men and women? Results from the 2012 Niger Demographic and Health Survey.

  Authors:Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Eugene Budu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Collins Adu, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 9, 20216,402 words Report 1440LIntroduction Niger is the country with the highest total fertility rate in the world. In the present study, we investigated factors associated with the desire for more children among married men and women in Niger....