Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1730416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob Albin Korem |
| FAMILY NAME | Alhassan |
| SIGNATURE | ALHASSAN J A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5370-0612 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Racial trauma and its health impacts in Black people in the United States and Canada
Despite growing recognition of racism as a public health crisis, racial trauma remains inconsistently defined and under researched. This scoping review investigates how racial trauma is conceptualized in empirical literature, focusing on its manifestations and long-term health impacts among Black individuals and communities in the United States and Canada. Guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for conducting scoping reviews, we system…
The promises and perils of a free rural inter-city transportation scheme
Free inter-community transportation (i.e. transportation across cities and municipalities) promotes health equity and access. In contexts without access to public transportation, governments could support community-driven initiatives through increased funding
Health system interventions and responses to anti-microbial resistance
The global rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is claiming the lives of more than 1.2 million people each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this global health crisis is particularly acute in Africa, largely due to fragile and underfunded health systems. Efforts to combat this public health threat have led to the implementation of health system interventions worldwide aimed at managing and containing the spread of AMR. Howe…
Health Care Providers’ Well-being Indicators are Associated With Their Intention to Leave Their Positions
This study aimed to measure the intention to leave and well-being indicators (ie, job satisfaction, burnout, moral distress, risk of depression, and resilience) of health care providers (HCPs) in Saskatchewan, Canada and to explore the association between their intention to leave and well-being indicators and other demographic factors, including gender. A cross-sectional study was conducted among registered nurses (RNs), physicians, and respirato…
“Here in Ghana hard work don’t deserve money”
There has been a global rise in problematic non-medical use of prescription medication. In West Africa, recent media reports have highlighted increases in the use of tramadol especially among youth. In Ghana, current framings of this issue have described the (ab)use of tramadol as symptomatic of moral laxity among youth. Several academic and media publications portray tramadol use as a form of deviance by youth while ignoring structural drivers o…
Where is the pain? A qualitative analysis of Ghana’s opioid (tramadol) ‘crisis’ and youth perspectives
Over the last five years, media reports in West African countries have suggested a tramadol abuse ‘crisis’ characterised by a precipitous rise in use by youth in the region. This discourse is connected to evidence of an emerging global opioid crisis. While the reported increase in tramadol abuse in West Africa is likely true, few studies have critically interrogated structural explanations for tramadol use by youth. Nascent academic literature ha…
Employing the equity lens to understand multisectoral partnerships
Findings indicate that multisectoral partnerships aimed at promoting healthy eating and physical activity experience several challenges to attain equity within the partnership as well as in the partnership-based works aimed at reducing health equity in populations. Factors identified can support decision makers commit to and work to attaining equity within their partnerships as well as in the partnership-based work in the community and beyond
Politics, transportation, and the people’s health
In May 2017, the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC), a 70-year-old bus company in Saskatchewan, Canada, was shut down through an austerity budget that saw several cuts. The government justified its decision on budgetary grounds although opponents cited possible negative impacts of the decision. A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) was employed to examine discourses used by different actors to explain the closure and the implications of t…
Improving health through multisectoral collaboration
It feels like somebody cut my legs off
Access to skilled attendant at birth and the coverage of the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine across 14 West African countries – an equity analysis
In the race towards UHC, equity should remain a priority and comparative progress should be consistently tracked to enable the sharing of lessons. The West African subregion requires adequate government financing and continued commitment to move toward UHC and close health equity gaps
Access to skilled attendant at birth and the coverage of the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine across 14 West African countries – an equity analysis
In the race towards UHC, equity should remain a priority and comparative progress should be consistently tracked to enable the sharing of lessons. The West African subregion requires adequate government financing and continued commitment to move toward UHC and close health equity gaps
Politics, transportation, and the people’s health
In May 2017, the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC), a 70-year-old bus company in Saskatchewan, Canada, was shut down through an austerity budget that saw several cuts. The government justified its decision on budgetary grounds although opponents cited possible negative impacts of the decision. A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) was employed to examine discourses used by different actors to explain the closure and the implications of t…
Improving health through multisectoral collaboration
It feels like somebody cut my legs off
“Here in Ghana hard work don’t deserve money”
There has been a global rise in problematic non-medical use of prescription medication. In West Africa, recent media reports have highlighted increases in the use of tramadol especially among youth. In Ghana, current framings of this issue have described the (ab)use of tramadol as symptomatic of moral laxity among youth. Several academic and media publications portray tramadol use as a form of deviance by youth while ignoring structural drivers o…
Where is the pain? A qualitative analysis of Ghana’s opioid (tramadol) ‘crisis’ and youth perspectives
Over the last five years, media reports in West African countries have suggested a tramadol abuse ‘crisis’ characterised by a precipitous rise in use by youth in the region. This discourse is connected to evidence of an emerging global opioid crisis. While the reported increase in tramadol abuse in West Africa is likely true, few studies have critically interrogated structural explanations for tramadol use by youth. Nascent academic literature ha…
Employing the equity lens to understand multisectoral partnerships
Findings indicate that multisectoral partnerships aimed at promoting healthy eating and physical activity experience several challenges to attain equity within the partnership as well as in the partnership-based works aimed at reducing health equity in populations. Factors identified can support decision makers commit to and work to attaining equity within their partnerships as well as in the partnership-based work in the community and beyond
Health system interventions and responses to anti-microbial resistance
The global rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is claiming the lives of more than 1.2 million people each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this global health crisis is particularly acute in Africa, largely due to fragile and underfunded health systems. Efforts to combat this public health threat have led to the implementation of health system interventions worldwide aimed at managing and containing the spread of AMR. Howe…
Health Care Providers’ Well-being Indicators are Associated With Their Intention to Leave Their Positions
This study aimed to measure the intention to leave and well-being indicators (ie, job satisfaction, burnout, moral distress, risk of depression, and resilience) of health care providers (HCPs) in Saskatchewan, Canada and to explore the association between their intention to leave and well-being indicators and other demographic factors, including gender. A cross-sectional study was conducted among registered nurses (RNs), physicians, and respirato…
Racial trauma and its health impacts in Black people in the United States and Canada
Despite growing recognition of racism as a public health crisis, racial trauma remains inconsistently defined and under researched. This scoping review investigates how racial trauma is conceptualized in empirical literature, focusing on its manifestations and long-term health impacts among Black individuals and communities in the United States and Canada. Guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for conducting scoping reviews, we system…
The promises and perils of a free rural inter-city transportation scheme
Free inter-community transportation (i.e. transportation across cities and municipalities) promotes health equity and access. In contexts without access to public transportation, governments could support community-driven initiatives through increased funding
Medicine (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public health (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Equity (law (4 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (3 works)