Samuel Ampaw

Biographic Data

ID196046
NAMESamuel Ampaw
GIVEN NAMESSamuel
FAMILY NAMEAmpaw
SIGNATUREAMPAW S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0001-5881-4347
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Rural-urban determinants of HIV/Aids testing uptake among Ghanaian women of reproductive age

    Open AccessEdward Nketiah‐amponsah, Samuel Ampaw et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The study demonstrated the need to target women of lower socio-economic status and those pregnant, especially in rural areas, for HIV public health education interventions. Such interventions are crucial in increasing HIV testing to avert severe HIV/AIDS morbidity through appropriate ART and thus avoid preventable deaths. The study also highlights the need to improve the availability of testing kits in rural areas to address the supply-side chall…

  • Determinants of maternal healthcare-seeking behaviours in Ghana

    Open AccessAlex Bawuah, Samuel AmpawARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2023

    Purpose This paper aims to explore the determinants of maternal healthcare services (MHS) utilisation in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, logit and negative binomial regressions were used to model data from a recent nationally representative survey (the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey). The analysis is observational, without causal implications. The authors measure MHS utilisation by four indicators: antenatal care (ANC) use, t…

  • Government Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure in Ghana

    Samuel Ampaw, Simon Appleton et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies2023

    The relationship between membership in Ghana’s national health insurance scheme and out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure (OOPHE) was quantified using data from two rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey for 2013 and 2017. Censored quantile regressions were evaluated with and without instrumental variables. The results show that going from having no insured household member to all insured predicted less OOPHE (by 19% at the median). We find s…

  • HIV/Aids Awareness and Knowledge Among Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age

    Open AccessEdward Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward Nketiah‐amponsah et al.ARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2019References: 22

    This paper explores the predictors of HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge among older and younger Ghanaian women of reproductive age. Logistic regression was estimated using the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data. Results indicate that older Ghanaian women are significantly different from their younger counterparts in terms of the selected socio-economic and demographic characteristics that influence awareness and knowledge of the epidemi…

  • Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking intensity among adult males in Ghana

    Open AccessEdward Nketiah‐amponsah, Gloria Afful‐mensah et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Since smoking remains one of the major causes of diseases and deaths the world over, the current study provides recent empirical evidence based on a nationally representative sample for public health policies geared towards smoking reduction and ultimately cessation. This study suggests that public policies that promote higher educational attainment and improved incomes (wealth) are crucial in smoking reduction and cessation in Ghana

  • Alcohol Consumption Among Ghanaian Women of Child Bearing Age – What are the Correlates

    Open AccessEdward Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward Nketiah‐amponsah et al.ARTICLEGender Studies2017

    This paper examines the demographic and socio-economic correlates of alcohol consumption and drinking frequency among Ghanaian women aged 15-49 years. The study utilizes the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data, which remains the most recent DHS for studying the phenomenon in Ghana. Using logistic regression, our findings indicate that alcohol consumption among Ghanaian women is influenced by age, education, and wealth status. In additio…