Victor Doku

Biographic Data

ID2221316
NAMEVictor Doku
GIVEN NAMESVictor
FAMILY NAMEDoku
SIGNATUREDOKU V
AFFILIATIONSKing's College London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS36
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • The Socio-Cultural Construction of Menstruation in the Ghanaian Context

    Open AccessSitsofe Gbogbo, Israel Wuresah et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    (1) Background: Menstruation, experienced by 1.8 billion girls and women globally, is often misunderstood and surrounded by taboos and misconceptions, particularly in low-income countries like Ghana. This study explores the Ghanaian socio-cultural representation of menstruation and the cultural experiences of young girls during menarche. (2) Methods: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted in five Senior High Schools in Ghana's Volta Reg…

  • Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana

    Open AccessSitsofe Gbogbo, Israel Wuresah et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    The 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day (WMHD) celebration at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) sought to create awareness about menstruation. Toward normalizing menstruation, the 3-day event brought together key stakeholders and engaged community members on various topics relating to menstruation. Among the stakeholders were basic school teachers (13), school children (155), in a 2:1 female vs. male ratio within the ages of 10–17 …

  • The experience of caregivers of people living with serious mental disorders

    Open AccessKenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise, Victor Doku et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015

    BACKGROUND: Families and friends who give care to people with mental disorders (MDs) are affected in a variety of ways and degrees. The interplay of caregiving consequences: poverty, discrimination and stigma, lack of support from others, diminished social relationships, depression, emotional trauma, and poor or interrupted sleep are associated caregiver burden. OBJECTIVE: The burden of care on caregivers of people living with MDs was assessed in…

  • Stakeholders' perceptions of the main challenges facing Ghana's mental health care system

    Victor Doku, Angela Ofori-Atta et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Culture…2011Cited by: 3References: 1

    Mental health remains a low priority in Ghana. No comprehensive studies have assessed the current status of mental health policy, legislation and services in Ghana. This paper presents the qualitative results of a situation analysis conducted as part of the first phase of the Mental Health and Poverty Project. The aim of this paper was to explore what a range of stakeholders perceive as the main challenges facing Ghana's mental health system and …

  • Increasing the priority of mental health in Africa

    Open AccessPhilippa Bird, Philippa K Bird et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2011Cited by: 8References: 24

    Despite the high prevalence of mental illness, mental health remains a low priority in Africa. There has been no investigation of the views of stakeholders in Africa on why this is and what can be done. This paper reports a comparison of the views of stakeholders in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia, focusing on the priority given to mental health by the government at the national and regional/province levels. We conducted semi-structured in…

  • ‘Whether you like it or not people with mental problems are going to go to them’

    Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ae-Ngibise et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of Psychiatry2010

    Limited research has been conducted to explore the factors that support or obstruct collaboration between traditional healers and public sector mental health services. The first aim of this study was to explore the reasons underpinning the widespread appeal of traditional/faith healers in Ghana. This formed a backdrop for the second objective, to identify what barriers or enabling factors may exist for forming bi-sectoral partnerships. Eighty-one…

  • Mental Health Policy Development and Implementation in Four African Countries

    Open AccessAlan J Flisher, Crick Lund et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2007Cited by: 25References: 5

    The purpose of the research programme introduced in this article is to provide new knowledge regarding comprehensive multisectoral approaches to breaking the negative cycle of poverty and mental ill-health. The programme undertakes an analysis of existing mental health policies in four African countries (Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia), and will carry out and evaluate interventions to assist in the development and implementation of mental he…