Clement Ahiadeke
Biographic Data
| ID | 303893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clement Ahiadeke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clement |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahiadeke |
| SIGNATURE | AHIADEKE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Design and methodology of a mixed methods follow-up study to the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: The intended meaning behind responses to standard questions posed in large-scale health surveys are not always well understood. Systematic follow-up studies, particularly those which pose a few repeated questions followed by open-ended discussions, are well positioned to gauge stability and consistency of data and to shed light on the intended meaning behind survey responses. Such follow-up studies require extensive coordination and f…
Malnutrition in Pre-school Children across Different Geographic Areas and Socio-Demographic Groups in Ghana
The impact of Ghana’s R3M programme on the provision of safe abortions and postabortion care
In 2006, in response to the high maternal mortality, driven largely by unsafe abortions, the government of Ghana, in partnership with other organizations, launched the reducing maternal mortality and morbidity (R3M) programme in seven districts in Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern, to improve comprehensive abortion care services. This article examines whether this intervention made a difference to the provision of safe abortion services and post…
Peer Influences on Sexual Activity among Adolescents in Ghana
Little is known about the influences of peers on the sexual activity of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa. Better understanding of these issues could lead to more effective sexual and reproductive health interventions. Using two waves of survey data from 1,275 adolescents in two southeastern Ghanaian towns, we examine age, sex, and community differences in peer group characteristics. We also examine prospective associations between peer group cha…
Reliability, Validity, and Associations With Sexual Behavior Among Ghanaian Teenagers of Scales Measuring Four Dimensions of Relationships With Parents and Other Adults
Little research has been done on the social contexts of adolescent sexual behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of a longitudinal cohort study ( N = 1275) of teenage girls and boys in two Ghanaian towns, interviewers administered a 26-item questionnaire module intended to assess four dimensions of youth-adult relationships: monitoring, conflict, emotional support, and financial support. Confirmatory factor and traditional psychometric analyses…
Prevalence of anemia among under-5 children in the Ghanaian population
Given the high prevalence of childhood anemia observed in Ghana, particularly among those less than 2 years old, and given the negative consequences on their cognitive and behavioral development even in later years, there is an urgent need for effective and efficient public health interventions
Adolescents and parents’ perceptions of best time for sex and sexual communications from two communities in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Adolescents and parents' differ in their perceptions regarding engaging in sexual activity and protecting themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The views of adolescents and parents from two south-eastern communities in Ghana regarding best time for sex and sexual communications were examined. METHODS: Focus Group interviews were conducted with parents and adolescents (both In-school and Out-of school) f…
Population Density and Fertility in Farm Households
Clinic‐based Surveillance of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes to Identify Induced Abortions in Accra, Ghana
Reliable measures of induced abortion remain elusive, especially when the public perception is that the procedure is immoral or improper. This study draws on interviews using a modified preceding birth technique (PBT) with women attending antenatal and maternity clinics in Accra to compare rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes (stillbirths, miscarriages, and induced abortions) with rates from a household maternity history and the Ghana Demographic …
Breast-Feeding, Diarrhoea and Sanitation as Components of Infant and Child Health
Using Demographic and Health Survey datasets from Ghana and Nigeria, this study examined whether the protective effects of breast-feeding are greatest where the poorest sanitation conditions prevail. It was found that mixed-fed infants aged between 0 and 11 months tend to have a higher risk of diarrhoea than fully breast-fed children, while the risk of diarrhoea among weaned infants is twice that of mixed-fed infants. The probit regression models…
Breastfeeding behavior and infant survival with emphasis on reverse causation bias
The possibility of selection bias in the estimation of the effects of breastfeeding on subsequent survival is implied by the clinical evidence that children who are healthier at birth are more likely to be breastfed than their less healthy counterparts who may be prone to difficulties in sustaining breastfeeding. This paper addresses an important problem in understanding the association of breastfeeding and child survival with regard to reverse c…
Alternative food-security indicators
Working Women in an Urban Setting
Agrarian structure and social organization in a risk-prone environment
Working Women in an Urban Setting
Alternative food-security indicators
Peer Influences on Sexual Activity among Adolescents in Ghana
Little is known about the influences of peers on the sexual activity of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa. Better understanding of these issues could lead to more effective sexual and reproductive health interventions. Using two waves of survey data from 1,275 adolescents in two southeastern Ghanaian towns, we examine age, sex, and community differences in peer group characteristics. We also examine prospective associations between peer group cha…
Clinic‐based Surveillance of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes to Identify Induced Abortions in Accra, Ghana
Reliable measures of induced abortion remain elusive, especially when the public perception is that the procedure is immoral or improper. This study draws on interviews using a modified preceding birth technique (PBT) with women attending antenatal and maternity clinics in Accra to compare rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes (stillbirths, miscarriages, and induced abortions) with rates from a household maternity history and the Ghana Demographic …
The impact of Ghana’s R3M programme on the provision of safe abortions and postabortion care
In 2006, in response to the high maternal mortality, driven largely by unsafe abortions, the government of Ghana, in partnership with other organizations, launched the reducing maternal mortality and morbidity (R3M) programme in seven districts in Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern, to improve comprehensive abortion care services. This article examines whether this intervention made a difference to the provision of safe abortion services and post…
Agrarian structure and social organization in a risk-prone environment
Alternative food-security indicators
Working Women in an Urban Setting
Breast-Feeding, Diarrhoea and Sanitation as Components of Infant and Child Health
Using Demographic and Health Survey datasets from Ghana and Nigeria, this study examined whether the protective effects of breast-feeding are greatest where the poorest sanitation conditions prevail. It was found that mixed-fed infants aged between 0 and 11 months tend to have a higher risk of diarrhoea than fully breast-fed children, while the risk of diarrhoea among weaned infants is twice that of mixed-fed infants. The probit regression models…
Breastfeeding behavior and infant survival with emphasis on reverse causation bias
The possibility of selection bias in the estimation of the effects of breastfeeding on subsequent survival is implied by the clinical evidence that children who are healthier at birth are more likely to be breastfed than their less healthy counterparts who may be prone to difficulties in sustaining breastfeeding. This paper addresses an important problem in understanding the association of breastfeeding and child survival with regard to reverse c…
Clinic‐based Surveillance of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes to Identify Induced Abortions in Accra, Ghana
Reliable measures of induced abortion remain elusive, especially when the public perception is that the procedure is immoral or improper. This study draws on interviews using a modified preceding birth technique (PBT) with women attending antenatal and maternity clinics in Accra to compare rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes (stillbirths, miscarriages, and induced abortions) with rates from a household maternity history and the Ghana Demographic …
Adolescents and parents’ perceptions of best time for sex and sexual communications from two communities in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Adolescents and parents' differ in their perceptions regarding engaging in sexual activity and protecting themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The views of adolescents and parents from two south-eastern communities in Ghana regarding best time for sex and sexual communications were examined. METHODS: Focus Group interviews were conducted with parents and adolescents (both In-school and Out-of school) f…
Population Density and Fertility in Farm Households
Prevalence of anemia among under-5 children in the Ghanaian population
Given the high prevalence of childhood anemia observed in Ghana, particularly among those less than 2 years old, and given the negative consequences on their cognitive and behavioral development even in later years, there is an urgent need for effective and efficient public health interventions
The impact of Ghana’s R3M programme on the provision of safe abortions and postabortion care
In 2006, in response to the high maternal mortality, driven largely by unsafe abortions, the government of Ghana, in partnership with other organizations, launched the reducing maternal mortality and morbidity (R3M) programme in seven districts in Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern, to improve comprehensive abortion care services. This article examines whether this intervention made a difference to the provision of safe abortion services and post…
Peer Influences on Sexual Activity among Adolescents in Ghana
Little is known about the influences of peers on the sexual activity of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa. Better understanding of these issues could lead to more effective sexual and reproductive health interventions. Using two waves of survey data from 1,275 adolescents in two southeastern Ghanaian towns, we examine age, sex, and community differences in peer group characteristics. We also examine prospective associations between peer group cha…
Reliability, Validity, and Associations With Sexual Behavior Among Ghanaian Teenagers of Scales Measuring Four Dimensions of Relationships With Parents and Other Adults
Little research has been done on the social contexts of adolescent sexual behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of a longitudinal cohort study ( N = 1275) of teenage girls and boys in two Ghanaian towns, interviewers administered a 26-item questionnaire module intended to assess four dimensions of youth-adult relationships: monitoring, conflict, emotional support, and financial support. Confirmatory factor and traditional psychometric analyses…
Malnutrition in Pre-school Children across Different Geographic Areas and Socio-Demographic Groups in Ghana
Design and methodology of a mixed methods follow-up study to the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: The intended meaning behind responses to standard questions posed in large-scale health surveys are not always well understood. Systematic follow-up studies, particularly those which pose a few repeated questions followed by open-ended discussions, are well positioned to gauge stability and consistency of data and to shed light on the intended meaning behind survey responses. Such follow-up studies require extensive coordination and f…
Medicine (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 works) · Developing country (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)