Alfred Edwin Yawson

Biographic Data

ID7100157
NAMEAlfred Edwin Yawson
GIVEN NAMESAlfred Edwin
FAMILY NAMEYawson
SIGNATUREYAWSON A E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0001-6960-5751
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Towards dignified healthcare

    Open AccessBenjamin Abaidoo, Vera A Essuman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Respectful and disrespectful care profoundly influence communication and collaboration between caregivers and patients, shaping outcomes across the continuum of care. Despite patients being the primary users of healthcare services, their experiences of respectful and disrespectful care remain underexplored in Ghanaian healthcare settings. To address these systemic inadequacies, this study explored patients’ understanding and experiences of respec…

  • Prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessShabana Cassambai, John Tetteh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) are increasingly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), underscoring the need to understand the existing public health burden. This would guide future policy strategies and interventions to mitigate the challenges posed. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive overview of CMDs prevalence in SSA. A PRISMA 2020 compliant systematic literature search was conducted using MEDLINE and The Cochran…

  • The Ghana heart initiative – a health system strengthening approach as index intervention model to solving Ghana’s cardiovascular disease burden

    Open AccessAlfred Doku, Alfred K Doku et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 80% of these deaths occurring in low-middle income countries (LMICs). In Ghana and across Africa, CVDs have emerged as the leading causes of death primarily due to undetected and under treated hypertension, yet less than 5% of resources allocated to health in these resource-poor countries go into non-communicable diseases (NCD) including CVD prevention and management. Co…

  • Changes in trends and patterns of glycaemic control at Ghana’s National Diabetes Management and Research Centre during the era of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessSwithin Mustapha Swaray, John Tetteh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Background Maintaining optimal glycaemic control (GC) delays the onset and progression of diabetes-related complications, especially microvascular complications. We aimed to establish the trend and pattern of GC, and its associated factors in persons living with diabetes (PLWD), and to examine the influence of COVID-19 on GC. Methods A retrospective study involving secondary data from 2,593 patients’ physical records from the National Diabetes Ma…

  • High seroprevalence of Sars-CoV-2 in Burkina-Faso, Ghana and Madagascar in 2021

    Open AccessNicole S Struck, Eva Lorenz et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    High exposure to SARS-CoV-2 was found in the surveyed regions albeit below the herd immunity threshold and with a low rate of previous testing for acute infections. Despite the high seroprevalence in our study population, the duration of protection from naturally acquired immunity remains unclear and new virus variants continue to emerge. This highlights the importance of vaccine deployment and continued preventive measures to protect the populat…

  • Social Frailty and Depression Among Older Adults in Ghana

    Open AccessPrince M Amegbor, Vincent Kuuire et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging2021

    In this study, we examine the association between social frailty and depression among older adults in Ghana over time. We employed longitudinal data analysis to examine the association between social frailty, socioeconomic status and depression using data from the WHO-SAGE survey. Our descriptive and cross-tabulation analyses show that the prevalence of depression and social frailty among older adults decreased considerably in 2014/2015 compared …

  • High BMI

    Open AccessErnest Yorke, John Tetteh et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: We examined BMI as a health risk factor for self-reported diabetes mellitus, angina, strokes and arthritis among older Ghanaians aged 50 years and above. Design: We analysed the individual-level data from the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health Ghana Wave 2 (2014/2015). The influence of BMI on self-reported chronic conditions including diabetes, angina, stroke and arthritis was examined. Setting: Household…

  • Psychological Distress Amongst Medical Laboratory Professionals Involved in Covid-19-Related Duties

    Open AccessSwithin Mustapha Swaray, John Tetteh et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2021

    To assess the prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress (PD) and Medical Laboratory Professionals (MLPs) involvement in COVID-19-related duties. This study adopted an online cross-sectional, nationally stratified survey among 473 MLPs using Google Form with a designated link; Depression, anxiety, and stress scale-21 (DASS-21) was used to measure depression, anxiety, and stress (secondary outcome). We employed generalized Negat…

  • Unmet Needs of Healthcare Services and Associated Factors among a Cohort of Ghanaian Adults

    Open AccessPhaedra Yamson, John Tetteh et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2021

    We estimated the prevalence of unmet needs of healthcare services (UNHS) and its associated factors among a cohort of older Ghanaian adults. World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health for Ghana was used with a total of 4735 participants. Logistics regression analysis was performed using Stata 16 to assess associated factors. The overall UNHS was 3.7% (95% CI = 2.7-4.8) and the prevalence was significantly high amongst…

  • Educational status and beliefs regarding non-communicable diseases among children in Ghana

    Open AccessDelali Margaret Badasu, Aaron Asibi Abuosi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Education is more of a predictor of the belief that enemies can cause NCDs among children than the other types of beliefs. Some categories of ethnicity, residential status and age have significant relationship with the beliefs when background characteristics of the parents and/or care givers were controlled for

  • Predictors of public and private healthcare utilization and associated health system responsiveness among older adults in Ghana

    Open AccessMamaru Ayenew Awoke, Joel Negin et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2017

    BACKGROUND: Previous studies investigating factors associated with healthcare utilization by older Ghanaians lack distinction between public and private health services. The present study examined factors associated with public and private healthcare service use, and the resulting perceived health system responsiveness. OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with public and private healthcare utilization among older adults aged 50 and older i…

  • Is the Pro-Poor Premium Exemption Policy of Ghana’s NHIS Reducing Disparities Among the Elderly

    Open AccessVincent Kuuire, Vincent Z Kuuire et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2017Cited by: 3References: 35

  • Towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ghana

    Open AccessPhyllis Dako‐Gyeke, P Dako-Gyeke et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2016

    Missed opportunities to test pregnant women for HIV and also initiate those who are positive on ARVs across all the regions pose challenges to the quest to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ghana. For some regions these missed opportunities mimic previously observed gaps in continuous use of primary care for maternal and child health in those areas. Increased national and regional efforts aimed at improving maternal and child healt…

  • The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessPerianayagam Arokiasamy, Arokiasamy Perianayagam et al.ARTICLEBMC Medicine2015

    BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases contribute a large share of disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Chronic diseases have a tendency to occur simultaneously and where there are two or more such conditions, this is termed as 'multimorbidity'. Multimorbidity is associated with adverse health outcomes, but limited research has been undertaken in LMICs. Therefore, this study examines the prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity as…

  • Common risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases among older adults in China, Ghana, Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa

    Open AccessFan Wu, Yanfei Guo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    There were substantial variations across countries and settings, even between upper-middle income countries and lower-middle income countries. The baseline information on the magnitude of the problem of risk factors provided by this study can help countries and health policymakers to set up interventions addressing the global non-communicable disease epidemic

  • Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians

    Open AccessBashiru I I Saeed, Bashiru II Saeed et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Expansion of the national health insurance scheme to cover the entire older population--for those in both formal and informal employments--is likely to garner increased access and improved health states for the older population

  • Universal health coverage in emerging economies

    Open AccessKarl Peltzer, Jennifer Stewart Williams et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The achievement of universal health coverage (UHC) in emerging economies is a high priority within the global community. This timely study uses standardized national population data collected from adults aged 50 and older in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa. The objective is to describe health care utilization and measure association between inpatient and outpatient service use and pa…

  • Sociodemographic and socioeconomic patterns of chronic non-communicable disease among the older adult population in Ghana

    Open AccessNadia Minicuci, Richard Biritwum et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: In Ghana, the older adult population is projected to increase from 5.3% of the total population in 2015 to 8.9% by 2050. National and local governments will need information about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this population in order to allocate health system resources and respond to the health needs of older adults. DESIGN: The 2007/08 Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 1 in Ghana used face-to-face interviews …

  • Sex differences in perceived risk and testing experience of HIV in an urban fishing setting in Ghana

    Open AccessAlfred Edwin Yawson, Labi K Appiah et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2014

    Sex differences in risk perception and willingness to test need more focused public education and behaviour change communication strategies to achieve high coverage. Community-based strategies could improve HIV testing among men whilst more access to testing in health settings should be available to women in these communities

  • Residential characteristics as correlates of occupants’ health in the greater Accra region, Ghana

    Open AccessEmilia Asuquo Udofia, Alfred Edwin Yawson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The results provide further evidence of housing as a determinant of occupants' health, and identify housing characteristics and living conditions as issues for public health action in Ghana

  • Self-reported cataracts in older adults in Ghana

    Open AccessAlfred Edwin Yawson, E Ackuaku-Dogbe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Cataract is prevalent in older people in Ghana with approximately 1 in 20 people aged 50 years or older reporting a previous diagnosis of cataract. As cataract surgery is restorative, a public health approach on behavioural modification, well structured national outreach eye care services (for rural residents), inclusion of basic eye health services at sub-district levels, increased family support and national health insurance for older persons i…

  • Prevalence and geographic distribution of edentulism among older G hanaians

    Open AccessSandra Hewlett, Sandra A Hewlett et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2014

    Edentulism is unequally distributed across Ghana. Future aged cohorts are likely to follow the same patterns of geographic and social disadvantage if needed interventions are not carried out. This study provides nationwide data to assist service planning

  • Household characteristics for older adults and study background from Sage Ghana Wave 1

    Open AccessRichard Biritwum, Richard B Biritwum et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2013

    BACKGROUND: Globally, the population aged 60 years and older is projected to reach 22% by 2050. In sub-Saharan Africa, this figure is projected to exceed 8%, while in Ghana, the older adult population will reach 12% by 2050. The living arrangements and household characteristics are fundamental determinants of the health and well-being of this population, data sources about which are increasingly available. METHODS: The World Health Organization's…

  • Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana

    Open AccessAlfred Edwin Yawson, Akosua Baddoo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Tobacco use among older adults in Ghana was associated with older men living in rural locations, chronic ill-health and reduced life satisfaction. A high proportion of older adults have stopped using tobacco, demonstrating the possibilities for effective public health interventions. Health risk reduction strategies through targeted anti-smoking health campaigns, improvement in access to health and social protection (such as health insurance) will…

  • Data Resource Profile

    Paul Kowal, Somnath Chatterji et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2012

    Population ageing is rapidly becoming a global issue and will have a major impact on health policies and programmes. The World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) aims to address the gap in reliable data and scientific knowledge on ageing and health in low- and middle-income countries. SAGE is a longitudinal study with nationally representative samples of persons aged 50+ years in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russ…