Adobea Yaa Owusu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 176474 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Adobea Yaa Owusu |
| PRENOMES | Adobea Yaa |
| SOBRENOME | Owusu |
| ASSINATURA | OWUSU A Y |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2223-7896 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Food Insecurity Over the Life Course and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Living With HIV/Aids in Ghana
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant problem globally. It is especially problematic in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. Some evidence suggests women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHIV) are more severely affected than others. A possible reason for their increased vulnerability is food insecurity. Food insecurity occurs when nutritionally adequate and safe foods are not available or inaccessible and is disproportionately high among WLHIV. …
Exploring the workload of informal caregiving in the context of HIV/NCD multimorbidity in South Africa
The importance of informal caregiving for chronic illness has been well established in African contexts but is underexplored in the context of HIV/NCD multimorbidity, particularly in South Africa. Building on treatment burden theories that investigate workload in the context of chronic illness, this paper explores how informal caregiving networks impact the capacity of people living with multimorbidity (PLWMM) in low-income settings in urban and …
Covid-19, pandemic lockdowns and intimate partner violence among HIV-positive women in Ghana
This study examines the prevalence and risk factors of physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence during lockdowns associated with COVID-19 among HIV-positive women in Ghana. Data were collected in August 2021 from a cross-section of 538 HIV-positive women aged 18 years and older in the Lower Manya Krobo District in the Eastern region of Ghana. Logit models were used to explore relationships between women's self-reported experiences o…
Measuring Lineage
Previous research on family violence in sub-Saharan Africa highlighted the importance of lineage to women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). The findings suggest women in patrilineal societies face a greater risk of experiencing IPV than those in matrilineal societies. However, a major critique of this body of work is the operationalization of lineage with ethnicity. This study highlights the weaknesses/strengths of using ethnicity…
Intimate Partner Violence and Health Outcomes Among Women Living With HIV/Aids in Ghana
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to have negative health consequences for victims. For women living with HIV/AIDS, whose health may be compromised, exposure to IPV can be devastating. Yet few (if any) studies have explored the health implications of exposure to IPV among HIV-positive women. We begin to fill this gap by examining the effects of various dimensions of IPV (physical, sexual, psychological/emotional, and economic) on the cardi…
Help-Seeking Behaviors of Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya
Very few studies examine the help-seeking behaviors of male survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Kenya or sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data from 1,458 male survivors and multinomial logit models, we examined what influences men's decision to seek help after experiencing IPV. Results show the majority of male survivors did not seek help. Those who did so turned to informal rather tha…
Experiences of new diagnoses among HIV-positive persons
Although the new HIV-positive diagnosis was immobilising to most respondents, the trauma faded, paving the way for beneficial public health actions. The results imply the critical need for continuous education on HIV/AIDS by public health advocates, using mass media, particularly, TV. Healthcare workers in VCTs should empathise with persons who experience new diagnoses of their HIV-positive status
Antiretroviral therapy maintenance among HIV-positive women in Ghana
This study examines the role of poverty in the acquisition of and the adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prescribed clinical follow-up regimens among HIV-positive women. We conducted in-depth interviews with 40 women living with HIV (WLHIV) in Ghana and 15 stakeholders with a history of work in HIV-focused programs. Our findings indicate that financial difficulty contributed to limited ability to maintain treatment, the recommended nut…
A gendered analysis of living with HIV/Aids in the Eastern Region of Ghana
The experiences of the MLHIV and WLHIV with living and coping with the virus mostly differed. These experiences were unequivocally shaped by differential socio-cultural tenets and gendered nuances; WLHIV had more negative experiences. Public education on the extra burden of HIV/AIDS on WLHIV, more social support, and affirmative action in policy decisions in favor of WLHIV in the study district are needed to seek public sympathy and improve healt…
Quality Healthcare Service Assessment under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
Ghana implemented the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2005 with the intention of providing residents with quality affordable healthcare. Over the past few years, concerns have been raised about the quality of healthcare clients receive. This study assesses the experiences of NHIS subscribers with the quality of care they receive under the scheme by both private and public hospitals. The results from the 56 interviews show that the majo…
Housing, psychosocial and adherence counseling among HIV+ persons in Ghana
As part of providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS services, the Ghana National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and Ministry of Health recommend that Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) receive psychosocial support and follow-up visits that ensure medical and drug adherence assistance. The successful implementation of these support services requires patients to have stable and quality housing, yet studies that examine associations between housing, psych…
Can marriage (re)produce and legitimize sexual violence
Managing HIV-positive sero-status in Ghana’s most HIV concentrated district
As of December 2015 there were 37 million persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), 70% of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana, which contributes a relatively small number to Africa's HIV burden, has a generalised HIV epidemic. The current national prevalence is 1.47%. Agormanya, one of the HIV sentinel sites in the county and where this study was conducted, has current prevalence of 11.6%. This makes it critical to explore how persons infected wi…
Help-Seeking Behavior of Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana
Considerations for purposeful HIV status disclosure among women living with HIV in Ghana
Although disclosure of positive HIV status has recognized benefits, enacted and perceived stigma is a continuing problem in Ghana, especially affecting women living with HIV (WLHIV). This qualitative study investigates how WLHIV make these decisions. We interviewed 40 WLHIV, analysing their transcripts using thematic content analysis. Four themes emerged from the data: selectivity in disclosure; disclosure for education, prevention and to provide…
Does Type and Severity of Violence Affect the Help-Seeking Behaviors of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria
Using data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey ( N = 6,013) and applying multinomial logit models, we examined whether type and severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) influence victims' help-seeking behaviors. Results showed that about 65% of women did not seek help after experiencing IPV. However, most women who sought help did so from informal sources only (31.3%), compared with formal sources (1.9%). Type and severity of v…
He Always Slaps Me on My Ears”
Intimate partner violence has implications for women's health globally. Patrilineal women have been shown to have increased risk of experiencing intimate partner violence, yet, the health consequences of intimate partner violence in patrilineal women have not been thoroughly explored or documented. This study used qualitative in-depth interviews to explore the health effects of intimate partner violence among 15 ever-partnered Ghanaian patrilinea…
Geographies of crime and collective efficacy in urban Ghana
Geographies of Crime and Collective Efficacy in Urban Ghana. Territory, Politics, Governance. The quest to understand how urban neighbourhood characteristics impact on crime has become an important theoretical and policy-relevant component of contemporary criminology thinking and a potential gauge for the relative value of informal and formal mechanisms of social control. This renewed interest and vigour stems, in great part, from recent works wh…
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and built-environmental manifestations in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana
Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana
The Making of a Sexual Being in Ghana
Race and Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net System
Gender Differences in an Emerging Health Profession
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Gender Differences in an Emerging Health Profession
The analysis in this paper is based on a sample of 517 itinerant drug vendors (IDVs) who were interviewed in Ghana during the summer of 1997. IDVs are health care entrepreneurs who provide inexpensive services in medically underserved areas. We describe the differences between men and women IDVs in order to assess 1) their potential to improve health services and 2) the possibility that sex segregation may be lessened in this innovative new profe…
Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana
The Making of a Sexual Being in Ghana
Help-Seeking Behavior of Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and built-environmental manifestations in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana
Measuring Lineage
Previous research on family violence in sub-Saharan Africa highlighted the importance of lineage to women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). The findings suggest women in patrilineal societies face a greater risk of experiencing IPV than those in matrilineal societies. However, a major critique of this body of work is the operationalization of lineage with ethnicity. This study highlights the weaknesses/strengths of using ethnicity…
Can marriage (re)produce and legitimize sexual violence
Geographies of crime and collective efficacy in urban Ghana
Geographies of Crime and Collective Efficacy in Urban Ghana. Territory, Politics, Governance. The quest to understand how urban neighbourhood characteristics impact on crime has become an important theoretical and policy-relevant component of contemporary criminology thinking and a potential gauge for the relative value of informal and formal mechanisms of social control. This renewed interest and vigour stems, in great part, from recent works wh…
Does Type and Severity of Violence Affect the Help-Seeking Behaviors of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria
Using data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey ( N = 6,013) and applying multinomial logit models, we examined whether type and severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) influence victims' help-seeking behaviors. Results showed that about 65% of women did not seek help after experiencing IPV. However, most women who sought help did so from informal sources only (31.3%), compared with formal sources (1.9%). Type and severity of v…
Gender Differences in an Emerging Health Profession
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Gender Differences in an Emerging Health Profession
The analysis in this paper is based on a sample of 517 itinerant drug vendors (IDVs) who were interviewed in Ghana during the summer of 1997. IDVs are health care entrepreneurs who provide inexpensive services in medically underserved areas. We describe the differences between men and women IDVs in order to assess 1) their potential to improve health services and 2) the possibility that sex segregation may be lessened in this innovative new profe…
Race and Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net System
The Making of a Sexual Being in Ghana
Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and built-environmental manifestations in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana
He Always Slaps Me on My Ears”
Intimate partner violence has implications for women's health globally. Patrilineal women have been shown to have increased risk of experiencing intimate partner violence, yet, the health consequences of intimate partner violence in patrilineal women have not been thoroughly explored or documented. This study used qualitative in-depth interviews to explore the health effects of intimate partner violence among 15 ever-partnered Ghanaian patrilinea…
Geographies of crime and collective efficacy in urban Ghana
Geographies of Crime and Collective Efficacy in Urban Ghana. Territory, Politics, Governance. The quest to understand how urban neighbourhood characteristics impact on crime has become an important theoretical and policy-relevant component of contemporary criminology thinking and a potential gauge for the relative value of informal and formal mechanisms of social control. This renewed interest and vigour stems, in great part, from recent works wh…
Considerations for purposeful HIV status disclosure among women living with HIV in Ghana
Although disclosure of positive HIV status has recognized benefits, enacted and perceived stigma is a continuing problem in Ghana, especially affecting women living with HIV (WLHIV). This qualitative study investigates how WLHIV make these decisions. We interviewed 40 WLHIV, analysing their transcripts using thematic content analysis. Four themes emerged from the data: selectivity in disclosure; disclosure for education, prevention and to provide…
Does Type and Severity of Violence Affect the Help-Seeking Behaviors of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria
Using data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey ( N = 6,013) and applying multinomial logit models, we examined whether type and severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) influence victims' help-seeking behaviors. Results showed that about 65% of women did not seek help after experiencing IPV. However, most women who sought help did so from informal sources only (31.3%), compared with formal sources (1.9%). Type and severity of v…
Managing HIV-positive sero-status in Ghana’s most HIV concentrated district
As of December 2015 there were 37 million persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), 70% of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana, which contributes a relatively small number to Africa's HIV burden, has a generalised HIV epidemic. The current national prevalence is 1.47%. Agormanya, one of the HIV sentinel sites in the county and where this study was conducted, has current prevalence of 11.6%. This makes it critical to explore how persons infected wi…
Help-Seeking Behavior of Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana
Quality Healthcare Service Assessment under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
Ghana implemented the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2005 with the intention of providing residents with quality affordable healthcare. Over the past few years, concerns have been raised about the quality of healthcare clients receive. This study assesses the experiences of NHIS subscribers with the quality of care they receive under the scheme by both private and public hospitals. The results from the 56 interviews show that the majo…
Housing, psychosocial and adherence counseling among HIV+ persons in Ghana
As part of providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS services, the Ghana National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and Ministry of Health recommend that Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) receive psychosocial support and follow-up visits that ensure medical and drug adherence assistance. The successful implementation of these support services requires patients to have stable and quality housing, yet studies that examine associations between housing, psych…
Can marriage (re)produce and legitimize sexual violence
Antiretroviral therapy maintenance among HIV-positive women in Ghana
This study examines the role of poverty in the acquisition of and the adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prescribed clinical follow-up regimens among HIV-positive women. We conducted in-depth interviews with 40 women living with HIV (WLHIV) in Ghana and 15 stakeholders with a history of work in HIV-focused programs. Our findings indicate that financial difficulty contributed to limited ability to maintain treatment, the recommended nut…
A gendered analysis of living with HIV/Aids in the Eastern Region of Ghana
The experiences of the MLHIV and WLHIV with living and coping with the virus mostly differed. These experiences were unequivocally shaped by differential socio-cultural tenets and gendered nuances; WLHIV had more negative experiences. Public education on the extra burden of HIV/AIDS on WLHIV, more social support, and affirmative action in policy decisions in favor of WLHIV in the study district are needed to seek public sympathy and improve healt…
Experiences of new diagnoses among HIV-positive persons
Although the new HIV-positive diagnosis was immobilising to most respondents, the trauma faded, paving the way for beneficial public health actions. The results imply the critical need for continuous education on HIV/AIDS by public health advocates, using mass media, particularly, TV. Healthcare workers in VCTs should empathise with persons who experience new diagnoses of their HIV-positive status
Intimate Partner Violence and Health Outcomes Among Women Living With HIV/Aids in Ghana
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to have negative health consequences for victims. For women living with HIV/AIDS, whose health may be compromised, exposure to IPV can be devastating. Yet few (if any) studies have explored the health implications of exposure to IPV among HIV-positive women. We begin to fill this gap by examining the effects of various dimensions of IPV (physical, sexual, psychological/emotional, and economic) on the cardi…
Help-Seeking Behaviors of Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya
Very few studies examine the help-seeking behaviors of male survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Kenya or sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data from 1,458 male survivors and multinomial logit models, we examined what influences men's decision to seek help after experiencing IPV. Results show the majority of male survivors did not seek help. Those who did so turned to informal rather tha…
Exploring the workload of informal caregiving in the context of HIV/NCD multimorbidity in South Africa
The importance of informal caregiving for chronic illness has been well established in African contexts but is underexplored in the context of HIV/NCD multimorbidity, particularly in South Africa. Building on treatment burden theories that investigate workload in the context of chronic illness, this paper explores how informal caregiving networks impact the capacity of people living with multimorbidity (PLWMM) in low-income settings in urban and …
Covid-19, pandemic lockdowns and intimate partner violence among HIV-positive women in Ghana
This study examines the prevalence and risk factors of physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence during lockdowns associated with COVID-19 among HIV-positive women in Ghana. Data were collected in August 2021 from a cross-section of 538 HIV-positive women aged 18 years and older in the Lower Manya Krobo District in the Eastern region of Ghana. Logit models were used to explore relationships between women's self-reported experiences o…
Measuring Lineage
Previous research on family violence in sub-Saharan Africa highlighted the importance of lineage to women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). The findings suggest women in patrilineal societies face a greater risk of experiencing IPV than those in matrilineal societies. However, a major critique of this body of work is the operationalization of lineage with ethnicity. This study highlights the weaknesses/strengths of using ethnicity…
Food Insecurity Over the Life Course and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Living With HIV/Aids in Ghana
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant problem globally. It is especially problematic in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. Some evidence suggests women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHIV) are more severely affected than others. A possible reason for their increased vulnerability is food insecurity. Food insecurity occurs when nutritionally adequate and safe foods are not available or inaccessible and is disproportionately high among WLHIV. …
Medicine (19 obras) · Environmental health (15 obras) · Psychology (15 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (14 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (10 obras) · Domestic violence (9 obras) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (9 obras) · Poison control (9 obras) · Nursing (8 obras)