Rachel Thompson

Dados Biográficos

ID3801640
NOMERachel Thompson
PRENOMESRachel
SOBRENOMEThompson
ASSINATURATHOMPSON R
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0001-7233-0242
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS38
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES32
TOTAL COMO AUTOR38
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1999
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H4

  • Derogatory Akan names as pragmatic tools for social evaluation

    Jemima Asabea Anderson, Isaac Adjei Forson et al.ARTICLEAfrican Identities2026

    This study explores the use of derogatory Akan names (DANs) as pragmatic tools for social evaluation among Akan speakers in Ghana. Drawing on a tripartite model of African name meaning, the study explores how DANs are used to express criticism, mockery, and moral evaluation in everyday interaction. Data were collected through observations of naturally occurring interactions in selected communities in Kumasi, using a descriptive qualitative approa…

  • The emotional labour of concession

    John Ganaah, Rachel Thompson et al.ARTICLESocial Semiotics2026

    Concession speeches are often seen as mere formalities of defeat. This study argues they are potent tools of emotional governance. Through a critical discourse analysis of Mahamudu Bawumia’s 2024 concession speech in Ghana, we demonstrate how emotive language is strategically deployed to manage post-election turbulence. In a climate of acute political tension, Bawumia’s rhetoric deliberately countered public ambivalence, despair, and animosity by…

  • Greetings as a linguistic routine among the people of Larteh in Ghana

    Cecilia Sarpong, Rachel Thompson et al.ARTICLESouth African Journal of African…2026

  • Verbal attacks on Ghanaian traditional leaders on an online news platform

    Open AccessRachel Thompson, Ebenezer AgbagloARTICLEActa Scientiarum Language and…2025

    The aim of this paper is to analyse verbal attacks targeting three prominent Ghanaian traditional leaders in comments on news articles published on GhanaWeb. The paper relies on appraisal theory, social actor analysis, and the theory of impoliteness to qualitatively analyse a number of purposively selected comments on the subject, published on the news website in 2022. The paper reports that these traditional leaders were verbally attacked on the…

  • Maternal health education on social media in Ghana

    Rachel Thompson, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey et al.ARTICLEHealth Education2025

    Purpose Maternal health continues to be a global health priority. With accessible and affordable maternity-related health education and information, women in low- and middle-income countries, especially, can experience positive pregnancy outcomes. Health professionals across the globe, including midwives, use social media to propagate relevant education and information covering a wide range of content on physiological changes, the labor process a…

  • A closer look at the pragmatic marker sέbè in Akan

    Open AccessJemima Asabea Anderson, Rachel Thompson et al.ARTICLELinguistique et langues africaines2025

    This study examines the use of the Akan expression sέbè and the various contexts in which it occurs. Sέbè is a pragmatic marker that prefaces utterances in Akan discourse to mitigate face-threatening acts (FTAs) and maintain social harmony. Its significance lies in its role as a politeness strategy and its connection to sociocultural norms and values of the Akan-speaking community in Ghana. This study contributes to the fields of pragmatics, disc…

  • Correlates of internalized stigma and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana

    Open AccessJerry John Nutor, Jerry John Ouner et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Our findings show that stigma may serve as a facilitator instead of a barrier to adhering to antiretroviral medication. Although this contradicts common narratives about stigma's destructive effect, it is possible to promote good health-seeking behavior when the fear component of stigma is considered. To encourage medication adherence towards meeting UNAIDS' 95-95-95 agenda and better understand stigma's role, further research is required

  • Experienced and anticipated HIV-related stigma and depression among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

    Open AccessSetor K Sorkpor, Ibrahim Yigit et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Internalized HIV stigma significantly mediates the effects of both experienced and anticipated stigma on depressive symptoms in postpartum WLWH in Ghana. These findings highlight internalized stigma as a key psychological mechanism linking social adversity to poor mental health in this population. Integrating stigma-reduction strategies and targeted mental health support into postnatal HIV care may be critical for improving psychological and phys…

  • Culturally bound abusive expressions in Ghanaian social media

    Open AccessRachel Thompson, Rachel G A Thompson et al.ARTICLELingua2025Referências: 14

  • The association of HIV-related stigma and psychosocial factors and HIV treatment outcomes among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana

    Open AccessJerry John Nutor, Akua O Gyamerah et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Stigma and discrimination have been identified as significant barriers to HIV treatment among people living with HIV (PLWH). HIV stigma affects decision to seek HIV testing and early treatment. Evidence shows that HIV stigma undermines antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence by affecting the psychological process such as adjusting and coping with social support. In Ghana, stigma toward PLWH occurs in many ways including rejection by their communit…

  • Association between water insecurity and antiretroviral therapy adherence among pregnant and postpartum women in Greater Accra region of Ghana

    Open AccessJerry John Nutor, Jaffer Okiring et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Background Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) can substantially reduce morbidity and mortality among women living with HIV (WLWH) and prevent vertical transmission of HIV. However, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), more than 50% of new mothers discontinue ART and HIV care after childbirth. The role of water insecurity (WI) in ART adherence is not well-explored. We examined the relationship between WI and ART adherence among pregnant and postpar…

  • Impact of Covid-19 on people living with HIV and HIV care

    Open AccessDavid Ayangba Asakitogum, Jerry John Nutor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant social changes and challenges globally, including economic slowdown and limitation of essential services. Our study explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV treatment experiences and lives of people living with HIV in Ghana. Between October 2021 and January 2022, we conducted four focus group discussions with 24 people living with HIV and six in-depth interviews with healthcare providers to …

  • The role of social support in antiretroviral therapy uptake and retention among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

    Open AccessEdward Kwabena Ameyaw, Jerry John Nutor et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Our study showed that social support does not play any essential role in ART adherence among the surveyed pregnant and postpartum women. Meanwhile, factors such as having a rival and being under the age of thirty play an instrumental role. The study has signaled the need for ART retention scale-up interventions to have a multi-pronged approach in order to identify the multitude of underlying factors, beyond social support, that enhance/impede eff…

  • Pedagogical interventions and their influences on university-level students learning pharmacology-a realist review

    Open AccessFaraz Khurshid, Elizabeth O’Connor et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2023

    Introduction The knowledge complexity and varied delivery formats in pharmacology education can leave students unprepared in essential pharmacotherapy skills. This significantly influences their ways of thinking and working in clinical environments, resulting in a challenging clinical transition. This need demands pedagogical innovations to strengthen pharmacology education and improve learners’ skills and competencies in pharmacotherapy. This ev…

  • Communicating Awareness About Covid-19 Through Songs

    Open AccessRachel Thompson, Jerry John Nutor et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Research has shown that music can be used to educate or disseminate information about public health crises. Grounded in the edutainment approach, we explored how songs are being used to create awareness about COVID-19 in Ghana, a sub-Saharan African country. YouTube was searched, and 28 songs met the study inclusion criteria. We conducted a thematic analysis of the song lyrics. Most lyrics were in English, Ghanaian Pidgin English, Akan, Ga, or Da…

  • The Resilience of Pandemic Digital Deliberation

    Open AccessStephen Elstub, Rachel Thompson et al.ARTICLEJavnost - The Public2021

    Quality deliberation is essential for societies to address the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic effectively and legitimately. Critics of deliberative and participatory democracy are highly skeptical that most citizens can engage with such complex issues in good circumstances and these are far from ideal circumstances. The need for rapid action and decision-making is a challenge for inclusivity and quality of deliberation. Addition…

  • Public involvement in the governance of population-level biomedical research

    Open AccessSonja Erikainen, Phoebe Friesen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2021

    Population-level biomedical research offers new opportunities to improve population health, but also raises new challenges to traditional systems of research governance and ethical oversight. Partly in response to these challenges, various models of public involvement in research are being introduced. Yet, the ways in which public involvement should meet governance challenges are not well understood. We conducted a qualitative study with 36 exper…

  • Insults in political comments on GhanaWeb

    Open AccessRachel ThompsonARTICLEPragmatics and Society2021

    This paper explores the practice of insults on GhanaWeb, a popular online platform on which some Ghanaians post comments and share opinions in reaction to various news reports. Among other things, the study entails understanding how the prevalence of harsh insults stands against the backdrop of traditional Ghanaian speech culture, which places high value on respect for the elderly and authority figures. Examining a sample of online comments direc…

  • Strategies for financing social health insurance schemes for providing universal health care

    Open AccessAma Pokuaa Fenny, Robert Yates et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    The ability for Social Health Insurance programs to cover all groups has been limited in the selected countries. Hence, relying solely on social health insurance schemes to achieve Universal Health Coverage may not be plausible in Africa. Also, highly fragmented risk pools impede efforts to widen the insurance pools and promote cross-subsidies

  • Linguistic Markers in Women’s Discussions on Miscarriage and Abortion Illustrate Psychological Responses to Their Experiences

    Open AccessK G Blackburn, Weixi Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2021Referências: 36

    This study analyzed thousands of women’s online conversations in relation to their miscarriage or abortion experiences, classified as unplanned and planned traumas, respectively. Linguistic Inquiry Word Count text analysis revealed that people experiencing a planned trauma use distancing language patterns in higher frequency and engage in emotion regulation more than those who experienced trauma unexpectedly. On the other hand, planned trauma con…

  • Food foraging online

    Open AccessK G Blackburn, Jonnie Hontanosas et al.ARTICLEFirst Monday2020

    Lifestyle and personality can often be discovered through daily food choices. For instance, influence through social groups, food documentaries or the desire for fitness/weight loss can often create a shift in people’s food choices. These changes in diet can highlight important life events, an overall lifestyle change or an individual’s culture. One way to study people’s cultural food patterns is to study the language they use to share recipes. T…

  • Tweaa! – A Ghanaian interjection of “contempt” in online political comments

    Open AccessRachel ThompsonARTICLEAmpersand2019

    This study examines the use of tweaa [tɕʏɪaa], an Akan emotive interjection that expresses “contempt” for a person, in the Corpus of GhanaWeb Comments in Ghana's 2016 Election (CGCGE16). CGCGE16 comprises reader comments posted in the build-up to Ghana's presidential elections in December 2016 on www.ghanaweb.com, a news website that guarantees freedom of speech and ensures citizen participation in online sociopolitical discussions. The study emp…

  • Promoting or Undermining Quality Decision Making? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Patient Decision Aids Comparing Surgical and Medication Abortion

    Open AccessKyla Z Donnelly, Glyn Elwyn et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • Quantity over quality—Findings from a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids on early abortion methods

    Open AccessKyla Z Donnelly, Glyn Elwyn et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2018

  • Using Collabo Rate , a brief patient‐reported measure of shared decision making

    Open AccessRachel C Forcino, Paul Barr et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2018

    INTRODUCTION: CollaboRATE is a brief patient survey focused on shared decision making. This paper aims to (i) provide insight on facilitators and challenges to implementing a real-time patient survey and (ii) evaluate CollaboRATE scores and response rates across multiple clinical settings with varied patient populations. METHOD: All adult patients at three United States primary care practices were eligible to complete CollaboRATE post-visit. To i…