Publications
Gyasi, R.M., Egyir, N.A.A., Kwabena-Adade, J., Amanfo, B.A., Boateng, S., Gyapong, M., Nyamadi, V.M., Boampong, M.S., Jacob, L., Phillips, D.R. and Hajek, A., 2026. Psychosocial mechanisms largely mediate the path between food insecurity and depressive symptoms in later life. Geriatric nursing, 68, p.103802.
Appiah, S.C.Y., Ofori, R., Boampong, M.S., Arthur, A.N., Sekyi, D., Sobiesuo, E.M. and Sarpong, D.O., 2026. Pregnancy characteristics and birth outcomes among early and late adolescents in selected hospitals in the Eastern region of Ghana. Discover Social Science and Health.
Appiah, S.C.Y., Boateng, A.A., Ofori, R., Boampong, M.S., Mantey, C.B., Arthur, A.N., Sekyi, D. and Sobiesuo, E.M., 2026. Burden of intimate partner violence (IPV) among persons living with HIV and AIDS in Kumasi, Ghana. Discover Public Health, 23(1), p.356.
Adu-Gyamfi, S., Bempong, E., Boampong, M.S., Darkwa, B.D., Dwamena, R. and Fosu, K., 2025. Climate Migration and Historical Ties to Place of Origin: A Medico Historical Perspective. Journal of African History and Archaeology and Tourism, 3(1), pp.5-26.
Appiah, S.C.Y., Sobiesuo, E.M., Obeng, B., Asamoah, E., Mantey, C.B., Dwumah, P., Boampong, M.S., Boateng, A.A., Ofori, R., Nimoh, M. and Nyarko, J.B., 2025. COVID?19 and Healthcare Workers Burnt out: A Qualitative Study of Burnout Experiences of Healthcare workers in a Secondary Hospital in Ghana. Nursing Open, 12(8), p.e70279.
Ofori, R., Boampong, M.S., Arthur, A.N., Sekyi, D. and Appiah, S.C.Y., 2025. Awareness and predictors of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases among early adolescents in koforidua, ghana: a mixed-methods study. Reproductive Health, 22(1), p.184.
Bennitt, F. B., Wozniak, S., Causey, K., Spearman, S., Okereke, C., Garcia, V., ... & Boampong, M.S. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of household air pollution, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 405(10485), 1167-1181.
Boakye, A., Boampong, M. S., Dougill, A. J., Akyen, D., Tengey, T. K., Naapoal, C., ... & Ellis, W. O. (2025). Potential of egusi for food and nutrition security in northern Ghana: gender perspectives and social constructs underpinning cultivation and use. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9, 1446681.
Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw & Ofori, Richard & Boampong, Mary. (2025). When knowledge of modern contraceptives does not lead to uptake: a mixed method study among early adolescents in Koforidua Municipality, Ghana. Discover Public Health. 22. 10.1186/s12982-025-00531-8.
Naghavi, M., Ong, K. L., Aali, A., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., ... & Boampong, M.S. (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2100-2132.
Ofori, Richard & Boampong, Mary & Sekyi, Dorcas & Arthur, Andrew & Yeboah, Eric & Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw. (2024). Experiences and Predictors of First Sex Initiation among Early Adolescents in Koforidua Municipality, Ghana: A Convergent Parallel Mixed-Method Study. Journal of Psychosexual Health. 6. 328-337. 10.1177/26318318241306188.
Schumacher, A.E., Kyu, H.H., Aali, A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, J., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasi, M.A., Abbasian, M., Abd ElHafeez, S., Abdelmasseh, M., Abd-Elsalam, S., and Boampong, M.S., 2024. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00476-8
Gyasi, R.M., Aikins, E., Dumedah, G., Gyasi-Boadu, N., Frimpong, P.B., Boampong, M.S., Buor, D., Mariwah, S., Naab, F. and Phillips, D.R., 2024. Risk of Sleep Problems in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Experiencing Bodily Pains: Serial Multiple Mediation Estimates of Emotional Distress and Activity Limitations. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Boampong, M. S., Boakye-Danquah, J., Boafo, Y. A., Appiagyei, K., Tweneboah-Koduah, D., & Antwi, E. K. (2024). Experiences of inequality in international collaborative research–Perspectives from environmental and sustainability scholars from Ghana, West Africa. Environmental Science & Policy, 152, 103661.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901123003106
Gyasi, R.M., Hajek, A., Owusu, R., James, P.B., Boampong, M.S., Accam, B.T., Abass, K., Owusu-Dabo, E. and Phillips, D.R., 2023. Sleep and happiness in urban-dwelling older adults in Ghana: a serial multiple mediation model of generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 31(11), pp.953-964.
Gyasi, R.M., Accam, B.T., Forkuor, D., Marfo, C.O., Adjakloe, Y.A.D., Abass, K., Donne, A., Boampong, M.S. and Adam, A.M., 2023. Emotional and physical-related experiences as potential mechanisms linking physical activity and happiness: Evidence from the Ghana Aging, Health, Psychological Well-being, and Health-seeking Behavior Study. Archives of psychiatric nursing, 42, pp.113-121.
Dwumah,P., Akuoko,K.O., Yeboah,E.H., Gyasi- Boadu, N. & Boampong, M.S. / E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Vol.4 No.3 (2023) pp. 196-211
Gyasi, R.M., Phillips, D.R., Sefa Boampong, M., Abass, K., Kyei-Arthur, F., Agunbiade, O.M., Mohammed, S.F., Salarvand, S., Smith, L. and Hajek, A., 2023. Bodily pain in physical function and the role of physical activity among community-dwelling adults aged 50-69 years in Ghana. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, p.glad156.
Asiedu, H.B. and Boampong, M.S., 2022. The Double Life of Ghanaian Women. Gender and Behaviour, 20(4), pp.20425-20439.
Gyasi, R.M., Abass, K., Segbefia, A.Y., Afriyie, K., Asamoah, E., Boampong, M.S., Adam, A.M. and Owusu-Dabo, E., 2022. A two-mediator serial mediation chain of the association between social isolation and impaired sleep in old age. Scientific Reports, 12(1), p.22458.
Mary Sefa Boampong, Kodjo A. Senah, 2018. Who Should Accept The Waste?: Contestations over Dumpsites in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. s.l.:LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
Dwumah, P., Akuoko, K.O., Yeboah, E.H., Gyasi-Boadu, N. and Boampong, M.S., 2012. Youth Employment Paths in a Ghanaian Rural Community. Bulletin 43, no, 6, pp.9-19.
