Prof. Anthony Kwaku Edusei

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Dept: Health Promotion and Disability Studies
Private Mail Bag, University Post Office, Kumasi, Ghana
School of Public Health Block,
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Research Areas/Interests

Maternal and Child Nutrition Nutrition of the vulnerable such as Persons with Disability Health Workforce; enabling and demotivating factors Health Te...~more

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    1. Addy, E. A., Ansa-Asamoah, L., Edusei, A. K.,: Diarrhoea and Oral Rehydration Practices by mothers at Obuasi in Ashanti Region, Ghana. U.S.T. Journal, Feb/June 1996 Vol. 16 No. 1&2, 91-94.
    2. Kwaku E. A., Omwega A.M..Mwadime, R.K.,; Evaluation of weaning diets in Peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. East Afr, Med J. 1998, 75 (3) 142-7.
    3. Edusei A K., Asiedu M S., Sakyi-Dawson E., Owusu W B., “Nutrient and Energy Content of Quality Protein Maize Meal with Graded Supplementation of Anchovies fish”- Journal of Science and Technology (JUST), 2004, Vol. 24 No. 1, 5-9.
    4. Nyarko KM, Edusei AK, Addy EA, Ansong D, Opoku-Agyeman A. “Haemoglobin levels of well pre-school children in Bibiani, Ghana” Ghana Med J, Dec, 2004; Vol. 38, no.4: 136-140.
    5. Mandy Tijm, Huib Cornielje, Anthony Kwaku Edusei; ‘Welcome to my Life!’Photovoice: Needs Assessment of and by, persons with physical disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development, Vol 22, No.1, 2011. DOI 10.5463/DCID.v1i1.12
    6. Yaw Adusi-Poku, Anthony K. Edusei, Agartha A. Bonney, Harry Tagbor, Emmanuel Nakua and Easmon Otupiri. Pregnant Women and Alcohol Use in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region- Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, March 2012; 16 (1); 55
    7. J. Addo, C. Agyemang, I. Smeeth, A. de-Graft Aikins, A.K. Edusei and G. Ogedegbe; A review of population-based studies on hypertension in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal. Supplementary issue – June 2012, Vol. 46 No. 2
    8. C. Agyemang, G. Attah-Adjepong, E. Owusu-Dabo, A. de-Graft Aikins,J. Addo, A.K. Edusei, B. Nkum and G. Ogedegbe; Stroke in Ashanti Region of Ghana: an urgent need for action. Ghana Medical Journal. Supplementary issue – June 2012, Vol. 46 No. 2
    9. Enuameh, Y.A.K., Browne, E.N.L., Owusu-Dabo, E., Otupiri, E., Edusei, A., (2007). Feasibility of Abstinence as a preventive strategy for HIV/AIDS control in the University Student Community in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana), 27, 2
    10. Edusei A K., Asiedu M S., Sakyi-Dawson E., Owusu W B. “Capacity of Quality Protein Maize (Obatanpa) to improve Haemoglobin level and Leucocyte (WBC) counts of Malnourished Pre-school children.” Presented at the 2nd Biennial African Food Science and Nutrition Conference, held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28th November – 1st December, 2004.
    11. Edusei A K., Asiedu M S., Sakyi-Dawson E., Owusu W B. “Improved Catch-up Growth and Protein Status of Malnourished Pre-school children fed Quality Protein Maize.” Presented at the 2nd Biennial African Food Science and Nutrition Conference, held at Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28th November – 1st December, 2004.
    12. Frances E. Owusu-Ansah, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Anthony Edusei (2012). Perceived control, academic performance and well-being of Ghanaian college students with disability. African Journal of Disability; Vol. 1, No 1 (2012), 6 pages. doi: 10.4102/ajod.v1i1.34
    13. Pius Agbenorku1, Anthony Edusei 2, Margaret Agbenorku3, Thomas Diby4, Esenam Nyador 5, Geoffrey Nyamuame 6, and Paul Saunderson7 (2012). Buruli-Ulcer Induced Disability in Ghana: A Study at Apromase in the Ashanti Region Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Plastic Surgery International Volume 2012, Article ID 752749, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/752749
    14. Pius Agbenorkua,*, Anthony Edusei b, James Ankomah c (2011). Epidemiological study of burns in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, 2006–2009. Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries. 37(2011) 1259 – 1264
    15. Deborah van Middendorp1, Augustinus ten Asbroek12, Fred Yaw Bio3, Anthony Edusei3, Lyonne Meijjer1, Sam Newton24 and Charles Agyemang1 (2013). Rural and urban differences in blood pressure and pregnancy-induced hypertension among pregnant women in Ghana. Globalization and Health 2013, 9:59 doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-59
    16. Anthony K. Edusei1, Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah,2 Joslin A. Dogbe,3 Julia Morgan,4 Kofi Sarpong.5 (2015). Perspectives in musculoskeletal injury management by Traditional Bone Setters in Ashanti, Ghana.  African Journal of Disability; Vol. 4, No 1 (2015), 8 pages. doi: 10.4102/ajod.v4i1.97  
    17. Anthony K. Edusei, Joyce Bentum, Bernard Nkum (2013); Birth Weight of Newborns in Relation to Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at the Nkawie Government Hospital in Atwima Nwabiagya District, Ghana. Journal of Ghana Science Association, 2013; Volume 15, Number 1; 24-29
    18. Anthony K Edusei, Sussana Mensah Aggrey, Eric Badu, Maxwel Peprah Opoku (2015) Accessibility and Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Tourism: Perspective of        Tourism Workers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Disability, CBR and Inclusive     Development, Vol 26, No.3, 2015. doi 10.5463/DCID.v26i3.431
    19. Acheampong Enoch*, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Kofi Akohene Mensah (2015). Societal Creation of Disability and its Effects on Disabled People’s Social Relationships; Qualitative Exploration of the Experience of Disabled People in the Kumasi Metro of Ghana. International Journal of Applied Research and Studies (iJARS), July 2015, Volume IV, Issue 7; pages 1-10
    20. Acheampong Enoch, Kofi Akohene Mensah, Rose Odotei Adjei, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Paul Okyere, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong (2015). “We are Seen but not Recognized”; Disability Stigma and Disabled People’s Exclusion from Community Activities: The Case of Disabled People in a Traditional Community in Ghana. Developing Countries Studies. Vol 5, No.19, 2015 pages 115-121
    21. Enock Owusu Afriyie1, Anthony Kwaku Edusei1, Kofi Akohene Mensah1, Bernard Nkoom2, Paul Okyere1, Rose Odotei Adjei1, and Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong1 (2015). Antibiotics Availability and Usage in Health Facilities: A Case of the Offinso-South Municipality of Ghana. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare Vol.5, No.2: 139-144. ISSN 2224-3208
    22. Ganle JK, Otupiri E, Obeng B, Edusei AK, Ankomah A, Adanu R (2016). Challenges Women with Disability Face in Accessing and Using Maternal Healthcare Services in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0158361. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0158361
    23. Jessica Ayensu, Reginald Adjetey Annan, Anthony Edusei, Eric Badu, (2016),"Impact of maternal weight on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 46 Iss 4 pp. 542 - 556 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/NFS-11-2015-0146
    24. Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Paulina Adjei-Domfeh, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah,Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Eric Badu, & Christopher Seth Appiah (2016). “Assessing the Impact and Uses of the Disability Common Fund Among Persons with Disabilities in Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana”. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal. Vol. 12. Issue 4.
    25. Joslin Dogbe1,3*, Ellis Owusu-Dabo2, Anthony Edusei1, Gyikua Plange-Rhule3, Nicholas Addofoh2, Sandra Baffour-Awuah2, Osei Sarfo-Kantanka4, Charles Hammond3 and Michael Owusu5 (2016). “Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana”. BMC International Health and Human Rights (2016) 16:20 DOI 10.1186/s12914-016-0094-y
    26. Acheampong Enoch1*, Anthony Kwaku Edusei2, Okyere Paul2, Akohene Kofi Mensah2, Rose Odotei Adjei2, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong2 (2016). “We are not getting jobs”: Job seeking Problems of People with Disability and Coping Strategies adopted in an Urban Traditional Community in Ghana. www.dcidj.org. Vol. 27, No.1, 2016; doi 10.5463/DCID.v27i1.499
    27. Naomi Gyamfi, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Joslin Alexei Dogbe, Isaac Owusu (2015). Relevance of vocational training programme for persons with disabilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. J. Disability Stud. 1 (2), 69-76
    28. Frank Twum, Joslin Alexander Dogbe, Anthony Kweku Edusei, Joseph Ampratwum (2017). Participation Restriction due to Arm and Leg Motor Impairment after stroke Rehabilitation in the Tamale Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Disability, CBR, Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) vol. 29, No.4, 2017; doi 10. 5463/DCID.v29i4.609
    29. Acheampong Enoch, Esenam Joycelyn Anomah, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Nakoja Charity, Barbara Fosua Afful (2018). Expectations of and Challenges in Marriage among People with Disabilities in the Yendi Municipality of Ghana. Developing Country Studies Vol. 8, No.9: 19-23.
    30. Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Isaac Owusu, Tahidu Dahamanu (2015). Attitude of teacher trainees towards children with disabilities in the Northern Region of Ghana. J. Disability Stud. 1(2): 3-8
    31. Senayah EA, Mprah WK, Opoku MP, Edusei AK, Torgbenu EL (2018). The accessibility of health services to young deaf adolescents in Ghana. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 2018; 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2679
    32. Anokye R, Acheampong E, Budu-Ainooson A, Edusei AK, Okyere P, Dogbe J, and Nadutey A. (2018). Socio-demographic determinants of childhood immunization incompletion in Koforidua, Ghana. BMC Res Notes (2018) 11:656 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3767-x
    33. Jessica Ayensu, Reginald Adjetey Annan, Anthony Edusei, Herman Lutterodt (2018). Beyond Nutrients, health effects of entomophagy: a systematic review. Nutrition & Food Science. [Online] Available at: www.emeraldinsight.com/0034-6659.htm (Accessed on 16th November, 2018)
    34. Reindolf Anokye, Enoch Acheampong, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Justice Ofori-Amoah, Vida Maame Kissiwaa Amoah and Vincent Ekow Arkorful (2018). Perception of childhood anemia among mothers in Kumasi: a quantitative approach. Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 44:142. https//doi.org/10.1186/s13052-018-0588-4
    35. Eric Badu, Naomi Gyamfi, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah and Anthony Kwaku Edusei (2018). Enablers and barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health services among visually impaired women in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana. Reproductive Health Matters. https://doi.org/10.1080/09688080. 2018. 1538849
    36. Jessica Ayensu, Anthony Edusei, Ibok Oduro and Christopher Larbie (2017). Status of Some Antioxidant Micronutrient and Pregnancy Outcomes in Ghanaian Adolescents Attending Antenatal Clinic in Urban (Suntreso) and Rural (Mampong) Hospitals. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 7(2): 120-127, 2017. Article no.EJNFS.2017.008 –
    37. Joana D.A. Kyeremateng Anthony Edusei Joslin A. Dogbe, Maxwell P. Opoku William Nketsia Charles Hammond Sally A. Afriyie (2019). Experiences of primary caregivers of children with cerebral palsy across the trajectory of diagnoses in Ghana. African Journal of Disability ISSN: (Online) 2226-7220, (Print) 2223-9170
    38. Ansu-Yeboah Evans, Edusei Anthony, and Gulis Gabriel (2019). Comprehensive Health Literacy Among Undergraduates: A Ghanaian University-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Health Literacy Research and Practice - Vol. 3, No. 4: e227-237
    39. Ko? Sekyere Boateng, Peter Agyei-Ba?our, Daniel Boateng, George Nana Kwasi Rockson, Ko? Akohene Mensah, and Anthony Kwaku Edusei (2019). Household Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management Services in Four Major Metropolitan Cities in Ghana. Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2019, Article ID 5468381, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5468381
    40. Seth Amoako, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, William Nketsia, Anthony Kweku Edusei, Sally Adwoa Afriyie & Eric Badu (2019): Inclusivity in neo-liberal policy environment: preparedness of mass media to support disability awareness campaigns in Ghana, Disability and Rehabilitation, DOI: 10. 1080/09638288.2019.1582718
    41. Jessica Ayensu, Christopher Larbie, Reginald Adjetey Annan, Herman Lutterodt, Anthony Edusei, Su Peng Loh, and Ernest Amponsah Asiamah (2020). Palm Weevil Larvae (Rhynchophorus phoenicis Fabricius) and Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato-Enriched Biscuits Improved Nutritional Status in Female Wistar Albino Rats. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. Volume 2020, Article ID 8061365, 8 pages; https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8061365
    42. Enoch Acheampong BA, MSc, PhD,Alberta Nadutey BSc, MPhil,Reindolf Anokye BA, MSc,Peter Agyei-Baffour BA, MSc, PhD,Anthony K. Edusei BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD (2021) The perception of healthcare workers of People with Disabilities presenting for care at peri-urban health facilities in Ghana. First published: 15 July 2021  https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13496
    43. Anokye R., Acheampong, E., Edusei, A.K.,   Owusu, I.,  Mprah, W.K., (2020). Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Primary School Children in Oforikrom, Ghana, Based on the Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale. East Asian archives of psychiatry: official journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists; 30(3).
    44. Acheampong E., Esenam-Anomah J.,  Edusei A.K.,  Charity N., Afful-Fosua B., (2018) Expectations of and Challenges in Marriage among People with Disabilities in the Yendi Municipality of Ghana. Developing Country Studies 20 (30), 4.

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