Dr. Kofi Akohene Mensah

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Health Policy, Management and Economics
School of Public Health
Room No: 15
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Health policy and systems strengthening, Health Services Leadership and Management, Human Resource Management in the Health Sector, Digital Health, Me...~more

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    Nuamah, G.B., Agyei-Baffour, P., Mensah, KA., Boateng, D., Quansah2, DY., Dobin3, D.,    Addai-Donkor4, K. (2019). Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the forest belt of Ghana Gladys. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 19:6pg 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-2159-5

    Osei, FA., Mensah, KA., Ansong, D., Agyei-Baffour, P., Owusu, SK., Mensah, NK., Amuzu, EX., Sarpong, PO., Osei-Peprah, I. (2018). Prevalence of pneumonia and risk factors of pneumonia mortality among children under five years in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. African Journal of Current Medical Research

    1. Mensah, K.A., Enoch, A., Anokye, FO., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Adjei, R.O. (2017). Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mothers in a peri-urban district of Ghana. BMC Research Notes

     

    1. Gyamfi, A., Mensah, K.A., Oduro, G., Donkor, P., Mock, C.N. (2017). Barriers and facilitators to Electronic Medical Records Usage in the Emergency Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana. African Journal of Emergency Medicine

     

    1. Opoku, N.B., Mensah, K.A., Enoch, A., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Adjei, R.O., Wemakor, A. (2016). Provider-client perception and experiences on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) medicines list in both public and private pharmacy in the Bantama Sub-metro of Ashanti Region of Ghana. Developing Country Studies, 7(9), ISSN 2225-0565

     

    1. Wemakor, A., Mensah, K.A. (2016). Association between maternal depression and child stunting in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 16 :869

     

    1. Nuamah, G.B., Agyei-Baffour, P., Akohene, KM., Boateng, D., Dobin, D., Addai-Donkor, K. (2016). Incentives to yield to Obsteric Referrals in deprived areas of Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(117).

     

    1. Enoch, A., Edusei, A.K., Okyere, P., Mensah, K.A., Adjei, R.O., Appiah-Brempong, E. (2016). “We are not getting jobs”: Job seeking Problems of People with Disability and Coping Strategies adopted in an Urban Traditional Community in Ghana. Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development (DCID), 27(1).

     

    1. Gyamfi, E., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Adjei, R.O., Mensah, K.A. (2015). Benefits of Disclosure of HIV Status to Infected Children and Adolescents: Perceptions of Caregivers and Health Care Providers. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 26 (6), 770-780

     

    1. Enoch, A., Mensah, K.A., Adjei, R.O., Edusei, A.K., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E. (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 Country Studies, 5(19), ISSN-2225-0565(Online)

     

    1. Mensah, K.A., Okyere, P., Doku, P.N. (2015). An Evaluation of Community-based Food Supplementation for People Living With HIV in Ghana: Implication for Community-based interventions in Ghana. BMC Research Notes, 8:519

     

    1. Enoch, A., Edusei, A.K., Mensah, K.A. (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, 4(7), ISSN: 2278-9480

     

    1. Doku, P.N., Dotse, J.E., Mensah, K.A. (2015). Perceived Social Support Disparities among Children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana : a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 15:538

     

    1. Donkor,C., Edusei,A.K., Mensah,K.A., Nkoom,B., Okyere,P., Appiah-Brempong,E. and Adjei,R.O. (2015). Prevalence of hypertension and obesity among women in reproductive age in the Ashaiman Municipality in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Journal of Developing Country Studies, 5(2):89-96

     

    1. Afriyie,E.O., Edusei,A.K., Mensah,K.A., Nkoom,B., Okyere,P., Adjei,R.O. and Appiah-Brempong,E. (2015). Antibiotics availability and usage in Health Facilities: A case of the Offinso-South Municipality of Ghana. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 5(2):139-144

     

    1. Gyamfi, A., Mensah, K.A., Oduro, G., Donkor, P., Mock,C.N. Barriers and Facilitators to Electronic Medical Records in the Emergency Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana. Inaugural Symposium with a theme: Leadership and capacity Building for Health Professions Education and Research organized by the Ghana College of Physicians & Surgeons, Accra-Ghana, 1st -3rd August, 2017

     

     

    1. Mensah, K.A. The Challenges of community-based interventions for People Living with HIV in Ghana: Lessons for Africa. Inaugural Symposium with a theme: Leadership and capacity Building for Health Professions Education and Research organized by the Ghana College of Physicians & Surgeons, Accra-Ghana, 1st -3rd August, 2017

     

    1. Buabeng, B., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Mensah, KA., Adjei, RO., Acheampong, E. Determinants of the utilization of skilled delivery services in predominantly rural district of Ghana. 5TH AfriNEAD and 7TH College of Health Sciences conference held at KNUST,  Kumasi-Ghana, 7TH – 9TH August, 2017

     

    Boateng, KS., Agyei-Baffour, P., Boateng, D., Rockson, GK., Mensah, KA., Edusei, AK. (2019). Household Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management Services in Four Major Metropolitan Cites in Ghana.  Journal of Environmental and Public Health.

    Doku, PN., Mensah, KA., Ananga, MK., Debrah, TP. (2019). A systematic Review of the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children within the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa. International Journal of Psychiatry. ISSN: 2475-5435

    Danquah, FA., Sampson, GO., Brenyah, F., Brenyah, JK., Mensah, KA. (2023). Assessment of Knowledge of Non-Communicable Diseases and Influences on the Lifestyle of Community Members in Afigya-Kwabre South District in Ghana. International Journal of Health Sciences, June 2023, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 87-101ISSN: 2372-5060

     

    Opoku, JA., Brenyah, JK., Mohammed, A., Mensah, KA. (2023). Assessment of School Health Policy in Ghana; Perspective of Teachers in Second Cycle Institutions in the Kwadaso Municipal Area, Kumasi.  International Journal of Educational Development in Africa · May 2023 DOI: 10.25159/2312-3540/13890

    Osei, BS., Agyei-Baffour, P., Mensah,KA., Twum, P. (2023). Health Systems Barriers to the Implementation of Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ghana. Hindawi , Advances in Public Health, Volume 2023, Article ID 4324697

     

    Appiah-Danquah, AB., Okyere, Paul., Appiah-Brempong, E., Vampere, H., Ofori, B., Mensah, KA., Tawiah, R. (2023). Willingness to Donate and Utilize Human Breast Milk among Pregnant Women in The Korle Klottey Municipality, Ghana.  Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 41, No. 3 (2023), pp 23 - 37

    Gbolu,S., Appiah-Brempong,E., Okyere,P.,  Vampere, H.,   Nyarko, GO.,  Mensah, KA. (2023). Determinants of handwashing behaviour among primary school teachers in a district of Ghana. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11:1, 2185620, DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2023.2185620

    Brobbey, RA., Kwawukume, MA., Twum, P., Agyei-Baffour, P., Opoku, D., Antwi-Berko, KB., Vetsi, O., Apara, J., Mensah, KA. (2023). Health service delivery factors influencing neonatal mortality in health facilities in the Bono Region of Ghana. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews

    Doku, PN., Ananga, MK., Jehu-Appiah, N., Mensah, KA., Debrah, TP., Nsatimba, F. (2023). Child maltreatment mediates the relationship between HIV/AIDS family dysfunction trajectories and psychosocial problems among adolescents. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

    Twum, P., Yeboah, EB., Agyei-Baffour, P., Mensah, KA. (2023). The potency of a free maternal healthcare policy in achieving universal health coverage a cross-sectional qualitative Study. FI000 Research

    Adu, C., Mensah, KA., Ahinkorah, BO., Seidu, A., Minta, AY., Tetteh, AW. (2022). Socio-demographic factors associated with medication adherence among People Living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. AIDS Research and Therapy

     

    Tetteh, A. W., Mensah, K. A. Amo, R., Nketia, A., Thomford, K. P., Boadu, K. O., Adu, C. (2022). Predictors of Herbal Medicine Use Among Pregnant Women Accessing Prenatal Care from the Kumasi- South Hospital in Ghana. Journal of Pharmaceuticals and Allied Sciences

    Yambah, JK., Kuunibe, N., Kindness, L., Mensah, KA., Apawu. , Titigah, AB., Saanwie, S., Sopiimeh, EL. (2022). Exploring the effects of the withdrawal of the capitation policy on Cesarean rates in public hospitals in Ghana: an interrupted time series analysis. Annales Africaines de Médecine

    Mohammed, A., Desu, AP., Acheampong, PR., Mensah, KA., Osei, FA., Yeboah, EO., Amanor, E., Owusu-Dabo, E. (2022). Effect of fear appeal mobile phone messaging on health behaviors of caregivers with children under-five in Ghana. Health Promotion International, Volume 37, Issue 4

    Yambah, J.K., Mensah, K.A., Kuunibe, N., Laar, K., Atinga, R.A., Boateng, M.O., Opoku, D., Quentin, W. (2022). The effect of the capitation policy withdrawal on maternal health service provision in Ashanti Region, Ghana: an interrupted time series analysis. BMC: Global Health Research and Policy, 7:38

    Osei, F.A., Ansong, D., Mensah, K.A., Owusu, S.K., Mensah, N.K., Amuzu, E.X., Owusu, K.A., Sarpong, P.O., Osei-Peprah, I., Kobina, T.O., Bonney, J., Enimil, A., Dankwah, B.A., Agyei-Baffour, P. (2022). The Economic Burden of Households with Children Less than Five Years Presenting with Pneumonia at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, Vol 11, No. 2 ISSN: 2026-6790

    Aku, K.W., Mensah, K.A., Twum, P., Agyei-Ba?our, P., Opoku, D., Brenyah, J.K. (2021). Factors Influencing Nonrenewal of Health Insurance Membership in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ashanti-Region, Ghana. Advances in Public Health

     

    Aba, A.P., Mensah, K.A., Brenyah, J.K., Twum, , Okyere, P., Otupiri,  E. (2021). Knowledge, Attitudes and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Males’ Involvement in Fertility Treatment in Ghana. Journal of Women’s Health Care, Vol 10 Iss. 3 No: 522

    Asante, K, S., Brenyah, J. K., Mensah, A, K., Agyei-Baffour, P., Opoku, D., Okyere, P. (2021). Prescribers Factors and Patients Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Quality Care Management of Febrile Illnesses in Ghana. Research Square

    Boateng, K.S., Agyei-Baffour, P., Boateng, D., Rockson, GK., Mensah, KA., Edusei, AK. (2019). Household Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management Services in Four Major Metropolitan Cites in Ghana. Journal of Environmental and Public Health

    Osei, FA., Mensah, KA., Ansong, D., Agyei-Baffour, P., Owusu, SK., Mensah, NK., Amuzu, EX., Sarpong, PO., Osei-Peprah, I. (2018). Prevalence of pneumonia and risk factors of pneumonia mortality among children under five years in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. African Journal of Current Medical Research

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