Mr. Joseph Yaw Yeboah

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Geography and Rural Development
Office Location: Examination Hall Complex (EHC)
Room 314, Third Floor

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Research Areas/Interests

 Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining Use of complementary and alternative medicine and health outcomes in Ghana Health care access and hea...~more


Publications

    Journal Articles

    Gyasi RM, Obeng B, Yeboah JY. Impact of food insecurity with hunger on mental distress among community-dwelling older adults. PLoS One. 2020;15(3):e0229840. Published 2020 Mar 31. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229840

     

    Yeboah, J.Y., Forkuor, D. and Agyemang-Duah, W. (2019) Exclusive breastfeeding practices and associated factors among lactating mothers of infants aged 6-24 months in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. BMC Research Notes (2019) 12:689

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4723-0

     

    Agyemang-Duah, W., Yeboah, J.Y., Gyasi, R.M., Mensah, C.M., and Arthur, F. (2016). Mining and public health implications: evidence from the Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd enclave.

      Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 12(3): 272-281

         DOI: 10.19026/rjaset.12.2334

     

    John K. Ganle, Bernard Obeng, Joseph Y. Yeboah, Eva Tagoe-Darko and Charlotte M. Mensah      (2016). Disparities in abortion experience and access to safe abortion services in Ghana: evidence from a retrospective survey. African Journal of Reproductive Health 20(2): 43-52

     

     Gyasi, R.M., Asante, F., Yeboah, J.Y., Abass, K., Mensah, C.M. & Siaw, L.P. (2016). Pulled in or pushed out? Understanding the complexities of motivation for alternative therapies use in Ghana. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being,11: 29667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v11.29667

     

     Francis Arthur, Williams Agyeman-Duah, Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Joseph Yaw Yeboah, and Evans Otieku (2016). Nexus between Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining and Livelihood in Prestea Mining Region, Ghana, Geography Journal Volume 2016, Article ID 1605427, 18 pages, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1605427

     Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Charlotte Monica Mensah, Joseph Yaw Yeboah and Lawrencia Pokuah   Siaw. (2015). Quality control and standards of medicinal products: a committed agenda. British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 6(6). BJPR.2015.080.

     Ganle, J.K., Obeng, B., Segbefia, A.Y., Mwinyuri, V., Yeboah, J.Y. and Leonard Baatiema (2015) How    intra-familial decision-making affects women’s access to, and use of maternal healthcare services in Ghana: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2015 Aug 15;15:173. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0590-4.

    Agyemang-Duah, W., Yeboah, J.Y., Gyasi, R.M., Mensah, C.M., and Arthur, F. (2015). What Does the Community Know? Assessing the mining-related knowledge in the Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd enclave. American Journal of Social Issues and Humanities 5 (2): 484-501

    Book Publication

    Yeboah, J.Y. (2011,) Mining activities In Obuasi-Ghana: environmental and health Impacts, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co.KG and licensors, Germany (April, 2011). ISBN: 978-3-8433-6010-4

    Conference Presentations

    6th International Conference on Social Policy and Governance Innovation (22nd-23rd October, 2019), Lingnan University, Hong Kong

    Title of Presentation: Accessibility and Utilization of Health Services Among Persons With Disability in Rural and Urban Ghana.    

    Ghana Geographers Association (GGA) Annual Conference-6th -9th August, 2019            KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.

      Title of Presentation: Problems with Accessibility and Utilization of Healthcare Services  by Persons with Disability in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana.

      1st International Conference on Geography and Development (INCOGAD, 2018),   KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana (25th- 27th July, 2018)

    Title of Paper Presentation: Malaria-Related Knowledge, Treatment and Prevention Practices in Peri-Urban Kumasi, Ghana.

     11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH, 2014), University of   Manchester, Uk (4th-7th March,2014)

      Title of Paper Presentation: An evaluation of intervention measures to Health problems of mining impacted communities: A case study of Anglogold Ashanti’s Operations in Obuasi, Ghana.

     

     8th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH, 2009), Nairobi, Kenya (18th-23 October,   2009)

     Title of Paper Presentation: Environmental and Health Impact of Mining on Surrounding Communities: A Case Study of AngloGold Ashanti Company Ltd (AGA) in Obuasi, Ghana.

     

       


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