Prof. Easmon Otupiri

Dept: Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health
Send quick mail

Research Areas/Interests

Current research interest areas: Family planning, Maternal, newborn and child survival, Reproductive health, Adolescent sexual and reoroductive health...~more

My full CV

Profile Menu

Publications

    JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

     

    1. Apenkwa J, Edusei A, Amponsah SK, Nakua W, Newton S, Otupiri E, Adaobi CC. (2021). Community-based management of acute malnutrition programme: Rural and urban maternal socio-demographic and implementation differentials in Ghana. British Journal of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing. 3(2): 167-171.

     

    1. Stewart B, Gyedu A, Otupiri E, Nakua E, Boakye G, Mehta K, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021). Comparison of childhood household injuries and risk factors between urban and rural communities in Ghana: A cluster-randomized, population-based, survey to inform injury prevention research and programming. International Journal of the Care of the Injured. Vol. 52, (7):1757-65 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2021.04.050

     

    1. Kumbeni MT, Ziba FA, Apenkwa J, Otupiri E. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with menstruation-related school absenteeism among adolescent girls in rural northern Ghana. BMC Women’s Health. 21:279. https://doi.org/10.1186s12905-021-01418-x

     

    1. Aba AP, Akohene Mensah K, Brenyah JK, Twum P, Okyere P, Otupiri E. 2021). Knowledge, attitudes and socio-demographic factors associated with males’ involvement in fertility treatment in Ghana. J Women’s health Care. 10:52. doi:10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.522

     

    1. Keogh SC, Otupiri E, Castillo PW, Li NW, Apenkwa J, Polis CB. (2021). Contraceptive and abortion practices of young Ghanaian women aged 15-24: evidence from a nationally representative survey. Reprod Health. 18:150 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01189-6

     

    1. Mehta K, Gyedu A, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Mock C, Stewart B. (2021). Incidence of childhood burn injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: A cluster-randomized, population-based household survey. Burns 47:944-951

     

    1. Polis CB, Otupiri E, Bell SO, Larsen-Reindorf R. (2021). Use of fertility awareness-based methods for pregnancy prevention among Ghanaian women: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Glob health Sci Pract;9(2):318-331. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00601

     

    1. S.C. Keogh, E. Otupiri, P.W. Castillo, D.W. Chiu, C.B. Polis, E.K. Nakua, S.O. Bell. (2021). Hormonal contraceptive use in Ghana: The role of method attrobutes and side effects in method choice and continuation. Contraception.https://doi.org/10.101016/j.contraception.2021.05.004

     

    1. Maxwell Tii Kumbeni, Easmon Otupiri, Florence Assibi Ziba. (2020). Menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in junior high schools in rural northern Ghana. Pan African Medical Journal. 37(190). 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.190.19015

     

    1. Gyedu A, Stewart B, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Mock C. (2020). First aid practices for injured children in rural Ghana: a cluster-random population-based survey. Prehosp Disaster Med.; 00(00):1-7.

     

    1. Polis Chelsea B, Otupiri E, Hindin M, Chiu DW, Keogh SC, Aidoo C, Larsen-Reindorf R, Bell SO. (2020). Prevalence and correlates of perceived infertility in Ghana. Studies in Family Planning 51(3): 207-224. doi: 10.1111/sifp.12136

     

    1. Stephani V, Opoku D, Otupiri E. (2020). Determining the potential of mobile phone-based health interventions in Kumasi, Ghana. Ghana Med J 54(2): 88-92 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i2.6

     

    1. Bell G, Macarayan EK, Ratcliffe H, Kim j-H, Otupiri E, Lipsitz S, Hirschhom L., Awoonor-Williams JK, Nimako BA, Ofosu A, Leslie H, Bitton A, Schwarz. D. (2020). Assessment of bypass of the nearest primary health care facility among. Women. In. Ghana. JAMA Network Open. 3(8):e2012552. doi:  10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12552

     

    1. Ratcliffe HL, Bell G, Awoonor-Williams K, Bitton A, Kim J-H, Lipstiz, Macarayan E, Ofosu A, Otupiri E, Schwarz D, Hirschhorn LR. (2020). Towards patient-centred care in Ghana: health system responsiveness, self-rated health and experiential quality in a nationally representative survey. BMJ Open Quality. 9:e000886. :1136/bmjoq-2019-000886doi:10

     

    1. Polis CB, Castillo PW, Otupiri E, Keogh SC, Hussain R, Nakua EK, Larsen-Reindorf R, Bell SO. (2020). Estimating the incidence of abortion: using the Abortion Incidence complications Methodology in Ghana, 2017. BMJ Global Health. 5:e002130. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002130

     

    1. Keogh SC, Otupiri E, Chiu DW, Polis CB, Hussain R, Bell SO, Nakua EK, Larsen-Reindorf R. (2020). Estimating the incidence of abortion: a comparison of five approaches in Ghana. BMJ Global Health. 5:e002129. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002129

     

    1. Uy J, Macrayan EK, Ratcliffe H, Miller K, Otupiri E, Awoonor-Williams JK, Hirschhorn LR, Lipsitz SR, Schwarz D, Bitton A. (2019). Preliminary validation of the PRImary care facility Management Evaluation tool (PRIME-Tool), a national facility management survey implemented in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research. 19:937 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4768-8

     

    1. Nakua EK., Owusu-Dabo E, Newton S, Koranteng A, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Mock C. (2019). Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana. BMC Public Health 19:1368. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7560-0

     

    1. Mohammed A, Acheampong PR, Otupiri E, Owusu-Dabo E. (2019). Symptom monitoring of childhood illness and referrals: A pilot study on the feasibility of a mobile phone-based system as a disease surveillance tool in a rural health district of Ghana. Health Informatics Journal 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/1460458219879329

     

    1. Zimmerman LA, Bell SO, Li Q, Morzenti A, Anglewicz P, PMA 2020 Principal Investigators Group, Tsui A. (2019) Individual, community and service environment factors associated with modern contraceptive use in five Sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel, multinomial analysis using geographically linked data from PMA2020. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0218157.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218157

     

    1. Nakua EK, Amissah J, Apiribu F, Otupiri E, Budu-Ainooson A, Agyeman-Weittey F, Adoteye G, Ansong D. (2019). Sports injuries in second-cycle institutions: The burden on, and risk factors associated with student health. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana Vol. 8 No. 2: 108-116

     

    1. Mohammed A, Acheampong PR, Otupiri E, Osei FA, Larsen-Reindorf R, Owusu-Dabo E. (2019). Mobile phone short message service (SMS) as a malaria control tool: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health 19:1193 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7336-6

     

    1. Larsen-Reindorf R, Otupiri E, Anomah JE, Edwards BM, Frimpong B, Waller B, Prince ME, Basura GJ. (2019) Paediatric hearing loss: a community-based survey in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. J Laryngol Otol. 1-9. https//doi.org/10.1017/S0022215119001658

     

    1. Schwarz D, Kim JH, Ratcliffe H, Griffith B, Awoonor-Williams JK, Nimako B, Otupiri E, Lipsitz S, Hirschhorn L, Bitton A (2019) The status of Ghanaian community health workers’ supervision and service delivery: descriptive analyses from the 2017 Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey. Gates Open Research, 3:1468 (https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres. 12979.3)

     

    1. Naziru TM, Gbagbo YF, Agbeno KE and Otupiri E. (2019) Review of socio-demographic and economic predictors of adolescent pregnancies in rural Ghana. Nursing and Health Care 4: 38-43

     

    1. Zimmerman LA, Bell SO, Li Q, Morzenti A, Anglewicz, Guiella G, Gichangi P, Otupiri E, Makumbi F, Kibera S, Shiferaw S, Seme A, Habi O, Oumarou S, (2019). Individual, community and service environment factors associated with modern contraceptive use in five sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel, multinomial analysis using geographically linked data from PMA2020. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0218157. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218157

     

    1. Erlyn K. Macarayan, Hannah L. Ratcliffe, Easmon Otupiri, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Kate Miller, Staurt R. Lipsitz, Atul A. Gawande, Asaf Bitton. (2019) Facility management associated with improved primary health care outcomes in Ghana. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0218662. https://doi.org/10.137/journal.pone.0218662

     

    1. Saifuddin Ahmed, Yoonjoung Choi, Jose G Rimon, Souleymane Alzouma, Peter Gichangi, Georges Guiella, Patrick Kayembe, Simon P Kibira, Fred Makumbi, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Easmon Otupiri, Sani Oumarou, Assefa Seme, Solomon Shiferaw, Phillip Anglewicz, Scott Radloff, Amy Tsui. (2019) Trends in contraceptive prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa since the 2012 London summit on family planning: an analysis of cross-sectional survey results. Lancet Global Health http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/5.2214-109x(19)30200-1

     

    1. Julie Hennegan, Alexandra K Shannon, Kellog J Schwab & On behalf of PMA2020 investigators. (2018) Wealthy, urban, educated. Who is represented in population surveys of women’s menstrual hygiene management? Reproductive Health Matters 26:52, 81-91, DOI: 10.1080/09688080.2018.1484220

     

    1. Emmanuel Kweku Nakua, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Samuel Newton, Koranteng Adofo, Easmon Otupiri, Peter Donkor, Charles Mock. (2018). Occupational injury burden among gold miners in Ghana. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. DOI: 10.1080/17437300.2018.1515232

     

    1. Ericka L fink, Amelie von Saint Andre?von Arnim, Rashmi Kumar, Patrick T. Wilson, Tigist Bacha Heye, Abenezer Tirsit Aklilu, Tsegazeab Laeke, Shubhada Hooli, Lisine Tuyisenge, Easmon Otupiri, Anthony Fabio, John Gianakas, Patrick M. Kochanek, Derek C Angus, Robert C. Tasker. (2018) Traumatic Brain Injury and Infectious Encephalopathy in Children From Four Resource-Limited Settings in Africa. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. DOI:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001554

     

    1. Hawes, Meagan; Safi, Sally; Greenleaf, Abigail; Tsui, Amy; Guiella, Georges; Shiferaw, Solomon; Seme, Assefa; Otupiri, Easmon; Gichangi, Peter; Makumbi, Frederick (2017) Response patterns on behavioural outcomes in relation to use of resident enumerators over multiple survey rounds. Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) Methodological Reports No. 1. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University

     

    1. Linnea Zimmerman, Hannah Olson, Georges Guiella, Peter Gichangi, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Easmon Otupiri, Fred Makumbi, Solomon Shiferaw, Assefa Seme, Philip Anglewicz, Patrick Kayembe, Siswanto Wilopo, Anoop KhanaSouleymane Alzouma, Sani Oumarou (2017) PMA2020: Rapid turn-around survey data to monitor family planning service and practice in ten countries. Studies in Family Planning 48(3): 293-303

     

    1. Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Amy Tsui, Easmon Otupiri, Assefa Seme, Elizabeth Tobey, Freya Sonenstein (2017) Mothers’ work, family roles and self-reported health in peri-urban Ghana and Ethiopia. African Population Studies Vol. 31, No1, (Supp. 2)

     

    1. Easmon Otupiri. (2017) Determinants of contraception among women with a previous Caesarean section the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. Annals of Global Health 83(1):198 DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.492

     

    1. Sridhar Vedachalam, Luke H. McDonald, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Easmon Otupiri, Kellogg J. Schwab. (2017) The role of packaged water in meeting global targets on improved water access. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, DOI: 10.2166/wasdev.2017.155

     

    1. Ofeibea Asare, Easmon Otupiri, Joana Apenkwa and Rose Odotei-Adjei. (2017) Perspectives of urban Ghanaian women on vasectomy. Reproductive Health, 14(1), 21. DOI 10.1186/s12978-017-0286-5

     

    1. Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Natasha Howard, John E. Williams, Benjamin Apam, Helen Prytherch, Svetla Loukanova, Eunice Karanja Kamara and Easmon Otupiri. (2016) Can performance-based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental study. Glob Health Action, 9: 32404 – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32404

     

    1. Agyei Helena, Easmon Otupiri and R.E. Larsen-Reindorf (2016) Preventing repeat abortions among women in Kumasi, Ghana. American Journal of Public Health Research, vol. 4, no. 1:8-15. Doi: 10.12691/ajphr-4-1-2

     

    1. Larissa Jennings, Fang Yang, Easmon Otupiri, Ambrose Akinlo, Michael Okunola, Michelle Hindin (2016) Association of household savings and expected future means with delivery using a skilled birth attendant in Ghana and Nigeria: A cross-sectional analysis. Matern Child Health J, DOI 10.1007/s10995-016-2097-7

     

    1. Ganle JK, Otupiri E, Obeng B, Edusie 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

     

    1. Adam Gyedu, Francis Abantanga, Godfred Boakye, Shailvi Gupta, Easmon Otupiri, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Adam Kushner and Barclay Stewart (2016). Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Women’s Health, 16:27 DOI:10.1186/s12905-016-0308-4

     

    1. Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, Katherine T. Flynn-O’Brien, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Easmon Otupiri, George Oduro, Peter Donkor, Charles Mock, Beth E. Ebel (2016). Injury patterns and health outcomes among pregnant women seeking emergency care in Kumasi, Ghana: Challenges and opportunities to improve care. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, http://doi.dox.org/101016/01.j.afem.2016.003

     

    1. Funmilola OlaOlorun, Assefa Seme, Easmon Otupiri, Peter Ogunjuyigbe and Amy Tsui (2016). Women’s fertility desires and contraceptive behavior in three peri-urban communities in sub Saharan Africa. Reproductive Health, 13:12 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0118-z

     

    1. Adam Gyedu, Barclay Stewart, Charles Mock, Easmon Otupiri, Emmanuel Nakua, Peter Donkor, Beth E. Ebel (2015). Prevalence of preventable household risk factors for childhood burn injury in semi-urban Ghana: A population-based survey. Burns, http://dx.org/10.1016/j.burns.2015.11.004

     

    1. Emmanuel Kweku Nakua, Justice Thomas Sevugu, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Easmon Otupiri, Heather R. Lipkovich and Ellis Owusu-Dabo. (2015) Home birth without skilled attendants despite millennium villages project intervention in Ghana: insight from a survey of women’s perceptions of skilled obstetric care. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15:243 DOI 101.1186/s12884-015-0674-1

     

    1. Emmanuel Kweku Nakua, Easmon Otupiri, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Gloria Folson and Sandra Hewlett. (2015) Gender disparities of chronic musculoskeletal disorder burden in the elderly Ghanaian population: study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE WAVE 1). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 16:204 DOI 10.1186/s12891-015-0666-3

     

    1. E.K. Nakua, E. Otupiri, E. Owusu-Dabo, V.M. Dzomeku, K. Otu-Danquah and M. Anderson. (2015) Prevalence of refractive errors among Junior High School students in the Ejisu Juaben municipality of Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 35, No. 1:52-62

     

    1. Akosua A. Gyimah, Emanuel K, Nakua, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Easmon Otupiri. (2015) Fertility preferences of women living with HIV in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 19(2) :125-133

     

    1. Sarpong AA, Otupiri E, Yeboah-Awudzie K, Osei-Yeboah J, Berchie GO, Ephraim RKD. (2015) An assessment of female prisoners’ perception of the accessibility of quality healthcare: A survey in the Kumasi Central Prisons, Ghana. Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research Vol 5, Issue 3. DOI: 10.4103/2141-9248.157495

     

    1. Adam Gyedu, Emmanuel Gyasi Baah, Godfred Boakye, Michael Ohene-Yeboah, Easmon Otupiri, Barclay T. Stewart. (2015) Quality of referrals for elective surgery at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country: An opportunity for improving timely access to and cost-effectiveness of surgical care. International Journal of Surgery 15: 74-78

     

    1. Adam Gyedu, Charles Mock, Emmanuel Nakua, Easmon Otupiri, Peter Donkor, Beth E. Ebel. (2015) Pediatric first aid practices in Ghana: A population-based survey. World J Surg. DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3061-1

     

    1. John Kuumuori Ganle, Raymond Fitzpatrick, Easmon Otupiri, Michael Parker. (2015) Addressing health system barriers to access to and use of skilled delivery services: perspectives from Ghana. Int J Health Plann Mgmt DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2291

     

    1. John Kuumuori Ganle, Easmon Otupiri, Michael Parker, Raymond Fitzpatrick. (2015) Socio-cultural barriers to accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn healthcare services in Ghana after user-fee abolition. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health 3(1):1-14. DOI:10.12966/ijmch.02.01.2015

     

    1. John Kuumuori Ganle, Michael Parker, Raymond Fitzpatrick, Easmon Otupiri. (2015) A qualitative study of health system barriers to accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn healthcare services in Ghana after user-fee abolition. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 14:425 doi:10.1186/s12884-014-0425-8

     

    1. John K Ganle, Michael parker, Raymond Fitzpatrick, Easmon Otupiri. (2014) Inequities in access to and utilization of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption: a descriptive study. International Journal for Equity in Health 13:89 doi:10.1186/s12939-0140089-z

     

    1. Easmon Otupiri, Priscilla Wobil, Samuel Blay Nguah, Michelle J. Hindin (2014) Anthropometric measurements: options for identifying low birth weight newborns in Kumasi, Ghana. PloS ONE 9(9): e106712. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106712

     

    1. Adam Gyedu, Nakua E, Otupiri E, Mock C, Donkor P, Ebel B. (2014) Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semi-urban Ghana: a population-based survey. Inj Prev published online June 09, 2014 doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040950

     

    1. Michelle Sharon Pool, Easmon Otupiri, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Ank de Jonge, Charles Agyemang. (2014) Physical violence during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14:71 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/14/71

     

    1. Patrick T. Wilson, Joshua C. Brooks, Easmon Otupiri, Rachael T. Moresky, Marilyn C. Morris. (2013) Aftermath of a clinical trial: Evaluating the sustainability of a medical device intervention in Ghana. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org

     

    1. Akosua A. Gyimah, Emmanuel K. Nakua, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Easmon Otupiri. (2013) Contraceptive characteristics of women living with HIV in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. International Journal of MCH and AIDS: vol 2 Issue1:111-120

     

    1. P. Agbernoku, E. Otupiri, S. Fugar. (2013) Breast developmental anomalies in Dormaa municipality of Ghana: prevalence and impact on life of the individual. Plastic Surgery Journal; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/140704

     

    1. Carie Muntifering Cox, Michelle J. Hindin, Easmon Otupiri, Roderick Larsen-Reindorf. (2013) Understanding couples’ relationship quality and contraceptive use in Kumasi, Ghana. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health; 39(4):185-194

     

    1. Amos F. Duah, Niya Werts, Laurenca Hutton-Rogers, David Amankwa, Easmon Otupiri (2013) Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in Adansi South, Ghana. SAGE Open October-December 2013 vol. 3 no. 4 doi:10.1177/2158244013515689

     

    1. E. Otupiri, D. Yar, M. J. Hindin. (2012) Prevalence of parasitaemia, anaemia and treatment outcomes of malaria among school children in a rural community in Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology;http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/just.v32i1.1

     

    1. Patrick T. Wilson, Marilyn C. Morris, Katherine V. Biagas, Easmon Otupiri, Rachael T. Moresky. (2012) Arandomized clinical trial evaluating nasal continuous positive airway pressure for acute respiratory distress in a developing country. The Journal of Pediatrics; www.jpeds.com.

     

    1. Yaw Adusi-Poku, Anthony K. Edusei, Agartha Bonney, Harry Tagbor, Emanuel Nakua, Easmon Otupiri. (2012) Pregnant women and alcohol use in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region-Ghana. Afr J Reprod Health; 16[1]:55-60

     

    1. Daisy Krakowiak-Redd, Daniel Ansong, Easmon Otupiri, Sally Tran, Dana Klanderud, Isaac Boakye, Ty Dickerson, Benjamin Crookston. (2012) Family planning in a sub-district near Kumasi, Ghana: side effect fears, unintended pregnancies and misuse of a medication as emergency contraceptive. Afr J Reprod Health; 15[3]:135-147

     

    1. Emmanuel Osei-Tutu, Easmon Otupiri, John Larbi, Charles Brown, Edmund Browne, Bernard Lawson. (2010) The effect of intermittent preventive treatment using sulphadoxine pyrimethamine in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in the Offinso district of Ghana. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology; 2(3):53-59

     

    1. K. Osei-Kwakye, E. Otupiri, E. Owusu-Dabo, E.N.L. Browne, M. Adjuik. (2010) Determinants of under-five mortality in Builsa district, Upper East Region, Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology; Vol 30, No 1:45-53

     

    1. Charity V. Mote, Easmon Otupiri, Michelle J. Hindin. (2010) Factors associated with induced abortion among women in Hohoe, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 14(4):115-122

     

    1. Y.A.K. Enuameh, E.N.L. Browne, E. Owusu-Dabo, E. Otupiri, A. Edusei. (2007) Feasibility of abstinence as a preventive strategy for HIV/AIDS control in the university community in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology; 27(2):1-8

     

    1. M. Abdul-Kabir, E. Otupiri, D. Opare. (2007) Barriers to condom use among young people in a municipal town in Ghana. Journal of Ghana Science Association; 9(2):76-84

     

    1. E. Otupiri, M. Adam, E. Laing, B.D. Akanmori (2000) Detection and management of zoonotic diseases at the Kumasi slaughterhouse in Ghana. Acta Tropica; 76:15-19

     

     

     

    CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS/PRESENTATIONS

     

    1. Chelsea B. Polis, Easmon Otupiri, Suzanne O. Bell, Roderick Larsen-Reindorf. Fertility awareness-based methods for pregnancy among Ghanaian women. Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting (virtual), USA. May 5 – 8, 2021

     

    1. Chelsea Polis. Phillicia Castillo, Easmon Otupiri, Sarah Keogh, Rubina Hussain, Emmanuel Nakua, Roderick Larsen-Reindorf, Suzanne Bell. Estimating abortion incidence in Ghana for 2017 using the Abortion Incidence Complications Methodology. Presented at the Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 19 – 21, 2019

     

    1. Sarah Keogh, Chelsea B. Polis, Easmon Otupiri, Phillicia Castillo, Rubina Hussain, Doris Chiu, Emmanuel Nakua, Roderick Larsen-Reindorf, Suzanne Bell. Comparing four approaches to estimating abortion incidence in Ghana. Presented at the Population Association of America Annual General Meeting, Austin, TX, April 10 – 13, 2019

     

    1. Easmon Otupiri, Joana Apenkwa, Judith Ansong, Patrick Aboagye. Women empowerment and modern contraceptive use in a marginalized sub-population in Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Kigali Rwanda, November 11 – 14, 2018

     

    1. Rita Larsen-Reindorf, Easmon Otupiri, Joyce Esinam Anomah, Bruce M Edwards, Barbara Frimpong, Bianca Waller, Gregory J Basura. Paediatric hearing loss: A population-based survey in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, Cape Town, South Africa. October 27 – 28, 2018

     

    1. Easmon Otupiri, Emmanuel Nakua, Roderick Larsen-Reindorf, Joana Apenkwa. Profile of reproductive health indicators for adolescents and young people in Ghana. Presented at the 2nd National Adolescent Reproductive Health Summit 2018, Accra, Ghana. August 29 – 30, 2018

     

    1. Easmon Otupiri, Patrick Aboagye, Ismail Indifuna. Ensuring commodity security: Reproductive health commodity and services survey 2017. Presented at the Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Conference 2018, Accra, Ghana. June 12 – 14, 2018

     

    1. Rashmi Kumar, Tigist Bacha, Abenezer Tirsit Aklilu, Tsegazeab Laeke Teklemariam, Shubhada Hooli, Lisine Tuyisenge, Easmon Otupiri, Patrick Wilson, Derek P. Angus, Patrick M. Kochanek, Robert C. Tasker, Ericka Fink. Factors associated with hospital admission following traumatic brain injury and infectious encephalopathy in children in four resource limited settings. Presented at the MSF Paediatric Days, Dakar, Senegal. December 15 – 16, 2017  

     

    1. Bruce Edwards, Barbara Frimpong, Joyce Esinam Anomah, Easmon Otupiri, Christopher Liu, Esther Vivas, Bianca Waller, Joseph Opoku Buabeng, Rita Larsen-Reindorf, Mohammed Duah, Gregory J. Basura. Pediatric hearing loss in Kumasi, Ghana: a pilot validation study using in community metrics to establish feasibility of testing. Presented at the 8th Annual Coalition for Global Hearing Health, Miami, FL, USA. October 12 – 14, 2017

     

    1. Otupiri, E. Agyeman Y., Apenkwa J. Physical, sexual and emotional violence against a marginalized sub-population in Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the 15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia. April 03 -07, 2017

     

     

    1. 10. Otupiri, E. Ansong J., Apenkwa J., Nakua E. Women empowerment and contraceptive use in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the 15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia. April 03 -07, 2017

     

    1. Otupiri E. Urban health and governance: Dimensions from Ghana. Presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference. Washington DC, USA. April 06 – 10, 2017

     

    1. Otupiri E. Determinants of contraception among women with a previous Caesarean section in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. Presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Conference, Washington DC, USA. April 06 -10, 2017

     

    1. Otupiri, E., Boateng, AAA., Apenkwa, J., Aboagye P., and Nakua, E. 2016. Predictors of the return to fertility after contraceptive discontinuation among ever-users in the Accra metropolis, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. January 25 – 28, 2016

     

    1. Apenkwa, J., Otupiri, E., Larsen-Reindorf, RE., Owusu-Dabo, E., and Agyeman, Y. 2016. Intimate partner violence among a marginalized sub-population in Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. January 25 -28, 2016

     

    1. Yawson, A., Otupiri, E., Apenkwa, J., and Larsen-Reindorf, R. 2016. Determinants of unmet need for family planning in rural Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. January 25 – 28, 2016

     

    1. Larsen-Reindorf, R., Otupiri, E., Nakua, E., Asare, E., and Owusu-Dabo, E. 2016. Contraceptive characteristics of young people in Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. January 25 -28, 2016

     

    1. Radloff, S., Otupiri, E., Kayembe, P., Makumbi, F., Gichangi, P., OlaOlorun, F., Georges, G., Seme, A and BKKBN. 2016. PMA2020: What it is and what it tells us. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. January 25 – 28, 2016

     

    1. Aninanya, GA., Howard, N., Williams, J., Apam, B. and Otupiri, E. 2016. To what extent do computerized decision support system and performance-based incentives improve antenatal and delivery clients’ satisfaction with maternal health services in primary facilities in Builsa and Kassena Nakana districts of northern Ghana? Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA. March 31 – April 02, 2016

     

    1. Scott Radloff, Amy Tsui, Hannah Olson, Linnea Zimmerman, Luke Mcdonald, Easmon Otupiri, Solomon Shiferaw, Assefa Seme, Peter Gichangi, Frederick Makumbi. Transforming national population surveys in developing countries with mobile phone technology. Presented at the Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 30 – May 02, 2015

     

    1. E. Otupiri, R. Larsen-Reindorf, D. Yar, J. Apenkwa. Using mADDS to monitor progress towards Family Planning 2020 in Ghana. Presented at the 6th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference, Boston, MA. March 26 -28, 2015

     

    1. Otupiri E, Larsen-Reindorf R, Yar DD, Apenkwa J. Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020: using mobile phone technology to monitor progress towards Family Planning 2020. Presented at the National Family Planning Conference, Kampala, Uganda. July 28–30, 2014

     

    1. Otupiri E, Yawson A, Apenkwa J, Nakua E, Owusu-Dabo E. Predictors of unmet need for contraception in the Kintampo area of Ghana. Presented at the National Family Planning Conference, Kampala, Uganda. July 28–30, 2014

     

    1. Otupiri E. Monitoring Ghana’s progress towards FP2020. Presented at the AfriComNet M&E Practicum, Accra, Ghana. June 02–04, 2014

     

    1. Otupiri E. Can Ghana meet the indicator for FP 2020? Presented at the Reproductive Health Seminar for the Electronic Media in Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions. Kumasi, Ghana. June 18, 2014

     

    1. Otupiri E. Panel member, 15th Anniversary of the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. May 26-28, 2014

     

    1. Psaki SR, Yar D, Otupiri E, Hindin MJ. Gender differences in factors associated with depressive symptoms among couples in Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the Population Association of America meeting, Boston, MA. USA. May 01–03, 2014

     

    1. Otupiri E. Resident Enumerators; the cornerstone of PMA2020. Presented at the PMA2020 National Dissemination meeting, Accra, Ghana. March 26, 2014

     

    1. OlaOlorun F, Seme A, Otupiri E, Ogunjuyigbe P, Tsui A. Do women fertility desires influence contraceptive behavior? Findings from 3 peri-urban communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 12-15, 2013

     

    1. Qingfeng L, Otupiri E, Seme A, Tsui A. Growing family wealth in peri-urban Ethiopia and Ghana: the effects of family size and contraceptive use over two years. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 12-15, 2013

     

    1. Otupiri E, Mohammed A, Apenkwa J, Larsen-Reindorf R. Determinants of contraceptive discontinuation among women of reproductive age in the Ejisu health district, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 12-15, 2013

     

    1. Yeboah E, Otupiri E, Nakua E, Owusu-Dabo E. Contraceptive side effects: the experiences of contraceptive users in five major public health facilities in Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 12-15, 2013

     

    1. Otupiri E, Agyei H, Apenkwa J, Larsen-Reindorf R. Characteristics of women presenting with abortion at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 12-15, 2013

     

    1. Otupiri E, Asare E, Nakua E, Apenkwa J. Predictors of gross motor developmental milestones in infants aged 6-12 months in the Bantama sub-metropolis of Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the 20th Canadian Conference on International Health, Ottawa, Canada. October 27-29, 2013

     

    1. A. Gyedu, E. Nakua, B. Ebel, E. Otupiri, C. Mock, P. Donkor. Home care practices and care-seeking behaviours of caregivers in treating an injured child; a household survey in semi-urban Kumasi, Ghana. Presented at the International Surgical Week ISW, Helsinki, Finland. August 25-29, 2013 (SP 18)

     

    1. Gyimah AA, Nakua EK, Owusu-Dabo E, Otupiri E. Contraceptive characteristics of women living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. 3rd National HIV and AIDS Research Conference (NHARCON), Accra, Ghana. September 10-13, 2013

     

    1. Gyimah AA, Nakua EK, Owusu-Dabo E, Otupiri E. Fertility preferences of women living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. National HIV and AIDS Research Conference (NHARCON), Accra, Ghana. September 10-13, 2013

     

    1. Otupiri E. The current health status of the Ghanaian child; options to improve the march to achieving MDG-4. Presented at the Student Global Health Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. March 29 – April 13, 2013

     

    1. J. Diressen, P Ogunjuyigbe, A Phillips, QF Li, A Fatusi, A Seme, E Otupiri, F Taulo, M Okunlola, F Makumbi, A Tsui. (2013). Capturing household transitory wealth through an index of expenditures and non-durables: Insights from six peri-urban areas in sub-Saharan African countries. Presented at the Population Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. April 11 – 13, 2013

     

    1. Ahiable E, Louw P, Punguyire D, Otupiri E, Moresky R (2012) Knowledge in emergency medicine at two district hospitals in Ghana: Test results from multiple cadres of providers. Presented at the African Conference of Emergency Medicine. October 29 – November 02, 2012; Accra, Ghana.

     

    1. Haisch D, Brenner S, Otupiri E, Moresky R (2012) Evaluating district-level emergency medicine in Ghana: Results of a comprehensive survey tool. Presented at the African Conference of Emergency Medicine. October 29 – November 02, 2012; Accra, Ghana.

     

    1. Otupiri E, Larsen-Reindorf R, Oppong A, Panford S. Promoting the health and economic benefits of family planning among specific sub-populations in Kumasi, Ghana. National Family Planning Conference, Abuja, Nigeria. November 27 – December 01, 2012

     

    1. Otupiri E, Oppong-Baah A, Apenkwa J, Hindin MJ. Unmet need for family planning among a marginalized population in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. International Conference on Family Planning, Dakar, Senegal. November 29 – December 2, 2011

     

    1. Krakowiak-Redd D, Ansong D, Otupiri E, Tran S, Klanderud D, Boakye I (2011) Family planning in a sub-district near Kumasi, Ghana: Side effects, unintended pregnancies and misuse of a medication as emergency contraception. International Conference on Family Planning, Dakar, Senegal. November 29 – December 2, 2011

     

    1. Brenner S, Haisch D, Otupiri E, Moresky R. Piloting the emergency service survey for district hospitals in Ghana. Emergency Medicine in the Developing World Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. November 17 – 18, 2011

     

    1. Haisch D, Otupiri E, Moresky R. Evaluating District-level emergency care in Ghana: The creation of a novel needs assessment tool. Presented at the Emergency Medicine Conference in the Developing World Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. November 15 – 17, 2011

     

    1. Wilson P, Bagas K, Morris M, Otupiri E, Moresky R. A prospective clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of nasal CPAP in children with acute respiratory distress presenting to a developing country‘s emergency ward. Society of Clinical Care Medicine Conference, Houston, Texas, USA. June 06-08, 2011

     

    1. Agyei-Baffour P, Boateng K, Nakua E, Otupiri E, Owusu-Dabo E. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of food practitioners on hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. ISPOR Conference. Mexico City, Mexico. September 8 – 10, 2011

     

    1. Owusu-Dabo E, Otupiri E, Oppong-Baah A, Apenkwa J. Predictors of contraceptive use among female head-porters in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. Presented at the Global Maternal Health Conference, New Delhi, India. August 2010

     

    1. Otupiri E, Lokko NM, Owusu-Dabo E. Abortion in Bosomtwe District, Ghana; A case-control study at St. Michael’s Hospital. Presented at the Global Maternal Health Conference, New Delhi, India, August 2010

     

    1. Britwum-Nyarko A, Otupiri E, Adu-Sarkodie Y. Antenatal testing for syphilis; policy versus practice in the Ashanti region, Ghana. Presented at the Global Maternal Health Conference, New Delhi, India. August 2010

     

    1. Otupiri E, Amankwah E, Owusu-Dabo E, Larsen-Reindorf R. Determinants of skilled birth attendance among women in rural communities of the Bolgatanga municipality in the upper East region, Ghana. Presented at the 3rdAnnual Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. August 2010

     

    1. Larsen-Reindorf R, Otupiri E, Bosomprah J, Owusu-Dabo E. Contextual factors related to contraceptive use among women in the Offinso district, Ghana. Presented at the 3rd Annual Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. August 2010

     

    1. Dogbe J, Otupiri E, Edusei A, Ansong D, Owusu-Dabo E. Missed opportunity for completion of immunization schedule of children aged 3-24 months in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana. Presented at the 3rdAnnual Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. August 2010

     

    1. Otupiri E, Gyasi V, Owusu-Dabo E, Larsen-Reindorf R. The influence of feeding practices on the nutritional status of children aged 0-23 months in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai district of Ghana. Presented at the 3rd Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. August 2010

     

    1. Owusu-Dabo E, Otupiri E, Sunu E, Larsen-Reindorf R. Current contraceptive use predictors: A comparative study of men and women in the Ho municipality, Ghana. Presented at the 3rd Annual Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. August 2010

     

    1. Minshew I, Stracensky NJ, Lolyd S, Hale D, Otupiri E. Facilitators and barriers of vitamin A supplementation in a Ghana Health district. Presented at the Global Health Initiative Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. May 2010

     

    1. Mote CV, Otupiri E, Tagbor H, Larsen-Reindorf R. factors influencing family planning choices among women in Hohoe, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Kampala, Uganda. November 2009

     

    1. Agyei-Baffour P, Otupiri E, Ababio S. Knowledge and current use of family planning among males in the Ga East municipality, Ghana. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Kampala, Uganda. November 2009.

     

    1. Otupiri E, Agyei-Baffour P, Boateng S, Amankwah J, Abaseka V. Scaling up home management of malaria in the context of accelerated child survival, growth and development programme in the Upper East region, Ghana [abstract MIM-EO-3080] 2005

     

     

    OTHER PUBLICATIONS

     

    REPORTS

     

    1. Family planning implant evaluation (2019), Accra, Ghana
    2. National Operational Guidelines and Standards for Adolescent and Youth-friendly Health Services (2019), Accra , Ghana
    3. Household assessment for family planning commodities and services in Ghana (2018), Accra Ghana
    4. Facility assessment for reproductive health commodities and services in Ghana (2015, 2016, 2017), Accra, Ghana
    5. Otupiri E. (2014) Assessing the effects of leadership training and performance-based grants on district level public health services outcomes in Ghana. Report for USAID-Ghana
    6. Otupiri E (2013) Assessing the introduction of Standard Days Methods into family planning services in selected regions of Ghana. Report for Georgetown University-Institute of Reproductive Health
    7. National Assessment for Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care. Accra, Ghana: Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service, Government of Ghana. 2011
    8. Korboe D, Otupiri E. (2008) MDG monitoring report 2007; Goals 2-6, education and health. Ghana Civil Society Monitoring Campaign, Accra, Ghana.
    9. Otupiri E, Adjei RO (2008) Health and development programs and policy mapping exercise in the Upper East region and the rest of Ghana. In final report of The retrospective evaluation of accelerated child survival and development: Ghana. Report by Institute for International Health programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    10. Browne ENL, Otupiri E, Plange-Rhule G, Odoi AT, Essgbey IT, Kesse K and the Ghana EmONC Team (2005) Accelerating improvements in maternal and newborn health in northern Ghana. Report for UNICEF and UNFPA, Accra, Ghana
    11. Browne ENL, Otupiri E and the Ghana HMM Team (2002) Early appropriate home management of fevers in children aged 6 months – 6 years in Ghana. Project No. 980285 TDR Final Report series No. 54, WHO/TDR, Geneva
    12. Browne ENL, Tagoe E, Agyei-Baffour P, Otupiri E and the Ghana HMM Team (2006) Assessment of the feasibility, acceptability and safety of Artesunate-Amodiaquine for home management of malaria in rural Ghana. TDR project No. A41067, WHO/TDR, Geneva

     

Related Profiles

Print page

SEND QUICK MAIL TO STAFF

Subject

Message

Your Email Address:
Note: this is to help the staff contact you back.