Dr. Kofi Boamah Mensah

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Dept: Pharmacy Practice
Second Floor, Old Pharmacy Building, FPPS.
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Clinical Oncology, Psychosocial Oncology, Pharmacoeconomics of Cancer Medicines & Systematic reviews...~more

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    JOURNAL ARTICLES

    1. Mensah KB, Ballinger JR, Blower PJ. Development of a simplified preparation of pentavalent Tc-99m DMSA. Nucl Med Commun 2007; 28 (3): A14. 

     

    1. Mensah, K. B. (2014). P0057 An evaluation of current morphine prescribing practice at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. European Journal of Cancer, 50, e24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2014.03.101 

     

    1. Akua Afriyie Abruquah, Robert Peter Biney, Ernest Bawuah Osei-Bonsu, Kofi Mensah Boamah, Eric Woode. Adequacy of Pain Management in Oncology Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology,[S.l.],v.6,n.2,p.251-256,Jan.2017. (DOI:http:/dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20170316.)

      

    1. Akua A. Abruquah, Robert P. Biney, Ernest B. Osei-Bonsu, Kofi M. Boamah, Eric Woode. Cancer pain assessment and management in ambulatory patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana. Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, Vol 4, No 6 (2017). dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172135 (Accepted and in Press)

      

    1. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Frasia Oosthuizen, Adwoa Bemah Bonsu. Cancer awareness among community pharmacist: a systematic review. BMC Cancer. 2018; 18: 299. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4195-y.

      

    1. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Frasia Oosthuizen, Adwoa Bemah Bonsu. Attitude and Barriers of Community Pharmacists Towards Cancer Health Promotion: A Systematic Review. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, Vol 3, No 1 (2018) http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCC.2018.3.1.19

      

    1. Adwoa Bemah Bonsu , Veronica Millicent Dzomekua, Felix Apiribu, Solomon Obiri-Yeboah, Benjamin Asamoah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Peter Donkor. Having a child with orofacial cleft: Initial reaction and psychosocial experiences of Ghanaian mothers. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Volume 8, 2018, P 132-140. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2018.05.003.

     

    1. Mensah, K. B., Oosthuizen, F., & Bangalee, V. (2019). Assessing Knowledge of Community Pharmacists on Cancer: A Pilot Study in Ghana. Frontiers in public health, 7, 13.

     

    1. Mensah KB, Oosthuizen F, Bangalee V. Community Pharmacy Practice Towards Cancer Health and the Need for Continuous Cancer Education: Ghana Situation. J Basic Clin Pharma 2019; 10:32-37.

     

    10. Mensah KB, Oosthuizen F, Bangalee V. Cancer health promotion in Ghana: A survey of community pharmacists’ perception and barriers. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2020 Jan 6:1078155219893742.

     

     11. Kusi, G., Boamah Mensah, A. B., Boamah Mensah, K., Dzomeku, V. M., Apiribu, F., & Duodu, P. A. (2020).                 Caregiving motivations and experiences among family caregivers of patients living with advanced breast cancer in  Ghana. PloS one, 15(3), e0229683.

     

    12. Grace Kusi, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Felix Apiribu,          Precious Adade Duodu, Bakinam Adamu, Pascal Agbadi & Kwadwo Osei Bonsu. The experiences of family caregivers living with breast cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Syst Rev 9,        165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01408-4.

     

    13. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah. Cancer control in Ghana: A narrative review in global            context. Heliyon, Volume 6, Issue 8, August 2020, e04564, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04564.

     

    14. Mensah KB, Mensah AB, Bangalee V, Oosthuizen F. Awareness is the first step: What Ghanaian community pharmacists know about cancer. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2020 Sep 11:1078155220955211.

     

     15. Mensah AB, Adamu B, Mensah KB, Dzomeku VM, Agbadi P, Kusi G, Apiribu F. Exploring the social stressors and resources of husbands of women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in their role as primary caregivers in Kumasi, Ghana. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2020 Sep 11:1-1.

     

     16. Michael HU, Naidoo S, Mensah KB, Ramlall S, Oosthuizen F. The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Neurocognitive Outcomes Among People Living with HIV in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review. AIDS and Behavior. 2020 Aug 26:1-32.

     

    17. Wiafe E, Mensah KB, Mensah AB, Bangalee V, Oosthuizen F. The awareness of women on prostate cancer: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol. Systematic reviews. 2020 Dec;9(1):1-6

     

    18. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Joseph Attakorah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen.           2020. A systematic review protocol of the antiviral activity of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against  COVID- 19. Sys Rev Pharm 2020;11(11):1362-1365.

     

     19. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Peter Yamoah, Joseph Attakorah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen. 2020. Knowledge assessment and barriers to cancer screening among Ghanaian community pharmacists. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice: 1078155220983413.

     

     20. Sly Ngoni Mutyavaviri, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Amos Marume, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee. 2020. Price, availability, and affordability of antineoplastic medicines in Harare Metropolitan Province’s public and private institutions: Implications for access. Value in Health Regional Issues, 2021; 25(C):118–125.

     

     21. Cromwell Prince Dawson, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Samuel Agyei Agyemang, Kofi Mensah, Rebecca Addo, Justice Nonvignon. Costs, burden and quality of life associated with informal caregiving for children with  Lymphoma attending a tertiary hospital in Ghana. International Journal of Care Coordination, 2021, Vol. 23(4)             165–172.

     

     22. Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen.  2021. Knowledge of prostate cancer presentation, etiology, and screening practices among women: a mixed-methods systematic review, BMC-Systematic review (2021) 138 (10), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-0169.

     

     23. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Neelaveni Padayachee and Frasia Oosthuizen. Evaluating essential medicines for treating childhood cancers: availability, price and affordability study in Ghana. BMC Cancer (2021) 21:683, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08435-x.

     

    24. Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah,Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen. An Akan Translation, Validation and Reliability of a Questionnaire for assessing Awareness of Ghanaian women on Prostate Cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Care,(2021), 6 (3), 257-262. DOI:10.31557/APJCC.2021.6.3.257.

     

    25. Mensah KB, Boamah Mensah AB, Wiafe E, Padayachee N, Aduse Poku AY, Dwobeng Amo B, Hoyte Williams M, Bangalee V, Oosthuizen F. Impact of brief educational intervention on knowledge of cancer among community pharmacists. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021 Sep 27:10781552211041977. doi: 10.1177/10781552211041977. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34569362.

     

    26.  Ayoub, N. M., Al-Taani, G. M., Almomani, B. A., Tahaineh, L., Nuseir, K., Othman, A., & Mensah, K. B. (2021). Knowledge and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening Methods among Female Community Pharmacists in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Breast Cancer, 2021, 9292768. doi:10.1155/2021/9292768

     

    27. Humraaz Kaja, Frasia Oosthuizen, Henry Michael, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Ebenezer Wiafe. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Psychiatric-Adverse Effects associated with the Administration of Vilazodone. Sys Rev Pharm 2021; 12(9): 514-522.

     

    28. Grace Chazan, Jennifer Jupp, Tiene Bauters, Nicholas Duncan, Kellie Jones Weddle, Hisanaga Nomura, Shaun R. O'Connor, Alexandre Chan, Nora Alkhudair, Majed Alshamrani, Larry W Buie, Pinkie Chambers, Tan Wen Chieh, David L DeRemer, France Duvivier, Deogratias Katabalo, Tom McFarlane, Daniel Mckavanagh, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Estela Moreno Martinez, Gail Rowan, Manit Sae-Teaw, Tamrat Assefa Tadesse, Irene Weru, Marliese Alexander. (2021). Impact of coronavirus of 2019 on the delivery of pharmacy services to patients with cancer: An international survey of oncology pharmacy practitioners. J Oncol Pharm Pract. DOI: 10.1177/10781552211048892.

     

    29. Joseph Attakorah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen, Ebenezer Wiafe. (2021). Current Stroke Burden in Ghana: A Comprehensive Systematic Review Protocol. Sys Rev Pharm 2021; 12(11): 643-646.

    30.  Martin Tavengwa, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Amos Marume, Peter Yamoah, Neelaveni Padayachee and Varsha Bangalee. (2022). A pilot study to explore societal, patient, and public authority perception on ‘Value Added Tax’ system for healthcare financing in Zimbabwe: A case for cancer treatment. J Oncol Pharm Pract., 1–10. DOI: 10.1177/10781552221075543.

    31.  Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Frasia Oosthuizen, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). A pilot study of the knowledge, awareness and perception of prostate cancer in Ghanaian women. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.02.

    32. DA Matesun, KB Mensah, P Yamoah, V Bangalee, N Padayachee. (2022). Adverse drug reactions associated with doxorubicin and epirubicin: A descriptive analysis from VigiBase. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, 10781552221113578.

    33. Sheetal Harichander , Ebenezer Wiafe, Kof Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen. (2022). The incidence of TB and MDR-TB in pediatrics and therapeutic options: a systematic review. BMC Systematic Reviews, 11:157, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02023-1

     34. Peter Yamoah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joseph Attakoah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Frasia Oosthuizen, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). Adverse events following immunization associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines: A descriptive analysis from VigiAccess. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2109365.

    35. Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Kwaku Addai Arhin Appiah, Frasia Oosthuizen and Varsha Bangalee. (2022). The direct cost incurred by patients and caregivers in diagnosing and managing prostate cancer in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research volume 22, Article number: 1105.

     36. Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Raymond Akawire Aborigo , Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen, Nuworza Kugbey, Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey, Beth Virnig, Shalini Kulasingam, Busisiwe Purity Ncama. (2022). Breast cancer screening pathways in Ghana: applying an exploratory single case study methodology with cross-case analysis. Heliyon, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2022, e11413.

    37. Peter Yamoah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Varsha Bangalee & Frasia Oosthuizen (2023). Assessment of adherence to pre-vaccination precautions and AEFI reporting practices during BCG vaccination in 4 hospitals in Ghana. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19:1, 2199654, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2199654.

    38. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Peter Yamoah, Jennifer Manfo, Richmond Amo, Ebenezer Wiafe, Neelaveni Padayachee, Varsha Bangalee. (2023). Socio-Demographic Factors and Other Predictors of Pap Test Uptake Among Women: A Retrospective Study in Ghana. Cancer Management and Research,vol 15, 489-499.

    39. Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Isaac Forson Adjei, Frasia Oosthuizen, Varsha Bangalee. (2023). A psychometric analysis of a Ghanaian tool (PCaKAB-Gh) for studying prostate cancer knowledge, attitudes and beliefs amongst women. Scientific African, vol. 21, doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01.

     40.  Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Maurice Mikare, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joshua Okyere, Er-Menan Amaniampong, Abena Agyekum Poku, Felix Apiribu & Joe-Nat Clegg Lamptey. (2023). Impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative analysis of strains, resources and coping strategies among elderly patients in a rural setting in Ghana. BMC Geriatrics, 23, 540 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04248-8.

     41. Nthabiseng Florina Motlohi, Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Ruwayda Petrus & Varsha Bangalee. (2023). A systematic review of the role of community pharmacists in the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases: the perceptions of patients. Syst Rev 12, 160 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02338-7.

    42. Elom Doe, Samuel B. Nguah, Kofi B. Mensah, Kwame O. Buabeng. (2023). Caregivers' knowledge, attitude, and perception toward pneumococcal infection prophylaxis in pediatric sickle cell disease patients in Kumasi, Ghana. Health Sci. Rep. 2023;6:e1665. doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1665.

    43. Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Abena Agyekum Poku, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joshua Okyere , Maurice Mikare, Felix Apiribu, Emelia Osei Boakye, and Joe-Nat Clegg Lamptey. (2023). Expectations and barriers to the utilization of specialist palliative care services among persons living with cancer in Ghana: An exploratory qualitative study. Palliative Care & Social Practice 2023, Vol. 17: 1–11.DOI: 10.1177/26323524231193042.

    44. Araba Ata Hutton-Nyameaye, Farrukh Ishaque Saah, Israel Bedzina, Samuel Owusu Somuah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Kwabena Obeng Duedu & Kwame Ohene Buabeng. (2023). Management of sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative assessment of community pharmacy practices in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. J of Pharm Policy and Pract 16, 140 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-023-00650-0.

    45. Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Humaima Nunoo, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joshua Okyere, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Felix Apiribu, Comfort Asoogo & Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey. (2023). Impact of childhood and adolescence cancer on family caregivers: A qualitative analysis of strains, resources and coping behaviours. BMC Psychol 11, 361 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01406-w.

     46. Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Humaima Nunoo1, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joshua Okyere, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Felix Apiribu, Kofi Agyenim Boateng, Comfort Asoogo, Edwina Opare-Lokko, and Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey. (2023). Being the nurse for my child at home: A qualitative analysis of parental recognition, appraisal, and reactions to childhood cancer in Ghana. Journal of Child Health Care, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/13674935231225715.

    47.  Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Stella Baffour Asuo, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joshua Okyere, Shalini Kulasingam, Beth Virnig & Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey. (2024). Utilization of traditional medicine among women diagnosed with breast cancer in Ghana: a descriptive phenomenological study. BMC Complement Med Ther 24, 50 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04364-x

     

    CONFERENCE/WORKSHOPS PRESENTATIONS:

     

    1. Mensah KB, Ballinger JR, Blower PJ. Development of a simplified preparation of pentavalent Tc-99m DMSA. Presented at British Nuclear Medicine Society conference, Manchester, March, 2007)

     

     

    1. Mensah KB, Patel S, Blower PJ, Ballinger JR. Development and validation of a simplified preparation of pentavalent 99mTc-DMSA. Presented at UK Radiopharmacy Group Workshop, Bournville, 2008 Jan 18.

     

     

    1. Mensah KB. An evaluation of current morphine prescribing practice at the oncology Presented at the World Cancer Congress, Montreal, Canada, August 2012.

     

    1. Mensah, K. B., Oosthuizen, F., & Bonsu, A. B. (2018). Attitude and Barriers of Community Pharmacists Towards Cancer Health Promotion: A Systematic Review. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 3(1). Presented at the 2nd Global Summit on Oncology & Cancer. Singapore, March 12-14, 2018.

     

    1. Mensah, K. B., Oosthuizen, F., & Bangalee, V. (2019). Assessing Knowledge of Community Pharmacists on Cancer: A Pilot Study in Ghana. Frontiers in public health, 7, 13. Presented at the 1st FIP Pharmacy Practice Research: Postgraduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Supervisors Symposium. Portugal, 25–27 June 2018.

     

    1. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Paul Obeng, Frasia Oosthuizen. A Survey of the Availability, Prices, and Affordability of Essential Medicines for Treating Childhood Cancers in Ghana. 20. Presented at the 52nd Congress of International Society of Paediatric Oncology Virtual Congress (SIOP), 2020.

    2. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). Community pharmacists in cancer health promotion in Ghana: In the context of childhood cancers. Presented at the SIOP Africa Congress, Uganda. 16th – 18th March 2022.

    3. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). A cross-sectional survey to assess the knowledge of community pharmacists on cancer in Ghana. An oral presentation at SIOP Africa Congress, Uganda. 16th – 18th March 2022.

    4. Kofi Boamah Mensah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Paul Obeng, Rudolph Ekow Simpson, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). Access to antineoplastic medicines for treating pediatric cancers at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Presented at the SIOP Africa Congress, Uganda. 16th – 18th March 2022.

      10. Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Kwaku Arhin, Frasia Oosthuizen, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). Financing Prostate Cancer Therapy in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: What are the Financial Implications on Patients and Caregivers? Presented at the FIP Pharmacy Practice Research: Postgraduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Supervisors Symposium. The Netherlands, 4th-5th July 2022.
    6. 11. Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Isaac Forson Adjei, Frasia Oosthuizen, Varsha Bangalee. (2022). The Development of a Ghanaian Prostate Cancer Knowledge Assessment Tool: PCaKAB-Gh. Presented at Ghana Cancer Summit, Accra. October,2022.

    7.  Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, James Appiah Adu-Yeboah, John Korbuvi, Nelson Affram. Hematological variations in doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide-paclitaxel chemotherapy: A retrospective study at Ho Teaching Hospital. Presented at Ghana Cancer Summit, Accra. October,2022.

     

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