Dr. Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Health Promotion and Education
Department of Health Promotion & Disability Studies,
School of Public Health,
KNUST, Kumasi
Ghana
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), health behaviour modelling, social & behaviour change communication (SBCC), WASH and health, health impact asses...~more

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    1. Apraku Tawiah P, Baffour- Awuah A, Sintim Effah E, Adu- Fosu G, Eyram Ashinyo M, Kaba AR, Appiah- Brempong E & Afriyie-Gyawu E. (2022) Occupational health hazards among healthcare providers and ancillary staff in Ghana: a scoping review. BMJ Open. doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064499
    2. Acquah-Hagan, G., Boateng, D., Appiah-Brempong E., Twum P., Atta AJ., & Agyei-Baffour P. (2022) Availability and affordability of primary health care among vulnerable populations in urban Kumasi Metropolis: Family Health Perspective: Health Equity. Vol. 6:1. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9911436
    3. Ametefi V., Appiah-Brempong E., Okyere P., Vampere H., Nyarko G.O., Aggery P.A., Mintah F.D. (2022). Gravidity, Contraceptive Use and Acceptability of a Proposed Three-baby Policy in a Municipality of Ghana. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221216
    4. Peprah P, Appiah-Brempong E, Agyemang-Duah W, Okyere P. & Adjei Gyimah A. (2022) ‘Where were pharmaceuticals in Eden?’ Use of herbal medicine in old age: Focus group discussions among community-dwelling older adults in Ghana. Journal of Herbal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2022.100549
    5. Tawiah PA, Baffour-Awuah A, Appiah-Brempong E, & Afriyie-Gyawu E. (2022) Identifying occupational health hazards among healthcare providers and ancillary staff in Ghana: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058048
    6. El-Duah J., Harris M.J. & Appiah-Brempong E. (2021) Knowledge on sexually transmitted infections among school-going adolescents in the Sunyani West District of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science. 62(2): 36-43
    7. Yeboah P, Bomansang Daliri D, Yaman Abdin A, Appiah-Brempong E, Pitsch W, Berko Panyin A, Bentil Asare Adusei E, Razouk A, Jawad Nasim M and Jacob C (2021) Knowledge into the Practice against COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study from Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 12902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412902
    8. Acquah-Hagan, G., Boateng, D., Appiah-Brempong E., Twum P., Atta AJ., & Agyei-Baffour P. (2021) Access differentials in primary healthcare among vulnerable populations in a health insurance setting in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana: A cross-sectional study. Advances in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9911436
    9. Ayisi-Boateng NK., Bankah EM., Ofori-Amankwah GK., Egblewogbe DA., Opoku DA., Appiah-Brempong E. & Spangenberg K. (2020) A cross-sectional self-assessment of burnout amongst a sample of doctors in Ghana. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2336
    10. Peprah, P., Agyemang-Duah W., Appiah-Brempong E., Gyimah AA. & Morgan AK., (2020) “With tramadol, I ride like a Jaguar”: a qualitative study of motivations for non-medical purpose tramadol use among commercial vehicle operators in Kumasi, Ghana. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention & Policy15,  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-020-00292-4
    11. Peprah, P., Abalo EM., Agyemang-Duah W., Budu HI., Appiah-Brempong E., Morgan AK., & Gyimah AA. (2020) Lessening barriers to healthcare in rural Ghana: providers and users’ perspectives on the role of mHealth technology. A qualitative exploration. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 20:27: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1040-4
    12. Addo-Tham R., Appiah-Brempong E., Vampere H., Acquah-Gyan E., & Gyimah AA. (2020) Knowledge on Food Safety and Food-Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ghana. Advances in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4579573
    13. Appiah-Brempong, E., Newton, Sam., Harris, MJ., Gulis, G. (2019) Effect of a Theory-Based Hand Hygiene Educational Intervention for Enhancing Behavioural Outcomes in Ghanaian Schools: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial. International Journal of Public Health. 65(1), 99-109
    14. Karwawhee, EDF., Appiah-Brempong, E., & Mansoh DE. (2018) Factors influencing the health seeking behaviour of senior high school students in the Asokore Mampong municipality of Ghana. Journal of Natural Sciences Research: 8(14), 46-60
    15. Gyamfi E., Okyere P., Acheampong E, and Appiah-Brempong, E. (2017) Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents in a district of Ghana. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 17(1): 8. DOI: 1186/s12914-017-0114-6
    16. Offei L., Appiah-Brempong E., Acheampong E., Okyere P., Owusu I. (2017) Accessibility of tourist sites to persons with disability: The case of Cape Coast and Elmina Castles in Ghana. Journal of Accessibility and Design for All. 7(2): 127-158
    17. Acheampong, E., Edusei, AK., Okyere, P., Akohene Mensah, K., Adjei, RO., & 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. 27(1): 109-125
    18. Acheampong, E., Akohene Mensah, K., Adjei, RO., Edusei, AK., 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): 116-121
    19. Appiah-Brempong, E., Harris, MJ., Newton, Sam., Gulis, G. (2018) Examining School-Based Hygiene Facilities: A Quantitative Assessment in a Ghanaian Municipality. BMC Public Health. 18:581; doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5491-9
    20. Appiah-Brempong, E., Harris, MJ., Newton, Sam., Gulis, G. (2017) A framework for designing hand hygiene educational interventions in Schools. International Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1066-2
    21. Amoh I, Appiah-Brempong E. (2017) Prevalence and risk factors of obesity among senior high school students in the Adansi north district of Ghana. International Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health; 4:3762-9.
    22. Akohene MK, Acheampong E, Anokye, FO, Okyere P, Appiah-Brempong E, Odotei-Adjei R. (2017) Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mothers in a peri-urban district of Ghana. BMC Research Notes. 10:466. DOI 10.1186/s13104-017-2774-7
    23. Opoku, N.B., Akohene Mensah, K., Okyere P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Adjei, RO., & Wemekor, A. (2016) Provider-client perception and experiences on the National Health Insurance medicines list in both public and private pharmacies in the Bantama Sub-Metro of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Developing Country Studies. 7(9): 57-64
    24. Gyamfi, E., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Adjei, R.O., & Akohene Mensah, K. (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. doi:10.1016/j.jana.2015.08.001
    25. Owusu, AE., Edusei, AK., Akohene, MK., Nkoom, B., Okyere, P., Adjei RO., & 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
    26. Donkor, C., Edusei, AK., Nkoom, B., Okyere, P., Akohene, MK., Appiah-Brempong, E., & Adjei RO. (2015) Prevalence of Hypertension and Obesity among women in reproductive age in the Ashaiman Municipality of Ghana. Journal of Developing Country Studies. 5(2): 89-96
    27. Appiah-Brempong, E., Okyere, P., Owusu-Addo, E., & Cross, R. (2014) Motivational interviewing interventions and college alcohol abuse among college students: A systematic review. American Journal of Health Promotion. 29(1): 32-42
    28. Appiah-Brempong, E., Okyere P. & Tsiboe M. (2014) Should ‘climate change’ change health promoters? Lessons for the developing world. Developing Country Studies. 4(15): 115-118
    29. Okyere P., Woodall J. & Appiah-Brempong, E. (2014) The effectiveness of health education interventions in increasing the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in low-income countries: A systematic review. Journal of Biosafety & Health Education. 2:113. doi:10.4172/2332-0893.1000113
    30. Appiah-Brempong, E., Okyere, P., Cross, R., & Odotei Adjei, R. (2013) Health behaviour change: Advancing the utility of motivational interviewing to health promotion. Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy. 5(5): 167. doi: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000167

     CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

    31. Ametefi V., Appiah-Brempong E., Okyere P., Vampere H., Nyarko G.O., Aggery P.A., Mintah F.D. (2021). Gravidity, Contraceptive Use and Acceptability of a Proposed Three-baby Policy in a Municipality of Ghana. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference of College of Health Sciences, KNUST (29TH – 30TH September)

    32. Gbolu S., Appiah-Brempong E., Okyere P., Vampere H., Nyarko G.O., Mensah K.A., (2021). Determinants of handwashing behavior of primary school teachers in Sene East district of the Bono East region of Ghana. In: The book of Abstracts of the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference of College of Health Sciences, KNUST (29TH – 30TH September)

    33. Sowah M., Appiah-Brempong E., Vampere H., Quarm M.A., (2021). Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perineal Tears in Two Hospitals in Ghana. In: The book of Abstracts of the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference of College of Health Sciences, KNUST (29TH – 30TH September)

    34. Hope P.K.F., Appiah-Brempong E., Nketia A., Akoto J.O., (2021). Outcome of Cataract Surgeries in Selected Facilities in The Central Region of Ghana. In: The book of Abstracts of the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference of College of Health Sciences, KNUST (29TH – 30TH September)

    35. Okyere-Mensah H., Brempong E.A., Kissi E., Babon-Ayeng P., (2021). Quality Health Service Delivery Under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme; The Health Worker’s Perspective. In: The book of Abstracts of the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference of College of Health Sciences, KNUST (29TH – 30TH September)

    36. Appiah-Brempong E., Harris MJ., Newton S., & Gulis G. (2018) Effect of a School-Based Hand Hygiene Educational Intervention (HandsCare) for Enhancing Adherence to Safe Handwashing Practices – A Cluster Randomised Control Trial. In: The Book of Abstracts of WASH International Conference, 17th-19th January 2018. Tamale, Institute of Desert Research (USA) & University of Development Studies (Ghana).

    37. Buabeng, B., Okyere, P., Appiah-Brempong, E., Mensah, K.A., Adjei, R.O., & Acheampong, E. (2017) Determinants of the Utilization of Skilled Delivery Services in a Predominantly Rural District of Ghana. Paper presented at 5th AfriNEAD and 7th College of Health Sciences Scientific Conference held at the Saarah Mensah Auditorium at KNUST, Kumasi (7th -9th, August 2017).

    38. Acquah-Gyan E., Appiah-Brempong E., Dogbe JA. & Owusu I. (2017) Challenges of persons with disability within the Kumasi Metropolis in accessing information on their human rights. Paper presented at 5th AfriNEAD and 7th College of Health Sciences Scientific Conference held at the Saarah Mensah Auditorium at KNUST, Kumasi (7th -9th, August 2017).

    39. Owusu-Appiah E., Appiah-Brempong, E. & Dogbe J. (2016) Assessing the inclusion of disability studies in the curriculum of programmes in a college of health sciences. In: Proceedings of the Ghana biomedical conference, 2nd - 4th August 2016. Ho, University of Health and Allied Sciences. p59.

    BOOKS/MANUALS

    40. Edusei, AK., Enuameh, Y., Mprah, WK., Dogbe, JA., Acheampong E., Owusu I., Okyere P., & Appiah-Brempong, E. (2017) Framework and strategies for disability mainstreaming in the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana. Accra, NCPD

    41. Appiah-Brempong E. (2017) Manual for Education on Handwashing with Soap: To be used by teachers in Basic Schools. Kumasi, Alpha Plus. 

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