Search Results - "Hagan, John Elvis"
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Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact and timely initiation of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in PloS one (10-01-2023)“…Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) plays a key role in breastfeeding practices of mothers. In this study, we examined the association between mother…”
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Joint effect of water and sanitation practices on childhood diarrhoea in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in PloS one (11-05-2023)“…Diarrhoea remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality of children under five years in Africa. Several studies have shown that inadequate and unsafe…”
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Predictors of young maternal age at first birth among women of reproductive age in Nigeria
Published in PloS one (13-01-2023)“…Adverse obstetric outcomes have been commonly associated with early childbearing in many low-and middle-income countries. Despite this evidence, scholarly…”
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Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory
Published in Frontiers in psychology (22-12-2022)“…Despite the widespread use of the sports emotion questionnaire (SEQ) in several studies, it is surprising that only a few have explicitly tested the validity…”
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Exploring temporal patterning of psychological skills usage during the week leading up to competition: Lessons for developing intervention programmes
Published in PloS one (07-08-2017)“…Although sport psychology literature focuses on psychological skills use to promote proficiency, it is still puzzling that current research has focused on…”
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COVID-19 Pandemic Worsening Gender Inequalities for Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health (29-07-2021)“…Pandemics such as COVID-19 have often resulted in international, national and sub-regional crises, with considerable inequities across many societies. With the…”
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Birth weight and nutritional status of children under five in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in PloS one (09-06-2022)“…Over the past three decades, undernutrition has become a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years globally. Low birth weight has…”
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Predictors of alcohol consumption among in-school adolescents in the Central Region of Ghana: A baseline information for developing cognitive-behavioural interventions
Published in PloS one (12-11-2018)“…Despite a recent shift in school going adolescents' engagement in health compromising behaviours and their related socio-economic implications on developing…”
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Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Food Service Staff in Bangladeshi Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study
Published in Nutrients (01-06-2022)“…Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among hospital food service staff are crucial in the prevention of foodborne disease outbreaks, as hospitalized…”
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Physical violence during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: why it matters and who are most susceptible?
Published in BMJ open (27-06-2023)“…ObjectiveThe study assessed the prevalence of physical violence against pregnant women and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).DesignWe analysed…”
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Dietary Diversity and Undernutrition in Children Aged 6-23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Nutrients (28-09-2021)“…Dietary diversity plays a major role in the health status of children. However, evidence on its crucial role on children's health status remains inconclusive…”
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The role of testing in the fight against COVID-19: Current happenings in Africa and the way forward
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-09-2020)“…The dramatic increase in suspected COVID-19 cases in Africa has placed an enormous burden on public and private clinical facilities. To date, the most commonly…”
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Assessing the dimensionality of the sense of coherence scale (SOC-L9) using Ghanaian university students: Guarding against the method effect
Published in Heliyon (30-08-2024)“…The dimensionality of the sense of coherence (SOC-L9) scale has been in contention due to the varied factor structure revealed in the literature. In this…”
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Prevalence and predictors of premarital sexual intercourse among young women in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Reproductive health (29-06-2023)“…Premarital sexual intercourse (PSI) without adequate information and/or appropriate application of the relevant knowledge about sex before marriage,…”
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Assessing sub-regional-specific strengths of healthcare systems associated with COVID-19 prevalence, deaths and recoveries in Africa
Published in PloS one (01-03-2021)“…The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has overwhelmed the health systems of several countries, particularly those within the African region. Notwithstanding, the…”
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Then and Now: Investigating Anthropometrics and Child Mortality among Females in Malawi
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (19-05-2022)“…Information on the concentration of body mass index and child death among females in Malawi, where the epidemics of weight gain have been disconcerting and…”
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Diabetes, Hypertension, and Comorbidity among Bangladeshi Adults: Associated Factors and Socio-Economic Inequalities
Published in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (23-12-2022)“…Diabetes, hypertension, and comorbidity are still crucial public health challenges that Bangladeshis face. Nonetheless, very few studies have been conducted to…”
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Moderated moderation modelling of subjective social status, pocket money and depressive symptoms of university students in Ghana
Published in Frontiers in public health (04-04-2024)“…Although the relationship between subjective social status and depression in university students has been well-established, this association could be seen as a…”
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Eye movements during motor imagery and execution reveal different visuomotor control strategies in manual interception
Published in Psychophysiology (01-12-2023)“…Previous research has investigated the degree of congruency in gaze metrics between action execution (AE) and motor imagery (MI) for similar manual tasks…”
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Gender Risk Perception and Coping Mechanisms among Ghanaian University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published in Healthcare (Basel) (06-04-2022)“…Recent research has shown that gender is an important driver of the risk of mortality and morbidity rates for people with COVID-19, with case fatality rates…”
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