The experience of caregivers of people living with serious mental disorders: a study from rural Ghana

KA Ae-Ngibise, VCK Doku, KP Asante… - Global health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Families and friends who give care to people with mental disorders (MDs) are
affected in a variety of ways and degrees. The interplay of caregiving consequences …

[HTML][HTML] The mental health outcomes of food insecurity and insufficiency in West Africa: a systematic narrative review

KA Ae-Ngibise, W Asare-Doku, J Peprah… - Behavioral …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Food insufficiency is a global pandemic affecting many people, especially
those residing in developing countries. African countries have been affected by food …

The effect of clean cooking interventions on mother and child personal exposure to air pollution: results from the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study …

SN Chillrud, KA Ae-Ngibise, CF Gould… - Journal of exposure …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Clean cooking interventions to reduce air pollution exposure from burning
biomass for daily cooking and heating needs have the potential to reduce a large burden of …

[HTML][HTML] Ambulatory monitoring demonstrates an acute association between cookstove-related carbon monoxide and blood pressure in a Ghanaian cohort

AK Quinn, KA Ae-Ngibise, PL Kinney, S Kaali… - Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
Background Repeated exposure to household air pollution may intermittently raise blood
pressure (BP) and affect cardiovascular outcomes. We investigated whether hourly carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal maternal stress and birth outcomes in rural Ghana: sex-specific associations

KA Ae-Ngibise, BJ Wylie, E Boamah-Kaali… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background In developed countries, prenatal maternal stress has been associated with poor
fetal growth, however this has not been evaluated in rural sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated …

Experiences with the mass distribution of LPG stoves in rural communities of Ghana

MA Abdulai, S Afari-Asiedu, D Carrion, KA Ae-Ngibise… - EcoHealth, 2018 - Springer
Household air pollution (HAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To
limit HAP exposure and environmental degradation from biomass fuel use, the Government …

[HTML][HTML] Psychiatric disorders among the military in West Africa: a systematic narrative review

W Asare-Doku, GM Donnir… - Behavioral …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Military combat impacts the mental health of veterans and active military
personnel. Although various studies, the majority of which are from Westernized countries …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal household air pollution alters cord blood mononuclear cell mitochondrial DNA copy number: sex-specific associations

S Kaali, DW Jack, R Delimini, L Hu, K Burkart… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Associations between prenatal household air pollution (HAP) exposure or
cookstove intervention to reduce HAP and cord blood mononuclear cell (CBMC) …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the enablers and barriers for the adoption of clean cookstoves in the middle Belt of Ghana—A qualitative study

F Agbokey, R Dwommoh, T Tawiah… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite its benefits and espousal in developed counties, the adoption of clean cookstoves is
reportedly low in less developed countries, especially in Sub–Saharan Africa. This …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and synthesis of the strengths and limitations of measuring malaria mortality through verbal autopsy

S Herrera, Y Enuameh, G Adjei, KA Ae-Ngibise… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Lack of valid and reliable data on malaria deaths continues to be a problem that
plagues the global health community. To address this gap, the verbal autopsy (VA) method …