Augustine Adomah-Afari

University of Ghana

Lecturer, University of Ghana School of Public Health, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Finance
Health Information Management
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications: 342015–2026
Citations: 368to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 1.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%6 of 34 scored papers
Open access: 65%22 papers free to read

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Health Policy, Planning and ManagementUniversity of Ghana School of Public Healthsince 2012

Education

Ph.D, MA, MBA, BSc(Admin), Health Policy, Planning and ManagementUniversity of Ghana1992–2000

On their papers

Publications

34 in all

Medical students’ intention to adopt electronic health records to improve the quality of healthcare
2026International Journal of Health Care Quality AssuranceJournalSenior author0 citations10.1108/ijhcqa-01-2026-0027
Structural factors affecting the quality of sickle cell disease care in a low-resource setting
2026Journal of Integrated Care

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1338%
General Health Professions1132%
Finance515%
Health Information Management515%
Infectious Diseases515%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health515%
Economics and Econometrics412%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management412%
Clinical Psychology39%
Epidemiology39%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health13
Healthcare Systems and Reforms5
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty3
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk3
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses3
Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare3
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology3
Electronic Health Records Systems2
Global Health and Surgery2
Global Health Care Issues2
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

26% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States3
South Africa3
United Kingdom3
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH11 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH4 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH3 papers
Sheffield Hallam UniversityGB2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Catholic University College of GhanaGH2 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB1 paper
Drexel UniversityUS1 paper
Southern Medical UniversityCN1 paper
United States Agency for International DevelopmentUS1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance6
BMC Family Practice2
International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences2
AIMS Public Health1
American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers)1
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
1No poverty4
4Quality education2
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Modern contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Ghana: prevalence, predictors, and policy implications
BMC Women s Health3
2018160 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Rural healthcare providers coping with clinical care delivery challenges: lessons from three health centres in Ghana
BMC Family Practice1
202147 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Blood donation/intention among healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in Central Ghana

2025International Journal of Health Care Quality AssuranceJournalSenior author1 citation10.1108/ijhcqa-12-2024-0113

The Push and Pull Factors in the Retention of Health Workers in a District in Ghana

2023Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.9734/ajrimps/2023/v12i4235

PATIENTS’ PERSPECTIVE OF PATIENT-CENTRED CARE IN SELECTED HEALTH FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN GHANA

2023Journal of Innovations in Business and IndustryJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.61552/jibi.2024.02.006

Utilization of Healthcare Services by the Elderly Patients at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

2021American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers)JournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations

The Effect of Social Health Issues on Postpartum Depression: Analysis from a Community Sample in Ghana

2020Central African Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.11648/j.cajph.20200602.16

Influence of Job Related Factors on Encouraging Savings for Health Care towards Old Age among Nurses in a Municipality, Ghana

2019International Journal of Social and Administrative SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.18488/journal.136.2019.41.14.30

Enhancing Patient Satisfaction - Relationship Marketing Strategies of Two Specialist Hospitals in Accra, Ghana

2019International Journal of Social and Administrative SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.18488/journal.136.2019.42.213.231

Relationship marketing strategy

2018International Journal of Health Care Quality AssuranceJournalFirst author5 citations10.1108/ijhcqa-05-2017-0086

“When I am with my husband, I do not feel mosquito bite”

2017International Journal of Health Care Quality AssuranceJournalSenior author5 citations10.1108/ijhcqa-03-2016-0032

MUTUAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AS FACILITATORS AND/OR BARRIERS TOWARDS THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF NHIS IN GHANA

2017Annals of Public and Cooperative EconomicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1111/apce.12158

The challenges to performance and sustaining mutual health organisations/health institutions

2015International Journal of Health Care Quality AssuranceJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1108/ijhcqa-02-2015-0018

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health1

Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences1

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 10 · 29%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 26%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 34 papers name a funder

University of Ghana4
African Population and Health Research Center1
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit1
Southern Medical University1

Health providers’ perception of quality of care for neonates in health facilities in a municipality in Southern Ghana

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance9

201629 citationsWorld top 10%