Irene Owusu-Darkwa

Also at University of Pretoriafrom their recent papers

Assistant Lecturer, University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Irene Owusu Darkwa is a nurse educator and public health nursing researcher at the University of Ghana. Her research focuses on hypertension and chronic noncommunicable disease management, with particular interest in psychoeducational interventions, patient- and family-centred care, behavioural and psychosocial support, health education and health promotion, and context-specific intervention development. Her doctoral research focuses on the development of a… More on ORCID

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Epidemiology
Hepatology
Business and International Management
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

In their own words

Hypertension| Chronic disease| Psychoeducation| Patient&Family-Centred Care| Public Health| H.E.P

Publications: 112016–2026
Citations: 36to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 88%7 of the 8 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 27 citations, h-index 3 and i10-index 1 (27 citations and h-index 3 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Assistant Lecturer, Public Health, NursingUniversity of Ghana

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Public Health, NursingUniversity of Ghana2023–2027
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Public Health, NursingUniversity of Ghana2023–2027

On their papers

Publications

11 in all

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine218%
Epidemiology218%
Hepatology218%
Business and International Management19%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics19%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism19%
Family Practice19%
Food Science19%
General Health Professions19%
Genetics19%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies2
Hepatitis B Virus Studies2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research1
African Studies and Ethnography1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Culinary Culture and Tourism1
Diabetes Management and Education1
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences1
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology1
Hepatitis C virus research1
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their 8 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Takoradi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH2 papers
University of PretoriaZA2 papers
Nurses' Training College, HoGH1 paper
Ghana Education ServiceGH1 paper
Ministry of HealthGH1 paper
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Pediatrics2
Chronic Illness2
Global Journal of Educational Studies2
BMC Family Practice1
BMJ Open1
Gender and Behaviour1
University of Ghana

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Beliefs and misconceptions about hypertension disease: A qualitative study among patients in a peri-urban community in Ghana
Chronic Illness
202515 citations
The Preparation of Jam: Using Star Fruit
Global Journal of Educational Studies
20167 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Beliefs and misconceptions about hypertension disease: A qualitative study among patients in a peri-urban community in Ghana
Chronic Illness
20236 citationsOpen access · Bronze