Ernestina Asiedua

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2009per ORCID

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

I am a Registered Nurse, Midwife and Paediatric Nurse, with ten years of midwifery practice on the ward and over twenty years of teaching at the Nursing/Midwifery training colleges and the University. My research areas: Paediatric Health, Maternal morbidities and leadership in Health. Currently working at the School of Nursing/Midwifery University of Ghana. Now researching on obstetric fistula. From ORCID

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Health Professions
Clinical Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medicine

Publications: 212011–2026
Citations: 69to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.211.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%6 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 90%19 papers free to read

6 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Maternal and Child HealthUniversity of Ghanasince 2009

Education

PhD, School of Public HealthUniversity of Ghana2015–2020

Honours, memberships and service

Vice- President, MidwiferyGhana College of Nurses and Midwives2024–2026

Publications

21 in all

Perspectives on midwife-led care as a solution to reduce obstetric violence in health facilities in Ghana
2026Frontiers in Global Women s HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fgwh.2025.1654504
Breast ironing in Africa: a scoping review protocol
2026Frontiers in Reproductive HealthJournal

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1571%
Obstetrics and Gynecology733%
General Health Professions629%
Clinical Psychology419%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health419%
Emergency Medicine314%
Epidemiology314%
Nutrition and Dietetics314%
Safety Research210%
Speech and Hearing210%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health14
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences3
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions3
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management2
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction2
Global Health and Surgery2
Infant Development and Preterm Care2
Migration, Health and Trauma2
Ureteral procedures and complications2
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare1
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

52% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234678Home

Most frequent partner countries

Ireland9
Nigeria3
United States2
Canada2
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH15 papers
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayIE9 papers
Sunyani Technical UniversityGH9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH6 papers
Covenant UniversityNG2 papers
Purdue University West LafayetteUS1 paper
St George's, University of LondonGB1 paper
Trinity College DublinIE1 paper
University of AlbertaCA1 paper

Where they publish

Frontiers in Global Women s Health3
BMC Pediatrics2
Frontiers in Reproductive Health2
AJOG Global Reports1
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
BMC Public Health1
BMJ Open

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality8
3Good health and well-being3
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

An integrative literature review on the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in Africa
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
202322 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A narrative literature review on media and maternal health in Africa
World Medical & Health Policy17
202219 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Health-seeking experiences of women with obstetric fistula: a qualitative study at two fistula centres in Ghana