David Mensah Otoo
University of Health and Allied Sciences
Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dodowa Health Research Centre and Ghana Health Servicefrom their recent papers
- Research Assistant, Dodowa Health Research Centre, since 2022per ORCID
Publishing since 2017, latest 2026
- Economics and Econometrics
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Demography
- Epidemiology
- Health
In their own words
- Maternal and child health
- Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS and STI's
- Infectious Disease (Tuberculosis
- HIV/AIDs and STI's)
- Publications
- 152017–2026
- Citations
- 46to those papers
- h-index
- 3i10-index 1
- Field-weighted impact
- 1.841.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 25%3 of 12 scored papers
- Open access
- 92%11 of the 12 whose access is recorded
6 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 50 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 2 (50 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 10, 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.
Positions
- Research AssistantDodowa Health Research Centresince 2022
Education
- Masters, Global and International HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2026
- Bachelor of Public Health(Disease Control), Epidemiology and BiostatisticsUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences2017–2021
Honours, memberships and service
- Allied Health Professional Councilsince 2021
Publications
15 in all
- Prevalence and factors associated with underweight among children under five born to adolescent mothers: Evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0342460
- Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among residents of the Kwahu South Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana