IRB Faculty
The Medical &
Scientific Research Directorate
Prof. Alfred E. Yawson
MB ChB, MSc (LSE), DLSHTM, FWACP, FGCP
Associate Professor, Head of Department, Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Consultant Public Health Physician, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
aeyawson@ug.edu.gh | +233206301049
Education
- Certificate of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research - Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA - 07/2015
- Fellowship in Public Health (FGCP) | Ghana College of Physicians - 12/2014
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Gender, Vulnerability and Health & HIV and AIDS) - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA - 05/2011
- Fellowship in Community Health (FWACP) - West African Postgraduate College of Physicians - 10/2010
- Master of Science in Health Policy, Planning and Financing (MSc. HPPF) - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK. - 11/2006
- Diploma in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK. - 03/2007
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) - University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, Accra - 01/2003
- Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences - University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, Accra - 11/1999
Board Certifications
- Fellowship in Public Health (FGCP) | Ghana College of Physicians - 12/2014
- Fellowship in Community Health (FWACP) | West African Postgraduate College of Physicians - 10/2010
Research Interest
Research Focus
My area of specialty in Community Health is Health Systems and Health Services Delivery, with a research interest in improving systems and processes of health care delivery and quality improvement in the care of clients. Focusing on:
My area of specialty in Community Health is Health Systems and Health Services Delivery, with a research interest in improving systems and processes of health care delivery and quality improvement in the care of clients. Focusing on:
· Health Planning and Service Delivery
· Ageing and health of older adults
· Health and social aspects of non-communicable disease in children
· Health planning and services for Persons living with HIV and AIDS
Current Projects
Yawson (PI, Ghana) 2020-2021
Yawson (PI, Ghana) 2020-2021
Improved nutrition and sustainable livelihoods for female informal workers in Ghana and Nigeria: an interdisciplinary network . The Academy of Medical Sciences, UK, GCRF Networking Grant, 2020-2021
Role: Principal Investigator (PI) for the full study
Role: Principal Investigator (PI) for the full study
Kenu (PI, Ghana) 2019 – 2024
Understanding and Improving the Effectiveness of Public Health Laboratory Networks for Infectious Diseases in Ghana- National Institutes of Health (NIH)- 1 R01 AI136977-01A1- 2019 – 2024
Role: Co-Investigator (Co-PI) for the full study
Biritwum (PI, Ghana) 2017- 2020
Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 3. Financial support was provided by the US National Institute on Aging through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) with the World Health Organization
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) for the pilot and full study
And
Monitoring the effectiveness of salt reduction legislation on blood pressure in the South African population, comparing with Ghana as an African country with no such legislation.
And
Monitoring the effectiveness of salt reduction legislation on blood pressure in the South African population, comparing with Ghana as an African country with no such legislation.
Selected Publications
1. Kwaku Asah-Opoku, Donne Kofi Ameme, Alfred Yawson, Chris Bambey Guure, David Ernest Mireku Aduama, Kareem Mumuni, Ali Samba, Ernest Tei Maya. Adherence to the recommended timing of focused antenatal care in Accra, Ghana. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2019;33:123. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.123.15535 Available online at: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/33/123/full
2. Dei-Adomakoh YA, Akpalu J, Yawson A, Ekem I, Reynolds M, Atiase Y. Steroid-induced dysglycaemia in patients with haematological disorders - a 10 year review in a tertiary hospital. Ghana Med J 2019; 53(2): 156-162 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i2.11
3. Udofia EA, Aheto JMK, Mensah G, Biritwum R, Yawson AE. Prevalence and risk factors associated with non-traffic related injury in the older population in Ghana: Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). BMJ Preventive Medicine Reports. June 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100934
4. Duah Dwomoh, Susan Amuasi, Kofi Agyabeng, Gabriel Incoom, Yakubu Alhassan, Alfred Edwin Yawson. Understanding the determinants of infant and under-five mortality rates: a multivariate decomposition analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys in Ghana, 2003, 2008 and 2014. BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e001658. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2019-001658
5. Rominski SD, Bell AJ, Yawson AE, Nakua EK, Moyer CA. Is abortion justified to save the life or health of a woman? Evidence of public opinion from Accra, Ghana. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Jul 17. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12927.
6. Tetteh J, Kogi R, Yawson AO, Mensah G, Biritwum R, Yawson AE . Effect of self-rated health status on functioning difficulties among older adults in Ghana: Coarsened exact matching method of analysis of the World Health Organization’s study on global AGEing and adult health, Wave 2. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(11): e0224327. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224327
7. Calys-Tagoe BNL, Aheto JMK, Mensah G, Biritwum RB, Yawson AE. Mammography examination among women aged ≥40 years in Ghana: Evidence from Wave 2 of the WHO SAGE multi-country longitudinal study. Public Health 181 (2020) 40e45_Elsevier
8. Calys-Tagoe BNL; Aheto JMK, Mensah G; Biritwum RB; Yawson AE. Cervical cancer screening practices among women in Ghana: Evidence from Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health. BMC Women's Health. BMC Women's Health (2020) 20:49 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-00915-9
9. Adjei MR, Baafi JV, Bawa S, Sakyi A F, PC Appiah, Nuamah KT, Amugi G, Issah K, Letsa TS, Mensah G, Biritwum R and Yawson AE. Middle-age Spread of Overweight and Obesity in Ghana; Myth or Reality? Evidence from WHO SAGE Wave 2 Data. International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 41(2): 20-28, 2020. DOI https://doi.org/10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i230251
10. BoimaV, Ganu V, Yorke E, Dey D, Amissah-Arthur M-B, Agyabeng K, Yawson AE, Lartey M, Mate-Kole CC. Knowledge and willingness to donate kidneys for transplantation in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey. Transplant Proceedings 2020: 0041-1345/20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.165
11. Dwomoh D, Agyabeng K, Agbeshie K, Incoom G, Nortey P, Yawson AE, Bosomprah S. Impact evaluation of the free maternal healthcare policy on the risk of neonatal and infant deaths in four sub-Saharan African countries: a quasi-experimental design with propensity score Kernel matching and difference in differences analysis. BMJ Open2020;10:e033356. doi:10.1136/
12. Tetteh J, Entsua-Mensah K, Doku A, Mohammed S, Swithin S, Ayanore MA, Yawson AE. Self-reported hypertension as a predictor of chronic health conditions among older adults in Ghana: analysis of the WHO Study on global Ageing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 2. PAMJ Volume 36, Article 4, 04 May 2020 | 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.4.21489. (ISSN: 1937-8688).
13. Tetteh J, Fordjour G, Ekem-Ferguson G, Yawson AO, Boima V, Entsua- Mensah K, Biritwum R, Essuman A, Mensah G and Yawson AE. Visual impairment and social isolation, depression and life satisfaction among older adults in Ghana: analysis of the WHO’s Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 2. BMJ Open Ophthalmology2020; 5:e000492. doi:10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000492
14. Yawson AE, Tetteh J, Adomako I, Yamson P, Searyoh K , Mensah G and Biritwum R. Self-reported hearing difficulty, Subjective well-being and Social relationships among older adults in Ghana. Health Sciences Investigations Journal (HSIJ) 2020, 1(1): 16-23. https://doi.org/ 10.46829/hsijournal.2020.6.1.1.16-23
15. Amegbor PM , Kuuire VZ, Yawson AE, Rosenberg MW, and Sabel CE. Social Frailty and Depression Among Older Adults in Ghana: Insights from the WHO SAGE Surveys. Research on Aging. August 4, 2020 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027520946447
2. Dei-Adomakoh YA, Akpalu J, Yawson A, Ekem I, Reynolds M, Atiase Y. Steroid-induced dysglycaemia in patients with haematological disorders - a 10 year review in a tertiary hospital. Ghana Med J 2019; 53(2): 156-162 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i2.11
3. Udofia EA, Aheto JMK, Mensah G, Biritwum R, Yawson AE. Prevalence and risk factors associated with non-traffic related injury in the older population in Ghana: Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). BMJ Preventive Medicine Reports. June 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100934
4. Duah Dwomoh, Susan Amuasi, Kofi Agyabeng, Gabriel Incoom, Yakubu Alhassan, Alfred Edwin Yawson. Understanding the determinants of infant and under-five mortality rates: a multivariate decomposition analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys in Ghana, 2003, 2008 and 2014. BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e001658. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2019-001658
5. Rominski SD, Bell AJ, Yawson AE, Nakua EK, Moyer CA. Is abortion justified to save the life or health of a woman? Evidence of public opinion from Accra, Ghana. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Jul 17. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12927.
6. Tetteh J, Kogi R, Yawson AO, Mensah G, Biritwum R, Yawson AE . Effect of self-rated health status on functioning difficulties among older adults in Ghana: Coarsened exact matching method of analysis of the World Health Organization’s study on global AGEing and adult health, Wave 2. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(11): e0224327. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224327
7. Calys-Tagoe BNL, Aheto JMK, Mensah G, Biritwum RB, Yawson AE. Mammography examination among women aged ≥40 years in Ghana: Evidence from Wave 2 of the WHO SAGE multi-country longitudinal study. Public Health 181 (2020) 40e45_Elsevier
8. Calys-Tagoe BNL; Aheto JMK, Mensah G; Biritwum RB; Yawson AE. Cervical cancer screening practices among women in Ghana: Evidence from Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health. BMC Women's Health. BMC Women's Health (2020) 20:49 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-00915-9
9. Adjei MR, Baafi JV, Bawa S, Sakyi A F, PC Appiah, Nuamah KT, Amugi G, Issah K, Letsa TS, Mensah G, Biritwum R and Yawson AE. Middle-age Spread of Overweight and Obesity in Ghana; Myth or Reality? Evidence from WHO SAGE Wave 2 Data. International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 41(2): 20-28, 2020. DOI https://doi.org/10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i230251
10. BoimaV, Ganu V, Yorke E, Dey D, Amissah-Arthur M-B, Agyabeng K, Yawson AE, Lartey M, Mate-Kole CC. Knowledge and willingness to donate kidneys for transplantation in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey. Transplant Proceedings 2020: 0041-1345/20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.165
11. Dwomoh D, Agyabeng K, Agbeshie K, Incoom G, Nortey P, Yawson AE, Bosomprah S. Impact evaluation of the free maternal healthcare policy on the risk of neonatal and infant deaths in four sub-Saharan African countries: a quasi-experimental design with propensity score Kernel matching and difference in differences analysis. BMJ Open2020;10:e033356. doi:10.1136/
12. Tetteh J, Entsua-Mensah K, Doku A, Mohammed S, Swithin S, Ayanore MA, Yawson AE. Self-reported hypertension as a predictor of chronic health conditions among older adults in Ghana: analysis of the WHO Study on global Ageing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 2. PAMJ Volume 36, Article 4, 04 May 2020 | 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.4.21489. (ISSN: 1937-8688).
13. Tetteh J, Fordjour G, Ekem-Ferguson G, Yawson AO, Boima V, Entsua- Mensah K, Biritwum R, Essuman A, Mensah G and Yawson AE. Visual impairment and social isolation, depression and life satisfaction among older adults in Ghana: analysis of the WHO’s Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 2. BMJ Open Ophthalmology2020; 5:e000492. doi:10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000492
14. Yawson AE, Tetteh J, Adomako I, Yamson P, Searyoh K , Mensah G and Biritwum R. Self-reported hearing difficulty, Subjective well-being and Social relationships among older adults in Ghana. Health Sciences Investigations Journal (HSIJ) 2020, 1(1): 16-23. https://doi.org/ 10.46829/hsijournal.2020.6.1.1.16-23
15. Amegbor PM , Kuuire VZ, Yawson AE, Rosenberg MW, and Sabel CE. Social Frailty and Depression Among Older Adults in Ghana: Insights from the WHO SAGE Surveys. Research on Aging. August 4, 2020 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027520946447