A5060565998- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Disaster Response and Management
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
UNSW Sydney
2021-2025
National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs
2025
University of Ghana
2017-2024
University of Newcastle Australia
2019-2022
Ghana's socio-cultural landscape proscribes suicidal behaviour, and this has serious ramifications for attempt survivors their families. The objective of qualitative study was to understand the experiences families how they cope with aftermath attempt. Ten attempted suicides agreed participate in study, hence were interviewed. information gathered manually analyzed according Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) resulting three major thematic areas. Three themes emerged two which...
To provide exploratory and descriptive evidence on the prevalence estimate some demographic correlates of suicidal behaviour among nursing midwifery college students in Ghana.We used a cross-sectional survey design.An anonymous involving randomly selected sample 305 was conducted March-May 2017. The Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised to assess (i.e., ideation, planning, threat attempt) risk.The lifetime suicide ideations (15.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.11-0.20), plans (6.6%; CI...
Religion performs a doubled edged role in suicide crisis. On the one hand, it elicits empathic responses towards suicidal persons. other, condemns and shames them. Although there is evidence that religion promotes better health general wellbeing, little attention has been given to its recovery, especially after attempt. The current study explored how facilitated recovery among attempt survivors.Using semi-structured interview guide, we interviewed survivors who had attended psychiatric unit....
Extant literature has shown that there is a higher prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners compared to the general population. These findings have, however, mostly been from high-income and westernised cultures. In Ghana, little known about extent psychiatric prisoners, as consistent with dearth scholarly work in low middle-income countries.Our aim was determine common sentenced second largest prison Ghana.A cross-sectional survey research design used one prison. The Mini...
Irresponsible media reporting of suicide is a potential risk for copycat suicide. There paucity studies from sub-Saharan Africa on the quality suicide.We assessed compliance Ghanaian online outlets with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines searched 10 local strong presence in Ghana, to identify suicide-related news reports 2000 through 2019. We applied summative content analysis and chi-square (χ2) test data.We included 288 reports, which 261 (90.6%) were completed suicides, 7 (2.4%)...
Family members are key in detecting early suicide warning signs. This study compared the reasons for suicidality as reported by attempt survivors with their family folks Ghana.A qualitative design was used to select a sample size of 20 (10 and 10 survivors). Thematic analysis analyse data.Analysis data showed two major themes: 1) Similar Reasons (where both families consistently similar 2) Different there were sharp divergences).Findings from this help understand readiness survivor intervene...
Carbonated soft drinks consumption is associated with weight gain and other chronic diseases.To examine whether socio-demographic factors, health risk factors psychological distress are carbonated drink among adolescents in selected senior high schools Ghana.Data were obtained from the 2012 Ghana Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). Participants consisted of 1756 school-going sampled using a two-stage cluster sampling method. Binomial logistic regression was used to determine...
Abstract Background Mining is a global industry and contributes significantly to international economies. This study seeks compare the patterns of psychological distress, job demand-control, associated characteristics between two countries (Australia/Ghana) increase understanding cross-cultural factors relevant mental health in this industry. Method A cross-sectional design was used. Eight coal mines Australia five gold Ghana. total 2622 mineworkers participated study. Kessler Psychological...
Abstract Background Research shows that the prevalence of substance use disorders among prison population is high globally. Although prisons are highly controlled environments, access to drugs and other substances in remains a major problem. Yet, previous research focussed mainly on Western context, with studies generally reporting lifetime without reference whether manifest even within environment. Aims To estimate evident while Ghana associated risk indicators. For these purposes, disorder...
There is growing recognition of mental health aspects workplace and safety. Mining a significant enterprise in the African continent; however, limited attention has been given to mining this region. Ghana largest gold producer Africa contributes significantly economy. Mental problems can have implications for wellbeing safety employees, yet little known about diverse geographic cultural contexts. This study aims explore available supports from perspective managers companies Ghana. A...
Community and governmental agencies often address disaster recovery resilience. However, few studies focus on how to achieve self-reliance use the psychological resources within be adaptive resilient in recovery. This systematic literature review explores models of resilience order (1) identify range publications topic literature, (2) constituent elements that have been proposed as contributing idea self-help a subset individual trait contexts. The found three study: faith, religious...
Homicide is one of the most severe crimes in criminal justice system. Evidence shows that majority offenders are likely to have a mental disorder. Studies established relationship between personality disorders, substance use and violence among offenders. The need understand concept disorders related homicide non-homicide offending cannot be over-emphasized low-and-middle-income countries. This study compared use, correlates Faschingbauer’s Abbreviated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality...