Jacob Owusu Sarfo

ORCID: 0000-0003-2859-7278
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Research Areas
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Statistics Education and Methodologies
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sleep and related disorders

University of Cape Coast
2016-2025

Koforidua Technical University
2022-2025

University of South Africa
2024

Center for Global Development
2021-2024

Volgograd State University
2020-2024

Eastern Regional Medical Center
2023

Thammasat University
2023

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
2019-2022

University of the West of Scotland
2020

Anglia Ruskin University
2020

Suicide is recognised as the third leading cause of death among adolescents globally. There however limited data on prevalence and factors associated with suicide particularly in Ghana. To explore risk protective Ghana, a nationwide Global School-based Student Health Survey collected senior high school Ghana was used. The suicidal behaviours 18.2%, 22.5% 22.2% for ideation, plan attempt respectively. In final analysis, anxiety increases odds behaviour, even after controlling other variables....

10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.05.005 article EN cc-by-nc-nd SSM - Population Health 2017-05-06

Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) face the challenges of a rare condition impacting their motor neurons, placing substantial caregiving burdens on mothers. Despite being primary caregivers, mothers children SMA in Ghana often find voices unheard, restricted access to vital interventions like counselling, support groups, and respite care designed aid them. This study aimed explore experiences caring for Ghana, where diagnosis is delayed systems are limited. We conducted an...

10.1186/s12904-025-01651-3 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMC Palliative Care 2025-02-01
Viren Swami Ulrich S. Tran David Barron Reza Afhami Annie Aimé and 95 more Carlos A. Almenara Nursel Alp Dal Ana Carolina Soares Amaral Sonny Andrianto Gulnaz Anjum Marios Argyrides Mohammad Atari Mudassar Aziz Benjamin Banai Joanna Borowiec Alexandra Brewis Yeliz Çakır Koçak Juliana Álvares Duarte Bonini Campos Carmen Carmona Rodríguez Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon Hong Chen Phatthanakit Chobthamkit Bovornpot Choompunuch Togas Constantinos Aine Crumlish Julio Eduardo Cruz Simon E. Dalley Devi Damayanti Joanna Dare Stacey M. Donofrio Anja Draksler Michelle Escasa‐Dorne Elaine F. Fernandez Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira David A. Frederick Antonio Alías García Shulamit Geller George Alexias Louai Ghazieh Cosmin Goian Colin Gorman Caterina Grano Jonathan E. Handelzalts H. J. N. Horsburgh Todd Jackson Lady Grey Javela Marija Jović Marko Jović Adam Kantanista Sevag K. Kertechian Loes T. E. Kessels Magdalena Król-Zielińska Garry Kuan Yee Cheng Kueh Sanjay Kumar Ingela Lundin Kvalem Caterina Lombardo Ernesto Luis López Almada Christophe Maïano Mandar Manjary Karlijn Massar Camilla Matera Juliana F. Figueiras Mereiles Norbert Meskó Hikari Namatame Amanda Nerini Félix Neto Joana Neto Ângela Nogueira Neves Siu-Kuen Ng Devi R. Nithiya Salma Samir Omar Mika Omori Maria Serena Panasiti Irena Pavela Banai Eva Pila Alessandra Pokrajac-Bulian Vita Poštuvan Ivanka Prichard Magdalena Razmus Catherine M. Sabiston Reza N. Sahlan Jacob Owusu Sarfo Yoko Sawamiya Stefan Stieger Cindi SturtzSreetharan Eugene Y. J. Tee Gill A. ten Hoor Kulvadee Thongpibul Arun Tipandjan Otilia Tudorel Tracy L. Tylka Zahir Vally Juan Camilo Vargas-Nieto Luis Diego Vega Jose Vidal-Mollón Mona Vintilă Deborah Williams Amber Wutich Yuko Yamamiya

10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.01.006 article EN Body Image 2020-02-04

Qualitative research is currently growing in acceptance, especially within the health scope.Notwithstanding this positive trend, issues about adequacy of sample size have been a contention among qualitative and quantitative-based researchers.Our paper seeks to address some facing popular designs human with backdrop.Our article explains five key (case study, narrative inquiry, ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory).Based on existing studies, we reported their respective ranges that...

10.13187/jare.2021.3.60 article EN Deleted Journal 2021-12-05

Commercial bus drivers account for most road traffic crashes and related mortality. The psychosocial working conditions of these have been found precarious. However, safety initiatives in Ghana still focus on correcting risky driving behaviours, ignoring the under which operate. Hence, purpose this study was to examine whether work factors can predict psychological well-being behaviours long-distance Ghana. This quantitative cross-sectional survey recruited 7315 that operate from Accra other...

10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104193 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Acta Psychologica 2024-02-20

Nurses perception and attitude towards an older patient can positively or negatively influence the quality rendered. As students under training, views of this population needs to be sought shaped improve care patients receive. This is because life expectancy on rise. The study aimed explore students' ageing their adults.An exploratory descriptive design was used. Data form containing sociodemographic attributes a semi-structured interview developed by researchers in line with literature....

10.1186/s12909-021-03090-z article EN cc-by BMC Medical Education 2022-01-08

Routine childhood vaccination (RCV) has demonstrated its effectiveness, saving millions of lives globally and reducing mortality. However, several factors impede mothers from completing their children's schedule. The purpose this study was to determine influencing RCV among children aged 12–23 months in the Adansi South District (ASD) Ghana. A cross-sectional community-based survey with a census approach conducted involving 3,312 months. Frequency percentage, bivariate, hierarchical binary...

10.1186/s12887-025-05559-y article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMC Pediatrics 2025-03-17
Jenny Terry Robert M. Ross Tamás Nagy Mauricio Salgado Patricia Garrido-Vásquez and 95 more Jacob Owusu Sarfo Susan Cooper Anke Caroline Büttner Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima İbrahim Öztürk Nazlı Akay Flávia H. Santos Christina Artemenko Lee T. Copping Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif Ilija Milovanović Robert A. Cribbie Marina Drushlyak Katherine Swainston Yiyun Shou Juan David Leongómez Nicola Palena Fitri Ariyanti Abidin María Fernanda Reyes Yunfeng He Juneman Abraham Argiro Vatakis Kristin Jankowsky Stephanie Schmidt Elise Grimm Desirée González Martín Philipp Schmid Roberto A. Ferreira Dmitri Rozgonjuk Neslihan Özhan Patrick A. O’Connor András N. Zsidó Gregor Štiglic Darren Rhodes Cristina Rodríguez Ivan Ropovik Violeta Enea Ratri Nurwanti Alejandro J. Estudillo Nataly Beribisky Karel Karsten Himawan Linda Geven Anne H. van Hoogmoed Amélie Bret Jodie E. Chapman Udi Alter Zoe M. Flack Donncha Hanna Mojtaba Soltanlou Gabriel Baník Matúš Adamkovič Sanne H.G. van der Ven Jochen A. Mosbacher Hilal H. Şen Joel Anderson Michael Batashvili Kristel De Groot Matthew O. Parker Mai Helmy Mariia Ostroha Katie Anne Gilligan-Lee Felix Egara Martin J. Barwood Karuna S Thomas Grace McMahon Siobhán M. Griffin Hans‐Christoph Nuerk Alyssa Counsell Oliver Lindemann Dirk Van Rooy Theresa Elise Wege Joanna Lewis Balázs Aczél Conal Monaghan Ali H. Al‐Hoorie Julia F. Huber Saadet Yapan Mauricio E. Garrido Vásquez Antonino Callea Tolga Ergiyen James M. Clay Gaëtan Mertens Feyza Topçu Merve Gülçin Tutlu Karin Täht Kristel Mikkor Letizia Caso Alexander Karner Maxine M. C. Storm Gabriella Daróczy Rizqy Amelia Zein Andrea Greco Erin Michelle Buchanan Katharina Schmid Thomas E. Hunt

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students 100 universities in 35 countries, collected 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creativity, intolerance of uncertainty, and fear negative evaluation), self-efficacy, persistence, the cognitive reflection demographics, previous mathematics grades, self-reported official statistics module details. Data reuse potential is broad, including...

10.5334/jopd.80 article EN cc-by Journal of Open Psychology Data 2023-05-29

Improving psychosocial work environment of long-distance bus drivers is essential for their psychological well-being and on-the-road safety. Despite the importance drivers, it has received little research attention in Ghana other developing nations. Hence, this study examined influence factors (job demands job resources) on safety incidents how mediates association.

10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26878 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Heliyon 2024-02-22
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