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  1. When the Cord Falls Off Early, We the Mothers Can Come Out of Confinement: Newborn Cord Care Practices in Urban Slums in Accra, Ghana

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 2026, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  2. Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Assessment of Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Feasibility Measures for Family Planning Interventions Among Midwives and Nurses in Ghana

    Article • March 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  3. The African youth in mind (Y-MIND) brief psychological intervention for depression among school-going adolescents in Ghana: a development case series

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  4. Illness explanatory models of depression among young people in low-resource settings: A qualitative study in Ghana and Zimbabwe

    Article • PLOS One, January 2026, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  5. Editorial: Public health approaches to ending violence against women: global campaigns, policy, and community action

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2026, Frontiers

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  6. ‘My mother said it is not good, so I poured that one away’: mixed methods study on breastfeeding perceptions and practices in Ghana’s urban slums

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  7. Diabetes self-care activities and health-related quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes in Ho, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Endocrine Disorders, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  8. Barriers and enablers to help-seeking for common mental disorders among young people in low-income settings: Perspectives from Zimbabwe

    Article • PLOS One, November 2025, PLOS

    Rufaro Mushonga, Dr Franklin N Glozah

  9. Correction: Parental involvement in school-based mental health interventions for young people in low-resource settings: A qualitative study from Zimbabwe and Ghana

    Article • PLOS One, October 2025, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  10. Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons from COVID-19’s Impact on Child and Adolescent Health Inequities in Ghana

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  11. Stakeholders perspective of integrating female genital schistosomiasis into HIV care: A qualitative study in Ghana

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2025, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  12. Psychosocial factors driving common substances used among Ghanaian senior high school students

    Article • BMC Research Notes, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  13. Parental involvement in school-based mental health interventions for young people in low-resource settings: A qualitative study from Zimbabwe and Ghana

    Article • PLOS One, May 2025, PLOS

    Rufaro Mushonga, Dr Franklin N Glozah

  14. ‘My mother said it is not good, so I poured that one away’: a mixed methods study on breast feeding knowledge, perceptions and practices in Ghana’s urban slums

    Article • April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  15. Newborn thermal care practices in two urban slums in southern Ghana: evidence from a concurrent mixed methods study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  16. African Youth in Mind – Protocol of a Pilot feasibility trial of a brief psychological Intervention for older adolescents with depression delivered through senior high schools in Navrongo, Ghana

    Article • PLOS One, April 2025, PLOS

    Dr Kimberley Goldsmith, Dr Franklin N Glozah

  17. Correction: Reaching adolescents with health services: Systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups and wellbeing programme in Ghana (Y-Check, Ghana)

    Article • PLOS One, December 2024, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  18. ‘Asram' is not for hospital’: Perceptions and management of newborn illnesses in two urban slums in Accra, Ghana

    Article • December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  19. Prevalence, distribution and predictors of the occurrence of newborn illnesses in two urban slums in Accra, Ghana

    Article • November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  20. Community beliefs and practices about diabetes and their implications for the prevention and management of diabetes in Southeast Ghana

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  21. Evaluating the performance of a virtual platform ‘T-BOM’ for mentorship in tropical diseases research among early career scientists: Insights from a pilot in Nigeria and other resource-limited settings

    Article • Parasite Epidemiology and Control, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  22. Thermal care practices among neonatal mothers in two urban slums in Southern Ghana: evidence from a concurrent mixed methods study

    Article • October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  23. Reaching adolescents with health services: Systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups and wellbeing programme in Ghana (Y-Check, Ghana)

    Article • PLOS One, August 2024, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  24. Stakeholders Perspective of Integrating Female Genital Schistosomiasis into HIV Care: A Qualitative Study in Ghana

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  25. Current substance use patterns and associated factors among Ghanaian adolescents in senior high school

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  26. Assessing LLIN distribution implementation using evidence-informed intervention core elements: a qualitative study in a resource-constrained setting

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  27. Adolescent health and well-being check-up programme in three African cities (Y-Check): protocol for a multimethod, prospective, hybrid implementation-effectiveness study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2024, BMJ

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  28. Implementation and effectiveness outcomes of Community Health Advocacy Teams to improve long-lasting insecticide net distribution and use in six districts in Ghana: A one-group pre-post-test study

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, April 2024, PLOS

    Philip Tabong, Dr Franklin N Glozah

  29. Assessing health-related quality of life and clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes accessing healthcare in two public hospitals in south-eastern Ghana: a cross-sectional descriptive study

    Article • Quality of Life Research, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  30. Factors associated with glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ho, Ghana: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Metabolism Open, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  31. Young people and gambling in sub-Saharan Africa: towards a critical research agenda

    Article • Journal of the British Academy, November 2023, British Academy

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  32. Women’s sexual empowerment and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ghana: evidence from the 2014 demographic and health survey

    Article • BMC Women s Health, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  33. Pilot implementation of community health advocacy teams to improve the effectiveness of long-lasting insecticide net distribution through both campaigns and continuous channels in Ghana: a qualitative study of opportunities and barriers to implementation

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, July 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  34. Implementation and effectiveness outcomes of Community Health Advocacy Teams to improve long-lasting insecticide net distribution and use in six districts in Ghana: a one-group pre-post-test study

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  35. Capacity building through comprehensive implementation research training and mentorship: an approach for translating knowledge into practice

    Article • Globalization and Health, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  36. “…, I don’t think the disease is real, some people have just taken pictures to scare us to take the medications”: A qualitative study exploring perceptions about mass drug administration acceptance for lymphatic filariasis in Ghanaian communities

    Article • March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  37. Capacity Building through Comprehensive Implementation Research Training and Mentorship: An approach for translating knowledge into practice

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  38. Pilot Implementation of Community Health Advocacy Teams to Improve the Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Insecticide Net Distribution through both Campaigns and Continuous Channels in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Opportunities and Barriers to Implementation

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  39. Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a comparative policy analysis

    Article • Public Health, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  40. Burnout and allostatic load among health workers engaged in human resourced-constrained hospitals in Accra, Ghana

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  41. Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • The Lancet Public Health, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Morteza Saki, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dr Amr Hassan, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Mr. Deldar Morad Abdulah, Dr Aidin Abedi, Dr Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Additional Prof (Dr.) Paramdeep Singh, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Asrat Arja Wolde, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr. Ahmed I. Hasaballah, Dr Vijay Kumar Chattu, Laszlo Lorenzovici, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, Sumaira Mubarik, Abay Woday Tadesse, Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Hitesh Chopra, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Ayele Abebe, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr Shariful Islam, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Pritik A Shah, Dr Franklin N Glozah, Dr. Mohamed Mesregah MD, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr. Alok Atreya, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Soumyadeep Mukherjee, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Hamed Seddighi

  42. Reaching adolescents with health services: systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups programme in Ghana (Y-Check, Ghana)

    Article • July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  43. Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020

    Article • The Lancet, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Getinet Ayano, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Shariful Islam, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Prof Joel Msafiri Francis, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr. Ahmed I. Hasaballah, Dr Vijay Kumar Chattu, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Sumaira Mubarik, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Franklin N Glozah, Dr Bereket Duko , Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr. Alok Atreya, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti

  44. Burnout syndrome among healthcare workers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Accra, Ghana

    Article • PLOS One, June 2022, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  45. Creating interventions to transition long-lasting insecticide net distribution in Ghana

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2022, BMJ

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  46. Pregnant adolescents’ lived experiences and coping strategies in peri-urban district in Southern Ghana

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  47. Creating Interventions to Transition Long Lasting Insecticide Net Distribution in Ghana

    Article • April 2022, Research Square

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  48. A Global Crowdsourcing Open Call to Improve Research Mentorship in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Mixed Methods Analysis

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2022, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  49. Adolescents’ Perceptions of Sexual and Reproductive Health: Does the Adolescent School Health Club Intervention Matter?

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  50. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • The Lancet, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Shrikant Pawar, Turki Alanzi, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, Getinet Ayano, Professor Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Dr Aidin Abedi, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr. Ahmed I. Hasaballah, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Dr Hoa Do, Sumaira Mubarik, Prof Maha El Tantawi, Mostafa Dianati, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr. Mohammad Rifat Haider, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Franklin N Glozah

  51. Adapting a skills-based stroke prevention intervention for communities in Ghana: a qualitative study

    Article • Implementation Science Communications, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  52. University students’ alcohol use behaviour and self-efficacy to abstain from alcohol use: data from Ghana

    Article • BMC Research Notes, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  53. Participation and attitudes towards gambling in Ghanaian youth: an exploratory analysis of risk and protective factors

    Article • International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, March 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  54. Parental involvement could mitigate the effects of physical activity and dietary habits on mental distress in Ghanaian youth

    Article • PLOS One, May 2018, PLOS

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  55. Correlation between quality of pain and depression: A post-operative assessment of pain after caesarian section among women in Ghana

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Pain, July 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  56. Socio-demographic characteristics and psychosocial consequences of sickle cell disease: the case of patients in a public hospital in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  57. Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Social Support from Family and Friends Scale: Data from an Adolescent Sample in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  58. Association between psychosomatic health symptoms and common mental illness in Ghanaian adolescents: Age and gender as potential moderators

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, February 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  59. Malaria Control Mechanisms for Effective Healthcare Delivery in Ghana: The Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

    Article • Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, January 2016, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  60. Assessing alcohol abstinence self-efficacy in undergraduate students: psychometric evaluation of the alcohol abstinence self-efficacy scale

    Article • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  61. Exploring Ghanaian adolescents’ meaning of health and wellbeing: A psychosocial perspective

    Article • International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, April 2015, Co-Action Publishing

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  62. Factor structure and psychometric properties of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) among Ghanaian adolescents

    Article • Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  63. Perceived social support and parental education as determinants of adolescents’ physical activity and eating behaviour: a cross-sectional survey

    Article • International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  64. Exploring the role of self-esteem and parenting patterns on alcohol use and abuse among adolescents

    Article • October 2014, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  65. Social support, stress, health, and academic success in Ghanaian adolescents: A path analysis

    Article • Journal of Adolescence, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

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    Article • Journal of Human Sciences, May 2014, Uluslararasi Insan Bilimleri Dergisi

    Dr Franklin N Glozah

  67. Effects of Academic Stress and Perceived Social Support on the Psychological Wellbeing of Adolescents in Ghana

    Article • Open Journal of Medical Psychology, January 2013, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Franklin N Glozah