Ayaga Agula Bawah

Affiliations

Regional, Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 96, Legon, Ghana.

Publications (37)

Contraceptive use intentions and unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

Reproductive health

Avec: Ayaga A Bawah , Patrick Asuming , Sebastian F Achana , Edmund W Kanmiki , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips

The child survival impact of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program: A health systems strengthening plausibility trial in Northern Ghana.

PloS one

Avec: Ayaga A Bawah , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , Patrick O Asuming , Elizabeth F Jackson , Christopher B Boyer , Edmund W Kanmiki , Sebastian F Achana , James Akazili , James F Phillips

Dynamics of Emergency Contraceptive Use in Accra, Ghana.

Studies in family planning

Avec: Elizabeth G Henry , Caesar Agula , Charles Agyei-Asabere , Patrick O Asuming , Ayaga A Bawah , David Canning , Iqbal Shah

Impact of community health interventions on maternal and child health indicators in the upper east region of Ghana.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Avec: Evelyn Sakeah , Ayaga A Bawah , Patrick O Asuming , Cornelius Debpuur , Paul Welaga , Timothy Awine , Maria Anyorikeya , Irene Kuwolamo , Juhwan Oh , Hoon Sang Lee , Hwa-Young Lee , Inseok Lee , Myeong Seon Kim , Seoyeon Hong , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips , Patrick Aboagye , Abraham R Oduro

Potential gains in reproductive-aged life expectancy if maternal mortality were eradicated from the Kintampo districts of Central Ghana.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Avec: Sulemana Watara Abubakari , Ernest Obed Nettey , Edward Anane Apraku , Charles Zandoh , Seeba Amenga-Etego , Kwaku Poku Asante , Seth Owusu-Agyei , Delali Margaret Badasu

Socio-economic and demographic disparities in ownership and use of insecticide-treated bed nets for preventing malaria among rural reproductive-aged women in northern Ghana.

PloS one

Avec: Edmund Wedam Kanmiki , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips , Stephen Patrick Kachur , Sabastian F Achana , James Akazili , Ayaga A Bawah

Contraceptive method use, discontinuation and failure rates among women aged 15-49 years: evidence from selected low income settings in Kumasi, Ghana.

Contraception and reproductive medicine

Avec: Ayaga A Bawah , Ryoko Sato , Patrick Asuming , Elizabeth G Henry , Caesar Agula , Charles Agyei-Asabere , David Canning , Iqbal Shah

Social and demographic correlates of cardiovascular mortality in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Ghana: a verbal post-mortem analysis.

International journal of epidemiology

Avec: Abraham R Oduro , Jordan Francke , Patrick Ansah , Elizabeth F Jackson , George Wak , James F Phillips , Leah A Haykin , Daniel Azongo , Ayaga A Bawah , Paul Welaga , Abraham Hodgson , Raymond Aborigo , David J Heller

Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health Seeking in Ghana.

Journal of international development

Avec: Patrick Opoku Asuming , Deborah Aba Gaisie , Caesar Agula ,

Using Health Systems and Policy Research to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Ghana.

Global health, science and practice

Avec: John Koku Awoonor-Williams , Stephen Apanga , Ayaga A Bawah , James F Phillips , Patrick S Kachur

Prevalence, perceptions and associated factors of health insurance enrollment among older persons in selected cash grant communities in Ghana: a cross-sectional mixed method.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Doris Ottie-Boakye , Ayagah Agula Bawah , Naa Dodua Dodoo , J K Anarfi

Volunteer responsibilities, motivations and challenges in implementation of the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) initiative in Ghana: qualitative evidence from two systems learning districts of the CHPS+ project.

BMC health services research

Avec: Margaret Kweku , Emmanuel Manu , Hubert Amu , Fortress Yayra Aku , Martin Adjuik , Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang , Joyce Komesuor , Geoffery Adebayor Asalu , Norbert N Amuna , Laud Ampomah Boateng , Justine Sefakor Alornyo , Roland Glover , Ayaga A Bawah , Timothy Letsa , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips , John Owusu Gyapong

Cost of implementing a community-based primary health care strengthening program: The case of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program in northern Ghana.

PloS one

Avec: Edmund Wedam Kanmiki , James Akazili , Ayaga A Bawah , James F Phillips , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , Patrick O Asuming , Abraham R Oduro , Moses Aikins

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: a qualitative study.

BMC public health

Avec: Leah A Haykin , Jordan A Francke , Aurelia Abapali , Elliasu Yakubu , Edith Dambayi , Elizabeth F Jackson , Raymond Aborigo , Denis Awuni , Engelbert A Nonterah , Abraham R Oduro , Ayaga A Bawah , James F Phillips , David J Heller

Being ready, willing and able: understanding the dynamics of family planning decision-making through community-based group discussions in the Northern Region, Ghana.

Genus

Avec: Adriana A E Biney , Kalifa J Wright , Mawuli K Kushitor , Elizabeth F Jackson , James F Phillips , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , Ayaga A Bawah

"You Can't Look at an Orange and Draw a Banana": Using Research Evidence to Develop Relevant Health Policy in Ghana.

Global health, science and practice

Avec: Ayaga A Bawah , Adriana A E Biney , Pearl Kyei

"The trip actually opened our eyes to things that we were supposed to do and we were not doing": developing primary health care system leadership in a low-income country with peer exchanges.

Research in health services & regions

Avec: Mawuli Kushitor , Kalifa Wright , Adriana Biney , Edmund W Kanmiki , Pearl Kyei , James F Phillips , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , Ayaga A Bawah

Spousal age differences and women's contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa.

Contraception and reproductive medicine

Avec: Pearl S Kyei , Ayaga A Bawah

Out-of-pocket payment for primary healthcare in the era of national health insurance: Evidence from northern Ghana.

PloS one

Avec: Edmund Wedam Kanmiki , Ayaga A Bawah , James F Phillips , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , S Patrick Kachur , Patrick O Asuming , Caesar Agula , James Akazili

Unawareness of health insurance expiration status among women of reproductive age in Northern Ghana: implications for achieving universal health coverage.

Journal of health, population, and nutrition

Avec: Edmund Wedam Kanmiki , Ayaga A Bawah , James Akazili , Isaiah Agorinyah , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips , Kassem M Kassak

Community utilisation and satisfaction with the community-based health planning and services initiative in Ghana: a comparative study in two system learning districts of the CHPS+ project.

BMC health services research

Avec: Margaret Kweku , Hubert Amu , Martin Adjuik , Fortress Yayra Aku , Emmanuel Manu , Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang , Joyce Komesuor , Geoffrey Adebayor Asalu , Norbert Ndaah Amuna , Laud Ampomah Boateng , Justine Sefakor Alornyo , Roland Glover , Ayaga A Bawah , Timothy Letsa , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips , John Owusu Gyapong

Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on improving the implementation of primary health care.

PloS one

Avec: Margaret Kweku , Hubert Amu , Adam Awolu , Martin Adjuik , Martin Amogre Ayanore , Emmanuel Manu , Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang , Joyce Komesuor , Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu , Fortress Yayra Aku , Nuworza Kugbey , Fidelis Anumu , Laud Ampomah Boateng , Justine Sefakor Alornyo , Roland Glover , Timothy Letsa , Ayaga A Bawah , Nicholas S Kanlisi , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , James F Phillips , John Owusu Gyapong

Methods women use for induced abortion and sources of services: insights from poor urban settlements of Accra, Ghana.

BMC women's health

Avec: Caesar Agula , Elizabeth G Henry , Patrick O Asuming , Charles Agyei-Asabere , Mawuli Kushitor , David Canning , Iqbal Shah , Ayaga A Bawah

Earth System's Gatekeeping of "One Health" Approach to Manage Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases.

GeoHealth

Avec: Delali B K Dovie , Michael K Miyittah , Daniel E Dodor , Mawuli Dzodzomenyo , Aaron K Christian , Reuben Tete-Larbi , Samuel N A Codjoe , Ayaga A Bawah

Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana.

BMC women's health

Avec: Martin Wiredu Agyekum , Elizabeth G Henry , Mawuli Komla Kushitor , Akua Danquah Obeng-Dwamena , Caesar Agula , Patrick Opoku Asuming , Theophilus Toprah , Charles Agyei-Asabere , Iqbal Shah , Ayaga A Bawah

The impact of a health systems strengthening initiative on child morbidity: The case of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program in rural northern Ghana.

PloS one

Avec: Patrick Opoku Asuming , Edmund W Kanmiki , James F Phillips

The Value Proposition of Coordinated Population Cohorts Across Africa.

Annual review of biomedical data science

Avec: Michèle Ramsay , Amelia C Crampin , Ayaga A Bawah , Evelyn Gitau , Kobus Herbst

Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana.

Population and environment

Avec: Jacob Doku Tetteh , Michael R Templeton , Alicia Cavanaugh , Honor Bixby , George Owusu , Sandow Mark Yidana , Simon Moulds , Brian Robinson , Jill Baumgartner , Samuel Kobina Annim , Rosalind Quartey , Samilia E Mintah , Raphael E Arku , Majid Ezzati , Samuel Agyei-Mensah

Impact of health system strengthening interventions on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol.

Systematic reviews

Avec: Caesar Agula , Ayaga A Bawah , Patrick O Asuming , Pearl Kyei , Adriana Biney

A qualitative appraisal of stakeholders' perspectives of a community-based primary health care program in rural Ghana.

BMC health services research

Avec: Mawuli K Kushitor , Adriana A Biney , Kalifa Wright , James F Phillips , John Koku Awoonor-Williams , Ayaga A Bawah

Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect of the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana.

SSM - population health

Avec: Ayaga A Bawah , James F Phillips , Patrick O Asuming , Elizabeth F Jackson , Paul Walega , Edmund W Kanmiki , Mallory C Sheff , Abraham Oduro

Quantifying within-city inequalities in child mortality across neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana: a Bayesian spatial analysis.

BMJ open

Avec: Honor Bixby , James E Bennett , Ayaga A Bawah , Raphael E Arku , Samuel K Annim , Jacqueline D Anum , Samilia E Mintah , Alexandra M Schmidt , Charles Agyei-Asabere , Brian E Robinson , Alicia Cavanaugh , Samuel Agyei-Mensah , George Owusu , Majid Ezzati , Jill Baumgartner

Covert Contraceptive Use amongst the urban poor in Accra, Ghana: experiences of health providers.

Reproductive health

Avec: Mawuli Kushitor , Elizabeth G Henry , Akua Danquah Obeng-Dwamena , Martin Wiredu Agyekum , Caesar Agula , Theophilus Toprah , Iqbal Shah , Ayaga A Bawah

How different incentives influence reported motivation and perceptions of performance in Ghanaian community-based health planning and services zones.

BMC research notes

Avec: Evelyn Sakeah , Ayaga A Bawah , Irene Kuwolamo , Maria Anyorikeya , Patrick O Asuming , Raymond Akawire Aborigo

Contraception before and after induced abortion: Trajectories of women in selected urban-poor settlements of Accra, Ghana.

African journal of reproductive health

Avec: Caesar Agula , Elizabeth G Henry , Patrick O Asuming , Charles Agyei-Asabere , Mawuli Kushitor , Edmund W Kanmiki , Iqbal Shah , Ayaga A Bawah

Contraceptive use and method mix dynamics in Sub-saharan Africa: time trends and the influence of the HIV pandemic.

Contraception and reproductive medicine

Avec: Ayaga A Bawah , Pearl S Kyei , Charles Agyei-Asabere

Medical abortion in Ghana: a non-randomized, non-inferiority study of access through pharmacies compared with clinics.

Contraception

Avec: Nathalie Kapp , Ayga A Bawah , Caesar Agula , Jamie L Menzel , Samuel K Antobam , Patrick O Asuming , Elisabeth Eckersberger , Erin E Pearson

Réseau de co-auteurs

Ayaga A Bawah 31 collaborations

James F Phillips 18 collaborations

John Koku Awoonor-Williams 14 collaborations

Patrick O Asuming 11 collaborations

Caesar Agula 10 collaborations

Charles Agyei-Asabere 7 collaborations

Edmund W Kanmiki 6 collaborations

Elizabeth G Henry 6 collaborations

Iqbal Shah 6 collaborations

Elizabeth F Jackson 5 collaborations

James Akazili 5 collaborations

Abraham R Oduro 4 collaborations

Edmund Wedam Kanmiki 4 collaborations

Mawuli Kushitor 4 collaborations

David Canning 3 collaborations

Patrick Opoku Asuming 3 collaborations

Margaret Kweku 3 collaborations

Emmanuel Manu 3 collaborations

Hubert Amu 3 collaborations

Fortress Yayra Aku 3 collaborations

Martin Adjuik 3 collaborations

Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang 3 collaborations

Joyce Komesuor 3 collaborations

Laud Ampomah Boateng 3 collaborations

Justine Sefakor Alornyo 3 collaborations

Roland Glover 3 collaborations

Timothy Letsa 3 collaborations

John Owusu Gyapong 3 collaborations

Pearl Kyei 3 collaborations

Patrick Asuming 2 collaborations

Sebastian F Achana 2 collaborations

Evelyn Sakeah 2 collaborations

Paul Welaga 2 collaborations

Maria Anyorikeya 2 collaborations

Irene Kuwolamo 2 collaborations

Leah A Haykin 2 collaborations

Raymond Aborigo 2 collaborations

David J Heller 2 collaborations

Adriana A E Biney 2 collaborations

Mawuli K Kushitor 2 collaborations

Kalifa Wright 2 collaborations

Adriana Biney 2 collaborations

Pearl S Kyei 2 collaborations

Martin Wiredu Agyekum 2 collaborations

Akua Danquah Obeng-Dwamena 2 collaborations

Theophilus Toprah 2 collaborations

Alicia Cavanaugh 2 collaborations

Honor Bixby 2 collaborations

George Owusu 2 collaborations

Jill Baumgartner 2 collaborations

Samilia E Mintah 2 collaborations

Raphael E Arku 2 collaborations

Majid Ezzati 2 collaborations

Samuel Agyei-Mensah 2 collaborations

Christopher B Boyer 1 collaboration

Cornelius Debpuur 1 collaboration

Timothy Awine 1 collaboration

Juhwan Oh 1 collaboration

Hoon Sang Lee 1 collaboration

Hwa-Young Lee 1 collaboration

Inseok Lee 1 collaboration

Myeong Seon Kim 1 collaboration

Seoyeon Hong 1 collaboration

Patrick Aboagye 1 collaboration

Sulemana Watara Abubakari 1 collaboration

Ernest Obed Nettey 1 collaboration

Edward Anane Apraku 1 collaboration

Charles Zandoh 1 collaboration

Seeba Amenga-Etego 1 collaboration

Kwaku Poku Asante 1 collaboration

Seth Owusu-Agyei 1 collaboration

Delali Margaret Badasu 1 collaboration

Stephen Patrick Kachur 1 collaboration

Sabastian F Achana 1 collaboration

Ryoko Sato 1 collaboration

Jordan Francke 1 collaboration

Patrick Ansah 1 collaboration

George Wak 1 collaboration

Daniel Azongo 1 collaboration

Abraham Hodgson 1 collaboration

Deborah Aba Gaisie 1 collaboration

Stephen Apanga 1 collaboration

Patrick S Kachur 1 collaboration

Doris Ottie-Boakye 1 collaboration

Ayagah Agula Bawah 1 collaboration

Naa Dodua Dodoo 1 collaboration

J K Anarfi 1 collaboration

Geoffery Adebayor Asalu 1 collaboration

Norbert N Amuna 1 collaboration

Moses Aikins 1 collaboration

Jordan A Francke 1 collaboration

Aurelia Abapali 1 collaboration

Elliasu Yakubu 1 collaboration

Edith Dambayi 1 collaboration

Denis Awuni 1 collaboration

Engelbert A Nonterah 1 collaboration

Kalifa J Wright 1 collaboration

S Patrick Kachur 1 collaboration

Isaiah Agorinyah 1 collaboration

Kassem M Kassak 1 collaboration

Geoffrey Adebayor Asalu 1 collaboration

Norbert Ndaah Amuna 1 collaboration

Adam Awolu 1 collaboration

Martin Amogre Ayanore 1 collaboration

Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu 1 collaboration

Nuworza Kugbey 1 collaboration

Fidelis Anumu 1 collaboration

Nicholas S Kanlisi 1 collaboration

Delali B K Dovie 1 collaboration

Michael K Miyittah 1 collaboration

Daniel E Dodor 1 collaboration

Mawuli Dzodzomenyo 1 collaboration

Aaron K Christian 1 collaboration

Reuben Tete-Larbi 1 collaboration

Samuel N A Codjoe 1 collaboration

Mawuli Komla Kushitor 1 collaboration

Michèle Ramsay 1 collaboration

Amelia C Crampin 1 collaboration

Evelyn Gitau 1 collaboration

Kobus Herbst 1 collaboration

Jacob Doku Tetteh 1 collaboration

Michael R Templeton 1 collaboration

Sandow Mark Yidana 1 collaboration

Simon Moulds 1 collaboration

Brian Robinson 1 collaboration

Samuel Kobina Annim 1 collaboration

Rosalind Quartey 1 collaboration

Adriana A Biney 1 collaboration

Paul Walega 1 collaboration

Mallory C Sheff 1 collaboration

Abraham Oduro 1 collaboration

James E Bennett 1 collaboration

Samuel K Annim 1 collaboration

Jacqueline D Anum 1 collaboration

Alexandra M Schmidt 1 collaboration

Brian E Robinson 1 collaboration

Raymond Akawire Aborigo 1 collaboration

Nathalie Kapp 1 collaboration

Ayga A Bawah 1 collaboration

Jamie L Menzel 1 collaboration

Samuel K Antobam 1 collaboration

Elisabeth Eckersberger 1 collaboration

Erin E Pearson 1 collaboration