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Kwaku Oppong Asante

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Ghana
Verified email at ug.edu.gh
Cited by 4790

[HTML][HTML] Illness perception, diabetes knowledge and self-care practices among type-2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional study

N Kugbey, K Oppong Asante, K Adulai - BMC research notes, 2017 - Springer
Background Self-care practices among persons living with type-2 diabetes are very crucial
in diabetes manages as poor self-care results in complications. However, little research …

[HTML][HTML] HIV/AIDS knowledge and uptake of HIV counselling and testing among undergraduate private university students in Accra, Ghana

K Oppong Asante - Reproductive health, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT) and knowledge about HIV are
some key strategies in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in Ghana. However, HIV …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana

KO Asante, N Kugbey, J Osafo, ENB Quarshie… - SSM-population …, 2017 - Elsevier
Suicide is recognised as the third leading cause of death among adolescents globally.
There is however limited data on the prevalence and factors associated with suicide …

[HTML][HTML] Mental toughness in competitive tennis: relationships with resilience and stress

RG Cowden, A Meyer-Weitz… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The present study investigated the relationships between mental toughness (MT), resilience,
and stress among competitive South African tennis players. A total of 351 tennis players …

Prevalence and determinants of depressive symptoms among university students in Ghana

KO Asante, J Andoh-Arthur - Journal of affective disorders, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Over two million Ghanaians suffer from moderate to mild mental
disorders but prevalence levels and determinants among university students remains fairly …

Access to health information, health literacy and health-related quality of life among women living with breast cancer: Depression and anxiety as mediators

N Kugbey, A Meyer-Weitz, KO Asante - Patient education and counseling, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study examined the direct and indirect influences of health literacy and
access to health information on the quality of life among 205 women living with breast …

[HTML][HTML] Substance use and risky sexual behaviours among street connected children and youth in Accra, Ghana

K Oppong Asante, A Meyer-Weitz, I Petersen - Substance abuse treatment …, 2014 - Springer
Background Research on street children and youth has shown that this population is at high
risk for substance use. Though risky sexual behaviours have been investigated and widely …

The epidemiology of alcohol use among a nationally representative sample of school-going adolescents in Namibia

KO Asante, ENB Quarshie - Trends in Psychology, 2022 - Springer
Alcohol use and drunkenness, along with other risky behaviours, tend to emerge during the
adolescent years. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of alcohol …

The lived experiences of street children in Durban, South Africa: Violence, substance use, and resilience

F Hills, A Meyer-Weitz, KO Asante - International journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
South African studies have suggested that street children are resilient but also suicidal,
engage in unprotected sex and other high risk sexual behaviour as a means of survival …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological health and religious coping of Ghanaian women with infertility

M Oti-Boadi, K Oppong Asante - BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Infertility has been shown to have considerable psychological effects on the
well-being of couples, especially women. Religion has been found as a resource used by …