Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana
Pages: 174
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 246 x 189mm
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, stroke,
diabetes and cancers, are major causes of disability and death in Ghana.
NCDs are not only public health problems. They are also developmental
problems, because the rising prevalence of long-term chronic conditions
has major social and financial implications for affected individuals,
families, healthcare providers and the government. This University of
Ghana Readers volume from the Regional Institute for Population Studies
presents social and medical science research on Ghana’s NCD burden. The
body of multidisciplinary research spans the last fifty years and offers
important insights on NCD prevalence and experience as well as
cultural, health systems and policy responses. This volume will be an
essential resource for researchers and students in the health sciences,
healthcare providers, health policymakers, and lay individuals with an
interest in Ghana’s contemporary public health challenges.
£33.00
About the editors
Ama de-Graft Aikins is Professor of Social Psychology at the Regional Institute for Population Studies and Dean of International Programmes, University of Ghana. Her research focuses on representations, experiences and care of chronic physical and mental illnesses, Africa’s chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) burden, and the development of community-based chronic illness interventions.
Samuel Agyei-Mensah is professor of geography and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ghana. His research focuses on medical and population geography with particular reference to the health implications of the epidemiological and fertility transitions in Ghana.
Charles Agyemang is a senior researcher and principal investigator at the Amsterdam Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam. He is a public health epidemiologist and has lead research on hypertension, obesity and risk factors of chronic non-communicable diseases among Ghanaians, Ghanaian migrants in Europe and other African populations.