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Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Mensah

Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Mensah
Research Fellow
kopoku-mensah@ug.edu.gh,

Academic Qualifications

  • M. Phil (African Studies), University of Ghana
  • BA (Hons.), Geography and Resource Development with Political Science, University of Ghana
  • Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (CPS), The University of Liverpool - United Kingdom (UK): 
  • Graduate Diploma in Management, International Professional Managers Association – IPMA (UK)
  • Graduate Diploma in Administration (Post-Experience Qualifying Diploma – PEQD), Chartered Institute of Administration and Management Consultants – Ghana (CIAMC)

Research Interests

  • Policy implications on target groups/society (with special emphasis on vulnerable groups)
  • Population, Environment and Health Issues (with special interest in Public Health)
  • Health Policy Intervention Research (Social Science Health Implementation Research) 
  • Social Organisations, Environment and Sustainable Development 
  • Tourism Development and Related Issues (focus: public health and local level development).
  • Social Science Research and Community Involvement in programme planning, implementation and Evaluation 
  • Community capacity building for local level development to enhance healthy living.

Completed Research

  • Distance Learning Capacity Building project in the School of Public Health (Award from National Commission for Tertiary Education/Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund – (NCTE/TALIF). World Bank funded project. 2006 – June 2010 - Coordinator
  • Trend Analysis of Selected Health Indicators using Routine Health Information for Specified Regions in Ghana (for UNICEF, Ghana) under the Canadian Government’s Integrated Health System Strengthening (IHSS) programme - Team Member
  • National Mapping of NGOs involved in health programmes implementation (for Ministry of Health - Ghana). Coordinated work in Eastern and Ashanti regions  - Team Member
  • Costing TB treatment in Ghana. Preliminary study in the Manya Krobo and Fanteakwa Districts in the Eastern Region, Ghana - Team Member
  • National In-depth Review of Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) programme for Ministry of Health, Ghana - Team Member
  • Appropriate Tourism Development in Ghana: A Case study of the Ashanti Region - Principal Investigator

Current (On-going) Research
Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Resilience in the Fanteakwa District  

Publications:

  • Asampong, E., Harrison, J. A., Yarney, L., Opoku-Mensah, K., Karim, A. S., & Fobil, J. N. (2013). Back to my roots: a study of" returning" emigrated health professionals in the greater Accra region of Ghana. Africa today, 59(4), 118-130.