Kwame Kumador

Lecturer

Contact info dkumador@ug.edu.gh

Education

  1. PhD in Early Childhood Education (2021 - to date). University of Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. MPhil. Degree in Family and Child Studies (2013 – 2015). University of Ghana.
  3. BSc. Degree in Home Science (2007 – 2011). University of Ghana.

Research Interest

I am particularly interested in examining how young children's education, family relations, and family-based care systems can be mediated to intervene in child vulnerabilities.

 

Publications

  1. Mahama, S., Ackom, J. A., Agyekum, B. A., Tutu, C. O., Kumador, D. K., & Owusu-Bempah, J. (2025). Beyond the observed: Postpartum Posttraumatic stress symptoms and mother-child bonding in Ghana. Midwifery, 104470. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104470. 
  2. Kumador, D. K., Opoku-Mensah, A., Tackie-Ofosu, V., Mahama, S., Owusu-Bempah, J., & Tutu, C. O. (2025). Preterm delivery in Ghana: challenges and implications for maternal mental health trajectories. PLOS One, 20(3), e0317147. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0317147 
  3. Agyekum, B., Nyarko, N.Y.A., Kumador, D. et al. (2023). COVID-19 lockdown diaries: a qualitative study of the mental health experiences of parents in Accra, Ghana. Ife PsychologIA, 31(2), 1-10.
  4. Gela, D., Kumador, D. K., & Mukiza, E. (2023). Communication as a cultural development tool for driving effective Provincial Constituent Services: A Case Study of Chimbu (Simbu) Province in Papua New Guinea. Cognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(11), 259-269.
  5. Kumador, D., Tackie-Ofosu, V. & Mahama, S. (2018). Sibling relationships and adolescents’ internalising and externalising problems, Ife PsychologIA, 26(1), 193 – 208. ISSN: 1117-1421. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC-db479203a 
  6. Tackie Ofosu, V., Mahama, S., Tetteh D. S., Vandyck, E, Kumador, D. K., & Toku, A. N. A. (2015). Mother Tongue Usage in Ghanaian Pre-Schools: Perceptions of Parents and Teachers. Journal of Education and Practice, 6(34), 81-87. ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper). ISSN 2222-288X (Online). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1086075
  7. Ba-ama, E. M., Agyeman, D & Kumador, D. K. (2013). Financial Management Practices of Formal and Informal Sector Women in Dodowa, Ghana. Journal of Asian Regional Association of Home Economics, 20(2), 66-75.