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Prof. Philip Baba Adongo

Prof. Philip Baba Adongo
Professor
pbadongo@ug.edu.gh

 

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD (University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK)
  • Master of Social Medical Anthropology (University of Keele, Staffordshire, UK)
  • Diploma in Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK)
  • BA (University of Ghana)

Research Interests

Professor Philip B Adongo is the Head, Department of Social and Behavioural Science, School of Public Health- University of Ghana. He also holds an Adjunct appointment at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.  He was appointed Erasmus Mundus Scholar in International Health at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to joining the University of Ghana, School of Public Health, he worked as Principal Research Fellow at the Navrongo Health Research Centre. Professor Adongo research work spans the domains of health system research, implementation research, Communicable and non-communicable disease research, Maternal, Child and Reproductive health, Health Education and Communication, Medical Anthropology and Ethnography. 

Selected Recent Publications

  • Nwameme, A. U., Tabong, P. T. N., & Adongo, P. B. (2018). Implementing Community-based  Health Planning and Services in impoverished urban communities: health workers’ perspective. BMC health services research, 18(1), 186.
  • Lauren Wallace and Philip Baba Adongo (2018) Change and Continuity in Kassena Men's Perceptions of Family Planning in Northern Ghana. Human Organization: Summer 2018, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 135-145.
  • Valdes, V., Adongo, P. B., Nwameme, A. U., Tabong, P. T., & Fernandes, M. (2018). Risk factors for self‐reported postpartum hemorrhage in Ga East, Ghana. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.
  • Adongo P.B., J. O., Neubert, T. J., Sun, G., Janietz, S., Lauermann, I., Rademann, K., & Rappich, J. (2017). Fabrication and Characterization of Surfaces Modified with Carboxymethylthio Ligands for Chelate-Assisted Trapping of Copper. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 9(28), 24273-24281.
  • Adongo, P.B., Tabong P.T.N., Asampong, E., Ansong, J., Robalo, M., Adanu, R.M. (2017) Health workers perception and attitude about Ghana’s preparedness towards preventing, containing, and managing Ebola Virus Disease. BMC health services research,17(1),266
  • Dalaba, M. A., Stone, A. E., Krumholz, A. R., Oduro, A. R., Phillips, J. F., & Adongo, P. B. (2016). A qualitative analysis of the effect of a community-based primary health care programme on reproductive preferences and contraceptive use among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana. BMC health services research, 16(1), 80.
  • Koka, E., Yeboah-Manu, D., Okyere, D., Adongo, P. B., & Ahorlu, C. K. (2016). Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 10(7), e0004825.
  • Adongo, P. B., Tabong, P. T. N., Asampong, E., Ansong, J., Robalo, M., & Adanu, R. M. (2016). Preparing towards Preventing and Containing an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak: What Socio-cultural Practices May Affect Containment Efforts in Ghana?. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 10(7), e0004852.
  • Engmann, C. M., Hodgson, A., Aborigo, R., Adongo, P. L., & Moyer, C. A. (2016). Addressing the continuum of maternal and newborn care in Ghana: implications for policy and practice. Health Policy and Planning, czw072.
  • Asgary, R., Adongo, P. B., Nwameme, A., Cole, H. V., Maya, E., Liu, M., ... & Ogedegbe, O. (2016). mHealth to Train Community Health Nurses in Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid for Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana. Journal of lower genital tract disease, 20(3), 239-242.
  • Chatio, S., Aborigo, R., Adongo, P. B., Anyorigiya, T., Dalinjong, P. A., Akweongo, P., & Oduro, A. (2016). Factors influencing adverse events reporting within the health care system: the case of artemisinin-based combination treatments in northern Ghana. Malaria journal, 15(1), 125.
  • Tawiah, P. E., Adongo, P. B., & Aikins M. (2015) Mental health-related sigma and discrimination in Ghana: Experience of patients and their caregivers. Ghana Medical Journal, 49 (1)
  • Aryeetey, R. N., O., Aikins, M., Dako-Gyeke, P., & Adongo, P. B. (2015) Pathways utilized for antenatal health seeking among women in the Ga East District, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 49 (1)
  • Asgary, R., Sckell, B., Alcabes, A., Naderi, R., & Adongo, P., & Ogedegbe, G. (2015) Perceptions, attitudes, and experiences regarding mHealth among homeless in New York City shelters. Journal of Health Communication, Accepted March 11, 2015
  • Chatio, S., Aborigo, R., Adongo, P. B., Anyorigiya, T., Akweongo, P., & Oduro, A. (2015) Adherence and uptake of arteminisinin-based combination treatments for uncomplicated malaria: A quality study in northern Ghana. PloS ONE 10 (2).
  • Gupta, M. L., Aborigo, R. A., Adongo, P. B., Rominski, S., Hodgson, A., Engmann, C. M., & Moyer, C. A. (2015). Grandmothers as gatekeepers? The role of grandmothers in influencing health-seeking for mothers and newborns in rural northern Ghana. Global public health, 1-14.
  • Krumholz, A. R., Stone, A. E., Dalaba, M. A., Phillips, J. F., & Adongo, P. B. (2014) Factors facilitating and constraining the scale up of an evidence-based strategy of community-based strategy of community-based primary care: Management perspectives from northern Ghana. Global Public Health, 10(3): 1-13.
  • Aborigo, R. A., Moyer, C. A., Gupta, M., Adongo, P. B., Williams, J., Hodgson, A., Allotey, P., & Engmann, C. M. (2014) Obstetrics danger signs and factors affecting health seeking behavior among the Kassena-Nankani of northern Ghana: A qualitative study. African Journal of Reproductive Health; 18(3): 78-86
  • Awini, E., Sarpong, D., Adjei, A., Manyeh, A. K., Amu, A., Akweongo, P., Adongo, P., Kukula, V., Odonkor, G., Narh, S., & Gyapong, M. (2014) Estimating cause of adult (15+ years) deaths using InterV A-4 in a rural district of southern Ghana. Global Health Action. 7:25543
  • Aikins, M., Aryeetey, R., Dako-Gyeke, P., Adongo, P. B., & McGough, L. (2014) Socio-economic differences in cost of pregnancy-related health services in the peri-urban Accra, Ghana. Journal of Public Health. 1-7.
  • Atinga, R. A., Baku, A. A., & Adongo P. B., (2014) Drivers of prenatal care quality and uptake of supervised delivery services in Ghana. Annals of Medical and Health Services research 4:3
  • Adongo, P. B., Tabong, P. T. N., Azongo, T. B., Phillips, J. F., Sheff, M. C., Stone, A. E., & Tapsoba, P. (2014) A comparative qualitative study of misconceptions associated with contraceptive use in southern and northern Ghana. Frontiers in Public Health, 2, 137.
  • Yoada, R. M., Chirawurah, D., & Adongo, P. B. (2014) Domestic waste disposal practice and perceptions of private sector waste management in urban Accra. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 697.
  • 13. Rominski, S. D., Gupta, M., Aborigo, R., Adongo, P., Engmann, C., Hodgson, A., & Moyer, C. (2014) “Female autonomy and reported abortion-seeking in Ghana, West Africa.” International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 126(3): 217-222
  • Hill, E., Hess, R., Abborigo, R., Adongo, P., Hodgson, A., Engmann, C., & Moyer, C. A. (2014) “I don’t know anything about their culture”: The Disconnect between allopathic and traditional maternal care providers in rural northern Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 18(2), 36-45.
  • Adongo, P. B., Tapsoba, P., Phillips, J. F., Tabong, P. T. N., Stone, A., Kuffour, E., Esantsi, S. F., & Akweongo, P. (2014) " If you do vasectomy and come back here weak, I will divorce you": a qualitative study of community perceptions about vasectomy in Southern Ghana." BMC: International Health and Human Rights 14 (16): 1-6.
  • Adongo, B. P., Phillips, J. F., Aikins, M., Arhin, A. D., Schmitt, M., Adanna, U. N., Tabong, P. T. N., & Binka, F. N. (2014) Does the design and implementation of proven innovations for delivering basic primary health care services in rural communities fit the urban setting: the case of Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS). Health Systems Research and Policy. 12(1), 16.
  • Dako-Gyeke, P., Aikins, M., Aryeetey, R., McCough, L., & Adongo, P. B. (2013) The influence of socio-cultural interpretations of pregnancy threats on health seeking behavior among pregnant women in urban Accra, Ghana. BMC: Pregnancy and Childbirth 19:13(1): 211
  • Nwameme, A. U., Phillips, J. P., & Adongo, P. B. (2013) Compliance with emergency obstetric care referrals among pregnant women in an urban informal settlement of Accra, Ghana. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 18(6): 1403-1412.
  • Aborah, S., Akweongo, P., Adjuik, M., Atinga, R. A., Welaga, P., & Adongo, P. B. (2013) The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana. Malaria Journal, 12(1), 266.
  • Adongo, P. B., Tapsoba, P., Phillips, J. F., Tabong, P. T. N., Stone, A., Kuffour, E., Esantsi S. F., & Akweongo, P. (2013) The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: a qualitative study in Southern Ghana. Reproductive Health 10 (36): 1-15.
  • Moyer, C. A, Adongo, P. B., Aborigo, R. A., Hodgson, A., & Engmann, C. M. (2013) ‘They treat you like you are not a human being’: Maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana. Midwifery. 30(2); 262-268.
  • Tabong, P. T., & Adongo, P. B. (2013) Infertility and childlessness: a qualitative study of the experiences of infertile couples in northern Ghana. BMC: Childbirth and Pregnancy 13:72.
  • Welaga, P., Moyer, C. A., Aborigo, R., Adongo, P., Williams, J., Hodgson, A., Oduro, A., & Engmann, C. (2013) Why are babies dying in the first month after birth? A 7-year study of neonatal mortality in northern Ghana. PLoS One. 8:3 e58924
  • Moyer, C. A., Adongo, P. B., Aborigo, A. R., Hodgson, A., Engmann, C., & DeVries, R. (2013) “It is up to the women’s people”: How social factors influence facility-based delivery in rural northern Ghana. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 30(2): 262-268.
  • Adongo, P. B., Phillips, J. F., & Baynes, C. D. (2013) “Addressing men's concerns about reproductive health services and fertility regulation in a rural Sahelian setting of northern Ghana: The “Zurugelu Approach.”  In Kulczycki, Andrzej (ed.) Critical Issues in Reproductive Health. New York: Springer Books.
  • Engmann, C., Adongo, P., Aborigo, R. A., Gupta, M., Logonia, G., Affah, G., Waiswa, P., Hodgson, A., & Moyer, C. A. (2013) Infant illness spanning the antenatal to early neonatal continuum in rural northern Ghana: local perceptions, beliefs and practices. Journal of Perinatology. 33(6), 471-481.
  • Tabong, P. T., & Adongo, P. B. (2013) Understanding the social meaning of infertility and childbearing and childlessness in northern Ghana. PLoS One. 8(1): e54429.
  • Moyer, C. A., Aborigo, R. A., Logonia, G., Affah, G., Rominske, S., Adongo, P. B., Willams, J., Hodgson, A., & Engmann, C. M. (2012) Clean delivery praces in rural northern Ghana: A qualitative study of community and provider knowledge, attitude, and beliefs systems. BMC: Pregnancy and Childbirth, 12(1), 50.
  • Phillips, J. F., Jackson, E. F., Bawah, A. A., MacLeod, B., Adongo, P., Baynes, C., & Williams, J. (2012) The long-term fertility impact of the Navrongo project in northern Ghana. Studies in Family Planning. 43(3): 175-90.
  • Aborigo, R. A., Moyer, C. A., Rominski, S., Adongo, P., Williams, J., Logonia, G., Affah, G., Hodgson, A., & Engmann, C. (2012) Infant nutrition in the seven days of life in rural northern Ghana. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 12(1):76.
  • Engmann, C., Walega, P., Williams, J., Aborigo, R. A., Adongo, P. B., Lavasani, L., Moyer, C. A., Bose, C., Binka, F., & Hodgson, A. (2011). Stillbirths and Early Neonatal Mortality in Rural Northern Ghana. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 17(3): 272-282.
  • Akweongo, P., Agyei-Baffour, P., Sudhakar, M., Simwaka, B. N., Konate, A. T., Adongo, B. P., Browne, E. N. L., Tegegn, A., Ali, D., Traore, A., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., Pagnoni, F., & Barnish, G. (2011). Feasibility and acceptability of ACT for the community case management of malaria in urban settings in five African sites. Malaria Journal. 10(240): 1475-2875.
  • Denham, R. A., Adongo, B. P., Freydberg, N., & Hodgson, N. (2010) Chasing Spirits: Clarifying the Spirit Child Phenomenon and Infanticide in Northern Ghana. Social Science & Medicine.71: 608-615.
  • Gysels, M., Pell, C., Mathanga, R. D., Adongo, P., Odhiambo, F., Akweongo, P., Mwangi, R., Okello, G., Mangesho, P., Slutsker, L., Kremsner, P. G., Grobusch, M. P., Hamel, M. J., Newman, R. D., & Pool, R. (2009) Response to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) delivered through the expanded programme of immunization five African settings. Malaria Journal 8: (191): 1-16.
  • Adongo BP, Kendall C, Kirkwood B. (2008). Malaria Research Trends: (Devin A. Flanigan edited) Chapter VI - Malaria Control and the Domestic Context: The Influence of Human Behavior on the Effectiveness of Insecticide Treated Nets Use (ITNS) in Northern Ghana; Nova Science Publishers, New York. 179-196.
  • Bazzano, A., Kirkwood, B., Tawiah-Agyemang, C., Owusu-Agyei, S., & Adongo, B. P. (2008) Beyond symptom and recognition: care-seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana. International Health and Tropical Medicine. 13:(1): 123-128.
  • Bazzano, A., Kirkwood, B., Tawiah-Agyemang, C., Owusu-Agyei, S., & Adongo BP. (2008).  Social cost of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.102: (1): 123-128.
  • Oduro, A. R., Ansah, P., Hodgson, A., Afful, T. M., Baiden, F., Adongo, P., & Koram, K. A. (2006). Trends in the prevalence of female genital mutilation and its effect on delivery outcomes in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal. 40(3): 87-92.
  • Baiden, F., Hodgson, A., Adjuik, M., Adongo, P., Ayaga, A., & Binka, F. (2006) Trend and causes of neonatal mortality in the Kessena-Nankana district of northern Ghana, 1995-2002. International Health and Tropical Medicine. 11(4): 532-539.
  • Adongo, B. P., Kirkwood, B., & Kendall, C. (2005) How local community knowledge about malaria affects bednet use in northern Ghana. International Health and Tropical Medicine. 10(4): 366-378.
  • Ngom, P., Debpuur, C., Akweongo, P., Adongo, P., & Binka, F. N. (2003) Gate-keeping and women's health seeking behaviour in Navrongo, northern Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health.  7(1): 17-26.

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BOOK CHAPTERS:

  • Adongo, P. B., Phillips, J. F., & Baynes, C. D. (2014). Addressing men’s concerns about reproductive health services and fertility regulation in a rural Sahelian setting of northern Ghana: The “Zurugelu Approach”. In Critical Issues in Reproductive Health (pp. 59-83). Springer Netherlands.
  • Adongo, P., Kendal, C., & Kirkwood, B. (2007). Malaria Control and the Domestic Context: The Influence of Human Behavior on the Effectiveness of Insecticide Treated Nets Use. In Malaria Research Trends (pp. 179-196). Nova Scientific Publishing.