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Understanding Cervical Cancer Screening Intentions Through the Lens of Care‐Seeking Behavior: A Cross‐Sectional Study Among Islamic Women in Ghana

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Cervical cancer screening among Ghanaian women is generally unsatisfactory due to sociocultural norms and poor knowledge, despite its critical role in the early detection of cervical cancer. Due to culturally insensitive healthcare practices in a secular country like Ghana, Islamic women may avoid cervical cancer screening ...
Abdul‐Karim Abubakari, Janet Gross, Emmanuel Adusei‐Poku   +2 more
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Prior Knowledge of Epilepsy Predicts Positive Attitudes and Practices Toward Persons Living With Epilepsy

Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
1.Possessing adequate knowledge about epilepsy could make people treat and act well towards those living with epilepsy. 2.To reduce and eliminate stigmatization against PLWE, mass media awareness campaign about epilepsy on both traditional and social media as well as community‐level information centres should be undertaken. ABSTRACT Background Epilepsy‐
Nana Ama Otua Otabil, Abdala Mumuni Ussif, Francis Tanam Djankpa, Kwasi Agyen‐Mensah, Daniel Lawer Egbenya   +4 more
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Nima's “Incomplete” Humans: Storying Adolescents’ Black Inhabitations in Accra

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract In this article, I story adolescents as “incomplete” human beings whose inventive modes of storytelling and inhabiting community space shape a “black sense of place” in the Nima neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana. In collaborative arts‐based research with Spread‐Out Initiative NGO, Nima adolescents share stories and narrate experiences that witness
Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
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Families' Perception of Cognitive and Emotional Support From Healthcare Professionals Across the Maternal and Newborn Care Continuum

Nursing in Critical Care, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background During the perinatal period, women and newborns require high‐quality supportive care. While cognitive and emotional care support is central to family systems care, few quantitative studies have explored this in sub‐Saharan Africa. Aim We investigated families' perspectives on the support provided by healthcare professionals during ...
Christina Schuler, George Edward Ntow, Wisdom Kudzo Axame, Emmanuel Bansah, Barbara Preusse‐Bleuler, Riccardo E. Pfister, Agbozo Faith   +6 more
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Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Mother–Infant Bonding: A Mixed‐Methods Study Among Postpartum Women in Ghana

Nursing Research and Practice, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Mother–infant bonding difficulties can impair the emotional connection between mother and child and affect child development. We examined the association between postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) and mother–infant bonding in the first year postpartum and explored sociocultural factors that may influence bonding.
Leticia Tornyevah, Jens Henrichs, Anjali Sharma, Ank De Jonge, Samuel Bosomprah, Santo Tonapa   +5 more
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Trade Networks and Consumer Practices in Amedeka, Ghana: Negotiating “Nkudzedze” From the Late 19th to Mid‐20th Centuries

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 757-776, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper examines local taste practices in the era of “legitimate trade” when the trade in botanical (e.g., palm oil, palm kernel oil, and cocoa) and nonbotanical (e.g., ivory, textiles) commodities replaced the trade in enslaved Africans. Following the 1807 British abolition of the Atlantic trade in enslaved people, the locus of the trade ...
Dela Kuma
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Urban Informality, Housing Insecurity and “Bulldozer Urbanism” in Global South Cities: Evidence From Selected Slum Communities in Accra, Ghana

Growth and Change, Volume 56, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT In Accra, state‐led eviction mirrors ongoing processes of socio‐spatial inequality and exclusion. While evictions are rooted in neoliberal ideals, the outcomes of such processes have been particularly devastating for residents of slums and informal settlements.
Reforce Okwei, Elmond Bandauko, Desmond Adjaison, Lina Adeetuk, Thelma Akyea, Godwin Arku   +5 more
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Overcoming barriers to interreligious peace: Determinants of preferences for religiously similar others in Togo and Sierra Leone

Political Psychology, Volume 46, Issue 6, Page 1440-1459, December 2025.
Abstract Preferences to interact with similar others are a barrier to positive intergroup contact and, thus, peaceful intergroup relations. A growing literature investigated what shapes contact preferences but more research on changeable factors that can be targeted by interventions is needed.
Julia Köbrich, Tobias H. Stark, Borja Martinović, Yawo Seyram Adiakpo   +3 more
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Insects as Food and Feed Source: A Comprehensive Review on Nutritional Value, Food Safety Concern, Environmental Benefits, Economic Potential, Technological Innovations, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Food Frontiers, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2591-2646, November 2025.
Edible insects offer a sustainable protein source, requiring fewer resources than traditional livestock. Despite challenges, they have the potential to enhance food security and sustainability for a growing global population. ABSTRACT As the world faces an escalating protein crisis amid climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity, edible ...
Anil Gautam, Ishwari Gyawali, Sushma Poudel, Sachin Devkota, Rabin Acharya, Milan Kandel, Deepak Subedi   +6 more
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Understanding the oppression of Black girls and women within the global context: Illustrations from Ghana and the United States

International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 34, Issue 3, July 2025.
Abstract Throughout sub‐Saharan Africa and the African diaspora, there is documented oppression of girls and women. While many policies and laws have been created to improve the well‐being of this population, many of them are ineffective, oftentimes due to harmful cultural practices enshrined by systems of oppression.
Abigail Williams‐Butler, Portia Nartey, Antoinette Y. Farmer, Vyda Mamley Hervie, Augustina Naami   +4 more
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