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Overview

Eric Y. Tenkorang is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and health professions. Their work spans multiple subfields including general health professions, health, sociology and political science, gender studies, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Themes prevalent in Eric Y. Tenkorang's research cover a range of topics such as intimate partner and family violence, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, sex work and related issues, global maternal and child health, homelessness and social issues, sexual assault and victimization studies, and global public health policies and epidemiology.

Notable recent papers by Eric Y. Tenkorang include:

  • Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Against HIV-Positive Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Trauma Violence & Abuse

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations have been:

  • Adobea Yaa Owusu
  • Gervin Ane Apatinga
  • Emmanuel Banchani
  • Emmanuel Rohn
  • William K. Midodzi

Eric Y. Tenkorang's work has been published regularly in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Family Violence
  • Violence Against Women
  • Youth & Society
  • Advances in Life Course Research
  • Ageing and Society

Their publication record shows a focus on issues of violence and health within family and societal contexts, especially addressing aspects related to women and marginalized groups. Collaborative research has also extended into topics such as barriers to help-seeking for sexual violence, determinants of low birth weight, and motivations behind intimate partner violence.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

    Juanita A Haagsma;Nicholas Graetz;Ian Bolliger;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Women’s Autonomy and Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior in Ethiopia

    Gebremariam Woldemicael;Eric Y. Tenkorang

  • Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana

    Eric Y. Tenkorang;Adobea Y. Owusu;Eric H. Yeboah;Richard Bannerman

  • National health insurance scheme enrolment and antenatal care among women in Ghana: is there any relationship?

    Jenna Dixon;Eric Y. Tenkorang;Isaac N. Luginaah;Vincent Z. Kuuire

  • Religion, HIV/AIDS and sexual risk-taking among men in Ghana.

    Stephen Obeng Gyimah;Eric Y. Tenkorang;Baffour K. Takyi;Jones Adjei

  • Pursuit of university education among the children of immigrants in Canada: the roles of parental human capital and social capital

    Teresa Abada;Eric Y. Tenkorang

  • Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: Helping the Poor or Leaving Them Behind?

    Jenna Dixon;Eric Y Tenkorang;Isaac Luginaah

  • Correlates of HIV testing among women in Ghana: some evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys

    Eric Y Tenkorang;Gertrude A Owusu

  • A multi-level model of condom use among male and female upper primary school students in Nyanza, Kenya.

    Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale;Eric Y. Tenkorang

  • Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district.

    Samson K Arzoaquoi;Edward E Essuman;Fred Y Gbagbo;Eric Yeboah Tenkorang

  • Perceived risks of HIV/AIDS and first sexual intercourse among youth in Cape Town South Africa.

    Eric Y. Tenkorang;Fernando Rajulton;Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale

  • Factors influencing the timing of first sexual intercourse among young people in Nyanza, Kenya.

    Eric Yeboah Tenkorang;Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale

  • A multi-level analysis of risk perception, poverty and sexual risk-taking among young people in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Eric Y. Tenkorang;Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale;Fernando Rajulton

  • Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: a national level investigation of members' perceptions of service provision

    Jenna Dixon;Eric Y Tenkorang;Isaac Luginaah

  • Domestic and Marital Violence Among Three Ethnic Groups in Nigeria

    Collins Nwabunike;Eric Y. Tenkorang

  • Superstition, witchcraft and HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana.

    Eric Y Tenkorang;Stephen O Gyimah;Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale;Jones Adjei

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale University of Windsor
Isaac Luginaah
Isaac Luginaah University of Western Ontario
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Paul S. F. Yip
Paul S. F. Yip University of Hong Kong
Vegard Skirbekk
Vegard Skirbekk Columbia University
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Mustafa Z Younis
Mustafa Z Younis Jackson State University
Kalpana Balakrishnan
Kalpana Balakrishnan Sri Ramachandra University
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University

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