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Isaac Luginaah is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada, focusing their research across Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including General Health Professions, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research covers a range of topics with publications primarily addressing Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Isaac Luginaah has contributed to several peer-reviewed articles, including these recent papers:

  • Crop Type and Land Cover Mapping in Northern Malawi Using the Integration of Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope Satellite Data, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Livelihood diversification strategies and resilience to climate change in semi-arid northern Ghana, 2021, Climatic Change
  • The impact of food insecurity on mental health in Africa: A systematic review, 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • Does participatory farmer-to-farmer training improve the adoption of sustainable land management practices?, 2021, Land Use Policy
  • Climate Change, Food Security, and Health: Harnessing Agroecology to Build Climate-Resilient Communities, 2022, Sustainability

Their frequent co-authors include Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga, Roger Antabe, Kamaldeen Mohammed, Daniel Kpienbaareh, and Esther Lupafya.

Isaac Luginaah's publications often appear in journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine, Land Use Policy, African Geographical Review, and The International Journal of Health Planning and Management.

Their book publications include "Cities Under COVID-19: A Systems Perspective," published by Springer Nature in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Association of Arsenic with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes/Infant Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Reginald Quansah;Frederick Ato Armah;David Kofi Essumang;Isaac Luginaah

  • Who you know, where you live: social capital, neighbourhood and health

    Gerry Veenstra;Isaac Luginaah;Sarah Wakefield;Stephen Birch

  • Can she make it? Transportation barriers to accessing maternal and child health care services in rural Ghana.

    Kilian Nasung Atuoye;Jenna Dixon;Andrea Rishworth;Sylvester Zackaria Galaa

  • Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) With Indigenous Communities: Producing Respectful and Reciprocal Research

    Joshua K. Tobias;Chantelle A. M. Richmond;Isaac Luginaah

  • Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution and/or improve health in homes using solid fuel in low-and-middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Reginald Quansah;Sean Semple;Caroline A Ochieng;Sanjar Juvekar

  • Breast cancer risk in relation to occupations with exposure to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors: a Canadian case–control study

    James T Brophy;James T Brophy;Margaret M Keith;Margaret M Keith;Andrew Watterson;Robert M Park

  • Community reappraisal of the perceived health effects of a petroleum refinery.

    Isaac N Luginaah;Isaac N Luginaah;S Martin Taylor;Susan J Elliott;John D Eyles

  • Association of ambient air pollution with respiratory hospitalization in a government-designated "area of concern": the case of Windsor, Ontario.

    Isaac N. Luginaah;Karen Y. Fung;Kevin M. Gorey;Greg Webster

  • Traditional agriculture in transition: examining the impacts of agricultural modernization on smallholder farming in Ghana under the new Green Revolution

    M. Kansanga;P. Andersen;D. Kpienbaareh;S. Mason-Renton

  • Participatory agroecological research on climate change adaptation improves smallholder farmer household food security and dietary diversity in Malawi

    Rachel Bezner Kerr;Joseph Kangmennaang;Laifolo Dakishoni;Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong

  • Spatial Variability and Application of Ratios between BTEX in Two Canadian Cities

    Lindsay Miller;Xiaohong Xu;Amanda Wheeler;Dominic Odwa Atari

  • Meeting health need, accessing health care: the role of neighbourhood.

    Michael Law;Kathi Wilson;John Eyles;Susan Elliott

  • 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

  • "You Either Pay More Advance Rent or You Move Out": Landlords/Ladies' and Tenants' Dilemmas in the Low-income Housing Market in Accra, Ghana

    Godwin Arku;Isaac N. Luginaah;Paul Mkandawire

  • Cumulative effects of noise and odour annoyances on environmental and health related quality of life.

    Tor H. Oiamo;Isaac N. Luginaah;Jamie Baxter

  • Perceived Self-Efficacy and Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Cambodia

    Mengieng Ung;Isaac Luginaah;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Gwyn Campbell

  • Knowledge politics in participatory climate change adaptation research on agroecology in Malawi

    Rachel Bezner Kerr;Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong;Laifolo Dakishoni;Esther Lupafya

  • Challenges of a pandemic: HIV/AIDS-related problems affecting Kenyan widows.

    Isaac Luginaah;Isaac Luginaah;David Elkins;Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale;Tamara Landry

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

    Jenna Dixon;Eric Y Tenkorang;Isaac Luginaah

  • Crop Type and Land Cover Mapping in Northern Malawi Using the Integration of Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope Satellite Data

    Daniel Kpienbaareh;Xiaoxuan Sun;Jinfei Wang;Isaac Luginaah

  • Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana.

    Godwin Arku;Isaac N. Luginaah;Paul Mkandawire;Philip Baiden

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Y. Tenkorang
Eric Y. Tenkorang Memorial University of Newfoundland
Ratana Chuenpagdee
Ratana Chuenpagdee Memorial University of Newfoundland
Susan J. Elliott
Susan J. Elliott University of Waterloo
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale University of Windsor
John Eyles
John Eyles University of the Witwatersrand
David F. Cechetto
David F. Cechetto University of Western Ontario
Stephen Birch
Stephen Birch University of Queensland
Jason A. Gilliland
Jason A. Gilliland University of Western Ontario
Gerry Veenstra
Gerry Veenstra University of British Columbia
Sieglinde S. Snapp
Sieglinde S. Snapp International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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