Positions held: Relevant Professional and Academic 

Head of Department: Population, Family and Reproductive Health/Senior Lecturer in Public Health

Education: University and above

Doctor of Public Health (Boston University)

Master of Public Health (University of Pretoria)

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (University of Ghana)

Research Interest

Research Interest: Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative, Primary Health Care, Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health, Health System Strengthening.

Publications

1. Sakeah, E., Bawah, A. A., Asuming, P. O., Debpuur, C., Welaga, P., Awine, T., … & Oduro, A. R. (2023). Impact of community health interventions on maternal and child health indicators in the upper east region of Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), 298.
2. Sakeah, E., Bawah, A. A., Kuwolamo, I., Anyorikeya, M., Asuming, P. O., & Aborigo, R. A. (2023). How different incentives influence reported motivation and perceptions of performance in Ghanaian community-based health planning and services zones. BMC Research Notes, 16(1), 17.
3. Choi, W. A., Sakeah, E., Oduro, A. R., Aburiya, J. B. A., & Aborigo, R. A. (2022). Compliance to HIV testing and counseling guidelines at antenatal care clinics in the Kassena-Nankana districts of northern Ghana: A qualitative study. PLoS one, 17(9), e0274871
4. Sakeah, E., Aborigo, R. A., Debpuur, C., Nonterah, E. A., Oduro, A. R., & Awoonor-Williams, J. K. (2021). Assessing selection procedures and roles of community health volunteers and community health management committees in Ghana’s community-based health planning and services program. PloS one, 16(5), e0249332.
5. Akweongo, P., Jackson, E. F., Appiah-Yeboah, S., Sakeah, E., & Phillips, J. F. (2021). It’s a woman’s thing: gender roles sustaining the practice of female genital mutilation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana. Reproductive health, 18, 1-17.
6. Shibanuma, A., Ansah, E. K., Kikuchi, K., Yeji, F., Okawa, S., Tawiah, C., … & Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team. (2021). Evaluation of a package of the continuum of care interventions for improved maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes and service coverage in Ghana: A cluster-randomized trial. PLoS medicine, 18(6), e1003663.
7. Kikuchi, K., Gyapong, M., Shibanuma, A., Ansah, E., Okawa, S., Addei, S., … & Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Team. (2021). EMBRACE intervention to improve the continuum of care in maternal and newborn health in Ghana: The RE-AIM framework-based evaluation. Journal of global health, 11.
8. Shibanuma, A., Ansah, E. K., Kikuchi, K., Yeji, F., Okawa, S., Tawiah, C., … & Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team. (2021). Evaluation of a package of continuum of care interventions for improved maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes and service coverage in Ghana: A cluster-randomized trial. PLoS medicine, 18(6), e1003663.
9. Nonterah, E. A., Kanmiki, E. W., Agorinya, I. A., Sakeah, E., Tamimu, M., Kagura, J., … & Oduro, A. R. (2020). Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural Northern Ghana. European journal of public health, 30(3), 601-607.
10. Okawa, S., Gyapong, M., Leslie, H., Shibanuma, A., Kikuchi, K., Yeji, F., … & Jimba, M. (2019). Effect of continuum-of-care intervention package on improving contacts and quality of maternal and newborn healthcare in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 9(9), e025347.
11. Adjei, K. K., Kikuchi, K., Owusu-Agyei, S., Enuameh, Y., Shibanuma, A., Ansah, E. K., … & Jimba, M. (2019). Women’s overall satisfaction with health facility delivery services in Ghana: a mixed-methods study. Tropical Medicine and Health, 47, 1-9.
12. Sakeah, E., Debpuur, C., Aborigo, R. A., Oduro, A. R., Sakeah, J. K., & Moyer, C. A. (2019). Persistent female genital mutilation despite its illegality: Narratives from women and men in northern Ghana. PloS one, 14(4), e0214923.
13. Sakeah, E., Debpuur, C., Oduro, A. R., Welaga, P., Aborigo, R., Sakeah, J. K., & Moyer, C. A. (2018). Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana. BMC women’s health, 18, 1-10.
14. Sakeah, E., Aborigo, R., Sakeah, J. K., Dalaba, M., Kanyomse, E., Azongo, D., … & Oduro, A. R. (2018). The role of community-based health services in influencing postnatal care visits in the Builsa and the West Mamprusi districts in rural Ghana. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 18, 1-9.
15. Shibanuma, A., Yeji, F., Okawa, S., Mahama, E., Kikuchi, K., Narh, C., … & Jimba, M. (2018). The coverage of continuum of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a cross-sectional study of woman-child pairs in Ghana. BMJ global health, 3(4), e000786.
16. Sakeah, E., Okawa, S., Rexford Oduro, A., Shibanuma, A., Ansah, E., Kikuchi, K., … & Ghana EMBRACE Team. (2017). Determinants of attending antenatal care at least four times in rural Ghana: analysis of a cross-sectional survey. Global health action, 10(1), 1291879.
17. Kamiya, Y., Akpalu, B., Mahama, E., Ayipah, E. K., Owusu-Agyei, S., Hodgson, A., … & Jimba, M. (2017). The gender gap in relation to happiness and preferences in married couples after childbirth: evidence from a field experiment in rural Ghana. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 36, 1-8.
18. Kamiya, Y., Akpalu, B., Mahama, E., Ayipah, E. K., Owusu-Agyei, S., Hodgson, A., … & Jimba, M. (2017). The gender gap in relation to happiness and preferences in married couples after childbirth: evidence from a field experiment in rural Ghana. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 36, 1-8.
19. Enuameh, Y. A. K., Okawa, S., Asante, K. P., Kikuchi, K., Mahama, E., Ansah, E., … & Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team. (2016). Factors influencing health facility delivery in predominantly rural communities across the three ecological zones in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. PloS one, 11(3), e0152235.
20. Shiratori, S., Agyekum, E. O., Shibanuma, A., Oduro, A., Okawa, S., Enuameh, Y., … & Jimba, M. (2016). Motivation and incentive preferences of community health officers in Ghana: an economic behavioral experiment approach. Human resources for health, 14, 1-10
21. Yeji, F., Shibanuma, A., Oduro, A., Debpuur, C., Kikuchi, K., Owusu-Agyei, S., … & Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team. (2015). Continuum of care in a maternal, newborn and child health program in Ghana: low completion rate and multiple obstacle factors. PloS one, 10(12), e0142849.
22. Okawa, S., Ansah, E. K., Nanishi, K., Enuameh, Y., Shibanuma, A., Kikuchi, K., … & Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team. (2015). High incidence of neonatal danger signs and its implications for postnatal care in Ghana: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One, 10(6), e0130712.
23. Sakeah, E., Doctor, H. V., McCloskey, L., Bernstein, J., Yeboah-Antwi, K., & Mills, S. (2014). Using the community-based health planning and services program to promote skilled delivery in rural Ghana: socio-demographic factors that influence women utilization of skilled attendants at birth in Northern Ghana. BMC public health, 14, 1-9.
24. Sakeah, E., McCloskey, L., Bernstein, J., Yeboah-Antwi, K., Mills, S., & Doctor, H. V. (2014). Is there any role for community involvement in the community-based health planning and services skilled delivery program in rural Ghana? BMC health services research, 14, 1-14.
25. Sakeah, E., McCloskey, L., Bernstein, J., Yeboah-Antwi, K., Mills, S., & Doctor, H. V. (2014). Can community health officer-midwives effectively integrate skilled birth attendance in the community-based health planning and services program in rural Ghana? Reproductive Health, 11, 1-13.
26. Doctor, H. V., Phillips, J. F., & Sakeah, E. (2009). The influence of changes in women’s religious affiliation on contraceptive use and fertility among the Kassena‐Nankana of northern Ghana. Studies in family planning, 40(2), 113-122.
27. Sakeah, E. B., Doctor, H. V., & Hodgson, A. V. (2007). Factors associated with males’ intention to circumcise their daughters in northern Ghana. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 22(1), 71-88.
28. Sakeah, E., Doctor, H. V., Beke, A., & Hodgson, A. B. (2006). Males Preference for circumcised women in Northern Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 10(2), 37-47.
29. Jackson, E. F., Akweongo, P., Sakeah, E., Hodgson, A., Asuru, R., & Phillips, J. F. (2003). Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences.
30. Henry V. Doctor, Evelyn B. Sakeah, James F. Phillips: Religious Affiliation among the Kassena-Nankana of Northern Ghana: Do Switching Trends Differ by Gender? Religion and Spirituality Ethical Issues in the 21st Century edited by Gloria Simpson and Spencer Payne, 01/2013; Nova Science Publishers., ISBN: 978-1-62257-813-9 (Book Chapter)