Robert Quansah

Surgery

About

PERSONAL DETAILSName: Robert Ekow QuansahDate of Birth: 7th October, 1954Marital Status: WidowReligion: ChristianNationality: GhanaianPostal Address: Dept of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, K.N.U.S.TE-mail: robertquansah @hotmail.comTel. No. Office: +233-3220-22307Mobile: +233-20-8185138Fax: +233-3220-22307 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION WORKING EXPERIENCE

Research Summary

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The researcher's work focuses on improving medical care delivery and enhancing healthcare outcomes in developing countries, particularly in high-risk populations. Their research encompasses efforts to strengthen injury prevention and care, optimize trauma management, improve surgical skills and global healthcare standards, address maternal mortality challenges, enhance healthcare access and infrastructure, and refine emergency and acute care systems. The study emphasizes the need for targeted interventions such as continuing medical education, strategic planning, and resource allocation to address critical health issues like bone fractures and skeletal disorders, while also addressing global health disparities through evidence-based approaches.

Research Themes

All (45 Papers)

Health Sciences (41 Papers)

Physical Sciences (3 Papers)

Social Sciences (1 Papers)

All Papers

Strengthening the prevention and care of injuries worldwide(2004)

The development of continuing education for trauma care in an African nation(2005)

Using mortuary statistics in the development of an injury surveillance system in Ghana.(2002)

Advancing Injury Prevention and Trauma Care in North America and Globally(2007)

Unintentional falls among children in rural Ghana and associated factors: a cluster-randomized, population-based household survey(2021)

An Estimate of the Number of Lives that Could be Saved through Improvements in Trauma Care Globally(2012)

Evaluation of Trauma Care Capabilities in Four Countries Using the WHO‐IATSIC <i>Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care</i>(2006)

Health and Economic Benefits of Improved Injury Prevention and Trauma Care Worldwide(2014)

Strengthening care for injured persons in less developed countries: A case study of Ghana and Mexico(2003)

Priorities for Improving Hospital-Based Trauma Care in an African City(2001)

Strategic Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana(2015)

Uptake of the World Health Organization’s trauma care guidelines: a systematic review(2016)

Strategic assessment of the availability of pediatric trauma care equipment, technology and supplies in Ghana(2015)

Serial Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014(2015)

District-level hospital trauma care audit filters: Delphi technique for defining context-appropriate indicators for quality improvement initiative evaluation in developing countries(2015)

Trauma Training for Nonorthopaedic Doctors in Low- and Middle-income Countries(2008)

Trauma care in Africa: The way forward(2014)

Essential Trauma Care in Ghana: Adaptation and Implementation on the Political Tough Road(2006)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology continuing medical education course in trauma management(1999)

Factors Contributing to and Reducing Delays in the Provision of Adequate Care in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Trauma Care Providers(2022)

Increasing the use of continuing professional development courses to strengthen trauma care in Ghana(2020)

Preparing and responding to mass casualties in the developing world(2005)

Trauma care in Ghana(1999)

Essential trauma care: an African perspective(2006)

Prevención de la lesión progresiva y asistencia traumatológica en Norteamérica y en todo el mundo(2007)

Mapping Population-Level Spatial Access to Essential Surgical Care in Ghana Using Availability of Bellwether Procedures(2016)

Improving Benchmarks for Global Surgery: Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed in Ghana(2017)

Benchmarking Global Trauma Care: Defining the Unmet Need for Trauma Surgery in Ghana(2019)

Orthopaedic Trauma Care Capacity Assessment and Strategic Planning in Ghana: Mapping a Way Forward(2016)

Estimating obstetric and gynecologic surgical rate: A benchmark of surgical capacity building in Ghana(2019)

Nationwide enumeration of emergency operations performed in Ghana(2019)

Improving Global Surgical Oncology Benchmarks: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana(2021)

Reporting on road traffic injury: content analysis of injuries and prevention opportunities in Ghanaian newspapers(2010)

Casualty trends in road traffic accidents(2001)

Exploring the Relationship Between Surgical Capacity and Output in Ghana: Current Capacity Assessments May Not Tell the Whole Story(2018)

National health insurance and surgical care for injured people, Ghana(2020)

Assessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low- and middle-income countries(2015)

Assessing the appropriateness of blood transfusion among injured patients at a Ghanaian tertiary hospital: Time for clarity on the use of a scarce resource(2021)

Comparison of Anti-CCP Peptide with Rheumatoid Factor and its Isotypes for Early Differential Diagnosis and Prognosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis(2009)

Orthopedic care capacity assessment and strategic planning in Ghana: mapping a way forward(2016)

Benchmarking Global Surgical Oncology: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana(2017)

Availability of emergency medical services along major highway(2001)

HLA-B27 and its Associated Clinical and Biochemical Presentation among Ghanaians with Ankylosing Spondylitis(2012)

Outcome Assessment of Open Foot Injuries in A Teaching Hospital in Ghana(2019)

Estimating peak discharge for ungauged tributaries of Daka catchment(2020)

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