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Timothy Pritchard Debrah

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About

Mr Timothy Pritchard Debrah is an assistant lecturer at the Department of Nursing (KNUST). His undergraduate training in community mental health nursing took place at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast. His graduate education was in advanced nursing at the same university in Cape Coast. He is currently undertaking his postgraduate studies in psycho-educational support strategies at the University of South Africa.He is a registered mental nurse with experience in adult and community mental health nursing. He has experience both in psychiatric custodial care settings and teaching and research supervision at higher educational institutions. Mr Debrah has taught at the Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing (UCC) and also served on the curriculum review and international exchange programme committees. Courses taught include Family Health and Care Interventions, Adherence and Non-adherence Management, Psychology, and the Process of Community Mental Health Nursing.Mr Debrah supervised the research projects of over 20 students at the BSc level. His research areas are in perinatal mental health, psycho-educational support programmes for students, self-injury behaviours and illicit drug abuse and policy issues and he has published some articles.Mr Debrah is highly dedicated to duties with good interpersonal skills, very respectful and God-fearing, and is looking forward to many collaborations and mentoring in the academic space for growth in order to make the requisite impact in both academia and society as expected of all KNUST staff

Research Summary

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This researcher has conducted extensive studies across multiple themes in the social sciences, integrating diverse methodologies such as qualitative research with ethical considerations. Their work spans suicide and self-harm trends among school-going adolescents, the effects of child abuse on adolescent psychosocial issues, injury epidemiology focused on serious injuries among adolescents, and psychological impacts of HIVs and drug use among adults. They have also explored maternal mental health challenges in pregnancy. The researcher's focus is interdisciplinary, employing qualitative methods alongside ethical frameworks to address complex social and health issues.

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Qualitative Research Designs, Sample Size and Saturation: Is Enough Always Enough?(2021)
Suicidal behaviours among school-going adolescents in samoa: a secondary analysis of prevalence, protective, and risk factors(2023)
Suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among school-going adolescents: A study of prevalence, predisposing, and protective factors in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(2022)
Suicidal Behaviour among School-Going Adolescents in Saint Lucia: Analysis of Prevalence and Associated Factors(2023)
Conceptualising the correlates of adolescent suicidal behaviour in Benin: evidence from a national survey(2024)
Suicidal Behaviours among School-Going Adolescents in Saint Lucia: Prevalence, Risks and Protective Factors(2022)
Child maltreatment mediates the relationship between HIV/AIDS family dysfunction trajectories and psychosocial problems among adolescents(2023)
The effects of HIV/AIDS family dysfunction trajectories and psychosocial wellbeing among adolescents in Ghana: the mediating role of child maltreatment(2022)
In‐school adolescents' sociodemographic correlates of serious unintentional injuries in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: A cross‐sectional study(2023)
The Experiences of People Who Use Drugs and Their Encounters with the Police in Ghana(2021)
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Familial role and drug users' interaction with rehabilitation centres in Ghana(2023)
Perinatal Mental Health in Africa: A Mini-Review of Screening, Prevalence, and Impact(2024)

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