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Robert Quansah
Department of SurgeryHealth SciencesSocial SciencesPhysical Sciences

Robert Quansah

45 Publications15 Research Themes25 Open Access
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Research Overview & Focus

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.

Faculty Biography

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

Key Research Themes (15)
Health Sciences

Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy

Health Sciences

Blood transfusion and management

Health Sciences

Bone fractures and treatments

Health Sciences

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Health Sciences

Global Health and Surgery

Health Sciences

Global Health Workforce Issues

Health Sciences

Global Maternal and Child Health

Social Sciences

Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Physical Sciences

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Health Sciences

Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Health Sciences

Peripheral Artery Disease Management

Health Sciences

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies

Health Sciences

Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments

Physical Sciences

Traffic and Road Safety

Health Sciences

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Publications (45)

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

Open Access
2022Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s00268-022-06686-8

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

2021Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1007/s00268-021-06197-y

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

Open Access
2021Blood transfusion and managementDOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.01.028

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

Open Access
2021Injury Epidemiology and PreventionDOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.401.28313

Estimating peak discharge for ungauged tributaries of Daka catchment

2020Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

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

Open Access
2020Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.4314/gmj.v54i3.11

National health insurance and surgical care for injured people, Ghana

Open Access
2020Healthcare Systems and ReformsDOI: 10.2471/blt.20.255315

Nationwide enumeration of emergency operations performed in Ghana

Open Access
2019Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1007/s00068-019-01276-1

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

Open Access
2019Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.013

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

Open Access
2019Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1002/ijgo.13019

Outcome Assessment of Open Foot Injuries in A Teaching Hospital in Ghana

Open Access
2019Bone fractures and treatmentsDOI: 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-19-2750

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

Open Access
2018Global Maternal and Child HealthDOI: 10.1007/s00268-018-4589-7

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

2017Advances in Oncology and RadiotherapyDOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.215

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

Open Access
2017Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002457

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

Open Access
2016Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.2106/jbjs.15.01299

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

Open Access
2016Global Health Workforce IssuesDOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.04.506

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

Open Access
2016Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1239

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

Open Access
2016Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.2471/blt.15.162214

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

2015Peripheral Artery Disease ManagementDOI: 10.1002/bjs.9956

Serial Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014

Open Access
2015Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.3648

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

Open Access
2015Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.09.007

Strategic Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana

Open Access
2015Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3132-3

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

2015Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.03.047

Health and Economic Benefits of Improved Injury Prevention and Trauma Care Worldwide

Open Access
2014Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091862

Trauma care in Africa: The way forward

2014Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.4103/1597-1112.139448

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

2012Spondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsDOI: 10.3923/jms.2012.161.167

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

2012Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1459-6

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

Open Access
2010Traffic and Road SafetyDOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.024174

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

Open Access
2009Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesDOI: 10.3923/jms.2010.19.24

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

Open Access
2008Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0401-6

Advancing Injury Prevention and Trauma Care in North America and Globally

2007Injury Epidemiology and PreventionDOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2006.09.017

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

2007Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Essential trauma care: an African perspective

Open Access
2006Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.4314/asp.v4i1.31585

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

2006Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0766-6

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

Open Access
2006Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0768-4

Preparing and responding to mass casualties in the developing world

2005Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1080/17457300500102997

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

2005Injury Epidemiology and PreventionDOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.12.044

Strengthening the prevention and care of injuries worldwide

2004Injury Epidemiology and PreventionDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16510-0

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

2003Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1076/icsp.10.1.45.14114

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

Open Access
2002Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

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

2001Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1097/00005373-200110000-00021

Casualty trends in road traffic accidents

2001Traffic and Road Safety

Availability of emergency medical services along major highway

2001Emergency and Acute Care Studies

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

1999Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1163/156857199750223857

Trauma care in Ghana

1999Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1163/156857199750223776
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Surgery
Total Publications45
Research Themes15
Open Access Papers25

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