Isaac Nyanor
Department of Child HealthHealth SciencesSocial SciencesLife SciencesPhysical Sciences

Isaac Nyanor

26 Publications15 Research Themes24 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's overall focus is on enhancing public health outcomes through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates maternal care, infectious disease management, vaccination efforts, and health education. Their work spans several key areas: 1. **Maternal Health and VACC Inspects**: Engages in studies like Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) to improve neonatal survival rates and examines the impact of Artemether-Lumefantrine on Staphylococcus aureus. 2. **Infectious Diseases**: Focuses on controlling diseases such as malaria, MERS-CoV, and Paraphilis through mass drug administration and vaccination studies. 3. **Immunology and VACC Inspects**: investigates Antimicrobial Resistance in VACC Inspects to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance among healthcare workers. 4. **Child Nutrition and Water Access**: explores early health education strategies, including teaching caregivers about recognizing pneumonia in young children. 5. **Global Health Policies**: Examines public health policies and their impact on marginalized communities like rural Ghanaians. 6. **Health Education and Water Access**: Conducts studies on iron-folic acid supplementation to improve maternal health outcomes in specific regions. 7. **Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections**: Develops strategies for early recognition of pneumonia through awareness programs in young children. The researcher's work aims to create comprehensive, integrated approaches to public health that address both immediate care needs and long-term health issues, with a focus on improving health outcomes in vulnerable populations.

Key Research Themes (15)
Health Sciences

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Health Sciences

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Health Sciences

Diabetes Management and Education

Health Sciences

Global Maternal and Child Health

Social Sciences

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Health Sciences

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders

Life Sciences

Immune responses and vaccinations

Health Sciences

Infant Development and Preterm Care

Health Sciences

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Health Sciences

Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting

Health Sciences

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Health Sciences

Poisoning and overdose treatments

Physical Sciences

Synthesis and biological activity

Health Sciences

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Social Sciences

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Publications (26)

Domain‐Specific Diabetes Self‐Management Correlates of Quality of Life Among Adults With Diabetes Mellitus in Routine Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana

Open Access
2025Diabetes Management and EducationDOI: 10.1002/lim2.70032

Transition Readiness of Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients to Adult Clinic in a Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Open Access
2025Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.1155/ah/2843974

A contemporary evaluation of the frequency & factors associated with overt stroke across the lifespan: A Ghanaian sickle cell disease registry analysis

2024Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2024.123263

Awareness of and participation in mass drug administration programs used for onchocerciasis control in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Ghana

Open Access
2023Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.1186/s41256-023-00331-0

Hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease enrolled in the Kumasi Sickle Cell Pan African Consortium (SPARCo) database: A cross sectional study

Open Access
2023Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1534

Compliance with Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women in the Bekwai Municipality, Ghana

Open Access
2023Global Maternal and Child HealthDOI: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20231203.11

Evaluation of the impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) initiated immediately after birth compared to KMC initiated after stabilization in newborns with birth weight 1.0 to < 1.8 kg on neurodevelopmental outcomes: Protocol for a follow-up study

Open Access
2023Infant Development and Preterm CareDOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07192-5

Penicillin V prophylaxis uptake among children living with sickle cell disease in a specialist sickle cell clinic in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study

Open Access
2022Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.1002/hsr2.953

Evaluation of impact of continuous KMC initiated immediately after birth compared to KMC initiated after stabilization, in newborns with birth weight 1.0 to <1.8 kg on neurodevelopmental outcomes: protocol for a follow-up study

Open Access
2022Infant Development and Preterm CareDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1876440/v1

Establishing a Sickle Cell Disease Registry in Africa: Experience From the Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium, Kumasi-Ghana

Open Access
2022Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.802355

Hospitalizations among children with Sickle Cell Disease enrolled into the Kumasi SPARCo database

Open Access
2022Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.31191/afrijcmr.v5i1.90

Mass drug administration targeting Onchocerca volvulus in Owabi catchment area in Ashanti Region, Ghana: Determinants of drug coverage and drug uptake.

Open Access
2021Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2021.e00235

Social and Behaviour Change Communication Intervention Improves Coverage and Acceptance of Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration in Onchocerciasis Endemic Communities in Ghana: A Quasi Experimental Design

Open Access
2021Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-986375/v1

Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight

Open Access
2021Infant Development and Preterm CareDOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2026486

The Sickle Cell Disease Ontology: Enabling Collaborative Research and Co-Designing of New Planetary Health Applications

Open Access
2020Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.1089/omi.2020.0153

Social constructs, late recognition and decision making for managing fast breathing in children

2020Child Nutrition and Water AccessDOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105416

Healthcare services utilisation among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Ghana

Open Access
2020Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2114

Educating caregivers to recognise the clinical signs of pneumonia in children younger than 6 months

Open Access
2020Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsDOI: 10.7196/sajch.2020.v14i2.1642

Qualitative and Quantitative Microbiological Studies of Paediatric Artemether-Lumefantrine Dry Powders and Paracetamol Syrups Obtained from Selected Drug Stores in Accra, Ghana

Open Access
2019Pharmaceutical Quality and CounterfeitingDOI: 10.1155/2019/7062016

In Vitro Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (ATCC® 6538™) by Artemether-Lumefantrine Tablets: A Comparative Study of Three Dosage Strengths

Open Access
2019Synthesis and biological activityDOI: 10.2174/1874285801913010067

In Vitro Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (ATCC® 6538™) by Artemether-Lumefantrine Tablets: A Comparative Study of Three Dosage Strengths

Open Access
2018Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusDOI: 10.2174/1874285801812010397

Source of medicines and medicine information by self-reported persons living with hy-pertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana

Open Access
2018Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.18549/pharmpract.2018.03.1151

Knowledge and Competencies of Vaccinators on Routine Childhood Vaccination in Ghana

Open Access
2018Immune responses and vaccinationsDOI: 10.4172/2157-7560.1000389

Review of Organism Density and Bacteriologic Conversion of Sputum among Tuberculosis Patients

Open Access
2017Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.1155/2017/7052583

Epidemiology of paediatric poisoning reporting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana

Open Access
2016Poisoning and overdose treatmentsDOI: 10.7196/sajch.2016.v10i1.1055

Suboptimal vaccination rates in rural Ghana despite positive caregiver attitudes towards vaccination

Open Access
2014Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyDOI: 10.14312/2053-1273.2014-2
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Child Health
Total Publications26
Research Themes15
Open Access Papers24

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