Anita Eseenam Agbeko
Department of SurgeryHealth SciencesSocial Sciences

Anita Eseenam Agbeko

34 Publications16 Research Themes22 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's focus is centered around advancing medical care through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates clinical studies with policy, financial, and social sciences. Their work addresses the needs of patients facing significant medical challenges across various domains, including palliative care for end-of-life situations, burn survivors, and those with life-limiting illnesses. The researcher's efforts aim to enhance outcomes by improving interventions, policies, access, and financial aspects to ensure equitable healthcare for all patients.

Key Research Themes (16)
Health Sciences

Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches

Health Sciences

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Health Sciences

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes

Health Sciences

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Health Sciences

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Health Sciences

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management

Social Sciences

Diversity and Career in Medicine

Social Sciences

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer

Health Sciences

Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Health Sciences

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Health Sciences

Global Health and Surgery

Health Sciences

Global Health Workforce Issues

Social Sciences

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Health Sciences

Hernia repair and management

Health Sciences

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Health Sciences

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Publications (34)

Anticipated First Contact and Time to Seek Healthcare for Possible Breast Cancer Symptoms: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Rural Ghana

Open Access
2025Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningDOI: 10.1111/hex.70395

Evaluating the efficacy of dilute povidone-iodine versus normal saline for preventing surgical site infections following appendectomy: a prospective observational study in Ghanaian tertiary hospital

Open Access
2025Appendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementDOI: 10.1186/s12893-025-03088-0

Task sharing in elective inguinal hernia surgery in Ghana: a workforce model comparing surgeons and physicians

Open Access
2025Diversity and Career in MedicineDOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf173

Surgical health policy 2025–35: strengthening essential services for tomorrow's needs

2025Global Health Workforce IssuesDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00985-7

Interventions to reduce short term post-operative mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Protocol for a Systematic Review of randomised controlled trials.

Open Access
2025Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesDOI: 10.62463/surgery.180

Improving Nutrition and Nutrition Education in the Burn Unit of a Developing Country: A Qualitative Study

Open Access
2025Burn Injury Management and OutcomesDOI: 10.3390/ebj6010015

Variation of elective healthcare in West Africa: secondary analysis of an inguinal hernia international cohort study

Open Access
2024Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesDOI: 10.62463/surgery.80

Global access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: prospective, international cohort study

Open Access
2024Hernia repair and managementDOI: 10.1093/bjs/znae164

Developing impact from the HIPPO study: Surgery and health systems research

Open Access
2024Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesDOI: 10.62463/surgery.62

GLOBAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND EFFECTIVE INGUINAL HERNIA SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE, INTERNATIONAL COHORT STUDY

Open Access
2024Hernia repair and managementDOI: 10.1093/bjs/znae122.004

Equitable access to quality injury care; Equi-Injury project protocol for prioritizing interventions in four low- or middle-income countries: a mixed method study

Open Access
2024Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10668-y

Long-term risk prediction after major lower limb amputation: 1-year results of the PERCEIVE study

Open Access
2024Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementDOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrad135

Global epidemiology of geriatric burns, capacities of care, and injury outcomes: Perspectives from the World Health Organization global burn registry

2023Burn Injury Management and OutcomesDOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2023.09.020

Nutrition education programs for burn survivors: A scoping review

2023Burn Injury Management and OutcomesDOI: 10.1177/02601060231203282

Frontlines of change: ASCO's approach to the cancer pandemic and a call for surgical oncology engagement

2023COVID-19 and healthcare impactsDOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2023.107052

Developing a Burn-Specific Family-Centered Care (BS-FCC) Framework: A Multi-Method Study

Open Access
2023Burn Injury Management and OutcomesDOI: 10.3390/ebj4030025

Change in quality of life of metastatic breast cancer patients seeking treatment at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana.

2023Economic and Financial Impacts of CancerDOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.e24111

Short-term risk prediction after major lower limb amputation: PERCEIVE study

2022Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementDOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac309

Coverage of the Coeliac Artery During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Open Access
2022Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesDOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.06.013

Palliative care interventions for adults in the emergency department: A review of components, delivery models, and outcomes

2022Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesDOI: 10.1111/acem.14508

Coverage of the Coeliac Artery During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Open Access
2022Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesDOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.02.026

“Managing uncertainty”: Experiences of family members of burn patients from injury occurrence to the end-of-life period

2021Burn Injury Management and OutcomesDOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.02.009

“Hanging in a balance”: A qualitative study exploring clinicians’ experiences of providing care at the end of life in the burn unit

Open Access
2020Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthDOI: 10.1177/0269216320972289

Seeking healthcare at their ‘right’ time; the iterative decision process for women with breast cancer

Open Access
2020Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningDOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-07520-x

Seeking healthcare at their 'right' time; the iterative decision process for women with breast cancer

Open Access
2020Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-39123/v2

Seeking Healthcare at Their 'Right' Time: The Iterative Decision Process for Women with Breast Cancer

Open Access
2020Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-39123/v1

Preparing a young palliative care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic in a teaching hospital in Ghana

Open Access
2020Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesDOI: 10.1017/s1478951520000498

Cultural Values, Preferences, and Goals of End-of-Life Care of Family Members of Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in Kumasi, Ghana: A Community-Based Study (GP702)

2020Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesDOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.04.125

Cultural Values, Preferences and Goals and of End of Life Care of Family Members of Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in Kumasi, Ghana: A Community-Based Study (TH370C)

Open Access
2020Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesDOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.100

The Role of Palliative Care in Burns: A Scoping Review

2019Burn Injury Management and OutcomesDOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.11.006

Two Cases of Gastroduodenal Perforation Following Cesarean Section

Open Access
2019Eosinophilic EsophagitisDOI: 10.14740/jmc3279

Assessment of Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Two Communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana

2017Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0016

Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey

Open Access
2016Global Health and SurgeryDOI: 10.1186/s12905-016-0308-4

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries—Part Two (SA502)

2015Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesDOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.11.145
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Surgery
Total Publications34
Research Themes16
Open Access Papers22

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