Dodowa Health Research Centre
52 publications · 1,640 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-1147-985X
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Elizabeth Awini is a public health researcher specializing in maternal and child health, malaria control, and health systems strengthening in Ghana. Awini's work spans from early epidemiological studies on malaria mortality and treatment adherence to recent cluster randomized trials evaluating group antenatal care models and realist syntheses of health systems responsiveness.
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Why this gap exists: While Abstract [7] compares diagnostic criteria and Abstract [4] compares 75g and 100g OGTTs, the retrieved evidence lacks direct, comparative studies on the cost-effectiveness and relative efficacy of the one-step versus two-step *approaches* in preventing adverse outcomes, leaving the specific question unresolved.
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Why this gap exists: While a 2023 network meta-analysis [6] synthesizes general efficacy and adherence data for LTBI regimens, the retrieved evidence lacks direct comparative studies specifically focused on high-burden, low-resource settings, leaving the specific constraints of these environments unresolved.
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Why this gap exists: While abstracts [4], [7], [8], and [9] discuss digital tools and maternity care in low- and middle-income countries, none provide a direct comparative effectiveness analysis of telemedicine versus in-person care regarding maternal mortality during health system shocks, leaving the specific question unresolved.
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Why this gap exists: While the retrieved papers confirm the individual importance of WASH access for child nutrition [0], maternal undernutrition for child development [5, 8], and the critical nature of the first 1,000 days [5], none of the provided abstracts directly analyze the specific mediating role of water and sanitation facilities in the relationship between maternal undernutrition and child developmental outcomes.
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Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature confirms associations between water quality and child growth (e.g., Abstracts 2, 5, 8), no study directly compares the efficacy of household water treatment interventions against improved water source infrastructure for reducing stunting, leaving the specific comparative question unresolved.
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Why this gap exists: While Abstract [3] confirms the general effectiveness of digital health interventions on breastfeeding practices and Abstract [0] notes the cancellation of face-to-face peer support during the pandemic, the retrieved evidence does not contain a direct comparative study between digital/telehealth lactation support and traditional face-to-face peer support specifically regarding exclusivity rates during social restrictions.
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BMC Primary Care · 2026
Malaria Journal · 2026
Translation, adaptation and validation of an epilepsy screening instrument in two Ghanaian languages
PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author · 3 citations
Theoretical foundations and mechanisms of health systems responsiveness: a realist synthesis
SSM - Health Systems · 2025 · 2 citations
PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author
The Lancet · 2024 · 84 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2024 · 28 citations
Frontiers in Public Health · 2024 · 11 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2024 · 9 citations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2024 · 7 citations
BMC Pediatrics · 2024 · 5 citations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2024 · 5 citations
Conceptualizing maternal mental health in rural Ghana: a realist qualitative analysis
Health Policy and Planning · 2024 · 2 citations
Translation and Validation of an Epilepsy Screening Instrument in Two Ghanaian Languages
medRxiv · 2024
BMJ Open · 2023 · 21 citations
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 18 citations
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 16 citations
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 8 citations
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 7 citations
Group Antenatal Care in Ghana: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR Research Protocols · 2022 · 24 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 15 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2021 · 12 citations
BMJ Open · 2021 · 7 citations
Research Square · 2021
The Lancet Global Health · 2020 · 489 citations
Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2019 · 58 citations
Ghana Medical Journal · 2017 · corresponding author · 10 citations
Weather Variability on All-Cause and Malaria-Specific Mortality in Three Geographical Zones in Ghana
2017 · corresponding author
PLoS ONE · 2015 · 18 citations
Malaria Journal · 2015 · 16 citations
Global Health Action · 2015
Malaria Journal · 2014 · 55 citations
Global Health Action · 2014 · 49 citations
Estimating cause of adult (15+ years) death using InterVA-4 in a rural district of southern Ghana
Global Health Action · 2014 · corresponding author · 20 citations
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2013 · 128 citations
International Journal of Epidemiology · 2013 · 55 citations
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2012 · 62 citations
Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2012 · 36 citations
Clinical Biochemistry · 2011 · 1 citations
BMC Public Health · 2010 · 51 citations
Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2010 · corresponding author · 17 citations
Epidemiology of malaria in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana
Malaria Journal · 2009 · 153 citations
Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2009 · 32 citations
Malaria Journal · 2007 · 31 citations
Perception of university students in Ghana about emergency contraception
Contraception · 2002 · 75 citations