Joseph Braimah
Ph.D., Geography
Queen's University
M.A., Geography
Western University
M.Phil., Environmental Science
University of Ghana
B.A., Geography and Resource Development
University of Ghana
Joseph A. Braimah is a health geographer with an interdisciplinary research interest that focuses broadly on the health and well being of marginalized and structurally exposed populations in the global north and global south. He draws on multiple research methodologies and theoretical perspectives in his research projects. His work largely revolves around Aging and Health, Global Health, Social Determinants of Health, Community Health Systems, and Community-based Participatory Research. Prior to joining SLU, Dr. Braimah was an Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He earned his Ph.D. in Geography from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.
Publications
Recent Publications - For a full list of publications, see
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EzQZh90AAAAJ&hl=en
Selected Publications
Braimah, J. A., Agyemang-Duah, W., Amoak, D., Sano, Y., Antabe, R., & Dassah, E. (2023). Healthcare seeking behavior during illness among older adults in Ghana: does food security status matter? BMC Geriatrics, 23(327).
Amoak, D., Braimah, J. A., Agyemang-Duah, W., Osei-Kye, N., Anfaara, F. W., Yujiro, S., Antabe, R. & Dassah, E. (2022). Understanding the association between unmet dental care needs and household food security status among older people in Ghana. BMC Oral Health, 23(323).
Braimah, J. A., Kuuire, V. Z., Bisung, E., Pagra, M. M. K., Kansanga, M. M., & Stoner, B. P. (2023). Determinants of COVID-19 knowledge and self-action among African women: Evidence from Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(5), e0001688. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001688
Braimah, J. A., Oduro Appiah, J., Adei, D., Ofori-Amoah, J. & Agyemang-Duah, W. (2022). Demographic and socio-economic inequalities contribute to satisfaction with formal healthcare utilisation among older adults with very low incomes in Ghana. Cogent Public Health, 9(1).
Braimah, J. A., Rosenberg, M. W., & Kuuire, V. (2022). “We are left behind to suffer”: Examining the lived experiences of left behind older adults in Ghana from an ecological perspective. African Geographical Review.
Braimah, J. A. & Rosenberg, M. W. (2021). An ecological systems analysis of food insecurity experiences of community-living older adult Ghanaian. The Canadian Geographer, 1-12.
Braimah, J. A. & Rosenberg, M. W. (2021). “They do not care about us anymore”: Understanding the situation of older people in Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18,2337.
Amegbor, P. M., Braimah, J. A., Adjaye-Gbewonyo, D., Rosenberg, M. W. & Clive E. Sabel (2020). Effect of cognitive and structural social capital on depression among older adults in Ghana: A multilevel cross-sectional analysis. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 89.
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