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Adom Manu

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Articles 37
Citations 317
Followers 0
Related Specialties
General Medicine
Gynecology & Obstetrics
Reproductive Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Kwasi Torpey
Paul D Hastings
Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba
Charles D Arnold
Benjamin Amponsah
Seth Adu-Afarwuah
Brietta M Oaks
Angela Chukwu
Amanda E Guyer
Ebenezer Adjetey
Published In
PLoS One
Reprod Health
PLOS Glob Public Health
EClinicalMedicine
BMC Womens Health
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Recent Articles
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Impact of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements on Pubertal Status of 9-13-Year Olds: A Follow-Up Study of the iLiNS-DYAD-Ghana Trial
Nti H, Adu-Afarwuah S, Oaks B, Prado E, Arnold C, Hastings P, et al.
Curr Dev Nutr . 2025 Jan; 8(12):104458. PMID: 39758592
Background: Early and delayed puberty are both associated with adverse health and psychosocial outcomes. Objectives: We assessed the impact of provision of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS) to mothers during...
2.
Effect of Early-Life Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement and Home Environment on Autonomic Nervous System Regulation at 9-11 Years: A Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Aryee L, Adu-Afarwuah S, Prado E, Guyer A, Arnold C, Dewey K, et al.
Matern Child Nutr . 2024 Dec; :e13789. PMID: 39679749
Nutrition and the home environment contribute to the development of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). However, no study has examined the long-term effects of prenatal and postnatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient...
3.
The role of parent-adolescent communication interventions in improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Gatheru P, Wao H, Alamdo A, Kwarteng P, Kwashie M, Kabiru C, et al.
Reprod Health . 2024 Nov; 21(1):173. PMID: 39587605
Background: Across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents face the triple tragedy: unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV due to various reasons, among them, poor parent-adolescent communication on sexual...
4.
Assessing Children's Autonomic Nervous System Activity During Structured Tasks: A Feasibility and Reliability Study in Ghana
Bentil H, Daang E, Guyer A, Yuan H, Adu-Afarwuah S, Amponsah B, et al.
Dev Psychobiol . 2024 Aug; 66(6):e22535. PMID: 39106340
The significance of physiological regulation in relation to behavioral and emotional regulation is well documented, but primarily in economically advantaged contexts. Few studies have been conducted in low- and middle-income...
5.
Youth-friendly health service in Ethiopia: Assessment of care friendliness and user's satisfaction
Alamdo A, Debelle F, Gatheru P, Manu A, Enos J, Yirtaw T
PLoS One . 2024 Jul; 19(7):e0307142. PMID: 39012894
Background: Health facilities' level of readiness to provide adolescent and youth-friendly health services (AYFHS) is crucial for preventing and reducing teenage pregnancies and maternal mortality. This study examined friendliness and...
6.
Relevance of meeting general outpatients' information needs to their perceptions of healthcare quality in a hospital in Ghana: a Healthcare Quality Survey using modified SERVQUAL analysis
Asare A, Otchi E, Manu A
BMJ Open Qual . 2024 Jun; 13(2). PMID: 38858077
Background: Patients determine quality of healthcare by their perception of the gap between the healthcare they experience/receive and that which they expect. This can be influenced by the ability of...
7.
Utilisation of Reproductive Health Services among Adolescents in Ghana: Analysis of the 2007 and 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Surveys
Ehiawey J, Manu A, Modey E, Ogum D, Atuhaire E, Torpey K
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2024 May; 21(5). PMID: 38791741
Early pubertal development induces early sexual activities among adolescents. In Ghana, despite the high sexual activity among Ghanaian adolescents, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are underutilised, primarily due to...
8.
Co-occurrence of and factors associated with health risk behaviors among adolescents: a multi-center study in sub-Saharan Africa, China, and India
Li X, Dessie Y, Mwanyika-Sando M, Assefa N, Millogo O, Manu A, et al.
EClinicalMedicine . 2024 Mar; 70:102525. PMID: 38533342
Background: Despite lifelong and detrimental effects, the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors (HRBs) during adolescence remains understudied in low- and middle-income countries. This study examines the co-occurrence of HRBs and...
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Sustained effects of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements provided during the first 1000 days on child growth at 9-11 y in a randomized controlled trial in Ghana
Bentil H, Adu-Afarwuah S, Prado E, Arnold C, Hastings P, Guyer A, et al.
Am J Clin Nutr . 2024 Feb; 119(2):425-432. PMID: 38309829
Background: There is limited research on whether nutritional supplementation in the first 1000 d affects long-term child outcomes. We previously demonstrated that pre- and postnatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS)...
10.
Depressive symptoms among adolescents in six sub-Saharan African countries: A pooled analysis of associated factors
Partap U, Nyundo A, Manu A, Regan M, Ismail A, Chukwu A, et al.
Prev Med Rep . 2023 Dec; 36:102499. PMID: 38116275
There is a need to identify risk factors, including nutrition-related factors, for depressive disorders among sub-Saharan African (SSA) adolescents. We examined the association of multiple measures with depressive symptoms among...