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Isaac Luginaah
Researcher at University of Western Ontario
Publications - 304
Citations - 6957
Isaac Luginaah is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 275 publications receiving 5511 citations. Previous affiliations of Isaac Luginaah include McMaster University & University of Windsor.
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Who you know, where you live: social capital, neighbourhood and health
TL;DR: The neighbourhood and associational involvement relationships with health were not dependent upon one another, suggesting that neighbourhood of residence did not help to explain the positive health effects of this particular measure of social capital.
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Association of Arsenic with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes/Infant Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Reginald Quansah,Frederick Ato Armah,David Kofi Essumang,Isaac Luginaah,Edith Clarke,Kissinger Marfoh,Samuel Jerry Cobbina,Edward Nketiah-Amponsah,Proscovia Bazanya Namujju,Samuel Obiri,Mawuli Dzodzomenyo +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a study on the effects of exposure to arsenic on human reproduction and found that arsenic exposure is one of the major global health problems, affecting > 300 million people worldwide.
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Can she make it? Transportation barriers to accessing maternal and child health care services in rural Ghana.
Kilian Nasung Atuoye,Jenna Dixon,Andrea Rishworth,Sylvester Z. Galaa,Sheila A. Boamah,Isaac Luginaah +5 more
TL;DR: Transportation barriers in health access in a rural context based on perceived cause, coping mechanisms and strategies for a sustainable transportation system underscore the need for policy to address rural transport problems in order to improve maternal health.
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Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) With Indigenous Communities: Producing Respectful and Reciprocal Research
TL;DR: A case study of a community-based approach to health research with Anishinabe communities in northern Ontario is drawn upon as a means of advocating the growth of such participatory approaches.
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Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution and/or improve health in homes using solid fuel in low-and-middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Reginald Quansah,Sean Semple,Caroline Ochieng,Sanjar Juvekar,Frederick Ato Armah,Isaac Luginaah,Jacques B. O. Emina +6 more
TL;DR: The findings on health outcomes were inconclusive and care should be taken in concluding that HAP interventions - as currently designed and implemented - support reductions in the average kitchen and personal levels of PM and CO.