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Reginald Ocansey
Researcher at University of Ghana
Publications - 29
Citations - 1056
Reginald Ocansey is an academic researcher from University of Ghana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Student teaching. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 22 publications receiving 760 citations. Previous affiliations of Reginald Ocansey include Pedagogical University.
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Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries
Salomé Aubert,Joel D. Barnes,Chalchisa Abdeta,Patrick Abi Nader,Patrick Abi Nader,Ade F Adeniyi,Ade F Adeniyi,Nicolas Aguilar-Farias,Dolores Susana Andrade Tenesaca,Jasmin Bhawra,Javier Brazo-Sayavera,Greet Cardon,Chen-Kang Chang,Christine Delisle Nyström,Christine Delisle Nyström,Yolanda Demetriou,Catherine E. Draper,Catherine E. Draper,Lowri Cerys Edwards,Arunas Emeljanovas,Aleš Gába,Karla I. Galaviz,Silvia González,Marianella Herrera-Cuenca,Wendy Y J Huang,Izzeldin Ibrahim,Jaak Jürimäe,Katariina Kämppi,Tarun R Katapally,Piyawat Katewongsa,Piyawat Katewongsa,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,Asaduzzaman Khan,Agata Korcz,Yeonsoo Kim,Estelle V. Lambert,Eun-Young Lee,Marie Löf,Marie Löf,Tom Loney,Juan R. Lopez-Taylor,Yang Liu,Daga Makaza,Taru Manyanga,Bilyana Mileva,Shawnda A. Morrison,Jorge Mota,Vida K Nyawornota,Reginald Ocansey,John J. Reilly,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Diego Augusto Santos Silva,Pairoj Saonuam,John Scriven,Jan Seghers,Natasha Schranz,Thomas Skovgaard,Melody Smith,Martyn Standage,Gregor Starc,Gareth Stratton,Narayan Subedi,Tim Takken,Tuija Tammelin,Chiaki Tanaka,David Thivel,Dawn Tladi,Richard Tyler,Riaz Uddin,Riaz Uddin,Alun G. Williams,Stephen H.S. Wong,Ching Lin Wu,Paweł Zembura,Mark S. Tremblay +75 more
TL;DR: The present study provides rich new evidence showing that the situation regarding the physical activity of children and youth is a concern worldwide and strategic public investments to implement effective interventions to increase physical activity opportunities are needed.
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Physical Activity of Children: A Global Matrix of Grades Comparing 15 Countries
Mark S. Tremblay,Casey E Gray,Kingsley K. Akinroye,Dierdre M. Harrington,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,Estelle V. Lambert,Jarmo Liukkonen,Ralph Maddison,Reginald Ocansey,Vincent Onywera,António Prista,John J. Reilly,María del Pilar Rodríguez Martínez,Olga L. Sarmiento Duenas,Martyn Standage,Grant R. Tomkinson +15 more
TL;DR: The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth has been effective in powering the movement to get kids moving by influencing priorities, policies, and practice in Canada.
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NEWS for Africa: adaptation and reliability of a built environment questionnaire for physical activity in seven African countries.
Adewale L. Oyeyemi,Adewale L. Oyeyemi,Sandra S. Kasoma,Vincent Onywera,Felix K. Assah,Rufus A. Adedoyin,Terry L. Conway,Sarah J. Moss,Reginald Ocansey,Tracy Kolbe-Alexander,Kingsley K. Akinroye,António Prista,Richard Larouche,Kavita A. Gavand,Kelli L. Cain,Estelle V. Lambert,Richmond Aryeetey,Clare Bartels,Mark S. Tremblay,Mark S. Tremblay,James F. Sallis +20 more
TL;DR: The systematic adaptation and initial psychometric evaluation of NEWS-Africa indicates the instrument is feasible and reliable for use with adults of diverse demographic characteristics in Africa and is likely to be useful for research, surveillance of built environment conditions for planning purposes, and to evaluate physical activity and policy interventions in Africa.
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Indicators of Physical Activity Among Children and Youth in 9 Countries With Low to Medium Human Development Indices: A Global Matrix 3.0 Paper.
Taru Manyanga,Joel D. Barnes,Chalchisa Abdeta,Ade F Adeniyi,Jasmin Bhawra,Catherine E. Draper,Tarun R Katapally,Asaduzzaman Khan,Estelle V. Lambert,Daga Makaza,Vida K Nyawornota,Reginald Ocansey,Narayan Subedi,Riaz Uddin,Dawn Tladi,Mark S. Tremblay +15 more
TL;DR: Findings demonstrate an urgent need for high-quality data at the country level in order to better characterize the physical activity levels of children and youth in countries with low to medium human development indices.
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Construct Validity of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Africa
Adewale L. Oyeyemi,Terry L. Conway,Rufus A. Adedoyin,Kingsley K. Akinroye,Richmond Aryeetey,Felix Assah,Kelli L. Cain,Kavita A. Gavand,Sandra S. Kasoma,Tracy Kolbe-Alexander,Estelle V. Lambert,Richard Larouche,Sarah J. Moss,Reginald Ocansey,Vincent Onywera,António Prista,Mark S. Tremblay,James F. Sallis +17 more
TL;DR: Of 14 NEWS-Africa scales, 7 were significantly related to walking behavior in pooled analyses, providing partial support for the construct validity of NEWS-African, however, effect sizes appeared to be lower than those from other continents.