Associate Professor of Global Health; Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Humanitarianism
Contact
Department: School of Global Health
Contact information: DB5022J, +1 (416)736-2100 ext 44339
Research Interests
Resource insecurity, health, and sustainable livelihoods; environmental pollution, climate change and health effects; the socio-ecological determinants of cardiometabolic conditions in aging adults; social inequity in health systems; retooling black anxiety; quantitative data analysis methods and survey scale development; and COVID-19 related health effects.
Published Manuscripts (Select Publications)
1. Boateng, G.O., Wachter, K., Schuster, R.C., Burgess, T.L., & Bunn, M. (2024). A scoping review of instruments used in measuring social support among refugees in resettlement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21 (6), 805.
2.Yawson, D., Boateng, G.O., Payne, K., Joyette, A., & Armah, F. (2024). Attribution of Climate Change to Environmental Outcomes: Perceptions of Coastal Communities in the Caribbean. Environmental Development, 52,
3.Boateng, G.O. & Adams, E. A. (2023). A multilevel multidimensional scale for measuring housing insecurity in urban slums and informal settlements: a psychometric study. Cities, 132, 104059.
4.Kindratt, T. B., Boateng, G. O., Brannon, G. E., Sankuratri, B. Y. V., & Brown, K. K. (2023). Testing proximal, intermediate, and health outcomes of patient-centered communication among non-pregnant women of childbearing age with diabetes mellitus: Findings from the medical expenditure survey, 2012–2018. PEC innovation, 100185.
5.Boateng, G.O., Balogun, M.R., Dada, F.O., Armah, F.A. (2020). Household energy insecurity: dimensions and consequences for women, infants, and children in low-and middle-income countries. Social Science and Medicine, 258, 113068.
6.Boateng, G.O., Workman, C.L., Miller, J.D., Onono, M., Neilands, T.B., & Young, S.L (2020). The syndemic effects of food insecurity, water insecurity, and HIV on postpartum depression among Kenyan women. Social Science and Medicine, 113043.
7Boateng, G. O., Schuster, R. & Odei Boateng, M. (2019). Uncovering a health and wellbeing gap among professional nurses: situated experiences of direct care nurses in two Canadian cities. Social Science and Medicine. 242, 112568.
8.Boateng, G. O., Neilands, TB, Frongillo, EA., Melgar-Quinonez, HR, & Young, SL (2018). Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer. Frontiers in Public Health: Epidemiology, 6 (149), 1-18. and Human Development, 49(6), 853-864.