Assistant Professor of Global Health; Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Humanitarianism
Contact
Department: Psychology
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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060805.
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, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101088
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. doi.org/10.1007/s10578-018-0800-1