Rev. Prof. A. Y. Owusu

Adobea Yaa Owusu is a Professor of Medical Sociology and Public Health at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana, Legon. She has a Bachelor of Science in Home Science (Honors) (Family & Society Option) and a Graduate Diploma in Communication Studies from the University of Ghana. She also has an MA in Medical Sociology and a Ph.D. with a major in Medical Sociology (minors in Public Health and Demography) from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA. Her Master of Public Health (Health Services Research specialization) was obtained from the University of North Texas School of Biomedical Sciences, at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.  Her research focuses on the social and behavioral aspects of health, and health services.

Her areas of expertise are reproductive health (including adolescents’); public/promotive and preventive health; health services research; Project/Program monitoring & evaluation; social and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS; social and behavioral aspects of COVID-19; gender, behavioral health theories; social change theories; behavior change communication/health information; education and communication; operations/formative research; health communications research; health educational materials development, public health, and development studies.