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Kansanga, M.M., Konkor, I., Kpienbaareh, D., Mohammed, K., Batung., E., Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Kuuire, V.Z, & Luginaah, I. (2022). Time matters: a survival analysis of timing to seasonal food insecurity in semi-arid Ghana. Regional Environmental Change, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-022-01891-6
Bisung, E., Achore, M., Dassah, E. & Kuuire, V.Z., (2022). Public health response to COVID-19 pandemic and drivers of mistrust in Ghana. African Geographical Review, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2021.2007411
Konkor, I., Dogoli, M.A., Kuuire, V.Z., & Wilson, K. (2021). Examining the relationship between occupational physical activity and hypertension status: Evidence from the Ghana WHO study on global ageing and adult health. Annals of Work Exposure and Health Geographical Review of Public Health, 65 (9), 1050 – 1060
Ghaem-Maghami, S. & Kuuire, V.Z., (2021). Immigrants serving in local government: a systematic review and meta-analysis of factors affecting candidacy and election. Urban Affairs Review, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2021.2007411
Kuuire, V.Z., Tenkorang, E.Y., Amegbor P.M., & Rosenberg, M. (2021). Understanding unmet healthcare needs among older Ghanaians: A gendered perspective. Ageing and Society, 41(8), 1748 – 1769
Amegbor, P. M., Kuuire, V. Z., Yawson, A. E., Rosenberg, M. W., & Sabel, C. E. (2020). Social Frailty and Depression Among Older Adults in Ghana: Insights from the WHO SAGE Surveys. Research on Aging, DOI: 10.1177/0164027520946447.
Kuuire, V.Z., & Dassah, M. (2020). Place and health. In: Kobayashi, A. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd edition. vol. 10, Elsevier. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10412-3
Antabe, R., Atuoye, K.N., Kuuire V.Z., Sano, Y., Arku, G. & Luginaah, I. (2020). To move or not to move? Community reaction to strip mining in Upper West Region of Ghana. Society and Natural Resources.  DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1657995
Kansanga, M.M., Mkandawire, P., Kuuire, V.Z, & Luginaah, I. (2020). Agricultural mechanisation, environmental degradation and gendered livelihood implications in northern in Ghana. Land Degradation & Development, DOI:10.1002/ldr.3490.
Antabe, R., Atuoye, K.N., Sano, Y., Kuuire V.Z., Galaa, S. & Luginaah, I. (2019). Health insurance enrolment in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Does food security matter? The International journal of health planning and managementhttps://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2857
Kuuire, V.Z. (2019). Childhood Adversity and Psychosocial Health Outcomes in Later Life Among Immigrants in Canada. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-019-00884-8
Amegbor P.M., Kuuire, V.Z., Bisung, E., & Braimah, J.A.  (2019). Modern or traditional health care? Understanding the role of insurance in health seeking behaviours among older Ghanaians. Primary Health Care Research and Development. DOI: 10.1017/S1463423619000197
Kuuire, V.Z., Bisung, E., & Were, J.M. (2018). Examining the connection between residential histories and obesity among Ghanaians: evidence from a national survey. Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.1007/s10389-018-0983-8
Amegbor P.M., Rosenberg, M. & Kuuire, V.Z. (2018). Does place matter? A multilevel analysis of victimization and sense of safety among seniors in Canada. Health and Place, 53, 17 – 25.
Baiden, P., Kuuire, V.Z., Shrestha, N., Tonui, C.B., Dako-Gyeke, M., & Kersley P. (2018). Bullying victimization as a predictor of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among and senior high school students in Ghana: Results from the 2012 Ghana Global School-Based Health Survey. Journal of School Violence, DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2018.1486200.
Amegbor P.M., Kuuire, V.Z., Hamish, R., & Kuffour, O. (2018). Predictors of Basic Self-care and Intermediate Self-care Functional Disabilities among Older Adults in Ghana. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 77, 81-88.
Atuoye, K.N., Kuuire, V.Z., Kangmennaang, J., Antabe, R., & Luginaah I. (2017). Residential remittance and food security in the Upper West Region of Ghana. International Migration, 55(4), 18-34.
Kuuire V.Z., Kangmennaang, J., Atuoye, K.N., Antabe, R., Boamah, S., Vercillo, S., Amoyaw, J. A. & Luginaah, I. (2017). Timing and utilisation of antenatal care services in Nigeria and Malawi. Global Public Health, 12(6), 728-743.
Atouye, K.N., Amoyaw, J. A, Kuuire V.Z., Kangmennaang, J., Boamah, S., Vercillo, S., Antabe, R., McMorris, M. & Luginaah, I. (2017). Utilisation of Skilled Birth Attendants in Nigeria and Malawi. Global Public Health, 12(6), 711-727.
Antabe, R., Atouye, K.N., Kuuire V.Z., Sano, Y., Arku, G. & Luginaah, I. (2017) Community health impacts of surface mining in the Upper West Region of Ghana: The roles of mining odours and dust. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 24(4), 789-813.
Kuuire, V.Z., Tenkorang, E.Y., Rishworth, A., Luginaah, I. & Yawson, E.A. (2017). Is the pro-poor premium exemption policy of Ghana’s NHIS reducing health coverage disparities among the elderly? Population Research and Policy Review, 36, 231-249.
Tenkorang, E.Y., Kuuire V.Z., Luginaah I. & Banchani, E. (2017). Examining risk factors for hypertension in Ghana: Evidence from the Global Ageing and Adult Survey. Global Health Promotion, 24(1), 14-26.
Kuuire, V.Z, Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M. & Abada, T. (2016). Obligations and expectations: Perceived relationship between transnational housing investment and housing consumption decisions among Ghanaian immigrants in Canada. Housing, Theory and Society. 33(4), 445-468.
Kuuire, V.Z, Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M. & Abada, T. (2016). Transnationalism-Integration Nexus: Examining the relationship between transnational housing investment and homeownership status in Canada. Geoforum, 75, 168-179.
Sano, Y., Sedziafa, A. P., Amoyaw, J. A., Boateng, G. O., Kuuire, V. Z., Boamah, S., & Kwon, E. (2016). Exploring the linkage between exposure to mass media and HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana. AIDS care, 28(6), 684-688.
Kuuire, V.Z, Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I., & Arku, G. (2016). Abandoning land in search of farms: challenges of subsistence migrant farming in Ghana. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(2), 475-488.
Tenkorang, E.Y. & Kuuire V.Z. (2016). Non-communicable diseases in Ghana: Does the theory of social gradient in health hold? Health Education and Behaviour, 43(1) 25S-36S.
Kuuire, V.Z., Bisung, E., Rishworth, A., Dixon, J., & Luginaah I. (2015). Health seeking behaviour during times of illness — a study among adults in a resource poor setting in Ghana. Journal of Public Health, 38(4), e545 - e553.
Kuuire, V.Z, Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Abada, T. & Buzzelli, M. (2016). Impact of Remittance Behaviour on Immigrant Housing Ownership Trajectories: An Analysis of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants in Canada from 2001-2005. Social Indicators Research, 127(3), 1135-1156.
Tenkorang, E.Y., Sedziafa A.P., Yuji, S., Kuuire, V.Z. & Banchani, E. (2015). Validity of self-report data in hypertension research; Findings from the study on Global Ageing and Adult Health. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 17(12), 977-984.
Amoyaw, J., Kuuire, V.Z, Asare-Bediako, Y., Boateng, O.G., & Ung, M. (2015). Conundrum of sexual decision-making and safer sex behaviour among married women in Zambia. Journal of Sex Research, 52(8), 868-877.
Boamah, S., Armah, F.A., Kuuire, V.Z., Ajibade, I., Luginaah, I., & McBean, G. (2015). Does previous experience of floods stimulate the adoption of coping strategies? Evidence from Cross-sectional surveys from Nigeria and Tanzania. Environments, 2(4), 565-585.
Viercillo, S., Kuuire, V.Z., Armah, F.A., & Luginaah, I. (2015). Does the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Risk Imposing Biotechnology on Smallholder Farmers in Africa? Global Bioethics, 26(1), 1-13.
Ajibade, I., Armah, F.A., Kuuire, V.Z., Luginaah, I., McBean, G., & Tenkorang E.Y. (2015). Assessing the bio-psychosocial correlates of flood impacts along the coastal areas of Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(3) 445-463.
Boateng, G. O., Kuuire, V.Z, Ung, M., Amoyaw, J., Armah, F.A., & Luginaah, I. N. (2014). Determinants of Empowerment of Women in the Context of Millennium Development Goal 3: A Case Study of Married Women in Ghana. Social Indicators Research, 115 (1), 137-158.
Ung, M., Boateng, G. O., Armah, F.A., Amoyaw, J., Luginaah, I. N., & Kuuire V.Z. (2014). Negotiation for safer sex among married women in Cambodia: the role of women’s autonomy. Journal of Biosocial Science, 46(1) 90-106.
Ajibade, I., Armah, F.A., Kuuire, V.Z., Luginaah, I., & McBean, G. (2014). Personal and Socio-environmental Factors Associated with Residents Self-Reported Experience of Climate Change in Coastal Communities in Nigeria. Climate 3(1), 16-41.
Dixon, J., Tenkorang, E. Y., Luginaah, I. N., Kuuire, V.Z., & Boateng, G. O. (2014). National health insurance scheme enrolment and antenatal care among women in Ghana: is there any relationship? Tropical Medicine & International Health, 19(1), 98 —106. 
Kuuire, V.Z, Mkandawire, P., Arku, G., & Luginaah, I. (2013). Abandoning farms in search of food: Food remittance and household food security in Ghana. African Geographical Review, 32 (2), 125-139.