Abdul-Aziz Seidu
James Cook University
342 Papers
161 Citations
Abdul-Aziz Seidu is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 184 publications. Previous affiliations of Abdul-Aziz Seidu include University of Cape Coast.
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Papers
The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah,Joshua Okyere,John Elvis Hagan,John Elvis Hagan,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Richard Gyan Aboagye,Sanni Yaya,Sanni Yaya +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the gap between the legal age of sexual consent and marriage partly accounts for some of the sexual and reproductive health challenges such as intimate partner violence, sexually transmitted infections, adolescent pregnancy, early childbirth, including unsafe abortions among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa.
Maternal and child factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Chad: evidence from nationally representative cross-sectional data.
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Eugene Budu,Aliu Mohammed,Collins Adu,Edward Kwabena Ameyaw,Kwaku Kissah-Korsah,Faustina Adoboi,Sanni Yaya +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the maternal and child-related factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding and made recommendations that could help improve the practice in Chad using data from the children's recode file of the 2014-2015 Chad Demographic and Health Survey.
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Understanding the association between exposure to family planning messages and consistent condom use among never married men in Ghana.
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah,John Elvis Hagan,John Elvis Hagan,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Eugene Budu,Georgina Yaa Mensah,Collins Adu,Thomas Schack +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how exposure to family planning messages in the midst of some socio-demographic factors is associated with consistent condom use among sexually active never married men in Ghana.
Early Sexual Debut and Its Associated Factors Among Young Women Aged 15–24 in Mali: A Multilevel Analysis
Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare,Betregiorgis Zegeye,Bright Opoku Ahinkorah,Edward Kwabena Ameyaw,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Sanni Yaya +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest the need for interventions aimed at addressing early sexual debut among young women, and include emphasizing the promotion and importance of female education, addressing the cultural practices that promote negative sexual norms/practices such as child marriages, and ensuring social change through efforts such as creating employment or economic opportunities for families.
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Association between Nutrition Literacy and Bangladeshi Adults’ Healthy Eating Behaviors: Evidence from the Nutrition Literacy Study 2021
Md. Hasan Al Banna,Mohammad Hamiduzzaman,Satyajit Kundu,Mst Sadia Sultana,Abdul-Aziz Seidu,Keith Brazendale,Mohammad Tazrian Abid,Tasnu Ara,M. A. Rifat,Nhmr Mozumder,John Elvis Hagan,Shafiqul Islam Khan,Thomas Schack +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 400 adults from two districts of Bangladesh (Dhaka and Chattogram) to investigate the association between healthy eating behaviors and nutrition literacy.