Mr. Paul Narh Doku
(Head, Department of Psychology & Human Development)
Contact:
Phone: 0206363654 (mobile)
Email: paul.doku@regentghana.net
Office: Rm 004, City Campus
Office Hours:
Education:
- Doctoral (PhD) Candidate, Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- MPhil, Human Development, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway
- BA (Hons), Psychology with Philosophy (First Class Division), University of Ghana
Courses Teaching/Taught at Regent University:
- Research Methods
- HIV/AIDS: Concepts, Principles and Interventions
- Statistics for Behavioural Sciences
- Human Growth and Development
- Abnormal Psychology
- Human Biology
Memberships of Professional Bodies:
- Graduate Membership: British Psychological Society.
- Associate Member: American Psychological Association.
- Journal of AIDS and HIV Research (Editorial Board Membership)
- International Journal of Psychology and Counseling (Editorial Board Membership)
Recent Publications:
- Doku, P. N. (2010). Psychosocial adjustment of children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2010, 22(1), 31-40 (http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a923872186~frm=titlelink )
- Oppong K. A. and Doku, P. N. (2010). Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:227 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/227/abstract )
- Doku, P. N. (2009). Parental HIV/AIDS status and death, and children's psychological wellbeing. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2009, 3:26 ( http://www.springerlink.com/content/x0pj3t8u2455p628/ )
- Doku, P. N. (2006) Cultural Hallmarks and Psychological Functioning: How hard are they hit by Globalization? Norwegian Handbook of Human Development 2006 Vol. 1, 10 - 13
- Doku, P. N. (in press) The Psychological Wellbeing of AIDS orphans in Ghana. African Journal of Psychiatry, South Africa, Paper Accepted.
- Doku, P. N. and Oppong, K. A. (under revision) Predicting Condom Use Consistency and Intentions among Ghanaian University Students: the role of Self Efficacy. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
PUBLISHED PEER REVIEWED ABSTRACTS
- Psychological wellbeing of AIDS orphans and vulnerable children: A Review, Published in the book of abstracts of the XVll International AIDS 2008 Conference, August 3rd - 8th, 2008, Mexico City, Mexico.
- The Psychological wellbeing of AIDS orphans in Ghana: Preliminary findings, Published in the book of abstracts of the 2nd NATIONAL HIV/AIDS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NHARCON), 3-5 March 2008, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
Journal Reviewing:
- Neurobehavioral HIV Medicine
- Psychology Research and Behaviour Management
- Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
- Journal of Nature and Science of Sleep
- International Journal of Psychology and Counseling
- Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
- Aids Care
- Psychology, Health and Medicine
Recent Conferences, Presentations etc:
- 3 - 8 August 2008: International AIDS Conference, Mexico. Paper: Psychological
wellbeing of AIDS orphans and vulnerable children: A Review
- 3 - 5 March 2008: NHARCON 2008 Conference, Ghana Aids Commission, La Royal Beach Hotel, Ghana. Paper: The Psychological wellbeing of Aids orphans in Ghana: Preliminary findings.
- 25 - 28 September 2007: Children's Rights: Time and Space, Childhood as a Contested
Terrain? PhD/Research course, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway,
- 19 - 20 October, 2006: HIV Research Net International Conference 2006, Bergen, Norway. Paper: HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Culture and Women: Understanding the High HIV/AIDS prevalence rate among the Krobo women of Ghana (http://hiv-research.uib.no/index.php?Path=Home/conference/0/14
Awards, Appointments, Promotions, Prizes & Fellowships:
- 2009: Parkes Foundation Research Grant (http://www.parkesfoundation.org.uk/awardees.html )
- 2009 - 2010: Glasgow - Strathclyde Synergy Scholar
- 2009 - 2010: Overseas Research Scholarship Award, Scotland, UK
- 2005 - 2007: Norwegian Government Scholarship (Quota Programme) for Central
and Eastern Europe, and Developing Countries
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