Dr Nestor Asiamah
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
9:00 - 17:00
Profile
Biography
I joined the University of Essex in the fourth quarter of 2021 as a Lecturer in Health and Social Care. I’m keen to relish this role to advance my research and support students to maximise their potential for addressing critical global issues. I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with some of the best researchers and academics from at least five continents and 10 countries including the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, and Germany. In the last five years, I’ve led research projects in gerontology, physical activity, clinical research, psychometrics, and epidemiology at the Africa Centre for Epidemiology where I served as Principal Research Fellow and Executive Director. I'm a consultant to the National Health Service through various Trusts in Essex, United Kingdom. I'm currently editing a book entitled "Sustainable Neighbourhoods for Ageing in Place: An Interdisciplinary Voice against Global Crises", which will be published by Springer in the first quarter of 2024. I also serve on the editorial boards of several journals, including BMC Public Health and PLOS ONE. I’m keen to contribute to the development of evidence-based healthy ageing policies for contexts experiencing crises such as war, climate change events, radical industrialisation, and the outbreak of infectious diseases. To this end, I’m currently mobilising a multidisciplinary network of practitioners and researchers from six continents toward the formation of the International Sustainable Ageing Research Group (ISARG), a global network to be dedicated to policy-driven research in “sustainable ageing”. Please email me if you want to join this group. Finally, I’m accepting PhD researchers, especially those from the Gulf Region (e.g., Saudi Arabia). I’m an Honorific Professor on the African Scientists Directory established through the collaboration of the International Science Council and the Academy of Sciences of South Africa. I'm currently mobilising funds to undertake a randomised controlled trial on "changes in social networks and their health outcomes in later life". I plan to compile through a systematic review and Delphi study a comprehensive report detailing policy directions for healthy ageing amidst climate change events. Funders and collaborators are invited to support these projects.
Qualifications
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PhD University of Portsmouth,
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer (R), Division of Interdisciplinary Research and Practice, School Health and Social Care, University of Essex (3/10/2021 - present)
Other academic
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Research Officer, Research and Innovation Service, University of Portsmouth (20/7/2021 - 7/8/2021)
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Facilitator (Research), Human Resources and Organizational Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (8/10/2017 - 30/9/2020)
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Lead Tutor, Research Academy, Africa Center for Epidemiology (1/4/2020 - 31/8/2021)
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Academic Editor, Ageing, BMC Public Health (18/4/2023 - present)
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Academic Editor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, PLOS ONE (25/11/2022 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Gerontology
I do research and supervise student projects in this area
Physical activity
I do research and supervise student projects in this area
Psychometrics
I do research and supervise student projects in this area
Health services
I do research and supervise student projects in this area
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Professional Enquiry (HS240)
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Developing Critical Appraisal Skills (HS602)
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Dissertation (HS982)
Publications
Journal articles (59)
Asiamah, N., Adu-Gyamfi, K., Danquah, E., Frimpong, FKS. and Armah-Bempong, E., (2023). Psychometric Properties of a Scale Measuring Patients’ Perceptions Regarding Physical Activity Counseling by Physicians. Hospital Topics. 101 (1), 16-26
Asiamah, N., Muhonja, F., Omisore, A., Opuni, FF., Mensah, HK., Danquah, E., Agyemang, SM., Agyemang, I., Hatsu, S., Baffoe, RS., Eku, E. and Manu, CA., (2023). The association between core job components, physical activity, and mental health in African academics in a post-COVID-19 context. Current Psychology. 42 (9), 7235-7251
Asiamah, N., Vieira, ER., Gasana, J., Conduah, AK. and Eduafo, R., (2023). The moderating influences of social networks on the relationship between neighbourhood walkability and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Public Health. 31 (5), 789-798
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Petersen, C., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2023). Physical activity time and lifestyle correlates of cardiovascular disease status in older adults in Accra. Journal of Public Health. 31 (9), 1453-1462
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2023). Associations between vigorous physical activity, social ties, social support, and self-reported health among older adults in Accra, Ghana. PLOS Global Public Health. 3 (2), e0001582-e0001582
Asiamah, N., Agyemang, SM., Yarfi, C., Arthur-Mensah, RJ., Muhonja, F., Khan, HTA., Kouveliotis, K. and Sghaier, S., (2023). Associations of Social Networks with Physical Activity Enjoyment among Older Adults: Walkability as a Modifier Through a STROBE-Compliant Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20 (1), 3341-3341
Asiamah, N., Bateman, A., Hjorth, P., Khan, HTA. and Danquah, E., (2023). Socially active neighborhoods: construct operationalization for aging in place, health promotion and psychometric testing. Health Promotion International. 38 (1), daac191-
Awuviry-Newton, K., Amposah, M., Asamoah, D., Dintrans, PV., Afram, AA., Byles, J., Mugumbate, JR., Kowal, P. and Asiamah, N., (2023). Physical activity and functional disability among older adults in Ghana: The moderating role of multi-morbidity. PLOS Global Public Health. 3 (3), e0001014-e0001014
Asiamah, N., Vieira, RE., Awuviry-Newton, K., Kapilashrami, A. and Khan, TAH., (2023). Intergenerational differences in walking for transportation between older men and women in six countries. Journal of Transport and Health. 31 (1), 101630-101630
Danquah, E. and Asiamah, N., (2023). Personal predictors of the longest episode of occupational sitting and their interaction with workplace support for health among workers in Accra: A cross-sectional analysis with sensitivity analyses. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 95 (1), 103448-103448
Asiamah, N., Awuviry-Newton, K., Nesser, W. and Alvarez, E., (2023). Carbon Footprints of Active and Non-Active Transport Modes: Hierarchy and Intergenerational Narrative Analyses. Sustainability. 15 (1), 1-16
Asiamah, N., Vieira, ER., Kouveliotis, K., Gasana, J., Awuviry-Newton, K. and Eduafo, R., (2022). Associations between older African academics' physical activity, walkability and mental health: a social distancing perspective.. Health Promotion International. 37 (2), daab093-
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Oteng-Abayie, EF., (2022). Non-Probabilistic Sampling in Quantitative Clinical Research. International Journal of Applied Research on Public Health Management. 7 (1), 1-18
Bempong, AE. and Asiamah, N., (2022). Neighbourhood walkability as a moderator of the associations between older Ghanaians’ social activity, and the frequency of walking for transportation: A cross-sectional study with sensitivity analyses. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 100, 104660-104660
Asiamah, N., Lowry, R., Khan, HTA. and Awuviry-Newton, K., (2022). Associations between Social support Provided and Walkability among Older Adults: Health Self-Consciousness as a Moderator. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 101, 104691-104691
Opuni, FF., Asiamah, N., Danquah, E., Ricky-Okine, CK., Ocloo, EC. and Quansah, F., (2022). The associations between pro-environment behaviours, sustainability knowingness, and neighbourhood walkability among residents of Accra Metro in Ghana: A cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Transport and Health. 25, 101375-101375
Danquah, E. and Asiamah, N., (2022). Associations between physical work environment, workplace support for health, and presenteeism: a COVID-19 context. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 95 (9), 1-10
Asiamah, N., Aggrey, M., Adu-Gyamfi, K. and Opuni, FF., (2022). Construction of a Scale Assessing Patients’ Perceptions Regarding Sanitation and Hygiene in a Clinical Setting. Journal of Patient Safety. 18 (2), e534-e541
Asiamah, N., Conduah, AK., Danquah, E., Kouveliotis, K. and Eduafo, R., (2022). Abuse and Neglect of Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Index Generation, an Assessment of Intensity, and Implications for Ageing in Place. Advances in Gerontology. 12 (2), 176-183
Asiamah, N., Kanekar, A., Khan, HTA., Panday, S. and Mensah, SW., (2022). Neighbourhood walkability as a moderator of the associations between older adults’ information technology use and social activity: A cross-sectional study with sensitivity analyses. Journal of Transport & Health. 26, 101480-101480
Asiamah, N., Opoku, E. and Kouveliotis, K., (2022). The association between nurses’ physical activity counselling and patients’ perceptions of care quality in a primary care facility in Ghana. PLoS One. 17 (7), e0270208-e0270208
Sghaier, S., Asiamah, N., Danquah, E., Opuni, FF. and Hatsu, S., (2022). Information technology ability mediates the association between older adults’ subjective age and social activity: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional analysis. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 103, 104790-104790
Asiamah, N., Kofi, A-N., Edgar R., V., Andrew, B., Hafiz T.A., K., Henry Kofi, M., Pablo Villalobos, V. and Emelia, D., (2022). Older Adults’ Vigorous Occupational Physical Activity Levels in Six Countries Are Explained by Country and ‘Having Multiple Jobs’. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (21), 14065-14065
Danquah, E., Asiamah, N., Opuni, FF., Ocloo, EC. and Ricky-Okine, CK., (2022). Pro-environment behavioural moderators of the association between perceived walkability and social activity. Journal of Transport and Health. 27, 101533-101533
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K. and Opoku, E., (2021). The Influence of Physicians' Physical Activity Prescription on Indicators of Health Service Quality. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 43 (5), e70-e76
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2021). Psychometric Properties of a New Scale Measuring Neglect and Abuse of Older Adults in the Community: Implications for Social Activity. International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 41 (2), 163-172
Asiamah, N. and Mensah, HK., (2021). Leadership status and demographic correlates of whistleblowing in healthcare: The influence of a consolidated theory. International Journal of Healthcare Management. 14 (3), 744-755
Asiamah, N., Adu-Gyamfi, K., Frimpong, FKS. and Avor, WMK., (2021). Development of a Scale Measuring Nurses’ Physical Activity Counseling in a Primary Care Facility: Implications for Healthcare Quality. Hospital Topics. 99 (3), 119-129
Asiamah, N., Opuni, FF., Mends-Brew, E., Mensah, SW., Mensah, HK. and Quansah, F., (2021). Short-Term Changes in Behaviors Resulting from COVID-19-Related Social Isolation and Their Influences on Mental Health in Ghana. Community Mental Health Journal. 57 (1), 79-92
Asiamah, N., Conduah, AK. and Eduafo, R., (2021). Social network moderators of the association between Ghanaian older adults’ neighbourhood walkability and social activity. Health Promotion International. 36 (5), 1357-1367
Asiamah, N., Frimpong Opuni, F., Aggrey, M. and Adu-Gyamfi, K., (2021). ADAPTED SERVQUAL: A Health Service Quality Scale Incorporating Indicators of Sanitation and Hygiene. Quality Management in Health Care. 30 (3), 184-193
Asiamah, N., Petersen, C., Kouveliotis, K. and Eduafo, R., (2021). The Built Environment and Socio-Demographic Correlates of Partial and Absolute Sedentary Behaviours in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 36 (1), 21-42
Asiamah, N., Opuni, FF., Muhonja, F., Danquah, E., Agyemang, SM., Agyemang, I., Omisore, A., Mensah, HK., Hatsu, S., Baffoe, RS., Eku, E. and Manu, CA., (2021). The relationship between job components, neighbourhood walkability and African academics' physical activity: a post-COVID-19 context.. Health Promotion International. 37 (2), daab090-
Asiamah, N., Mends-Brew, E. and Boison, BKT., (2021). A spotlight on cross-sectional research: Addressing the issues of confounding and adjustment. International Journal of Healthcare Management. 14 (1), 183-196
Asiamah, N., Opuni, FF. and Mensah, HK., (2020). The nexus between internal marketing in hospitals and organizational commitment: Incorporating the mediation roles of key job characteristics. International Journal of Healthcare Management. 13 (sup1), 385-399
Asiamah, N., Opuni, FF., Mends-Brew, E., Mensah, SW., Mensah, HK. and Quansah, F., (2020). Short-term changes in behaviors resulting from COVID-19-related social isolation and their influences on mental health
Mends-Brew, E. and Asiamah, N., (2020). Improving health workers’ organisational commitment: Drawing lessons from the interaction between internal marketing and key job characteristics. International Journal of Healthcare Management. 13 (sup1), 318-328
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2020). The Influence of Community-Level Built Environment Factors on Active Social Network Size in Older Adults: Social Activity as a Moderator. International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 41 (1), 77-87
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2020). Assessing the maturity of community-level built environments for older adults' active behaviors: highlights from a psychometric test. Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii. 33 (1), 153-158
Asiamah, N., Petersen, C., Kouveliotis, K., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2020). THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SELF-REPORTED HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS: LESSONS IMPLIED BY LIFESTYLE FACTORS. Успехи геронтологии. 33 (2), 289-298
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Ocra, B., (2019). An assessment of education, in-service training and tenure prolongation as methods for enhancing nursing performance. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 32 (6), 910-926
Asiamah, N. and Danquah, E., (2019). A comparative analysis of the influences of specialized and non-specialized emotional intelligence training on patient satisfaction. International Journal of Healthcare Management. 12 (4), 265-276
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Petersen, C., Eduafo, R. and Borkey, R., (2019). Injuries, dislocations, and poor health perceived by older adults to result from vigorous physical activity: implications for active living, health promotion, and gerontology. Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii. 32 (4), 652-657
Asiamah, N., Kouveliotis, K., Petersen, C. and Eduafo, R., (2019). The association between social capital factors and sedentary behaviour among older adults: Does the built environment matter?. Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii. 32 (1-2), 234-242
Mensah, HK., Asiamah, N. and Azinga, SA., (2019). The association between nurses’ religiousness and job satisfaction. International Journal of Ethics and Systems. 35 (3), 426-443
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Azinga, SA., (2019). Enhancing nurses’ job satisfaction through remuneration: can materialism be a threat?. International Journal of Ethics and Systems. 35 (3), 359-375
Asiamah, N., Opuni, FF. and Frimpong, FKS., (2018). Leveraging word-of-mouth as a payback from patients of private hospitals: the role of healthcare quality delivery. International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research. 6 (3/4), 251-251
Azinga, SA., Asiamah, N. and Mensah, HK., (2018). Eschewing love of money and materialism: a potential step towards avoiding nurses' intention to quit. International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research. 6 (3/4), 225-225
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Danquah, E., (2018). An assessment of the emotional intelligence of health workers. Journal of Global Responsibility. 9 (2), 141-159
Asiamah, N., (2017). The nexus between health workers’ emotional intelligence and job performance. Journal of Global Responsibility. 8 (1), 10-33
Asiamah, N., (2017). Social engagement and physical activity: Commentary on why the activity and disengagement theories of ageing may both be valid. Cogent Medicine. 4 (1), 1289664-1289664
Asiamah, N., (2017). Enhancing nurses’ emotional intelligence: Are tenure prolongation, education and in-service training applicable methods even when not specialized?. Cogent Business and Management. 4 (1), 1280896-1280896
Asiamah, N., (2017). Socio-demographic determinants of physical activity (PA): A working class perspective. Cogent Medicine. 3 (1), 1276037-1276037
Asiamah, N. and Azinga, SA., (2017). Emotional geriatric care: a health worker development framework for advancing health care for the elderly. Geriatric Care. 3 (2), 36-40
Asiamah, N., Mensah, H. and Oteng-Abayie, EF., (2017). General, Target, and Accessible Population: Demystifying the Concepts for Effective Sampling. The Qualitative Report. 22 (6), 1607-1621
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Ofosu Oteng-Abayie, E., (2016). A Statistical Assessment of the Emotional Intelligence of Healthcare Workers in Accra North: A Scale Validation Approach
Mensah, HK., Asiamah, N. and Mireku, K., (2016). The effect of organizational justice delivery on organizational commitment. Journal of Global Responsibility. 7 (2), 196-209
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Oteng-Abayie, EF., (2016). An Assessment of the Effect of Education, In-Service Training (IST) and Tenure on Healthcare Performance: A Cost-Optimizing Perspective. Current Research in Psychology. 7 (2), 16-26
Asiamah, N., Mensah, HK. and Oteng-Abayie, EF., (2016). Health Workers' Emotional Intelligence Development: An Examination of the Potential Roles of Tenure, Education and Training. International Journal of Research in Nursing. 7 (1), 24-34
Book chapters (2)
Asiamah, N., (2022). Physical Activity Among African Academics in a Post-COVID-19 Era: The Terrain for Action. In: Re-imagining Educational Futures in Developing Countries. Editors: Mogaji, E., Jain, V., Maringe, F. and Hinson, RE., . Palgrave Macmillan. 77- 102. 978-3-030-88233-4
Asiamah, N., (2022). Walkable Urban Neighborhoods: The Adverse Effects of Industrialization and Climate Change in Developing Countries. In: Sustainable Urbanism in Developing Countries. Editors: Chatterjee, U., Biswas, A., Mukherjee, J. and Mahata, D., . CRC Press. 1- 16
Conferences (2)
Asiamah, N. and Khan, HTA., Mobility in Old Age: The potential role of the ability to use information technologies. International Gerontological Symposium in Antalya, Turkey, November 21-23, 2022.
Asiamah, N., Hatsu, S. and Opuni, FF., Association Between Information Technology Ability, Internet Self-Efficacy, and Successful Ageing among Ghanaian Older Adults: A STROBE-Compliant Moderation Analysis. 52nd British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Norwich (University of East Anglia), 5th-7th July 2023.
Reports and Papers (2)
Cronin, C., Abbott, J., Asiamah, N. and Smyth, S., (2022). Menopause in the workplace - an organisation-based case study
Asiamah, N., Mends-Brew, E., Danquah, E. and Opuni, FF., (2021). Behavioral and Demographic Predictors of Exercise During A COVID-19 Lockdown in Three Ghanaian Cities
Thesis dissertation (1)
Asiamah, N., (2021). Socially active neighbourhoods for older adults : consolidation of evidence from psychometric tests and cross-sectional studies
Grants and funding
2022
Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Services Allied Health Professionals Faculty
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Evaluating the impact of the Suffolk & North East Essex Atrial Fibrillation Remote Monitoring Pilot
Eastern Academic Health Science Network
Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Services Allied Health Professionals Faculty
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Services Allied Health Professionals Faculty
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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