BSc (Administration)
MPhil (Health Services Management)
PhD (Health Sciences)
Teaching Fellow
Email mark.owusu@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 22 1361 203
Student Learning and Development, Christchurch Campus
Office: 2 Riccarton Avenue, Level 6, School of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch campus
About Mark
Kia ora everyone. My role involves teaching and liaising with other lecturers and course convenors to develop appropriate material for effective learning. I also provide support through seminars and workshops on academic writing for students. I engage students in discussing peculiar academic challenges and provide support through one-to-one and group appointments and consultations.
Research interests
I am primarily a health policy researcher with a focus on the policy framework for the management of noncommunicable diseases particularly in low- and middle-income settings. My interests also include investigating maternal health outcomes in low resource settings as well as mental health and its associated stigma.
Publications
Owusu, M. F., Adu, J., & Dortey, B. A. (2023). "I tell you, getting data for this is hell": Exploring the use of evidence for noncommunicable disease policies in Ghana. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(8), e0002308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002308 Journal - Research Article
Owusu, M. F., Adu, J., Dortey, B. A., Gyamfi, S., & Martin-Yeboah, E. (2023). Exploring health promotion efforts for noncommunicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(9), e0002408. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002408 Journal - Research Article
Martin-Yeboah, E., Gyamfi, S., Adu, J., & Owusu, M. F. (2022). Reconciling primary healthcare delivery with social media: A case study of Cape Coast, Ghana. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 16, 100395. doi: 10.1016/j.ijans.2022.100395 Journal - Research Article
Adu, J., Owusu, M. F., Martin-Yeboah, E., Ahenkan, A., & Gyamfi, S. (2022). Maternal health care in Ghana: Challenges facing the uptake of services in the Shai Osudoku district. Women's Reproductive Health, 9(4), 274-290. doi: 10.1080/23293691.2021.2016187 Journal - Research Article
Adu, J., Owusu, M. F., Martin-Yeboah, M., Gavidia, L. A. P., & Gyamfi, S. (2022). A discussion of some controversies in mixed methods research for emerging researchers. Methodological Innovations, 15(3), 321-330. doi: 10.1177/20597991221123398 Journal - Research Article