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Mark Owusu imageBSc (Administration)
MPhil (Health Services Management)
PhD (Health Sciences)

Teaching Fellow

Email mark.owusu@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 244 1057
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

Gyamfi, S., Owusu, M. F., Adu, J., Amankwaa, I., & Martin-Yeboah, E. (2025). Impact of the stigma of mental illness: A descriptive exploratory study of outpatients in a public mental health hospital in Ghana. Journal of Community Psychology, 53, e23164. doi: 10.1002/jcop.23164 Journal - Research Article

Gyamfi, S., Martin-Yeboah, E., Owusu, M. F., & Adu, J. (2024). Coping with the stigma of mental illness: An interpretive descriptive study of out-patients in a public mental health hospital in Ghana. Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/asap.12419 Journal - Research Article

Owusu, M. F., Adu, J., Gyamfi, S., Martin-Yeboah, E., & Dortey, B. A. (2024). Tackling the non-communicable disease epidemic: A framework for policy action in low- and middle-income countries. Pan African Medical Journal, 47, 82. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.47.82.41089 Journal - Research Article

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

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