Oppong, J. R. (1997). Modeling Bypassing of Health Facilities in Ghana.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). The Geography of Age-Adjusted Lung Cancer Mortality in Texas, 1980-1994.
Oppong, J. R. (1994). The Canadian Health System: Lessons from Alberta for the United States. In S. Eve, S. Ingman, and B. Haven (eds.) Proceedings of the Conference, Canadian Health System, Lessons for the United States.
Oppong, J. R. (1989). The Relative Attractiveness of Edmonton and the High Prairie Region in the Province of Alberta, Canada. In: M. Leroy (ed.).
Oppong, J. R., Agyei-Mensah, S. (2014). The changing medical geography of Africa.. Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the University of Ghana..
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Pandemics and global health.
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Sudan.
Oppong, J. R. (2008). Rwanda. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). HIV/AIDS, gender, agency and empowerment issues in Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Oppong, J. R. (2006). Africa South of the Sahara.
Oppong, J. R. (2004). HIV & AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology.
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Kenya.
Oppong, J. R. (2003). Ghana.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). AIDS, Health Care Systems and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking and Re-appraisal.
Oppong, J. R., Boakye, K. A., Moseley, W. G., Otiso, K. M. (2022). Are Africa's health resources overly focused on HIV/AIDS?. Debating African Issues. 12. London: Routledge.
Oppong, J. R., Tiwari, C. (2021). GIS and Spatial Representations: Challenges and Missteps. 417-422. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70179-6_55
Oppong, J. R. (2020). DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE AFRICAN HEALTH CARE CRISIS: A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY. Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa. 117 -145 (28 pages). Palgrave Macmilan.
Oppong, J. R., Ruckthongsook, W. (2018). The Impact of Land use Land Cover Change on the Spatial Distribution of Buruli Ulcer in Southwest Ghana. 94-114. New York: Routledge. https://www.crcpress.com/Public-Health-Disease-and-Development-in-Africa/Kalipeni-Iwelunmor-Grigsby-Toussaint-Moise/p/book/9781138631250
Oppong, J. R., Heald, S., Ruckthongsook, W., Tiwari, C. (2017). Spatial Analysis of HIV/AIDS Survival in Dallas County, Texas. Population Health Intervention Research – Geographical Perspectives. 48-64. New York: Rutledge.
Oppong, J. R. (2015). Innovation, Science and Technology: Regional Networks for Research and Technology Development in Africa. Contemporary Regional Development in Africa. 159-180. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Oppong, J. R. (2013). Researching Urban Slum Health in Nima, Accra. In Spatial Inequalities, Health, Poverty, and Place in Accra, Ghana. John Weeks, Alan Hill, and Justin Stoler (Eds.): GeoJournal Library, Vol. 110:109-124..
Oppong, J. R. (2012). Ghana: Prospects for Secondary School GIS Education in a Developing Country. In A. Milson, A. Demirci, and J. Kerski eds. International Perspectives on Teaching and learning GIS in Secondary Schools. .
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Culture, Conflict and Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: S. Aryeetey Attoh (ed.) Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, Third Edition.
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Disease, Ecology and Environment. In Tim Brown, Sara McLafferty and Graham Moon (eds.) A Companion of Medical Geography.
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Medical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa. In: S. Aryeetey Attoh (ed.) Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, Third Edition.
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Oppong, J. R. and Adam Harold. 2010. Disease, Ecology and Environment. In Tim Brown, Sarah McLafferty and Graham Moon (eds). A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Blackwell-Wiley..
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Transport, Communication and information technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, Third Edition..
Oppong, J. R. (2008). Africa's Globalization: Colonial Labor Economy, Migration and HIV/AIDS. In Pope, C., R. White, and R. Malow, eds.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). Burkina Faso. In David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.) Global perspectives on the United States: A Nation by Nation Survey. Great Barrington, MA.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). Burundi. In David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.) Global perspectives on the United States: A Nation by Nation Survey. Great Barrington, MA.
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Oppong, J. R. (2007). Rwanda. In David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.) Global perspectives on the United States: A Nation by Nation Survey. Great Barrington, MA.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). The Gambia. In David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.) Global perspectives on the United States: A Nation by Nation Survey. Great Barrington, MA.
Oppong, J. R. (2006). Trajectories of Modern African Geography. In: P. T. Zeleza (ed.) The Study of Africa, Volume 1: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Encounters. Dakar.
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Concluding Remarks: Beyond Epidemiology. In: Kalipeni, Craddock, Oppong and Ghosh (eds.).
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Geographic Information Systems Perspective on Black American Health. In: I. L. Livingston (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Ghana: Internal, International and Transnational Migration. In: M. I. Toro-Morn. and M. Alicea (eds.).
Oppong, J. R. (2004). HIV/AIDS in West Africa: The Case of Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. In: Kalipeni, Craddock, Oppong and Ghosh (eds.).
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Perceptions and Misperceptions of AIDS in Africa. In: Kalipeni, Craddock, Oppong and Ghosh (eds.).
Oppong, J. R. (2003). Culture, Conflict and Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: S. Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (2003). Geography of Africa. In: G. L. Gaile and C. J. Wilmott (eds.) Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century.
Oppong, J. R. (2003). Medical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa. In: S. Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (2003). Savanna. In: P. T. Zeleza and D. Eyoh (eds.) Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History.
Oppong, J. R. (2003). Transport and Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa: Digital Bridges over Spatial Divides. In: S. Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (2001). Culture Regions. In: R. Sumner (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (2001). Structural Adjustment and the Health Care System. In: K. Konadu-Agyeman (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (2001). Transportation. In: R. Sumner (ed.).
Oppong, J. R. (1997). Culture, Conflict and Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: S. Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.) The Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (1995). The Canadian Health System: Lessons from Alberta for the United States. In: S. Eve, S. Ingman, and B. Haven (eds.).
Oppong, J. R. (2000). In the Blood – Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race, by Melbourne Tapper.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). AIDS in Africa: Its Present and Future Impact, by Tony Barnett and Piers Blaikie. Guilford Press, New York, 1992.
Kala, A., Atkinson, S. F., Tiwari, C., Oppong, J. R., Mikler, A. R. (2014). Using Multivariate Geovisualization to Model the Relationships Between Place Vulnerability and West Nile Virus Risk. 2, 363-369. Environmental Science and Technology.
Oppong, J. R. (2001). A Geographic Information Systems Approach to Buruli Ulcer Research.
Oppong, J. R. (1999). Data Problems in GIS and Health. Setting an Agenda for Research on Health and the Environment.
Oppong, J. R. (2022). Political ecology of disease and illness. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..
Oppong, J. R. (2020). Globalization of Communicable Diseases. (2nd Edition Vol. 6), 223-228. Elsevier Ltd.. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10438-X
Oppong, J. R., Lester, K. A. (2017). HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. International Encyclopedia of Public Health. (2nd Edition), . London: Elsevier.
Okyere Asante, P. G., Owusu, A. Y., Oppong, J. R., Amegah, K. E., Nketiah-Amponsah, E. (2023). The psychosocial burden of women seeking treatment for breast and cervical cancers in Ghana’s major cancer hospitals. PLOS One.
Northeim, K., Oppong, J. R. (2023). Mapping Health Fragility and Vulnerability in Air Pollution-Monitoring Networks in Dallas-Fort Worth.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3), . Basel: MDPI. Union Circle #305279
Boakye, K. A., Iyanda, A. E., Oppong, J. R., Lu, Y. (2022). A multiscale analysis of social and spatial determinants of cancer and noncancer hazards from on-road air pollution in Texas. 41, . Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2022.100484
Northeim, K., Tiwari, C., Oppong, J. R. (2021). Surface ozone monitoring and policy: A geospatial decision support tool for suitable location of monitoring stations in urban areas. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.09.011
Boakye, K. A., Iyanda, A. E., Oppong, J. R. (2021). Urban greenness and hypertension among Ghanaian adults. African Geographical Review. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1970596
Oppong, J. R., Dadson, Y. A., Ansah, H. (2021). Africa’s innovation and creative response to COVID-19. African Geographical Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1897635
Iyanda, A. E., Boakye, K. A., Lu, Y., Oppong, J. R. (2021). Racial/Ethnic Heterogeneity and Rural-Urban Disparity of COVID-19 Case Fatality Ratio in the USA: a Negative Binomial and GIS-Based Analysis.. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01006-7
Boyce, L., Prybutok, G. L., Oppong, J. R. (2020). Spatial Variation in COPD Mortality Rates in Texas Counties (1999 -2009). Texas Public Health Journal. 72(3), 25-30.
Oppong, J. R. (2020). The African COVID-19 Anomaly. African Geographical Review. Taylor and Francis.
Akwafuo, S. E., Abah, T., Oppong, J. R. (2020). Evaluation of the Burden and Intervention Strategies of TB/HIV Co-Infection in West Africa. 6(4), .
Iyanda, A., Dinkins, B. J., Osayomi, T., Adeusi, T. J., Lu, Y., Oppong, J. R. (2020). Fertility knowledge, contraceptive use and unintentional pregnancy in 29 African countries: a cross-sectional study. Springer.
Iyanda, A., Oppong, J. R., Hamilton, P., Tiwari, C. (2018). Using GIS to detect cluster and spatial disparity in maternal health indicators: a need for social health interventions. Social Work in Public Health.
Ruckhongsook, W., Tiwari, C., Oppong, J. R., Natesan, P. (2018). Evaluation of threshold selection methods for adaptive kernel density estimation in disease mapping.. International Journal of Health Geographics.
Ruckthongsook, W., Tiwari, C., Oppong, J. R., Natesan, P. (2018). Evaluation of threshold selection methods for adaptive kernel density estimation in disease mapping. International Journal of Health Geographics. 17(10), .
Iyanda, A. E., Oppong, J. R., Omotoso, O. (2018). The influence of antenatal care system on Ghanaian Women’s preference of Public or Private Delivery Facility.
Oppong, J. R., Boakye, K., Edziyie, R., Owusu, A. Y., Tiwari, C. (2016). Emergency fire response in Ghana: the case of fire stations in Kumasi. African Geographical Review. African Geographical Review. 1-9. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1231616
Briggle, A. R., Holbrook, J. B., Oppong, J. R., Hoffmann, J., Larsen, E. K., Pluscht, P. (2016). Research Ethics Education in the STEM Disciplines: The Promises and Challenges of a Gaming Approach. Science and Engineering Ethics. 22(1), 237-250. Springer Nature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9624-6
Wu, J., Tschakert, P., Klutse, E., Ferring, D., Ricciardi, V., Hausermann, H., Oppong, J. R., Smithwick, E. (2015). Buruli Ulcer Disease and Its Association with Land Cover in Southwestern Ghana. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003840
Oppong, J. R., Mayer, J., Oren, E. (2015). The global health threat of African urban slums: the example of urban tuberculosis. African Geographical Review. 34(2), 182-195. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2014.910815
Oppong, J. R. (2014). The global healththreat of African urban slums: the example of urban tuberculosis. African Geographical Review.
Oppong, J. R., Kutch, L., Tiwari, C., Arbona, S. (2014). Vulnerable Places: Prison Locations, Socioeconomic Status, and HIV Infection in Texas. The Professional Geographer. 66(4), 653-663. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2013.852040
Oppong, J. R. (2013). Vulnerable Places: Prison Locations, Socioeconomic Status and HIV Infection in Texas. Professional Geographer.. Professional Geographer. Taylor and Francis.
Oppong, J. R. (2012). Mapping Late Testers for HIV in Texas, Health and Place Health and Place 18(3):568-75.
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Oppong, J. R. (2011). A Spatially Explicit Environmental Health Surveillance Framework for Tick-Borne Diseases. In Julian Maantay and Sara McLafferty (eds) Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health Geotechnologies and the Environment, Vol 4(3):357-371..
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme in the context of the health MDGS: an empirical evaluation using propensity score matching. Health Economics. 19: 95-106 (2010).
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Oppong, J. R. (2010). Mensah, J., J. R. Oppong and C. M. Schmidt, 2010. Ghana's Health Insurance Scheme in the Context of the Health MDGs. RUHR Economic Papers #157..
Oppong, J. R. (2007). Foreign-Born Status and Geographic Patterns of Tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). Introduction. HIV/AIDS, gender, agency and empowerment issues in Africa.
Moore, A. R., Oppong, J. R. (2007). Sexual risk behavior among people living with HIV/AIDS in Togo. Social Science & Medicine. 64(5), 1057–1066. Elsevier.
Oppong, J. R. (2006). HIV/AIDS Among Teens and Young Adults (13-24) in Dallas County, TX.
Oppong, J. R. (2006). What is the Outcome of Location-Based Targeted Tuberculosis Screening Based on Universal Genotyping?.
Oppong, J. R., Mikler, A. R., Moonan, P., Weis, S. (2006). Workshop Computational Epidemiology-From Medical Geography to Computational Epidemiology–Dynamics of Tuberculosis Transmission in Enclosed Spaces. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 3473, 189–197. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1973-.
Oppong, J. R. (2005). Diamonds and Political Instability in Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (2005). The Geography of Landmines and Implications for Health and Disease in Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Gender Differences in an Emerging Health Profession: Ghanaian Women as Itinerant Drug vendors.
Oppong, J. R. (2004). Using GIS Technology to Identify Areas of Tuberculosis Transmission and Incidence.
Oppong, J. R. (2001). Locating Itinerant Drug Vendors in Ghana's Health Care System.
Oppong, J. R. (1998). A Vulnerability Interpretation of the Geography of HIV/AIDS in Ghana, 1986-95.
Oppong, J. R. (1998). An Interaction-based Location-Allocation Model for Health Facilities to Limit the Spread of HIV-AIDS in West Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (1998). The Refugee Crisis in Africa and Implications for Health and Disease: A Political Ecology Approach.
Oppong, J. R. (1997). Obstacles to Acceptance of Location-Allocation Models in Health Care Planning in Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (1997). The Geography of Health and Disease in Texas.. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. In In: D. Lyons and P. Hudak (eds.) Geographic Perspectives on the Texas Region.. 49-56.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). A Cross Cultural Perspective on AIDS in Africa: A Response to Rushing.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). Accommodating the Rainy Season in Third World Location-Allocation Applications.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). Health Care Between the Cracks: Itinerant Drug Vendors and HIV-AIDS in West Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (1996). Rethinking and Re-Appraising AIDS, Health Care Systems and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Oppong, J. R. (1995). The Human Factor and the Quality of Health Care.
Oppong, J. R., Hodgson, M. (1994). Improving Spatial Accessibility to Health Care Facilities in Suhum District, Ghana.. Professional Geographer. 46(2), 199-209.
Oppong, J. R. (1989). Some Efficiency and Equity Effects of Boundaries in Location-Allocation Models.
Hodgson, M., Oppong, J. R. (1989). Some Efficiency and Equity Effects of Boundaries in Location-Allocation Models. Geographical Analysis. 21(2), 167-178.
Oppong, J. R. (1988). Perceived Quality of Life in a Center-Periphery Framework. Social Indicators Research 20:605-620.
Oppong, J. R. (1987). Growth Center Policy and the Quality of Life.
Oppong, J. R. (1987). Objective and Subjective Indicators of the Quality of Life: A Northern Alberta Case Study.
Oppong, J. R. (1984). Improving Spatial Accessibility to Health Care Facilities in Suhum District, Ghana.
Oppong, J. R. (2009). Mensah Joseph and J. R. Oppong. 2009. Maternity Protection and Health Insurance in Africa. Comparative Overview of Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Working Paper, International Labor Office Social Security Department, Geneva. Available at: http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/RessShowRessource.do?ressourceId=14643
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Oppong, J. R. (2007). Maternity Protection and Health Insurance in Africa Comparative Overview of Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
Oppong, J. R. (2004). HIV/AIDS Among Teens and Youth Aged 13-24 in Dallas County, Texas.
Kalipeni, E., Ghosh, J., Oppong, J. R. (2017). Disease and Illness, Political Ecology of. International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. 1-10. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0540
Oppong, J. R., Lester, K. (2015). HIV/AIDS, African Perspectives. Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource. 2(2), 459-464. Macmillan Reference USA.
Oppong, J. R., Huddleston, J. (2014). Disease Ecology. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. 416-421. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs186
Oppong, J. R., Kalipeni, E. (2003). A Cross-Cultural Perspective on AIDS in Africa: A Response to Rushing.. In William G. Moseley (ed.) Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial African Issues.. 253-259. Guilford, Connecticut: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin Company.
Oppong, J. R., Kalipeni, E. (1999). A Cross-Cultural Perspective on AIDS in Africa: A Response to Rushing.. African Rural and Urban Studies. 3(2), 91-112.
Kalipeni, E., Oppong, J. R. (1999). AIDS, Health Care Systems and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking and Re-Appraisal.. 73 Magazine. Special Issue of African Rural and Urban Studies. 3(2), 195. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.
Kalipeni, E., Oppong, J. R. (1999). Introduction: Rethinking and Re-Appraising AIDS, Health Care Systems and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Rural and Urban Studies. 3(2), 1-7.
Oppong, J. R. (1998). African Traditional Medicine: Dangerous, Anachronistic or Panacea.. In: S. Adjibolosoo and B. Ofori-Amoah (eds.) Addressing Misconceptions About Africa’s Development.. 97-111. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen press.
Oppong, J. R. (1997). Medical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa.. In: S. Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.) The Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa.. 147-149. Prentice Hall.
