Joseph R. Oppong

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings

• 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. and J. Mensah. (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. and R. G. Ironside. (1989). The Relative Attractiveness of Edmonton and the High Prairie Region in the Province of Alberta, Canada. In: M. Leroy (ed.).

Book

• 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.
• Kalipeni E, J. R. Oppong and A. Zerai. (eds.). (2007). HIV/AIDS, gender, agency and empowerment issues in Africa.
• Oppong, J. R. and T. Woodruff. (2007). The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Oppong, J. R.. (2006). Africa South of the Sahara.
• Kalipeni, E., S. Craddock, J. R. Oppong, and J. Ghosh (eds.). (2004). HIV & AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology.
• Oppong, J. R and E. D. Oppong. (2004). Kenya.
• Oppong, J. R and E. D. Oppong. (2003). Ghana.
• Kalipeni, E. and J. R. Oppong (eds.). (1996). AIDS, Health Care Systems and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking and Re-appraisal.

Book Chapter

• 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.
• Aggrey-Korsah, Emmanuel H. and Joseph R. Oppong. (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, JR and Ben Ofori-Amoah. (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. and Adam Harold. (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. and Adam Harold.. (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..
• Kalipeni, E., J. R. Oppong and J. Ghosh. (2008). Africa's Globalization: Colonial Labor Economy, Migration and HIV/AIDS. In Pope, C., R. White, and R. Malow, eds.
• Oppong, J. R. and Charles J. Blocker. (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. and Joyce Kwok. (2007). Burundi. 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). 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). In David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.) Global perspectives on the United States: A Nation by Nation Survey. Great Barrington, MA.
• Oppong, J. R. and Anina Imhof. (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. and Anina Imhof. (2007). The Gambia. In David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.) Global perspectives on the United States: A Nation by Nation Survey. Great Barrington, MA.
• Kalipeni, E., J. R. Oppong and B. Ofori-Amoah. (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. and J. Ghosh. (2004). Concluding Remarks: Beyond Epidemiology. In: Kalipeni, Craddock, Oppong and Ghosh (eds.).
• Oppong, J. R. and S. M. Garcia. (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. and S. Agyei-Mensah. (2004). HIV/AIDS in West Africa: The Case of Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. In: Kalipeni, Craddock, Oppong and Ghosh (eds.).
• Oppong, J. R. and E. Kalipeni. (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.).
• Kalipeni, E., J. R. Oppong and B. Ofori-Amoah. (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. and J. Mensah. (1995). The Canadian Health System: Lessons from Alberta for the United States. In: S. Eve, S. Ingman, and B. Haven (eds.).

Book Review

• 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.

Conference Proceeding

• 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. and M. Ji. (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.

Encyclopedia Article

• Oppong, J.R., Lester, K.A., Fard, F.S. (2024). Geographical distribution and global trends of hiv and tb disease burdens.. 3 (2025) 203-213.. Academic Press.
• 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.

Journal Article

• Boakye, K., Iyanda, A., Asante, E., Oppong, J.R. (2024). Association between outdoor artificial light at night and low birth weight in California.. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. Taylor and Francis.
• Asante, P.G., Owusu, A.Y., Oppong, J.R., Amega, K.E., Nketiah-Amponsah, E. (2024). An assessment of the direct and indirect costs of breast cancer treatment in leading cancer hospitals in Ghana. PLOS One. 19 (5) Department of Geography, University of North Texas.
• 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., Jonathan Mayer and Eyal Oren. (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., Libbey Kutch, Chetan Tiwari and Sonia Arbona.. (2013). Vulnerable Places: Prison Locations, Socioeconomic Status and HIV Infection in Texas. Professional Geographer.. Professional Geographer. Taylor and Francis.
• Oppong, JR, Chetan Tiwari, W. Ruckthongsook, Jody Huddleston and Sonia Arbona. (2012). Mapping Late Testers for HIV in Texas, Health and Place Health and Place 18(3):568-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.01.008 Related Links: https://webmail.unt.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C.
• Aldo Avina, Chetan Tiwari, Philip Williamson, Joseph Oppong, and Sam Atkinson.. (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..
• Mensah, J., J. R. Oppong and C. M. Schmidt.. (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). 2010..
• Mensah, J., J. R. Oppong and C. M. Schmidt.. (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., C. Denton, P. K. Moonan and S. E. Weis. (2007). Foreign-Born Status and Geographic Patterns of Tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas.
• Kalipeni, E., J. R. Oppong, and A. Zerai. (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. and C. Denton. (2006). HIV/AIDS Among Teens and Young Adults (13-24) in Dallas County, TX.
• Moonan, P. K., J. R. Oppong, B. Sahbazian, K. P. Singh, R. Sandhu, G. Drewyer, T. LaFon, M. Marruffo, T. N. Quitugua, C. Wallace and S. E. Weis. (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-.
• Reddy, S., D. Henry and J. R. Oppong. (2005). Diamonds and Political Instability in Africa.
• Oppong, J. R. and E. Kalipeni. (2005). The Geography of Landmines and Implications for Health and Disease in Africa.
• Williamson, D. A, V. K. Pillai, G. Owusu and J. R. Oppong. (2004). Gender Differences in an Emerging Health Profession: Ghanaian Women as Itinerant Drug vendors.
• Moonan, P. K., M. Bayona, T. N. Quitugua, J. R. Oppong, D. Dunbar, K. C. Jost, G. Burgess, K. P. Singh and S. E. Weis. (2004). Using GIS Technology to Identify Areas of Tuberculosis Transmission and Incidence.
• Oppong, J. R. and D. A. Williamson. (2001). Locating Itinerant Drug Vendors in Ghana's Health Care System.
• [g] Oppong, J. R.. (1998). A Vulnerability Interpretation of the Geography of HIV/AIDS in Ghana, 1986-95.
• Oppong, J. R. and M. J. Hodgson. (1998). An Interaction-based Location-Allocation Model for Health Facilities to Limit the Spread of HIV-AIDS in West Africa.
• Kalipeni, E. and J. R. Oppong. (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.
• [g] Oppong, J. R. and E. Kalipeni. (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.
• [g] Oppong, J. R. and D. A. Williamson. (1996). Health Care Between the Cracks: Itinerant Drug Vendors and HIV-AIDS in West Africa.
• [g] Kalipeni, E and J. R. Oppong. (1996). Rethinking and Re-Appraising AIDS, Health Care Systems and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Oppong, J. R. and J. R. Toledo. (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.
• Hodgson, M. J. and J. R. Oppong. (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., R. G. Ironside and L. W. Kennedy. (1988). Perceived Quality of Life in a Center-Periphery Framework. Social Indicators Research 20:605-620.
• Oppong J. R. and R. G. Ironside. (1987). Growth Center Policy and the Quality of Life.
• Oppong J. R. and R. G. Ironside. (1987). Objective and Subjective Indicators of the Quality of Life: A Northern Alberta Case Study.
• Oppong, J. R. and M. J. Hodgson. (1984). Improving Spatial Accessibility to Health Care Facilities in Suhum District, Ghana.

Popular Press Article

• Mensah Joseph and J. R. Oppong.. (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 Related Links: http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/RessShowRessource.do?ressourceId.
• Mensah Joseph and J. R. Oppong. (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.

Reference Entry

• 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.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Ishiyama, J.T. (Principal), Oppong, J.R. (Co-Principal), "NSF REU Grant," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $358000 Funded. (2017 - 2020).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Gaming Graduate Virtue Ethics Education in Science and Engineering," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $299558 Funded. (2013 - 2016).
• Oppong, J.R., Ishiyama, J.T., "REU Site: Civil Conflict Management and Peace Science," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $399449.00 Funded. (2014 - 2016).
• Oppong, J.R., "US-Ghana International Workshop: Resilience Approaches to Understanding Environmental Health Impacts of Small Scale Gold Mining Sector," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $59439 Funded. (2008 - 2009).
• Oppong, J.R. (Co-Principal), "Research Workshop: HIV-AIDS in Africa: Gender, Agency and Vulnerability," sponsored by Ezekiel Kalipeni, Jayati Ghosh and Asseta Zerai, Federal, $30000 Funded. (2003 - 2004).
• Bavon, A. (Co-Principal), Land, M. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Oppong, J.R. (Co-Principal), Resnick, E. (Co-Principal), Schaffer, R. (Co-Principal), "AF/PD Professional Internship Program," sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Federal, $369739 Funded. (2001 - 2002).
• Oppong, J.R. (Co-Principal), "The Azikiwe-COMESA Professional Internship Program," sponsored by Eileen Resnick, Mike McPherson, Al Bavon and Mitch Land, Federal, $473266 Funded. (2001 - 2002).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Graduate Research Fellowship Program," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2017 - 2022).
• Ishiyama, J.T. (Principal), Oppong, J.R. (Co-Principal), "NSF REU program on Conflict Management and Peace Science," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2017 - 2021).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "El Mariachi Autentico: A Study of Musical MachismoGN18-0062_Oppong," sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, FED, Funded. (2017 - 2019).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Katherine Lester - Graduate Research Fellowship Program," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Natalie Parde - Graduate Research Fellowship Program," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship-Kate Lester," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2015 - 2018).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship-Natalie Parde," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2015 - 2018).
• Ishiyama, J.T. (Principal), Oppong, J.R. (Co-Principal), "REU Site: Civil Conflict Management and Peace Science," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2014 - 2018).
• Briggle, A.R. (Co-Principal), Oppong, J.R. (Principal), John, K. (Co-Principal), "Gaming Graduate Ethics Education in Science & Engineering," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2013 - 2017).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "The SkyLIFE Proposal," sponsored by The SkyLIFE Company, Inc., IND, Funded. (2017 - 2017).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Graduate Research Fellowship Award for Jessica Rimsza," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2013 - 2016).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Graduate Research Fellowship Award for Jody Huddleston," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2012 - 2016).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Graduate Research Fellowship Award for Jennifer Williams," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2012 - 2016).
• Oppong, J.R. (Principal), "Graduate Research Fellowship Award for Rebecca Weber," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2011 - 2016).
• Oppong, J.R., "US-Ghana International Workshop: Resilience Approaches to Understanding Environmental Health Impacts of Small Scale Gold Mining Sector," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Funded. (2008 - 2009).