Personal Data:

Name: Jacob Owusu Sarfo

Country: Ghana

Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Health Promotion

E-mail: ;

Experience:

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast (Cape Coast, Ghana).

Head, Laboratory of Professional and Pedagogical Training, Cherkas Global University (Washington, DC, USA).

Executive Director, Centre for Behaviour and Wellness Advocacy [formerly KAD International] (Koforidua, Ghana).

Head (Department of Nursing), Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, All Nations University (Koforidua, Ghana).

Official Representative (West Africa), Cherkas Global University Press (Washington, DC, USA).

Education:

January 2023 — October 2023: completed 2023 Demographic and Health Survey Fellows Program.

January 2022 — December 2022: completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Education, Winneba (Ghana).

August 2015 — September 2019: admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health promotion at the University of Cape Coast (Ghana).

August 2011 — December 2013: completed postgraduate studies in Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology, College of Humanities, University of Ghana (Ghana); defended a Master of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology thesis on the title: “The neuropsychological functioning and quality of life among diabetic patients in Ghana”; holds a professional registration as a Clinical Psychologist from the Ghana Psychological Council (Ghana).

August 2006 — May 2010: completed undergraduate studies at the School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana (Ghana); was awarded with Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, First Class Honours; holds a professional registration as a General Nurse, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana.

June 2008 — December 2009: completed diploma studies at the Institute of Commercial Studies, Bournemouth (England); was awarded with Single Subject Diploma in Business Management and Administration.

March 2007 — February 2009: completed diploma studies at the Prophetic Voice Institute, Gospel Truth Ministries, Cincinnati, Ohio (United States of America); was awarded with a Diploma in Ministry.

Research Interests:

Psychosocial Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Clinical Nursing, Public Health Education, Procrastination, Social Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Gender, Ehealth, Religion and Pedagogical innovation.

Membership in Editorial Boards:

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education (Ghana)