Vincent Kuuire

Contributions to Public Health

• Advancing Urban Health Equity: I challenge conventional methods linking neighborhoods and health by studying how daily mobility (e.g., work, school) creates unique environmental exposures in Ghana, revealing gendered differences often missed. This refines our understanding of place-based health risks in low-resource settings.
  • Konkor, I., Kuuire, V.Z., & Bisung, E. (2022). Understanding perceptions of neighborhood health and non-communicable disease risks in urban contexts in Ghana. Social Science and Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115574.
  • Konkor, I., & Kuuire, V. (2023). The impact of residential and non-residential environments on non-communicable disease in Ghanaian cities: the role of gender. Cities, 143, 104568.
• Linking Transnationalism & Immigrant Integration: My research pioneered understanding how immigrants' connections to their home countries (like sending money or investing in housing there) shape their housing integration in Canada. I showed integration definitions must include transnational factors to fully understand settlement outcomes and wellbeing.
  • Kuuire, V.Z, Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M. & Abada, T. (2016). Transnationalism-Integration Nexus: Examining the relationship between transnational housing investment and homeownership status in Canada. Geoforum, 75, 168-179.
  • Kuuire, V.Z, Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M. & Abada, T. (2016). Obligations and expectations: Perceived relationship between transnational housing investment and housing consumption decisions among Ghanaian immigrants in Canada. Housing, Theory and Society. 33(4), 445-468.
• Evaluating Healthcare Access for Vulnerable Ghanaians: I critically assessed Ghana's pro-poor National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), revealing persistent wealth-based disparities in access for older adults and the poor, despite premium exemptions. This work questions the scheme's effectiveness and highlights the need for policies beyond insurance enrollment.
  • Kuuire, V.Z., Tenkorang, E.Y., Amegbor P.M., & Rosenberg, M. (2020). Understanding unmet healthcare needs among older Ghanaians: A gendered perspective. Ageing and Society. doi:10.1017/S0144686X19001892.
  • Kuuire, V.Z., Tenkorang, E.Y., Rishworth, A., Luginaah, I. & Yawson, E.A. (2017). Is the pro-poor premium exemption policy of Ghana’s NHIS reducing health coverage disparities among the elderly? Population Research and Policy Review, 36, 231-249.
• Exploring Migration & Food Security Strategies: I documented how "food remittances" (sending food home) act as a vital coping mechanism for food-insecure households in Northern Ghana and revealed the complex livelihood challenges and "poverty traps" faced by subsistence migrant farmers, contributing to political ecology debates.
  • Kuuire, V.Z, Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I., & Arku, G. (2016). Abandoning land in search of farms: challenges of subsistence migrant farming in Ghana. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(2), 475-488.
  • Kuuire, V.Z, Mkandawire, P., Arku, G., & Luginaah, I. (2013). Abandoning farms in search of food: Food remittance and household food security in Ghana. African Geographical Review, 32 (2), 125-139.
• Mapping the Development-Health Nexus in Africa: I contributed continent-wide insights by evaluating maternal health service progress under the MDGs in Nigeria/Malawi and co-editing a foundational volume showcasing health geography research across Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting critical development-health linkages and future research directions.
  • Kuuire V.Z., Kangmennaang, J., Atuoye, K.N., Antabe, R., Boamah, S., Vercillo, S., Amoyaw, J. A. & Luginaah, I. (2017). Timing and utilisation of antenatal care services in Nigeria and Malawi. Global Public Health, 12(6), 728-743.
  • Braimah, J.A, Bisung, E. & Kuuire V.Z. (eds) (2023). Health Geography in sub-Saharan Africa: Development-Health Nexus. New York: Springer.