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Elijah Bisung

ResearcherSchool of NursingQueen's University

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Elijah Bisung

Researcher

School of Nursing

Health Sciences

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (5 CIHR, 5 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2026.

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Publications

229

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Research

Global Health Public Health Trust Nomadic Pastoralists Pandemic Sub-Saharan Africa Anxiety Climate Behaviors

Latest papers

Improving water security through social protection: Findings from a natural experiment with Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Correlates of self-reported pregnancy complications: a cross-sectional study in two districts in Northern Ghana.
Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026
Cash transfers and household water security among the poor in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.
Journal of water and health · 2026

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Wellbeing under threat: community experiences of galamsey in Ghana
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$98,827
Gender, water security, and health risk perceptions in Kenya
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$6,000
Building a research agenda to enhance trust in public health systems among nomadic pastoralists in Ghana.
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$19,815

All 16 grants and awards

30 publications.

Improving water security through social protection: Findings from a natural experiment with Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program.

Azupogo U, Bisung E, Achore M, Dickin S, Kangmennaang J

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119222 PMID: 41980443

Correlates of self-reported pregnancy complications: a cross-sectional study in two districts in Northern Ghana.

Ayanore M, Agorinya I, Dowou RK, Mayeden S, Abiiro GA, Adatara P, Lartey S, Kangmennaang J, Bisung E, Osei K, Addo BA, Adane F, Axame W, Dotse PAN, Aduah W, Torku F, Nyuzaghl JA, Lana PM, Baatiema L, Cheyuo G, Acheampong MK, Allotey D, Kakariba C, Sarpong GK, Sagoe E, Dzeha R, Moyom JJ, Anaba F, Zantoli SP, Miah K, Narh M, Addo-Cobbiah W, Sottie M, Boakye-Boateng SK, Koku Awoonor-Williams J

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-026-01960-w PMID: 42192551

Cash transfers and household water security among the poor in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

Azupogo UW, Konkor I, Bisung E, Dickin S

Journal of water and health2026

DOI: 10.2166/wh.2026.387 PMID: 41910049

Barriers to medication adherence and health access among young people living with HIV in Kumasi, Ghana.

Whittaker D, Polintan M, Bisung E, Dassah E, Nakua E

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2727786 PMID: 42700454

Embodying HIV/AIDS adolescent peer leadership and achieving the 95-95-95 targets in Ghana.

Whittaker D, Polintan M, Bisung E, Bukari R

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2679514 PMID: 42252564

The lingering impacts of COVID-19 on older women in Kenya and Uganda: A quantitative analysis of health, wellbeing, and WASH insecurity

Dhillon S, Omondi I, Nagawa J, Bisung E, Dickin S, Mugayehwenkyi K, Karanja D, Elliott SJ

Journal of Public Health Research20261 citations

DOI: 10.1177/22799036261474131

“The fear of violence is always there”: Gender-based violence, water and sanitation insecurity in Ghana

Jebuni J, Elliott SJ, Bisung E

Social Science and Medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119502

Gender differences in institutional trust and covid-19 vaccines uptake in Ghana.

Konkor I, Dery F, Dassah E, Bisung E, Kuuire V

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25092-y PMID: 41174652

Does Trust Mediate the Relationship Between Experiences of Discrimination and Health Care Access and Utilization Among Minoritized Canadians During COVID-19 Pandemic?

Kangmennaang J, Siiba A, Bisung E

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01809-w PMID: 37787945

Institutional trust, conspiracy beliefs and Covid-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy among adults in Ghana.

Achore M, Braimah JA, Dowou RK, Kuuire V, Ayanore MA, Bisung E

PLOS global public health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003852 PMID: 39413141

Wellbeing under threat: community experiences of galamsey in Ghana

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Konkor, Irenius

$98,827

Gender, water security, and health risk perceptions in Kenya

SupervisorCIHR2026Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Mudwi, Ahmed

Keywords: Children; Lakes; Schistosomiasis; Waterborne Parasitic Disease

$6,000

Building a research agenda to enhance trust in public health systems among nomadic pastoralists in Ghana.

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bisung, Elijah; Plamondon, Katrina M

Keywords: Global Health; Nomadic Pastoralists; Pandemic; Public Health; Sub-Saharan Africa; Trust

$19,815

Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Rural Live(lihood)s in Ghana

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Baada, Jemima

Keywords: Climate change; Renewable energy; Local livelihoods; Rural communities; Gender equity; Just transitions; Upper West Region; Ghana; Sub-Saharan Africa

$57,601

Climate change related emotional and psychosocial distress among pregnant people

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Premji, Shahirose S; Guan, Tianxiu H; Bisung, Elijah; Purkey, Eva

Keywords: Anxiety; Climate Behaviors; Climate Change; Climate Emotions; Depression; Eco-Anxiety; Mental Health; Pregnancy; Pregnancy-Related Anxiety; Solastalgia

$124,997

“The Urban Futures project” Toward health equity, inclusive governance, and climate adaptation in African informal settlements

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Janes, Craig

Keywords: Climate change ; Urban informal settlements ; Health ; Participatory Methods ; Co-design ; Uganda ; Zimbabwe ; Adaptation strategies ; Inter-sectoral research ; Sierra Leone

$999,956

Mobilizing relevant stakeholders to address diabetes risk and management in marginally exposed populations(1).

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kangmennaang, Joseph

Keywords: Co-Develop Interventions; Diabetes Management; Diabetes Risk; Knowledge Mobilization; Ncds; Nutritional Transition; People Living With Diabetes; Research Agenda; Socio-Cultural Environment; Stakeholder Consultations

$19,991

Promoting women’s economic empowerment and recovery through social protection and complementary access to water services in sub-Saharan Africa

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Bisung, Elijah

Keywords: water; COVID-19; health equity; pandmic; social protection

$240,875

Mobilizing stakeholders to build trust in public health systems in post-pandemic West Africa

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Bisung, Elijah; Kuuire, Vincent Z; Plamondon, Katrina M

Keywords: Global Health; Pandemic Recovery; Public Health Institutions; Trust

$100,000

Communities in Crises: Conflict and Identity at Cerro Prieto Espinal, Peru

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Wai, Christopher S.

Keywords: archaeology of conflict and violence; andean perspectives; Moche; Chimu; Inka; fortified settlements; ceremonial mountains; natural disaster; collapse; iconography; architecture; local identity; imperialism; ancestry; resistance; virtual reality; 3D model

$69,752

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Elijah Bisung

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Improving water security through social protection: Findings from a natural experiment with Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program.

Correlates of self-reported pregnancy complications: a cross-sectional study in two districts in Northern Ghana.

Cash transfers and household water security among the poor in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

Barriers to medication adherence and health access among young people living with HIV in Kumasi, Ghana.

Embodying HIV/AIDS adolescent peer leadership and achieving the 95-95-95 targets in Ghana.

The lingering impacts of COVID-19 on older women in Kenya and Uganda: A quantitative analysis of health, wellbeing, and WASH insecurity

“The fear of violence is always there”: Gender-based violence, water and sanitation insecurity in Ghana

Gender differences in institutional trust and covid-19 vaccines uptake in Ghana.

Does Trust Mediate the Relationship Between Experiences of Discrimination and Health Care Access and Utilization Among Minoritized Canadians During COVID-19 Pandemic?

Institutional trust, conspiracy beliefs and Covid-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy among adults in Ghana.

Wellbeing under threat: community experiences of galamsey in Ghana

Gender, water security, and health risk perceptions in Kenya

Building a research agenda to enhance trust in public health systems among nomadic pastoralists in Ghana.

Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Rural Live(lihood)s in Ghana

Climate change related emotional and psychosocial distress among pregnant people

“The Urban Futures project” Toward health equity, inclusive governance, and climate adaptation in African informal settlements

Mobilizing relevant stakeholders to address diabetes risk and management in marginally exposed populations(1).

Promoting women’s economic empowerment and recovery through social protection and complementary access to water services in sub-Saharan Africa

Mobilizing stakeholders to build trust in public health systems in post-pandemic West Africa

Communities in Crises: Conflict and Identity at Cerro Prieto Espinal, Peru

Frequent collaborators

Susan Elliott

Vincent Kuuire

Joseph Kangmennaang

Sana Shahram

Isaac Luginaah

Eva Purkey

Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh