Millicent O. Boateng, PhD

As part of her training in teaching and research, Dr. Boateng’s exposure to diverse settings including Europe, Asia, and Africa has enriched her expertise to engage with students and researchers from different backgrounds. Her primary research interests are in Health Promotion with a major interest in health literacy, and then, health systems research.

Three of her academic papers, with her as the main author, are published with an additional one currently under review. In line with her research works, Dr. Boateng has worked on integrating herbal medicine into the health system in Ghana, translated and assessed the psychometric properties of the health literacy questionnaire in Ghana, which is the first ever and only translated health literacy questionnaire in Ghana and ever translated for use in West Africa.

In addition, she developed one of the few health literacy interventions across the globe in Ghana. One other study included an assessment of the associations between health literacy of caregivers and management of childhood illness (Malaria) in Ghana. She has worked extensively in the area of health literacy and currently is a member of a network of health literacy in Africa.

Non-academically, Dr. Boateng has worked administratively on several health projects at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), both after her bachelor’s and master’s studies. She coordinated the set-up of the Career Development Centre at the College of Health Sciences, KNUST, and facilitated other research courses and training for academic and non-academic staff in the institution. She has worked on several externally funded projects as administrative support staff and believes these experiences will assist in efficiently managing any future research work she undertakes.