Bio
Dr. Oppong is a medical geographer with a geographic focus on Africa and North America.
His research interests include neighborhood characteristics and HIV/AIDS in Texas, geographic distribution of tuberculosis genotypes, and applications of GIS to understanding spatial patterns of disease and health.
Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Alberta, 1992
M.A., Geography, University of Alberta, 1986
B.A., University of Ghana, Legion, 1982
Courses
Articles
Oppong, J. R., Tiwari, C., Ruckthongsook, W., Huddleston, J., & Arbona, S. (2012). Mapping late testers for HIV in Texas. Health and Place, 18(3), 568-575.
Oppong, J. R., Denton, C., Moonan, P. K., & Weis, S. E. (2007). Foreign-born status and geographic patterns of tuberculosis in Tarrant county, Texas. Professional Geographer, 59(4), 478-491.
Kalipeni, E., Oppong, J. R., & Zerai, A. (2007). Introduction. HIV/AIDS, gender, agency and empowerment issues in Africa. Social Science and Medicine, 64(5), 1015-1018.
More Articles
Moore, A. R., & Oppong, J. R. (2007). Sexual risk behavior among people living with HIV/AIDS in Togo. Social Science and Medicine, 64(5), 1057-1066.
Oppong, J. R., & Denton, C. (2006). HIV/AIDS among teens and young adults (13-24) in Dallas County, TX. Public Health GIS News and Information, 72, 22-24.
Moonan, P. K., Oppong, J. R., Sahbazian, B., Singh, K. P., Sandhu, R., Drewyer, G., LaFon, T.,…Weis, S.E. (2006). What is the outcome of location-based targeted tuberculosis screening based on universal genotyping? American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 174(5), 599-604.
Reddy, S., Henry, D., Oppong, J. R. (20058). Diamonds and political instability in Africa. African Geographical Review, 24, 51-70.
Oppong, J. R., & Kalipeni, E. (2005). The geography of landmines and implications for health and disease in Africa. Africa Today, 52(1), 3-25.
Moonan, P. K., Bayona, M., Quitugua, T. N., Oppong, J. R., Dunbar, D., Jost, K. C., Burgess, G.,…Weis, S.E. (2004). Using GIS technology to identify areas of tuberculosis transmission and incidence. International Journal of Health Geographics, 3(1), 23-33.
Williamson, D. A., Pillai, V. K., Owusu, G., & Oppong, J. R. (2004). Gender differences in an emerging health profession: Ghanaian women as itinerant drug vendors. African and Asian Studies, 3(1), 77-91.
Books
Oppong, J. R., & Ofori-Amoah, B. (2012). Ghana: Prospects for secondary school GIS education in a developing country. In A. Milson, A. Demirci & J. Kerski (Eds.), International Perspectives on Teaching and learning GIS in Secondary Schools. New York: Springer.
Avina, A., Tiwari, C., Williamson, P., Oppong, J. R., & Atkinson, S. (2011). A spatially explicit environmental health surveillance framework for tick-borne diseases. In J. Maantay & S. McLafferty (Eds.), Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health: Geotechnologies and the Environment, 4(3rd ed.), 357-371). New York: Springer.
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Pandemics and global health. Chelsea House.
More Books
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Culture, conflict and change in sub-Saharan Africa. In S. Aryeetey Attoh (Ed.), Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, Third Edition (pp. 151-177). New York: Prentice Hall.
Oppomg, J. R. (2010). Transport, communication and information technologies in sub-Saharan Africa. In S. Aryeetey Attoh (Ed.), Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, Third Edition (pp. 243-264). New York: Prentice Hall.
Oppong, J. R. (2010). Medical geography of sub-Saharan Africa. In S. Aryeetey Attoh (Ed.), Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, Third Edition (pp. 333-365). New York: Prentice Hall.
Oppong, J. R., & Harold, A. (2010). Disease, ecology and environment. In T. Brown, S. McLafferty & G. Moon (Eds.), A Companion of Medical Geography. Wiley-Blackwell.
Kalipeni, E., Oppong, J. R., & Ghosh, J. (2008). Africa’s globalization: Colonial labor economy, migration and HIV/AIDS. In C. Pope, R. White & R. Malow (Eds.), HIV/AIDS: Frontiers in Global Prevention/Intervention. Routledge Publishers.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). Sudan. Chelsea House.
Oppong, J. R., & Woodruff, T. (2007). The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Philadelphia: Chelsea House.
Posters/Presentations
Oppong, J. R., & Mensah, J. (2009). Propensity score analysis of Ghana’s national health insurance system. Presented at the Global Development Network- Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the Health MDGS in Africa and Asia.
Oppong, J. R. (2007). Globalization, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS in Africa; women and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Presented at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Oppong, J. R., & Mensah, J. (2007). An evaluation of Ghana’s national health insurance scheme in the context of the health MDGS. Paper presented at Global Development Network-Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the Health MDGS in Africa and Asia.
More Presentations
Oppong, J. R., Moonan, P., & Weis, S. (2007). Spatial patterns of tuberculosis genotypes in Tarrant County, Texas. Presented at the 12th International Medical Geography Symposium.
Oppong, J. R. (2007, April 17-21). Drug arrests and HIV/AIDS in Dallas County, Texas. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA.
Oppong, J. R. (2007, August 23). Medical geography and spatial diffusion. Presented at Back to School for Social Studies Teachers, Garland ISD.
Oppong, J. R. (2007, August 22). Geography, disease and globalization. Presented at Back to school for world cultures and world geography teachers, Coppell ISD.
Oppong, J. R. (2006). GIS as planning tool for responding to a terrorist attack. Presented at the Understanding and Responding to Terrorism Conference-NATO & Tips Terrorism Research Project.
Oppong, J. R. (2006, November 1-4). Race ethnicity and HIV/AIDS in Texas. Presented at the Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, San Marcos, TX.
Oppong, J. R. (2006 March 7-11). The political ecology of polio resurgence in Africa. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL.
