ABSTRACT Background: Malaria is a common and life-threatening disease in Ghana. Malaria infection has been implicated in lipid and glucocorticoid imbalances among children. Cortisol-induced stresses and parasitaemia may affect brain development and risk of cardiovascular disorders among children. Aim: To investigate the impact malaria has on lipids and glucocorticoids in children. . Method: A comparative cross-sectional study using random sampling method was used in this study conducted betwe...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices of nursing mothers using two postnatal clinics in Ho, in the Volta region of Ghana. The study also looked at their sources of information on health issues. These two postnatal clinics were chosen because they were the most patronised postnatal care centres in the Ho municipality and therefore, allowed for the inclusion of respondents from a broad range of communities and a representative cross-section of demographic background...
Abstract The objective of the study was to determine the most appropriate methods of initial land preparations in Afram Plains based on their effect on selected soil physical properties such as dry bulk density, porosity, hydraulic conductivity and available water content. The study also sought to estimate the cost of preparing farm lands in the Afram Plains. The study was conducted in Odumesua in the Afram Plains District sampling soil from fields prepared with three identified and categoriz...
ABSTRACT The liberalization of the airwaves in the early 1990s and the promulgation of the National Communications Authority Act of 1996 (Act 524) resulted in broadcast pluralism in Ghana. The resultant increase in the number of radio stations has spawned a very competitive radio market in which radio stations compete for audiences to sell to advertisers. This study was done to find out how radio stations in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana generated revenue to sustain th...
ABSTRACT The study is intended to provide understanding of the use of social media for advertising by the advertising agencies in Ghana and to identify the prospects and challenges associated with its adoption. It is also to explore possible solutions that can possibly enhance the use of social media in advertising practice in Ghana. It sets out to examine the attitude of advertising practitioners towards the use of social media, identify the range of social media tools being applied and the ...
ABSTRACT The rationale for this project is to design a public health communication strategy for campaign on sickle cell anemia in Ghana. This project has been necessitated by the alarming rate at which the condition is occurring. It is generally estimated that 2% of children born in Ghana each year have a form of the sickle cell disease. This proportion is more than that of HIV/AIDS in the country (Ohene-Frimpong, 2011). In recent times, due to technological advancement, it is possible to det...
ABSTRACT The pivot of this study is that while the prospects of regional interaction and integration for political and economic development in Africa have been well researched, the implications of intercultural communication have not received as much scholarly attention. The expectations and intercultural communication experiences of Kenyans in Ghana were, therefore, examined in order to understand the ways in which the visa-free entry policy, driven by the African Union, might influence the ...
ABSTRACT This work sought to find out whether social marketing works as an HIV/AIDS communication tool. Theories in social marketing were therefore used to assess the impact of the Stop AIDS, Love Life campaign. Previous campaigns in some third world countries also provided examples of the use of social marketing principles in HIV/AIDS campaigns. The Stop AIDS, Love Life campaign was compared to these campaigns to identify similarities and differences and to assess the impact of the Ghanaian ...
ABSTRACT The study determined subsurface flow processes of 92.3ha catchment area in order to examine functional relationship among the surface and subsurface flow variables from the water balance components data.
ABSTRACT This study content analysed the Catholic Standard from 1938 to 2012. The objective of the study was to determine whether the role of the Catholic Standard has changed through the different types of governance systems over the years. A sample of 480 issues out of a total number of 3,216 issues in the 74 year period of the Catholic Standard were randomly selected and considered for analysis. The study content analysed headlines of front page, middle page and back page stories, as well ...
ABSTRACT An energy minimization route in all scrap based EAF steel production process is presented in this paper.
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine the challenges students face for not being allowed to use mobile phone in school with particular reference to Dabokpa Technical Institute in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana. The researcher used descriptive research design for the study. The sample size for the study was 185 samples made up of 150 students, 15 teachers, and 10 workshop assistants all from the school and 10 GES personnel from the Regional Directorate,...
ABSTRACT The effect of constitutional liquation of strengthening particles in PM RR1000 superalloy in response to inerta friction welding process was investigated.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a case study in the development and application of a mathematical model to optimize the production capacity of a paint manufacturing company.
ABSTRACT Effects of climate change on the yield reduction and prediction of vegetable crop was carried out using CROPWAT 8 with irrigation scheduling condition; critical depletion at a water application depth of 2mm, definite interval of 3days at a depth of 2mm and no irrigation.