ABSTRACT Background: Young people aged 10-24 years form the larger proportion of Ghana‟s population; with the majority being sexually active, and are exposed to adverse health outcomes. Among the young age group, undergraduate students in the university are faced with various challenges on campus including stress, risky sexual behaviour and use of drugs. Although a major public health concern, only few studies have examined mental health as a catalyst to risky sexual behaviour among young p...
ABSTRACT The study assessed women’s knowledge and attitude towards ANC and PHC in the Sekyere West District. The coverage of ANC has been persistently higher than PNC. Even though the DHMT was aware of the difference, they had no knowledge about the underlying factors. The information was needed by the DHMT, to help improve Information based planning. The main objective was to find out women’s knowledge and attitude towards ANC and PNC as well as any constraints the women might face in th...
ABSTRACT Worldwide, acute respiratory tract infections is the most common cause of illness in children under five years of age and a major cause of death. Most (70%) of these deaths occur in African and Asian countries. The current study determined association between the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine into the Expanded Programmme of Immunization (EPI) and morbidities due to acute respiratory tract infections in the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital. The study was a retrospective study involv...
ABSTRACT Background-Malnutrition is an underlying factor in many diseases for both children and adults and is particularly prevalent in developing countries, where it affects one out of every three preschool-age children. Under nutrition (malnourished) a form of malnutrition has been a worldwide problem which is being tackled in various ways and is usually prevalent among children in developing economies. One of the appropriate measures to support the fight against malnutrition in general and...
ABSTRACT Background: Quality of care for neonates is one of the key factors that contributes to the survival of babies in the under-five group. So the assessment of the quality of care given at the first 28 days of the baby’s life is very crucial and upon which improvement of health service delivery can be undertaken. The Donabedian model of quality of care was adopted in the assessment of quality of care (structure, processand output). The aim of the study is to explore on the perceptions ...
ABSTRACT Background: Ghana established National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2004 to replace out-of-pocket payment popularly referred to as „cash and carry‟, which created financial barrier to health care access to the poor and vulnerable. However, the NHIS was fully implemented in 2005 and has since faced performance challenges such as delays in issuance of ID cards to registered members and payment of provider claims. Objective: To assess performance of the Ga District Mutual Healt...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Healthcare facilities like other work places are characterized by a high level of exposure to occupational hazards which could significantly endanger the safety and health of workers, and impact on the rate of occupational injury and infections among hospital workers. Traditionally, healthcare workers are viewed as professionals who are capable of maintaining their health without assistance. Hospitals and health institutions were also considered to be safer than other w...
ABSTRACT On daily basis, the police force in Ghana interacts with people, including those with mental disorders. This is one of the biggest challenges facing the police service as high expertise is required of anyone who deals with people with mental disorders. It is unfortunate though that this area remains grey and seems to be given little attention in Ghana. Several reports have also lamented the existence of very little or no scientific literature on the subject of police services` strate...
ABSTRACT Worldwide facility delivery remains a serious concern and challenge to all international, nation al and local stakeholders. It is important to reduce this burden of large number of women and neonates who die annually from preventable causes as a result of home delivery. Facility delivery is a critical strategy to improve maternal and newborn health in the world, but still a large number of home deliveries occur in the developing countries, mostly in the Sub Sahara African countries. ...
A BSTRA CT The Osudoku subditrict has been blamed for the persistent inability of the Dangme West District Health Authority to achieve its immunisation coverage objective. The study objective was to ascertain the accuracy of this assertion of the DHMT and then find the factors causing the alleged poor performance of the subdistrict, if confirmed by the study. Two immunisation coverage surveys using the WHO/ EPI ‘30 cluster sample’ methodology were conducted, one each in the Osudoku and Pr...
ABTRACT Effective and improved maternal and new born health is a critical concern to all governments the world over and much particularly to those in low to middle income countries like Ghana. This led the global community to adopt the United Nations Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in order to improve the wellbeing and health of mothers and newborns. By 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 calls for a reduction by 2/3 of the 1990 under-five mortality rate; and MDG 5 calls for a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore how nurses perceive continuity of patient care at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba. The study looked at nursing documentation, communication and teamwork and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana. The study adopted a qualitative exploratory descriptive design and purposive sampling method was used to recruit participants. Data were collected by...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue. Although antibiotic resistance will suffice naturally over time, increased use/misuse of antibiotics escalates the process. In Ghana there is a dearth of studies exploring the relationship between knowledge, attitude and practices on consumption of antibiotics by individuals within the community. The objective of this study was to determine the factors influencing antibiotic use among adults within the Greater Accra...
ABSTRACT Background Understanding the determinants of obesity in adults is important due to its association with other chronic diseases. A study done in Ghana to determine Socio-demographic variation in obesity among Ghanaians adults reported that overweight and obesity had high prevalence in Accra metropolis. The study identified high prevalence among women and other upper- class residents. A similar study done at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, Ghana, found that risk...
ABSTRACT The study explored how patient’s representation of diabetes, psychological distress and the use of spiritual coping influence their medication adherence. A total of 196 diabetics were sampled from the Tema General Hospital using the purposive sampling technique. The measures used included the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R), Spiritual Coping subscale of the Africultural Coping System Inventory, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21(DASS-21) and the Medication Adhe...