ABSTRACT Background: Maternal mortality is a great worry to most health financing groups and policy makers in developed and developing countries. Comparatively, antenatal care utilisation has been high in Ghana: pregnant women looking for antenatal care from a skilled provider, increase debates that increasing care given to maternal health internationally has been focused on reducing maternal mortality. Objective: The main objective of the study was to assess factors that influence the utilis...
ABSTRACT This research explored the school health education programme and the reproductive reproductive health seeking behaviourss of female adolescents in selected Junior High Schools in the Adansi South District, Ashanti Region. The study also looked at also looked at the scope of the school health education programme, knowledge level of in-school female adolescents on sexual and reproductive health issues and their health seeking behaviour. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional desig...
ABSTRACT Background Information-Yaws is an important public health problem and an obstacle to socio-economic development. The disease causes gross destruction of the skin, bones and joints especially in children below 15 years. The study was carried out to determine factors associated with the disease among children less than 15 years of age in the Ga west district. Method - A total of 120 cases and 120 age matched controls were included in the study. Data were collected on sex, hygienic prac...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Anaemia continues to remain one of the world‘s public health concerns which affects people of all life stages. It has a global prevalence of 32.9% and particularly affects the Sub-Sahara regions. In Ghana, there is an anaemia prevalence of 42% in women if the reproductive age group. Several interventions have been put in place to curb this public health concern in the country but the prevalence remains at an alarmingly high rate. A pilot study (Invisible fisher‘s inte...
Abstract Objectives: To determine the prevalence and socio-demographic aspects of obesity in primary school children in Accra Metropolis. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted on sample of 1123 children aged 6-10 years attending primary schools who were selected by multistage sampling using school registers and listings o f primary schools by Accra M etropolitan Education Service. Setting: Four public and four private primary schools in Accra Metropolis. Subjects and Me...
ABSTRACT Introduction: The concept of health systems deals with the issues of governance, information, medicines and technologies, financing, human resource and service delivery. However this study focuses only on the human resource and the service delivery aspects of the health systems. Studies have made it clear that counseling couples together about family planning influences correct use of methods, and their continuation, bringing about high success rates and satisfaction in family planni...
ABSTRACTThe study is a community-based study to determine the factors contributing to the delayed arrival of women with pregnancy-related complication to the health facilities in the Assin District of Ghana. The women with pregnancy-related complications in the district often arrive at the health facilities in the district so late, that this makes the outcome of the management poor with resultant high maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.The study aimed at finding the factors which ...
ABSTRACT Clinical Supervision (CS) is considered as a form of professional support and learning activity that takes place between a supervisor and a supervisee. CS helps nurses to adapt to their new roles, improve their skills, knowledge and improve their decision making abilities. Although a large amount of theoretical literature exists in the areas of CS, little research has been conducted in the area of nurse supervisee’s perception about the concept. Some nurse supervisees complain abou...
ABSTRACT Introduction Lymphatic filariasis (LF), usually called elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease caused by thread –like parasitic worms called filarial worms (Wucheria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori). Wuchereria bancrofti is the most prevalent specie. It is transmitted by mosquitoes belonging to the genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, and Mansonia. Majority of infected people are asymptomatic, but 40% have kidney damage, with proteinuria and haematuria. LF is a public ...
ABSTRACT Mental healthcare in Ghana, is slowly picking up with records of schizophrenia prevailing the most. This usually long-term mental illness, requires care within and outside of the health facility. Unlike physical health where patients’ perspective of health service received is a measure of quality of care, mental health though adopting methods from physical health research is slightly different. The shift from patients with schizophrenia unto their caregivers in the assessment of qu...
ABSTRACT Background: Globally, occupational injuries account for 15% of mortalities associated with occupational accidents. The work of Solid Waste Collectors exposes them to numerous occupational hazards, which results in injuries. Increasing rates of occupational injuries from 43.7% to 63.9% among solid waste collectors in sub Saharan Africa opens room for more research to be done. Objective: The study assessed the magnitude of occupational injuries and associated factors among solid waste ...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Teenage pregnancy is a social issue of public health importance that has received attention globally. It plaques both developed and developing countries, but it is more prevalent in developing countries such as Ghana. This outcome is of public health concern given that teenage pregnancy has effects on girl child education their health and the health of their children. OBJECTIVES This study sought to identify the factors associated with teenage pregnancy in th...
ABSTRACT Background The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) was adopted in 1999 as a national health policy initiative in Ghana, with the aim of reducing barriers to geographical access to healthcare. The CHPS strategy focuses on rural communities, with the goal of providing primary healthcare supported by a system of referrals across the various levels of care. CHPS relies mobilization of grass-roots action, resources and leadership in promoting quality health care in margina...
ABSTRACT Background: Lassa fever (LF) is one of the most threating viral diseases in West-Africa. It is a zoonotic disease which is transmitted to humans by the contact with an infected multimammate mice (Mastomys natalensis) which is known as the main animal reservoir of the disease. The main route of the primary transmission (rodent to human) is the contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces. Furthermore, human behaviours such as rodents hunting and consum...
ABSTRACT Objective: This study assessed current food safety measures of food handlers in the school feeding programme. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was employed where a questionnaire was used to collect data from 75 food handlers‟ on their demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practices on food safety. An interview guide was used to assess eight matrons or caterers‟ in-depth knowledge on food safety, a nonparticipant observation was made on the person...