ABSTRACT Background: There is little research with regards to the psychological well-being and psychosocial impact of disclosure among women living with HIV. Quality of life has been an important factor to consider in the development of the medical outcome measures looking at the success rate of the current prophylactic and therapeutic strategies for PLHIV. Some key predictors that may be used as interventions in promoting QOL of women living with HIV include spiritual well-being, social sup...
ABSTRACT Background: Health workers particularly nurses often experience considerable stressful workload, mental stress and time pressure in their working environment which could lead to low job satisfaction. Lack of job satisfaction may lead to medical errors on the part of the health workers, which in turn may cause harm to the patients. The study was aimed at assessing the job satisfaction and burnout levels among registered nurses in the Tamale West and the Tamale Teaching Hospitals, in ...
ABSTRACT Background: Very early neonatal mortality (deaths within 24 hours after birth) is a major contributor to death among children under 5 years old in low and middle income countries. This particular study was conducted to determine the health facility-based factors and maternal characteristics that influence very early neonatal mortality rate (VENMR), the level of knowledge of nurses, midwives, and doctors on neonatal care and resuscitation, the practices of nurses, midwives, and docto...
ABSTRACT Background Discharge from a hospital does not mark the end of care or indicate cure of disease thus care must continue at home in order to maximize health gains. Discharge planning implementation (DPI) ensures conterminous care after discharge and understanding the factors that affect clinical staff’s compliance to DPI may improve clinical practice. This study aimed to assess the factors affecting DPI compliance in Margaret Marquart Catholic Hospital. Method In this study, 112 cli...
ABSTRACT Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a challenge to the health of the populace. Food producing animals (FPA) are major reservoirs for food-borne pathogens, which may be resistant to critically needed antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine. Contamination of raw meat with Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains may occur during slaughter and sale. The presence of E. coli that have the ability to produce extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL), affect treatment outcomes ...
ABSTRACT Background: The world health organization (WHO) recommends 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding starting from birth with establishment of early breastfeeding within 30 minutes after delivery. However, introduction of supplementary fluids to infants is a common practice among women globally. Socio-cultural factors have been found to influence women’s decision to exclusively breastfeed depending on the community in which they live. The main objective of this study was to investigate ...
ABSTRACT Background: Two billion individuals worldwide have evidence of past and recent HBV infection, and more than 257 million people are living with the infection. In addition, the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen is highest (≥8%) in underdeveloped countries including Ghana (with a prevalence of 12.3%). Meanwhile, Hepatitis B preventive measures are not routinely practiced by some health care workers in the country. The increased risk of infection among health care workers is d...
ABSTRACT Improving adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health has become a global concern. The establishment of youth-friendly health services in Ghana has helped reduce challenges such as sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancies, premature birth and related complications that confront young people. However, inadequate knowledge on the availability of youthfriendly services, attitudes and perceptions of adolescents toward youth-friendly services suggest poor access ...
ABSTRACT Increasingly, advertisers and marketers have taken advantage of social media platforms to complement marketing and advertising. Social media offer firms a cheaper alternative to target prospective customers and as such firms are devising ways to trigger engagement from social media users since these users are mostly online for a plethora of reasons. This research was guided by the Elaboration Likelihood Model to examine drivers and outcomes of social media advertising engagement. Su...
ABSTRACT Background: The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) project started in the year 2015 and the study was to evaluate the operation of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area household toilet project in the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly. The study was carried out in May 2019. This was to examine whether the program was carried out as planned for the purpose of improving its design, its delivery and the usefulness of the quality of services delivered to the beneficiaries. Objective:...
ABSTRACT Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease and has been found to be the fourth or fifth leading cause of death in most developed, developing and newly industrialized countries. The growing middle class and ever changing lifestyle in developing countries have led to the rapid increase in the burden of diabetes (Type 2) even among the poor. The epidemiological trend has caught up with Ghana. Medical research has found that dietary treatment is the best control for type 2 diabetes. Howev...
Abstract AIDS is now a major cause o f morbidity and mortality in most Sub-Saharan African countries, in the absence of a cure, many adults suffer long chronic illness, medical services already inadequate are over stretched. Many hospitals are unable to deal with the huge caseload o f patients with HIV/AIDS, this has necessitated strategies for AIDS management that combines Home-based care (HBC) with hospital intervention where required. The form that a HBC programme takes depends on the soc...
ABSTRACT Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine abnormality in women of reproductive age which often varies from mild menstrual disorder to severe disturbance of reproductive and metabolic functions. It is characterized by a collection of signs and symptoms which include ovulatory dysfunction-related infertility, menstrual disorders or androgen-related symptoms. Kisspeptin is a 54 amino acid neuropeptide that plays an essential role in human metabolism. It is encoded by the ...
ABSTRACT Introduction Electronic medical record (EMR) systems, have the potential of improving the quality and reliability of health information and communication and the overall quality of healthcare services in the healthcare system. Reliable health information leads to timely health policies and planning, which improves the general health status of a country, as well as, serving as a vital element for individual health facilities in managing and improving healthcare delivery. The key objec...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Adverse event reporting remains a major public health concern. Vaccination, an essential component of the public health programme was introduced to save lives and preserve health. Unlike medicines, the expectations from vaccination are much higher and problems arising from the vaccine or vaccination may be less acceptable to the general public. Adverse events (AEFI) is defined as any unwanted medical occurrence which follows immunization and does not necessary have a ca...