ABSTRACT Introduction: Over the years, ultrasound imaging has been used to diagnose neurological abnormalities of neonates in general and premature infants in particular. This is because the anatomy of the neonatal brain can be demonstrated on ultrasound images with high precision. Neonatal sonography is possible because the fontanelles of the skull allow ultrasound beam to penetrate to the brain tissue. In Ghana, little or no data is available on the prevalence of neuro abnormalities in pr...
ABSTRACT Background: The delivery of health care services uses numerous strategies to achieve the desired health outcomes in specific geographical areas. One of the strategies for health care delivery in Assin North Municipal Area is home visiting of households. However, this strategy had never been assessed. Objective : Assess the practice of home visiting as a strategy for health delivery in Assin North Municipal Area in order to improve upon it. Methods : The study was a descriptive one t...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: In the treatment of malaria in pregnant women in Ghana, the treatment regimen for first trimester is different from the treatment regimen for second and third trimesters. Quinine is the recommended treatment regimen in the first trimester of pregnancy but this is not well accepted by both prescribers and patients. This seems to be due to perception of likely unwanted side effects that may lead to spontaneous abortion and its longer treatment duration, (anecdotal eviden...
ABSTRACT Forests are considered to be a strategic resource for national development and have great importance on a nation’s environment. Despite increasing concern over the loss of tropical forests and the significant local and international efforts to find solutions to the problems, the rate of deforestation in the tropics continues to increase. Though Ghana’s timber export is the fourth largest industry after gold, tourism and cocoa, her primary rain forest has reduced drastically over...
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection and the major cause of deaths among HIV and AIDS patients. Data reports highest prevalence of TB and HIV infection in sub Saharan Africa. Mycobacterium culture is the gold standard test for diagnosis of tuberculosis though not widely available, takes longer to get results and cannot help in management of patients hence clinical or scoring system is widely used to aid in diagnosis and management of TB in children and...
ABSTRACT TITLE: ASSESSMENT OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN A CEMENT FACTORY AT TEMA. GHANA. OBJECTIVE: GENERAL:- To assess the prevalence of occupational noise-induced hearing impairment in a cement factory. SPECIFIC: (1) To measure the noise levels at different sections in the factory (2) To compare the prevalence of hearing impairment among workers of different age-groups. (3) To compare the prevalence of hearing impairment among workers with different lengths of exposure. (4) To de...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is progressively gaining the recognition that was once ignored despite its increasingly higher prevalence of 2-3 % in the World and Ghana. The high household cost of care associated with this chronic disorder leads to stress not only on people living with the disease but their households-parents, caretakers and families. The purpose of this study was to determine the household cost of sickle cell disease among patients of Sickle Cell Clinic (S...
ABSTRACT Back ground: Abortion is a termination of pregnancy at the gestational age of 20 weeks from whatever cause or before the fetus is capable of extrauterine life, it can be spontaneous or induced. Safe or unsafe abortion can lead to serious abortion complications. Individual awareness on abortion complications and the accessibility of comprehensive post abortion care services, are important predictors of the outcome treatment of abortion complications (Geleto & Markos, 2015). Objectiv...
ABSTRACT Background: Adolescents are generally a healthy cohort but many of the health-related behaviours and conditions that arise during this period have implications for both present and future health development. The provision of Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services most especially, sexual and reproductive health services is a key strategy for improving the health of this cohort, yet there is lack of empirical data on the extent of utilisation of youth-friendly services since it...
ABSTRACT Background: Diarrhoea still presents a substantial burden of disease to children in developing countries even though there are simple and cost-effective treatment options available. Based on available evidence through research the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recommended the use of low osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and zinc for the management of uncomplicated diarrhoea in 2004. Though the use of ORS is fairly widespread in d...
ABSTRACT Factors Accounting For The Failure To Achieve Eradication O f Guinea Worm In The Tamale Municipality. The Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP) began in Tamale Municipality 1989 with the objective o f eradicating the disease in five years or by 1994. This could not be achieved. Further extension o f the program for 2 years was disrupted by an ethnic conflict. Even further extension to the end o f the millennium, year 2000, failed to yield the desired results. The problem of preva...
ABSTRACT Background Nurses play a pivotal role in healthcare delivery and they are responsible for ensuring the safety of patients as well as their own safety in the clinical setting. Nurses are in more contact with patients than other healthcare professionals and hold the key to infection prevention and control challenges. Inadequate knowledge and failure of nurses to comply with infection prevention and control (IPC) practices at healthcare settings is a major contributory factor to the bu...
ABSTRACT Background: Globally, the leading cause of death are non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as against all other causes put together. One of the key NCDs killing a lot of people, especially in Ghana is diabetes. The evidence shows that diabetic self-management education and practices could bring about a reduction in Haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C). It is important to unravel the factors that could affect the successful implementation of diabetic self-management. Objective: This study examined fac...
ABSTRACT Background: Despite a massive increase in private and public efforts over the years, malaria still remains one of the global health concerns. In sub- Saharan Africa, malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is responsible for 20% of stillbirths and 11% of all newborn deaths and 10,000 maternal deaths globally. The WHO in October 2012 recommended that all pregnant women be given the preventive treatment (IPT with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine) from the second trimester, with at least 3 doses until del...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore surgical patients‘ perspective of perioperative nursing care at the Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga. The study was guided by Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) as Microsystems health care model. The study employed a qualitative explorative descriptive design. Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit participants. The data was saturated with 15 participants aged between 23 and 65 years. All the interviews were audio-taped and transcrib...