ABSTRACT Childbirth is a stressful and challenging experience in the life of reproductive women. Most women going through this process do that without companionship from family members despite the demands and challenges accompanying labour. Literature on companionship during labour is inadequate and the practice is rare in hospitals in Ghana. This study, therefore, explored the perceptions of postnatal mothers about companionship during labour. The study adopted a qualitative exploratory des...
ABSTRACT Introduction: In 2015, despite the availability of simple effective treatment, diarrhoeal diseases were noted as the leading killer of children accounting for 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age five worldwide. In Ghana, diarrhoeal diseases kill 14,000 children annually even though prevention and management is still available and accessible. The study was undertaken to assess the trends of diarrhoeal diseases among children under five years of age. Methods: A review of...
ABSTRACT Background: Male partners play a critical and impactful role in Reproductive Health(RH),and are gradually being incorporated into Family Planning(FP) programs, maternal Healthcare and HIV/AIDS” prevention programs, and in the effort to achieve Ghana’s SDG 3 by 2030. For the very few men who would want to be involved in maternal healthcare, existing situations (congestion in hospitals, the attitude of health workers, socioeconomic restraints) militate against their full participa...
ABSTRACT Background According to the World Health Organization currently illness resulting from contaminated food is the most widespread health problem. Food and Drugs Authority in 2013 stated that schools contributed 77% of all traceable food borne illness in Ghana. For this reason the study was carried out to document the food hygiene practices of food vendors in the University of Ghana. Objectives The objective of this study was to assess the adherence of food vendors to hygienic practic...
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...