ABSTRACT Community Participation has been identified as a key factor in the improvement of health care delivery in Ghana. The Wa District Health Administration set up a number of community health structures with the intention to get communities more involved/participating in health programmes in order to improve coverage and utilization. Despite these community, health structures and other efforts aimed at improving coverage / utilization in health services, there has not be any significant i...
ABSTRACT Background: Several workforces in the mining industry are exposed to noise in daily doses above 85dBA, which exposes them to the risk of Occupational Noise-induced Hearing Loss (ONIHL). When noise exposure levels of workers is eliminated or lowered, employees risk of Noise-induced hearing loss will be completely reduced (Edelson et al., (2009). Employees have to rely on hearing protection devices (HPD) among which include the use of ear plugs and ear muffs when it becomes evident th...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to explore the psychological, social, physical and spiritual wellbeing of stroke survivors. An exploratory, descriptive qualitative design was employed and the Quality of life Model by Betty Ferrell, 1999 was used to guide the study. Participants were purposively sampled and saturation was achieved at the 9th participant. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in-depth and data were analyzed using the thematic content analysis approach. Stroke affected the ph...
ABSTRACT Human Papilloma virus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer and it has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various tumours and clinical entities. HPV infections are acquired through skin abrasions, sexual intercourse and during passage through an infected birth canal. It is clearly known that cervical HPV infection is sexually transmitted. HPV prevalence is high in young, sexually active women with a peak incidence in the age group 15-25 years. In elderly women, HPV preval...
ABSTRACT Malnutrition is a major problem in the world especially in developing countries. It is responsible for over a million direct and indirect causes of death worldwide especially in under-fives. In spite of the abundance of protein in fishing communities, they are not spared of this problem. One successful way of tackling this problem is assessment of nutritional status of populations and coming up with appropriate interventions. The study sought to assess the proportion of children un...
ABSTRACT Promoting the health and well-being of adolescents is a way of fulfilling their fundamental human rights. It is also a right step towards achieving sustainable development. Ensuring that adolescents have access to quality health care is important in their health promotion. However, many adolescents across the globe do not have access to quality health care. In Ghana, negative provider attitudes, inadequate infrastructure and weak community support for adolescent healthcare have been ...
ABSTRACT Background: Physiotherapy is a professionally demanding job, and physiotherapists are prone to develop musculoskeletal disorders. Musculoskeletal disorders are inflammatory and degenerative conditions affecting muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilages, nerves and peripheral blood vessels, and are associated with exposure to risk factors at the work place. Physical risk factors including performing high repetitive movements, maintaining awkward postures while working or sustaining sta...
ABSTRACT In Ghana and other countries of the developing world, men are very influential in deciding whether their partners visit the antenatal clinic (ANC) or not or they deliver in a health facility or not. Generally, there is a high ANC coverage in Offinso and Ghana at large. But as a result of lack of male support during ANC, some pregnant women are not able to deliver at health facilities. This necessitated the conduct of this study to explore the influence of male support during ANC on ...
ABSTRACT Background: Countries all over the world including African countries and Ghana are encouraging the transition of nursing education from hospital based training in colleges to a University based degree level. At the University degree level, the preparation of student nurses involves acquisition of theoretical knowledge and also clinical practice, which if well done can serve as a double edged tool for blending theory and practice. Objectives: The study investigated the ability of uni...
ABSTRACT Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest record of maternal mortality. The World Health Organization defines maternal mortality as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes. In Ghana, maternal mortality rate stands at 319 deaths per 100,000 live births. Trends from the...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Prostate cancer is a major disease that affects adult males. The high cost of current drugs in use, treatment failure/drug resistance as well as toxic side effects warrants the development of more effective, less toxic and affordable anti-prostate cancer drugs. The aim of the study was to investigate the anti-prostate cancer properties of selected Ghanaian medicinal plants used for the management of prostate cancer. Method: The leaves, fruit and seeds of selected plant...
ABSTRACT Motivation is a driver to health worker performance in most Ghanaian hospitals. In view of this, the Ministry of Health has rolled out motivational policies to accentuate work performance of nurses. The focus of this study was to examine the impact of motivation of nurses on work performance at Amasaman Municipal Hospital. This study aimed at identifying the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation factors of work performance, examine existing policies aimed at improving work performance ...
ABSTRACT Background: It is estimated that 224,488 persons made up of 189,931 adults and 34,557 children (15%) are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Ghana (Ghana AIDS Commission, 2013). Disclosure to sexual partner (s) is one of the key strategies in HIV prevention as it may promote safer sex practices, prevents new infections to partner (s), reduces the risk of mother-to child transmission, increases social support and reduces depression. Studies in Africa on HI...
ABSTRACT Children are highly valued in the African culture. As a result, women with infertility experience devastating suffering. Women are often left alone to go through the burden and complex decision making process of health seeking because it is seen as a woman’s problem. The main aim of the study is to explore the health seeking behaviour of women with infertility in Sokoto State Nigeria. Explorative descriptive design which is a qualitative approach was employed. Ethical clearance ...
ABSTRACT Mentorship is a critical process that supports mentee learning and skills acquisition during clinical practicum. It has been adopted by many high-income countries to assist students in clinical placements. The number of experienced midwives continue to diminish while the midwifery student who is the future frontline health worker is left to stand alone. Benefits of mentorship which include knowledge and skills acquisition and career satisfaction, prepare the student for the delivery...