Abstract Hypertension is a growing public health problem in Ghana and Africa as a whole. In recent times hypertensive patients have resorted to the use of herbal medicine. The objective of this study is to investigate the use of herbal medicine among hypertensive patients in Ga East district. This study assessed the extent of use, factors associated with the use of herbal medicine, and the type of herbal medicines being used among hypertensive patients in Ga East district. This was a cross-se...
ABSTRACT Background: Pregnant women living with HIV infection are at risk of transmitting the infection to their babies. Most of these transmission occurs during labour, delivery and during breast feeding. In 2018, over 500 deliveries were attended to by healthcare providers at the 37 Military Hospital, out of this number about 6% of these deliveries were to pregnant women living with HIV and AIDS. The Knowledge, attitude and practice of midwives and nurses are very essential in institutional...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted with three specific objectives: to describe community knowledge and perception about Buruli ulcer and wound management; determine health seeking behaviour for Buruli ulcer by community members and determine cultural and local acceptability of wound management at the clinic and community. The study was conducted in the Obom sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of Ghana. This was a mixed method study employing qualitative and quantitative techniques for da...
ABSTRACT Background: The Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is a major public health issue confronting the world today. As a result of the effectiveness of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) now live longer. Quality of life (QOL) of PLWHA has become a distinct and important patient-reported prognostic measure in HIV care. Objectives: This study was on the assessment of the QOL of PLWHA receiving antiretroviral therapy; the physical,...
ABSTRACT Purpose: In Ghana the available statistics on unsafe abortions could only be gathered from the hospitals and the clinics especially in the major cities, leaving out the numerous cases of self –induced abortions in the rural communities where the women privately indulged in induced abortion without it being recorded in any hospital records. The purpose of this study was to investigate methods of self –induced abortion, one of the causes of maternal mortality in Ghana. This study s...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a global public health problem. Although efforts have been made to combat this global epidemic, inadequate control of blood pressure due to poor compliance is prevalent. The aim of this study was to examine patient perceptions of antihypertensive drugs and how it affects compliance at the Achimota Hospital METHODS: 300 patients were selected and interviewed using structured questionnaires regarding compliance and perceptions of antihypertensive drugs. 20...
ABSTRACT. Introduction: The advent of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has brought a lot of hope to many afflicted with HIV. With ARTs, HIV has moved from a stage of destructive illness to that of a chronic one. As a chronic illness, it requires a lifetime management on anti-retroviral therapy hence adherence to medications is therefore very important. This study therefore was intended to find out the adherence level to anti-retroviral medications among persons living with HIV/AIDS a...
ABSTRACT Background: The volume and complexity of medical imaging are steadily increasing with technological advances, workforce shortage, workload escalation and globalization. These factors could be potential threats to quality of care. Therefore assessing clients’ perception of the quality of care of medical imaging services at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital will help ensure optimum effectiveness of care, combat any trend in commoditization of services and to inform policy on appropriate...
ABSTRACT Background: Ghana established National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2004 to replace out-of-pocket payment popularly referred to as „cash and carry‟, which created financial barrier to health care access to the poor and vulnerable. However, the NHIS was fully implemented in 2005 and has since faced performance challenges such as delays in issuance of ID cards to registered members and payment of provider claims. Objective: To assess performance of the Ga District Mutual Healt...
ABSTRACT This study is an investigation of one of the known factors that contribute to the high incidence of infant diarrhoea and malnutrition, the low level of the practice of 'exclusive breast-feeding'. Breast-feeding practice^ were studied in mothers who were assisted at delivery by different types of care provider in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. In the Akwapim South District, there is a high incidence of diarrhoea and malnutrition in infants (MOH. Annual Repo...
ABSTRACT Background: The introduction of antiretroviral therapy by the global scientific community has been a breakthrough in the fight against Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In Ghana, about 195 facilities were said to be rendering Anti-retroviral therapy as at 2015 ending with 119,600 people being put on Antiretroviral medicines. However, defaulting of antiretroviral therapy by patients on medication, remains a threat to this otherwise successful healt...
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 clin...
ABSTRACT Background: The referral system is emphasized as a back-up function of particular importance in pregnancy and childbirth, as a range of potentially life-threatening complications require management and skills that are only available at higher levels of care (WHO, 1994). In Ho municipality, the proportion of maternal deaths arising from referrals from the periphery to the Volta Regional Hospital had increased from 63% in 2012 to 81% in 2013. Objectives: The objectives of this study we...
ABSTRACT Background: Childhood cancers, although rare, are the leading cause of disease-related mortality in children and adolescents in developed nations, with most African countries having the least surviving rate. The development of effective interventions to reduce delays that may occur along the pathway to cancer care, demands an understanding of their predictors. Few studies on childhood cancers have been published on the factors that influence the time it takes for patients to get a fi...
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) remains a disease of serious public health consequence in Ejisu-Juaben District. TB case detection has remained low in the district, despite the implementation of the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) services through the primary health care infrastructure since 1994. This study therefore sets out to find the factors leading to low TB case detection rate in Ejisu-Juaben district. The specific objectives were; 1. To identify community related factors contributing...