ABSTRACT Introduction: Ghana implemented the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the objective of increasing health insurance coverage in the country against the need to pay outof-pocket at the point of service use. However with increasing utilization, anecdotal evidence suggests that community perception of health care is not overwhelmingly favourable. Method: A cross sectional, comparative and exploratory study conducted in the KassenaNankana District (KND) of Northern Ghana to ...
ABSTRACT Background: Hand hygiene has been proven to be an effective way of ridding the hands of harmful pathogens which can be transmitted from person to person resulting in infection leading to morbidity and mortality. Newborns are particularly susceptible to infections due to their under developed immune system, a third of all neonatal mortality being due to infections. In Ghana, neonatal mortality remains high with the Volta Region having the highest neonatal mortality among the regions...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted out of concern of the District Health Management Team of Dormaa District to find a solution to the rising anaemia problem in children in the District. The study was conducted from the 28th January, 1997 to 16th May, 1997. The main objective of the research was to find the distribution, outcome and the determinants of anaemia in children in the Dormaa District. The specific objectives were to find the age and sex distribution of anaemia cases and mortality, th...
ABSTRACT Background: Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness characterized by an increased intraocular pressure and damage to the optic nerve. Clinicians often focus on optic neuropathy and nerve layer analysis as measures of success or failure of therapy, yet this is only an aspect of the impact felt by the patient. Other medical, psychological and sociodemographic constraints can influence their health-related quality of life. In Ghana, patients are faced with a myriad of challenges which...
ABSTRACT This was a cross-sectional study that investigated the determinants of risky sexual behaviour among senior high school students in La Dade-Kotopon Municipality in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. A total of 422 adolescents between the ages of 14-19 years in two senior high schools were selected using a multi-stage stratified random sampling technique with probability proportion to school size. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data on determinants of ris...
ABSTRACT Background: Milk is the best source of infant nutrition containing the ideal balance of carbohydrates, proteins and fats for developing infants and young children providing a range of benefits for growth, development and immunity. Through e-waste recycling activities, significant amounts of toxic substances such as heavy metals are released into the atmosphere, which could contaminate human and cow milk. The issue of toxic chemicals in milk (human and cow milk) raises important issu...
INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the background information of the study, followed by general overview of the objectives, problem statement, aims and specific objectives, research questions and justification of the study. BACKGROUND Vehicular accident is an inadvertent and unanticipated event usually resulting in injury or property damage. (Encarta, 2002). Vehicular accident in this country has become one of the growing concerns to most Ghanaians in recent times. This is as a result of ...
Introduction This chapter discusses the overview of the study that includes background of the study, problem statement, Significance of the study, Research questions and Objectives of the study. Background of Study Road vehicular accidents (RVA) are being recognized as one of the important public health challenges at the dawn of the new century. Intentional and unintentional injuries kill and maim people, often destroy families, and devastate communities. (Huston et al., 2007). They pr...
ABSTRACT Background: It is known that a significant reduction in maternal mortality cannot be attained without an effective and efficient referral system. Maternal mortality in the Northern Region remains high with the Tamale Metropolis alone recording 76 out of 133 deaths in 2016. Anecdotal evidence in the region suggests that majority of referred maternal patients do not comply promptly with referral recommendation especially during non-emergency referrals. This could be a contributory fac...
ABSTRACT The annual distribution, distribution by place of work and by an occupational group of all the silicotic cases recorded at Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GGL) Hospital, Tarkwa from 1973 to 1996 were analysed. The trends of annual incidence rates of silicosis among GGL workers as a whole and separately among GGL underground workers and GGL surface workers were also analysed for the period. Data was obtained from GGL Hospital periodic reports and GGL Personnel Department records. Safety me...
ABSTRACT Infection prevention and control is an important topic in the delivery of quality health care because it aims at protecting the patient, the health worker as well as the general public. The main objective of the study was to determine if health workers comply with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) policy guidelines during health care delivery. A crosssectional design was used in this study to assess the level of compliance with the IPC policy of Ghana by health workers at La Ge...
ABSTRACT Background Cancer of the cervix is the second most common of all cancers which affect women and also a major burden among women in most low and middle income countries. However, the average duration between onset of symptoms and initiation of treatment among cervical cancer at the National Radiotherapy Centre in Ghana is unknown. The study sought to evaluate the timeliness of cervical cancer treatment initiation among patients with cervical cancer. Methods It was cross- sectional qu...
Abstract Trachoma, an infectious, preventable disease in early childhood has serious consequences of blindness in adulthood. The disease is more prevalent in developing countries and studies are going on in many African Countries to help eliminate it by the year 2020. Past studies in Africa indicates that the disease is prevalent in areas where the climate is much drier, hot and dusty. Further studies have proved that lack of water and an increase in the number of flies due to poor sanitary c...
ABSTRACT In this study a total of 3761 indiv iduals in six v illages were interv iewed out of which 497 clinical lesions at various stages of the diseases were identified given a crude prevalence rate of 13.2 percent or 13,215 per 100,000 compared to the National case search rate of 87.7 per 100,000 for the w hole Ga district w ith the set back mentioned in the text. The definition o f adult has intentionally been chosen to start from age 15 years to enable us have a meaningful discussion of...
ABSTRACT Background: Exposure to air pollutants could lead to a variety of health effects depending on the type of pollutant. amount of the pollutant exposed to, duration, frequency of exposure, and associated toxicity of the specific pollutant. Exposure to pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (ccn), ozone (03). carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen dioxide (N02) are known to impact adversely on respiratory health. Agbogbloshie market is a large open food market. which is a...