PROJECT SUMMARY This particular project examines the poor academic performance of students at the basic school level. Examinations of all kinds including the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BEC E) are seen to be compulsory and also been used as a basic entry requirement into the Senior High School (SHS) level. However, there is generally been poor performance in the selected schools. This is attributed to teachers’ inability to complete their respective subject syllabuses and less...
In 2005, Ghana domesticated the provisions of the United Nation’s “Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children” also known as the Palermo Protocol through the enactment of the Human Trafficking Act, 2005 (Act 694). Consequently, other laws were enacted to further align the provisions of Act 694 to the Palermo Protocol. Despite the efforts of the state to enforce these laws, trafficking in persons persists. The study therefore sough...
ABSTRACT Introduction: This research focused on quality of care delivered by clinical nurses to patients with sudden cardiac arrest in the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua. Quality of care for patients with sudden cardiac arrest is highly associated with the provider’s knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation processes and quality measures available. However this area is mostly ignored, especially in Ghana. Objective: To assess quality of care using cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowl...
ABSTRACT Access to safe, adequate water and sanitation has been a global developmental priority due to their intrinsic impacts on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Despite the implementation of several measures to improve upon access to safe water and sanitation, residents of Ashaiman still struggle daily to acquire water and have access to sanitation facilities. The research was conducted in four selected communities in the Ashaiman Municipality namely: Adakodzi, Amu...
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 Tuberculosis (TB) is a major occupational hazard in resource limited healthcare settings. Owing to this, the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested the adoption and implementation of Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control (TBIPC) programs in all healthcare facilities. However, studies have reported improper implementation and practice of these TBIPC measures in healthcare facilities in developing countries. Thus, this study examined the knowledge and practice of TBIPC m...
ABSTRACT Nurses encounter several challenges in managing patients with spinal cord injury. However, little is known about this area of nursing care. Thus the purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses managing patients with spinal cord injury at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. An exploratory descriptive qualitative design was employed for this study. A purposive sampling method was used to recruit sixteen (16) nurses who were eligible for the study. The purpose, benefits and ...
ABSTRACT Maternal health is not a woman’s issue, but the integrity of communities, societies and nations, since the well-being of all humans depend upon healthy mothers. The MDGs adopted by world leaders in the year 2000 to make the world a better place for all, comprised eight goals. Goal five is improved maternal health which has two main targets. The study assessed maternal health targets in the Dangme West District. The study used a qualitative paradigm and a case study design. The qual...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to understand public relations practices within the context of private universities in Ghana. The objectives of the study were to investigate public relations practices in private universities, to identify public relations tools utilized by public relations in private universities, to identify if public relations in private universities have succeeded in building a good corporate image and finally, to identify the challenges faced by public relations un...
ABSTRACT Environmental degradation and the unsustainable exploitation of non-renewable resources continue to increase to satisfy socio-economic demands which call on a National Development Agenda to make use of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as sustainability tools imperative. The use of these tools is to balance environmental and economic sustainability with institutional capacity building, and social cohesion to direct the sustainable man...
ABSTRACT Several reports around the globe point to the fact that access to water has improved in many parts of the world. However, there are still many people who are not able to access improved water. Many people mostly children around the world die from illnesses associated with inadequate and poor water supply. Ghana has the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and a National Water Policy in place to provide potable water. However, the people in Dome in Accra still have challenges with acces...
ABSTRACT The advancement in information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last three decades or so has created opportunities in all sectors of human society to solve the human development problem. One of the practical ways of exploring ICTs to accelerate development in remote and underserved communities is through the introduction of the concepts of Community Information Centres (CICs). CICs have contributed to accelerated development in the developed world, however investment in...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ho District has the second largest land area and the largest population among the twelve Districts of the Volta Region. Ho doubles as the capital of both the district and the region. Over the past five years the incidence of measles has been increasing and has come to be among the top ten diseases in the district. This research was organized to study the characteristics of measles cases and their families in order to find out who were affected, where within the district they...
ABSTRACT Background: Serum magnesium (Mg) and other biochemical abnormalities in cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is a global concern as it has been implicated in CVD related morbidity and mortality. However, results from studies of these biochemical abnormalities especially of serum magnesium in CVDs are conflicting and unclear with no data on CVD patients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital; hence the focus of the current study. Aim: To determine serum magnesium and related biochemical paramete...
ABSTRACT Background: Malaria treatment policy has changed from presumptions based on signs and symptoms to specific drug treatment after positive test results. The Ghana NMCP signed up to the WHO policy known as the test, treat and track (T3) which stipulates that all cases of malaria must be treated only after they have been confirmed by means of a laboratory test. Ghana has however not reached the level proposed for the elimination of malaria as still not all suspected cases are tested whic...