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Nutrition education during pregnancy: Are final year midwifery trainees ready to offer this service?

Christiana, Nsiah- Asamoah; Ampofo, Evelyn Asamoah (International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2017)

Midwives provide most of the maternity services, including nutritional counseling and education services. In Ghana, there is scarce evidence regarding the competency of midwives in providing sound nutritional advice to ...
Mothers’ and Grandmothers’ misconceptions and socio-cultural factors as barriers to exclusive breastfeeding: A qualitative study involving Health Workers in two rural districts of Ghana

Nsiah-AsamoahID, Christiana; Teye Doku, David; AgblortiI, Samuel (PLOS ONE, 2020)

Background Education on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practices is usually given in the form of health talks by health workers (HWs). The need for HWs to be well-informed about cultural practices and misconceptions that ...
Managing Overweight and Obesity in Ghana from a Cultural Lens: The Complementary Role of Behaviour Modification

Hagan, Jnr.; John, Elvis; Nsiah-Asamoah, Christiana; Hormenu, Thomas; Pollmann, Dietmar; Schack, Thomas (JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND CARE, 2018)

Abstract Extant epidemiological and social diagnosis information shows an alarming upsurge in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over the last decade in developing countries including Ghana. Despite literature on ...
Management and Care of Malnourished Children: Gaps in their Knowledge Levels of Final-Year Community Health Nursing Trainees

Nsiah-Asamoah, C; Ayensu, J; Owusu, K (Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing, 2018)

Objective: Community Health Nurses are usually the first to identify malnourished children in the community and refer them to the hospital. Therefore, they should have adequate knowledge about malnutrition in children and ...
Knowledge and practices of people in Bia District, Ghana, with regard to iodine deficiency disorders and intake of iodized salt

Buxton, Christiana; Baguune, Benjamin (Univeristy of Cape Coast, 2012)

Background: Despite numerous educational programmes to create awareness about iodized salt and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), a survey conducted in the Western Region of Ghana in 2007 revealed that the goitre rate stood ...
Knowledge and Practice of Iodized Salt and Iodine Deficiency Disorders among Men in Nungua, Ghana

Setorglo, Jacob; Gorleku, Philip Narteh; Sarpong, Frederick; Buxton, Christiana; Arthur, Francisca Naana; Agyei, Bismark Anin; Steiner-Asiedu, Matilda (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

Background: Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDDs) continues to be a problem in Ghana after several years of salt fortification with iodine. Sustainable IDDs prevention requires a well-informed population and their willingness ...
Healthy Eating and its Barriers: Perceptions and Practices of adolescents in Ghana

Nsiah-Asamoah, Christiana (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

Background: Adolescents are not given much attention when it comes to feeding. However, their nutrient needs are high during this stage of life. It is important, therefore, that adolescents have reliable nutrition information ...
Ghanaian Junior High School Adolescents Dietary Practices and Food Preferences: Implications for Public Health Concern

Buxton, Christiana Naa Atsreh (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

Introduction: The dietary practices of adolescents have been described as not the best, mainly as a result of their busy schedules, peer pressure and the independent nature of their behaviour. It is therefore important ...
Gaps in Knowledge Levels of Health Workers on Recommended Child Feeding Practices and Growth Monitoring and Promotion Actions

Nsiah-Asamoah, Christiana (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

Background: Mothers rely greatly on the advice given by Health Workers (HWs) on appropriate Infants and Young Children Feeding (IYCF) practices. Therefore, the knowledge levels of HWs play an important role in the effective ...
Dietary Modification Guidelines for Diabetic Patients: Are Final Year Nursing Students Prepared to Offer this Health Service?

Nsiah-Asamoah, C; Okantey, C; Bamere, GN (2018)

It has been indicated that although the responsibility of offering nutrition education lies in the hands of mainly registered dietitians and certified diabetes educators, these professionals may not be available to diabetics ...
Perspectives of Ghanaian headteachers on their role and professional development: The case of KEEA district primary schools

Oduro, George Kweku-Toku (University of Cambridge, 2003-04)

School effectiveness and improvement research has increasingly accepted that the success of a school is to a large extent influenced by the manner in which a headteacher perceives and performs his/her work in the school. ...
Using the Activity Method to Enhance Students’ Performance in Energy Transformation

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2014-01)

The study sought to investigate the effects of Activity Method (AM) on 53 Junior High School students’ performance in energy transformation at the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study investigated ...
Trends in Performance of WASSCE Candidates in the Science and Mathematics in Ghana: Perceived Contributing Factors and the Way Forward

Abreh, Might Kojo; Owusu, Kofi Acheaw; Amedahe, Francis Kodzo (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

The trends in students’ performance in science and mathematics at secondary school level were examined within a decade-long interval in Ghana. Using West African Examinations Council (WAEC) data from approximately 20% of ...
Students’ Difficulties in IUPAC Naming of Organic Compounds

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Appiah, Joseph Yaw (University of Cape Coast, 2017-08)

This paper reports on a study that diagnosed the difficulties of chemistry students in using IUPAC nomenclature to name organic compounds. This was done by determining the knowledge level of students in IUPAC nomenclature ...
Students’ Alternative Conceptions Associated with Application of Redox Reactions in Everyday Life

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey (University of Cape Coast, 2019-06)

The study explored chemistry students’ alternative conceptions associated with application of the processes of oxidation and reduction in real life context. As part of a design-based research approach, a case-study design ...
Senior High School Students’ Difficulties in Writing Structural Formulae of Organic Compounds from IUPAC Names

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Appiah, Joseph Yaw (University of Cape Coast, 2012-10)

The difficulties of the Chemistry students from Kumasi Metropolis in writing structural formulae of organic compounds were studied using crosssectional survey design. The quantitative survey used percentages and graphs ...
Procedural Problem-Solving Approaches Employed by Students in Learning Extensive and Intensive Quantities of Change of State

Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Graham, Emmanuel Osuae (University of Cape Coast, 2018-12)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the procedural problem-solving approaches students employ when solving computational problems that involve extensive and intensive quantities of change of state. A sample of 240 ...
Primary and Junior High School Mathematics and Science Teachers’ Views on Teaching in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana

Davis, Ernest Kofi; Beccles, Christopher; Intsiful, Etheldreda C. (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

This paper draws on conceptualization of pupil-centred and teacher-centred methods to explore the views of primary school and junior high school (JHS) mathematics and science teachers on teaching. The purpose of the study ...
Pre-Service Teachers’ Conception of an Effective Science Teacher: The Case of Initial Teacher Training

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2019-09)

The purpose of this study was to find out pre-service teachers’ conceptual understanding of an effective science teacher. A total of 100 pre-service teachers from two unique colleges of education in a municipal assembly ...
Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitude Towards Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a Pedagogical Tool in Teacher Education

Oparah, Justina Stella; Ihechukwu, Nwoke Bright; Nwakaego, Nwoga Anayochi; Uchechukwu, Ugwu Donatus (University of Cape Coast, 2017-10)

The study investigated pre-service teachers’ attitude towards application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a pedagogical tool in teacher education. A sample of 365 of pre-service teachers of Alvan ...

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