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Barriers and motivations for health insurance subscription in Cape Coast, Ghana: a qualitative study

Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi; Amu, Hubert; Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

One of the main objectives of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme, at its establishment in 2003, was to ease financial burden of the full cost recovery policy, particularly on the poor. However, currently, majority ...
Availability, accessibility and utilization of post-abortion care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Izugbara, Chimaraoke; Wekesah, Frederick Murunga; Sebanya, Meroji; Echoka, Elizabeth; Amo-Adjei, Joshua; Muga, Winstoun (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

At the 1994 ICPD, sub-Saharan African (SSA) states pledged, inter alia, to guarantee quality post-abortion care (PAC) services. We synthesized existing research on PAC services provision, utilization and access in SSA since ...
Attitudes to and management of HIV/AIDS among health workers in Ghana: the case of Cape Coast municipality

Awusabo-Asarea, Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 1996)

Constance Mario Health Care Workers as key players in the prevention and management of diseases and important opinion and community leaders have become targets for studies, more so with the outbreak of HIV. Their perceptions, ...
Attitudes of gatekeepers towards adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana

Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

Adults constitute gatekeepers on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH). This qualitative paper discusses the views of adults on ASRH problems and challenges based on 60 in-depth interviews conducted among adults ...
Associations of women’s empowerment with neonatal, infant and under-5 mortality in low- and /middle-income countries: meta-analysis of individual participant data from 59 countries

Doku, David T; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Neupane, Subas (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

Child survival and women’s empowerment are global public health concerns and important sustainable development goals (SDGs). Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have the largest burden of both phenomena. The aim of ...
Associations between red cell polymorphisms and plasmodium falciparum infection in the middle belt of Ghana

Amoako, Nicholas; Asante, Kwaku Poku; Adjei, George; Awandare, Gordon A.; Langbong, Bimi; Owusu-Agyei, Seth (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

Red blood cell (RBC) polymorphisms are common in malaria endemic regions and are known to protect against severe forms of the disease. Therefore, it is important to screen for these polymorphisms in drugs or vaccines ...
Association of the quality of antenatal care with neonatal mortality:meta-analysis of individual participant data from 60 low- and middle-income countries

Neupane, Subas; Doku, David Teye (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

We investigated the quality of antenatal care (ANC) and its effect on neonatal mortality in 60 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods: We used pooled comparable cross-sectional surveys from 60 LMICs (n=651 681). ...
Association between Plasmodium falciparum malaria and the mental disorders in children between five and 19 years in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Akpalu, Bright; Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth; Agbokey, Francis; Adjei, George; Enuameh, Yeetey (University of Cape Coast, 2014)
Assessing components of Ghana’s comprehensive sexuality education on the timing of sexual debut among in-school youth

Tenkorang, Eric Y.; Amo-Adjei, Joshua; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

Although Ghana’s comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) program has been lauded, no study has examined its association with the sexual health outcomes of Ghanaian youth. Using data collected from 2,982 in school youth ...
Are women deciding against home births in low and middle income countries?

Johnson, Fiifi Amoako; Padmadas, Sabu S.; Zoe¨, Matthews (University of Cape Coast, 2013-06-14)

Although there is evidence to tracking progress towards facility births within the UN Millennium Development Goals framework, we do not know whether women are deciding against home birth over their reproductive lives. Using ...
Are we our own enemies? Leisure constraints of physically and visually disabled people in Ghana

Issahaku, Adam; Boakye, Kwaku Adutwum; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

Knowledge on leisure constraints is important in advancing the discourse on leisure participation particularly amongst marginalized populations such as disabled people. Research on leisure constraints of disabled people ...
Are senior high school students in Ghana meeting WHO’s recommended level of physical activity? Evidence from the 2012 Global School-based Student Health Survey Data

Abdul-Aziz, Seidu; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Agbaglo, Ebenezer; Kofuor, Eugene; Darteh, Maafo; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Budu, Eugene; Iddrisu, Hawa (University of Cape Coast, 2020-02-12)

Physical activity (PA) has both short- and long-term importance. In this study we sought to assess the prevalence and correlates of PA among 1,542 Senior High School (SHS) students. Methods A cross-sectional study was ...
Analysis of socioeconomic differences in the quality of antenatal services in low and middle-income countries (LMICs)

Amo-Adjei, Joshua; Aduo-Adjei, Kofi; Opoku-Nyamah, Christiana; Izugbara, Chimaroake (University of Cape Coast, 2018-02-23)

The desired results of increasing access and availability of antenatal care (ANC) services may not be realized if the quality of care offered is not adequate. We analyzed the content/ quality of antenatal care to determine ...
Analysis of livelihood activity amongst itinerant West African migrant traders in the Accra metropolitan area

Yendaw, Elijah; Tanle, Augustine; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

In West Africa, studies on migration and livelihoods are mostly limited to internal migrants. This study analyzed the livelihood activities of itinerant West African migrant traders in the Accra Metropolitan Area, using ...
An assessment of the likely acceptability of vaginal microbicides for HIV prevention among women in rural Ghana

Abdulai, Martha A; Baiden, Frank; Adjei, George; Afari-Asiedu, Samuel; Adjei, Kwame; Tawiah, Charlotte; Newton, Sam (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

The findings of the CAPRISA tenofovir studies have raised expectations that soon an approved microbicide would be available. However it is in only a limited number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa that the acceptability ...
Reflections on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes in Ghana

Amo-Adjei, Joshua; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

Background: Available evidence in Ghana shows the implementation of tuberculosis (TB) control activities efforts since the beginning of the 1900s. In spite of that, B continues to be one of the common diseases in the ...
Age differences and protected first heterosexual intercourse in Ghana

Amo-Adjei, Joshua (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

Age differences between partners, where females are relatively younger than their male partners, can negatively affect power dynamics and subsequent negotiations for safe sex practices with implications on unplanned ...
African families and AIDS: context, reactions and potential interventions

Caldwell, John; Caldwell, Pat; Ankrah, E. Maxine; Anarfi, John K.; Agyeman, Dominic K.; Awusabo- Asare, Kofi; Orubuloye, L.O. (University of Cape Coast, 1993)

This paper reviews publications and research reports on how sub-Saharan African families have been affected by, and reacted to, the AIDS epidemic. The nature of the African family and its variation across the regions is ...
Adolescents’ willingness and intentions to use contraceptives in rural Ghana

Abubakari, Sulemana; Enuameh, Yeetey A.; Mahama, Emmanuel; Nettey, Obed Ernest A.; Adjei, George; Nuamah, Gifty Fosuaa; Anane, Edward Apraku; Adda, Robert; Dzabeng, Francis; Amenga-Etego, Seeba; Zandoh, Charles; Asante, Kwaku Poku; Owusu-Agyei, Seth (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Efforts made to improve the availability and access to family planning services to adolescents in Ghana have not yielded the desired results. Adolescents in the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System area are ...
Adolescents' self-reported reasons for using nicotine replacement therapy products: A population-based study

Raisamo, Susanna U.; Doku, David T.; Rimpelä, Arja H. (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Background: Available research provides evidence that adolescents use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products. Yet, little is known about reasons and motives behind their use. The present study examined the reasons for ...

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