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Prevalence and Management of Malaria in Ghana: A Case Study of Volta Region

Mba, Chuks J.; Aboh, Irene K. (African Population Studies, 2003)

Volta Region, one of Ghana’s ten administrative regions, has the highest prevalence of malaria in the country. The present paper assesses the patterns, levels, and trends of malaria prevalence among inhabitants in the 12 ...
Audit of End-of-Life Nursing Care in Ghana

Druye, Andrews Adjei; Berchie, Gifty Osei; Agyei-Ayensu, Kweku; Abraham, Susanna Aba (International Nursing Research Congress, 2006)

Nursing responsibility in end-of-life care include performing activities that leads to a peaceful death. The study seeks to determine the End-of-Life nursing care rendered to clients who died whilst on admission in the ...
Improving maternal health in Ghana: resource availability for safe delivery in Akatsi and Keta Districts of Volta Region

Mba, Chuks J.; Aboh, Irene K. (International Research Journals, 2009)

The thrust of the present study was to examine resources available for safe delivery in Akatsi and Keta Districts of Volta Region of Ghana with a view to highlighting the importance of improving maternal health in these ...
Parental HIV/AIDS status and death, and children's psychological wellbeing

Doku, Paul Narh (International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2009)

Background: Ghana has an estimated one million orphans, 250,000 are due to AIDS parental deaths. This is the first study that examined the impact of parental HIV/AIDS status and death on the mental health of children in ...
Psychosocial adjustment of children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana

Doku, Paul Narh (Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2010)

Objective: The study was conducted to assess the psychosocial adjustment of children affected by HIV/ AIDS in the eastern part of Ghana. Method: Four groups of children (children who lost their parents to AIDS, children ...
Research article Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana

Asante, Kwaku O; Doku, Paul N (BMC Public Health, 2010)

Background: Accurate assessment of self-reports of sexual behaviours is vital to the evaluation of HIV prevention and family planning interventions. This investigation was to determine the cross-cultural suitability of the ...
Research article Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana

Asante, Kwaku O.; Doku, Paul N. (BMC Public Health, 2010)

Background: Accurate assessment of self-reports of sexual behaviours is vital to the evaluation of HIV prevention and family planning interventions. This investigation was to determine the cross-cultural suitability of the ...
Identity: Globalization, culture and psychological functioning

Doku, Paul Narh; Asante, Kwaku Oppong (International Journal of Human Sciences, 2011)

This paper examines the influence of globalization on psychological functioning. It noted that globalization is somehow a vital step toward both a more stable world and better lives for people in it. However, human lives ...
Asymptomatic urinary tract infections in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Cape Coast, Ghana

Boye, Alex; Siakwa, Peter Mate; Boampong, Johnson Nyarko; Koffuor, George Asumeng; Ephraim, Richard Kwabena Dadzie; Amoateng, Patrick; Obodai, Gyasi; Penu, Dennis (E3 Journal of Medical Research, 2012)

Urinary tract infections culminating from poor diagnosis during pregnancy puts pregnant women at high risk of serious complications. This study investigated the incidence of urinary tract infections among pregnant women ...
Factors associated with reproductive health care utilization among Ghanaian women

Neupane, Subas; Doku, David; Doku, Paul Narh (BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2012)

Background: This study investigates factors determining the timing of antenatal care (ANC) visit and the type of delivery assistant present during delivery among a national representative sample of Ghanaian women. Method: ...
How evidence-based is an ‘evidence-based parenting program’? A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of Triple P

Wilson, Philip; Rush, Robert; Hussey, Susan; Puckering, Christine; Sim, Fiona; Allely, Clare S; Doku, Paul; McConnachie, Alex; Gillberg, Christopher (BMC Medicine, 2012)

Background: Interventions to promote positive parenting are often reported to offer good outcomes for children but they can consume substantial resources and they require rigorous appraisal. Methods: Evaluations of the ...
The levels of inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in individuals occupationally exposed to municipal solid waste in Ogun State, South West Nigeria

Odewabi, Adesina O; Ogundahunsi, Omobola A.; Ebesunu, Maria O.; Ekor, Martins (Toxicology and Industrial Health, 2012)

Airway inflammation and related respiratory complaints are common symptoms among waste management workers (WMWs). This study investigated the relationship between exposure to municipal solid waste (MSW) and the levels of ...
Predictors of Overweight and Obesity Among Women in Ghana

Agbeko, Mattah Precious; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi; Druye Adjei, Andrews; Osei, Gifty Berchie (The Open Obesity Journal, 2013)

Abstract: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity has more than doubled between 1980 and 2008. Using the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data, this study explored the association between biological, ...
CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF CANDIDA SPECIES ISOLATED FROM GHANAIAN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS

SIAKWA, MATE; ANKOBIL, AMANDUS; HANSEN-OWOO, EMMANUEL (International Journal of Research In Medical and Health Sciences, 2014)

The most common type of fungaemia, candidaemia is caused by Candida spp. There is an alarming emergence of resistant strains of Candida spp. to antifungal treatment patterns. In this study, candidaemia among Ghanaian ...
EFFECTS OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS B INFECTION ON PREGNANCY AND BIRTH OUTCOMES IN GHANA

SIAKWA, MATE; KPIKPITSE, DZIGBODI; ANKOBIL, AMANDUS; MUPEPI, SYLVIA; JOHN, MILDRED E; DOE, PATIENCE F; EBU, NANCY I.; DARE, SHADRACH; HANSE-NOWOO, E (International Journal of Research In Medical and Health Sciences, 2014)

Ghana is a known endemic area for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, yet the consequences of HBV infection on pregnancy outcomes are unknown. This prospective cohort study was thus conducted among 512 pregnant women ...
Industrial Attachment: Perspectives, Conceptions and Misconceptions of Students at Cape Coast Polytechnic, Ghana

Owusu-Acheampong, Eugene; Williams, Asamoah Appiah; Azu, Theodora Dedo (Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)

The general objective of the study was to evaluate the perspectives, conceptions and misconceptions of students on Industrial Attachment. The study employed the descriptive research design. In all one hundred and seventyone ...
Neonatal Sepsis in Rural Ghana: A Case Control Study of Risk Factors in a Birth Cohort

Siakwa, Mate; Kpikpitse, Dzigbodi; Mupepi, Sylvia C.; Semuatu, Mohamed (International Journal of Research In Medical and Health Sciences, 2014)

Neonatal sepsis poses a major challenge to achieving the MDG-4 due to lack of facilities to implement proposed management guidelines. Identifying risk factors of neonatal sepsis will help put strategies in place to prevent ...
A five-year neonatal mortality trend in a Ghanaian Teaching Hospital after the implementation of strategies to achieve the Millenium Development Goal (MDG) 4

Siakwa, M; Kpikpitse, D; Laryea, T; Ankobil, A; Dare, S; Ebu, N (International Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2014)

Various strategies have been put in place in Ghana to achieve the United Nations millennium development goal 4 (MDG 4) on reducing childhood mortality rates by two-thirds by 2015. Global under-five mortality rate is ...
Industrial Attachment: Perspectives, Conceptions and Misconceptions of Students at Cape Coast Polytechnic, Ghana

Eugene Owusu-Acheampong; Williams, Asamoah Appiah; Azu, Theodora Dedo (Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)

The general objective of the study was to evaluate the perspectives, conceptions and misconceptions of students on Industrial Attachment. The study employed the descriptive research design. In all one hundred and seventy-one ...
A narrative inquiry into women’s perception and experience of labour pain: A study in the western region of ghana

Evelyn, Asamoah Ampofo; Vera, Caine (International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2015)

There is a general notion among Ghanaian women that the labour is a painful process that must be endured. Regardless of this notion, labour pain experience overwhelms most women. The aim of this study was to inquire into ...

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