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Changing Epidemiology and Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of Candida Species Isolated from Ghanaian HIV-Positive Patients

Siakwa, Mate; Ankobil, Amandus; Hansen-Owoo, Emmanuel (University of Cape Coast, 2014-10)

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 ...
Challenges of Learning and Implementation of Nursing Process among Students at Psychiatry Nursing Training School at Ankaful in the Central Region of Ghana

Asiedu, Christiana; Boahen, Francis Adu-Donyina (University of Cape Coast, 2019-12)

Nursing process serve as a guide for nurses to efficiently care for patients through scientific process. Aim: To find out some of the challenges associated with the learning and implementation of nursing process among ...
Caring for Children Living with HIV/AIDS: Family Caregivers Experiences at the Princess Marie Louise Hospital, Ghana

Afful, Helena; Hayfron-Benjamin, Anna; Asiedua, Ernestina; Donyeh, Philip S.; Abraham, Susanna A. (University of Cape Coast, 2019-05)

Family caregivers remain the pillar of support for children living with HIV/AIDS. Appreciating their roles and experiences is a significant aspect of family-centered care and has implications for improved care outcomes. ...
Caregiver’s Perceptions Regarding Assisted Care in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Area

Aboh, Irene Korkoi; Ncama, Busisiwe Purity (University of Cape Coast, 2019-07)

This study explored and described perceptions of caregivers regarding inception of assisted care. Background: In old age, people increasingly need help from others. Older people’s inability to take care of themselves ...
Barriers to Accessing Maternity Care among Expectant Mothers at Tamale Teaching Hospital

Suglo, Solomon; Ninnoni, Jerry P. K.; Yiadom, Boakye; Gross, Janet; Afaya, Agani; Achaab, Susana (University of Cape Coast, 2017-08)

Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to developing countries. Access to maternal health services is crucial to ensuring safe motherhood care before, during and after delivery. This study sought to explore barriers ...
Barriers to Communication: The Views of People with Learning Disabilities with Epilepsy and their Careers

Ninnoni, Jerry Paul K.; Okantey, Christiana; Ampofo, Evelyn Asamoah (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

People with learning disabilities experienced more health inequalities compared with the general population. Under-diagnosis is common among people with learning disabilities leading to unmet health needs compared with ...
Socio-Cultural Factors affecting Parent Adolescent Communication on Sexuality in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana

Baku, Elizabeth Aku; Adanu, Richard M.K.; Adatara, Peter (University of Cape Coast, 2017-12)

Parents have the responsibility to teach their adolescent children how to deal with sexual problems confronting them by educating them on what they need to do to avoid risky sexual behaviours. This study explored the ...
Assessment of Utilization of Contraceptives among Women in Effutu Municipality in the Central Region, Ghana

Asiedu, Christiana; Hammond, John; Morrison, Margaret Aba (University of Cape Coast, 2019-10)

The aim of the Ghana National Contraceptive Security is to provide a conceptual approach at achieving a Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) of 50 percent by 2020. Despite the various activities carried out by Reproductive ...
Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Expectant Mothers towards HIV Screening and Counselling at Jachie-Pramso in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Asiedu, Christiana; Agyemang, Evans Opoku; Agyei, Emmanuel Appiah (University of Cape Coast, 2019-12)

The prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is paramount in safeguarding the lives of unborn children and young babies. The study sought to examine the knowledge and ...
As I See It: The Cry of the Community Psychiatric Nurse in Ghana

Opare, Frederick Yaw; Adatara, Peter; Kuug, Anthony; Nyande, Felix; Apaanye, Mabel Avane; Achaliwie, Francisca; Ninnoni, Jerry Paul K. (University of Cape Coast, 2016-03)

Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs) play a crucial role in the public health delivery system in Ghana. In general, mental health care in Ghana is largely underdeveloped with limited resources, including skilled personnel ...
An Evaluation of a Community‑Based Food Supplementation for People Living with HIV in Ghana: Implications for Community‑Based Interventions in Ghana

Mensah, Kofi Akohene; Okyere, Paul; Doku, Paul Narh (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

Community-based care and support services are limited in sub-Saharan Africa and as a result a high number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) are not getting the required care and support services. The aim of this study was ...
An Assessment of Female Prisoners’ Perception of the Accessibility of Quality Healthcare: A Survey in the Kumasi Central Prisons, Ghana

Sarpong, A. A.; Otupiri, E.; Yeboah‑Awudzi, K.; Osei‑Yeboah, J.; Berchie, G. O.; Ephraim, R. K. D. (University of Cape Coast, 2015-05)

Background: Accessibility of quality healthcare across the globe has generated a lot of attention among public health practitioners. Aim: This study explored the background characteristics of female prisoners and how it ...
Adverse Obstetric Outcomes among Women with Placental Malaria from Peri-Urban Ghana

Siakwa, Mate; Kpikpitse, Dzigbodi; Azanu, Wisdom; Ampofo, Evelyn A.; Doe, Patience F.; Asamoah, Isaac; Kuganab-Lem, R. B.; Ebu, Nancy I. (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01)

Placental malaria (PM) poses a major threat to both the mother and the unborn child. Maternal anemia and intrauterine growth retardation are major consequences of PM. The risk of dying from malaria is also higher among ...
A Systematic Review of the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children within the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa International Journal of Psychiatry Corresponding author

Doku, Paul Narh; Akohene, Kofi Mensah; Ananga, Mark Kwame; Debrah, Timothy Pritchard (University of Cape Coast, 2019-09)

Global information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic indicates the existence of an ever-increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children. It has been suggested that by the end of 2020 there will be more than 25 million AIDS ...
A Qualitative Study of the Communication and Information Needs of People with Learning Disabilities and Epilepsy with Physicians, Nurses and Carers

Ninnoni, Jerry Paul K. (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

Living with a chronic condition such as epilepsy can have a debilitating effect on the individual and their carers. Managing epilepsy among people with learning disabilities may present a challenge because of limited c ...
A Paradox: Midwives’ Experiences of Attending a Birth Resulting in Maternal Death in a Ghanaian Context

Abraham, Susanna Aba; Berchie, Gifty Osei; Druye, Andrew Adjei; Prempeh, Charles Agyemang; Okantey, Christiana; Agyei-Ayensu, Kweku (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

In a lower-middle income country, such as Ghana, maternal death still occurs even in case of providing skilled perinatal care. The impact of maternal death on the family, community, and society has been largely ...
A Narrative Inquiry into Women’s Perception and Experience of Labour Pain: A Study in the Western Region of Ghana

Ampofo, Evelyn Asamoah; Caine, Vera (University of Cape Coast, 2015-10)

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 ...
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. (University of Cape Coast, 2014-09)

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 ...
Pharmacology

Rosenfeld, Gary C. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014)

This concise review of medical pharmacology is designed for medical students, dental students, and others in the health care professions. It is intended primarily to help students prepare for licensing examinations, such ...
Antiinflammatory properties of betulinic acid and xylopic acid in the carrageenan‐induced pleurisy model of lung inflammation in mice

Ekuadzi, Edmund; Biney, Robert P.; Benneh, Charles K.; Amankwaa1, Bismark Osei; Jato, Jonathan (2017-10)

This study investigated the antiinflammatory properties of betulinic acid (BA) and xylopic acid (XA) extracted from Margaritaria discoidea and Xylopia aethiopica, respectively. M. discoidea and X. aethiopica are plants ...

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