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Browsing School of Medical Sciences by Author "Gyakobo, Mawuli"

Browsing School of Medical Sciences by Author "Gyakobo, Mawuli"

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  • Establishing the First Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program in Ghana 
    Essuman, Akye; Gold, Katherine J.; Vitale, Caroline; Toma, Ghazwan; Cigolle, Christine; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Spangenberg, Kathryn; Odoi-Agyarko, Kwasi; Skye, Eric; Zazove, Philip (The American Geriatrics Society, 2019)
    As life expectancy in Ghana improves, a large and growing population of older adults require healthcare. Despite governmental support for the care of older adults, there have been no geriatricians and no in-country educational ...
  • Factors that influence midwifery students in Ghana when deciding where to practice: a discrete choice experiment 
    Ageyi-Baffour, Peter; Rominski, Sarah; Nakua, Emmanuel; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Lori, Jody R (BMC Medical Education, 2013)
    Background: Mal-distribution of the health workforce with a strong bias for urban living is a major constraint to expanding midwifery services in Ghana. According to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) report, the ...
  • Five Years Of Family Medicine Undergraduate Education In Ghana: A Wake-Up Call! 
    Essuman, Akye; Lawson, Henry; Nortey, David; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Ofori-Amankwah, Gerhart; Ndanu, Thomas A.; Gold, Katherine .J. (GHANA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2017)
    Objectives: Given the introduction in 2008 of undergraduate family medicine in the University of Ghana, the study aimed to identify the perceptions of medical students in Ghana about family medicine with regard to knowledge ...
  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 promoter polymorphism and malaria disease severity in children in Southern Ghana 
    Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli; Ghansah, Anita; Ensaw, Nana; Dovie, Benjamin; Bimi, Langbong; Quansah, Reginald; Gyan, Ben A.; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Amoani, Benjamin (PLOS ONE, 2018)
    Objective We assessed the association of mutant allele frequencies of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) gene at two SNPs (-954 and -1173) with malaria disease severity in children from a malaria endemic area in Southern ...
  • Midwifery students’ willingness to provide manual vacuum aspiration in Ghana 
    Rominski, Sarah; Nakua, Emmanuel; Ageyi-Baffour, Peter; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Lori, Jody R. (International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2012)
    Abortion remains one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the developing world. Midwives are more likely to provide services to more than half of the world’s population residing in rural areas than other healthcare ...
  • Perceived barriers and motivating factors influencing student midwives’ acceptance of rural postings in Ghana 
    Lori, Jody R; Rominsk, Sarah D; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Muriu, Eunice W; Nakua, Kweku E; Agyei-Baffour, Peter (Human Resources for Health, 2012)
    Background: Research on the mal-distribution of health care workers has focused mainly on physicians and nurses. To meet the Millennium Development Goal Five and the reproductive needs of all women, it is predicted that ...
  • Policy talk: incentives for rural service among nurses in Ghana 
    Kwansah, Janet; Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli; Mutumba, Massy; Asabir, Kwesi; Koomson, Elizabeth; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Agyei-Baffour, Peter; Kruk, Margaret E; Snow, Rachel C (HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2012)
    Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is faced with the simultaneous challenges of increasing its health workforce, retaining them in country and promoting a rational distribution of staff in remote or deprived ...
  • Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a rural population in Ghana 
    Gyakobo, Mawuli; Amoah, Albert GB; Martey-Marbell, De-Anne; Snow, Rachel C (BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2012)
    Background: The Metabolic syndrome (MS) which is a constellation of cardiometabolic risk factors including dyslipidaemia, hypertension, hyperglycaemia, central obesity, and endothelial dysfunction was hitherto relatively ...
  • Rural practice preferences among medical students in Ghana: a discrete choice experiment 
    Kruk, Margaret E; Johnson, Jennifer C; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Agyei-Baffour, Peter; Asabir, Kwesi; Kotha, S Rani; Kwansah, Janet; Nakua, Emmanuel; Snow, Rachel C; Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli (Bull World Health Organ, 2010)
    Objective To determine how specific job attributes influenced fourth year medical students’ stated preference for hypothetical rural job postings in Ghana. Methods Based on discussions with medical student focus groups ...
  • Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Ghanaian Women: The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Experience 
    Der, Edmund M.; Gyasi, Richard K.; Tettey, Yao; Edusei, Lawrence; Bayor, Marcel T.; Jiagge, Evelyn; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Merajver, Sofia D.; Newman, Lisa A. (The Breast Journal, 2015)
    Breast cancers that have negative or extremely low expression of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor and non-amplification of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)/neu are termed triple-negative breast ...
  • Willingness to work in rural areas and the role of intrinsic versus extrinsic professional motivations - a survey of medical students in Ghana 
    Agyei-Baffour, Peter; Kotha, S Rani; Johnson, Jennifer C; Gyakobo, Mawuli; Asabir, Kwesi; Kwansah, Janet; Nakua, Emmanuel; Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli; Snow, Rachel C; Kruk, Margaret E (BMC Medical Education, 2011)
    Background: Retaining health workers in rural areas is challenging for a number of reasons, ranging from personal preferences to difficult work conditions and low remuneration. This paper assesses the influence of intrinsic ...

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