School of Medical Sciences: Recent submissions

  • Lipid and Lipoprotein Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Attending the Central Regional Hospital in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana 
    Acquah, Samuel; Boampong, Johnson N; Adusu, Justice; Achampong, Emmanuel K; Setorglo, Jacob; Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas (International Journal of Health Research, 2011)
    Purpose: To ascertain the prevalence of dyslipidaemia in diabetics in Cape Coast. Methods: This preliminary outpatient-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 79 diabetic patients (22 males and 57 females) receiving ...
  • Gender Difference in Information and Communication Technology Use among University Students 
    Achampong, Emmanuel Kusi (Journal of Information Technology and Application in Education, 2012)
    Background: The aim of this study is to assess the information and communication technologies (ICT) skills of students in the University of Cape Coast. Methods: Design: Cross sectional study. Participants: First year ...
  • Electronic Health Record System: A Survey in Ghanaian Hospitals 
    Achampong, Emmanuel Kusi (Open Access Scientific Reports, 2012)
    Developing countries are slow adopters of new technologies, particularly with regards to the health services of these countries. This study explores the data collection and management challenges in four Ghanaian hospitals ...
  • Computer Skills and the Training of Medical Students in a Ghanaian Medical School 
    Achampong, Emmanuel Kusi; Pereko, Kingsley K. A. (The electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 2010)
    The relevance of the inclusion of medical informatics into the curriculum of medical education cannot be overemphasised. The effects of medical and health informatics on health professional education are as profound and ...
  • Assessing the Current Curriculum of the Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Course at All Nursing and Midwifery Institutions in Ghana 
    Achampong, Emmanuel Kusi (Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 2017)
    The use of computers in the delivery of health care has significantly improved the way health service is delivered to clients and patients in the world. Despite the importance of computing to the delivery of health service, ...
  • A Retrospective Study of the Average Length of Hospital Stay of Patients on the Medical Wards in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital 
    Sarfo, Phoebe; Keney, Gabriel; Achampong, Emmanuel Kusi (International Journal of Business Innovation and Technology, 2017)
    Average length of stay is typically used as an indicator of healthcare quality. Research on length of stay in Ghana is scarce while previous ones are superannuated. The study examines the factors that contribute to the ...
  • 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 ...
  • Whole-Brain Analysis of Cells and Circuits by Tissue Clearing and Light-Sheet Microscopy 
    Mano, Tomoyuki; Albanese, Alexandre; Hans-Ulrich, Dodt; Erturk, Ali; Gradinaru, Viviana; Treweek, Jennifer B.; Miyawaki, Atsushi; Chung, Kwanghun; Ueda, Hiroki R. (The Journal of Neuroscience, 2018)
    In this photo essay, we present a sampling of technologies from laboratories at the forefront of whole-brain clearing and imaging for high-resolution analysis of cell populations and neuronal circuits. The data presented ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Prevalence of Hypertension in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Community-Based Screening Study 
    Dosoo, David Kwame; Nyame, Solomon; Enuameh, Yeetey; Ayetey, Harold; Danwonno, Harry; Twumasi, Mieks; Tabiri, Cephas; Gyaase, Stephaney; Lip, Gregory Y. H.; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Asante, Kwaku Poku (International Journal of Hypertension, 2019)
    Objective. Prevalence of hypertension is on the rise and can be attributed to aging populations and changing behavioral or lifestyle risk factors. -e objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, awareness, ...
  • Postpartum fertility behaviours and contraceptive use among women in rural Ghana 
    Eliason, Sebastian Kofi; Bockarie, Ansumana Sandy; Eliason, Cecilia (Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2018)
    Background: Although most women would want to wait for more than two years before having another baby, their fertility behaviours during the first year following birth may decrease or increase the length of the birth ...
  • 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 ...
  • PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CANNULATION AND PHLEBITIS RISK AT CAPE COAST TEACHING HOSPITAL 
    Osei-Tutu, E; Tuoyire, D A; Debrah, S; Ayetey, H (Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 2015)
    Introduction: Intravenous (IV) cannulation is the commonest invasive procedure among hospitalised patients. It is however associated with risks and complications that can have an adverse impact on the clinical outcome of ...
  • 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 ...
  • Interplay of cell–cell contacts and RhoA/MRTF-A signaling regulates cardiomyocyte identity 
    Dorn, Tatjana; Kornherr, Jessica; Parrotta, Elvira I; Zawada, Dorota; Ayetey, Harold; Santamaria, Gianluca; Iop, Laura; Mastantuono, Elisa; Sinnecker, Daniel; Goedel, Alexander; Dirschinger, Ralf J; My, Ilaria; Laue, Svenja; Bozoglu, Tarik; Baarlink, Christian; Ziegler, Tilman; Graf, Elisabeth; Hinkel, Rabea; Cuda, Giovanni; Kääb, Stefan; Grace, Andrew A; Grosse, Robert; Kupatt, Christian; Meitinger, Thomas; Smith, Austin G; Laugwitz, Karl-Ludwig; Moretti, Alessandra (The EMBO Journal, 2018)
    Cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions guide organ development and homeostasis by controlling lineage specification and maintenance, but the underlying molecular principles are largely unknown. Here, we show that in human ...
  • MIGRATION INTENTIONS OF GHANAIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS: THE INFLUENCE OF EXISTING FUNDING MECHANISMS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION (“THE FEE FACTOR”) 
    ELIASON, S.; TUOYIRE, D. A.; AWUSI-NTI, C.; BOCKARIE, A. S. (GHANA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2014)
    Background: To explore the effects of fee paying status on migration intentions of Ghanaian medical students. Design: Cross sectional questionnaire based survey Setting: All established Ghanaian medical schools with ...
  • 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 ...
  • Lifecourse factors and likelihood of rural practice and emigration: a survey of Ghanaian medical students 
    Kotha, SR; Johnson, JC; Galea, S; Agyei-Baffour, P; Nakua, E; Asabir, K; Kwansah, J; Gyakobo, M; Dzodzomenyo, M; Kruk, ME (Rural Remote Health, 2012)
    Introduction: Health worker shortages and maldistribution have important implications for the capacity of health systems. Ghana has one of the highest physician emigration rates in the world, and over 75% of those who ...

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