Background Over the years, health care workers have been exposed to blood borne infections like HIV, HCV and HBV as a result of needle stick injuries. The prevalence of needle stick injuries keep on increasing among health care workers, hence its public health importance. This study aims at assessing the prevalence of...
Background: Analgesics commonly known as pain killers are substances which work in various ways to relieve different types of pain experienced in the body. Analgesics have been reported to be very widely used and abused set of drugs globally. Objectives: This study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and behavior towa...
Background: A partograph is a simple graphical and pictorial obstetric tool used by skilled birth attendants to detect abnormal labor as early as possible for a good pregnancy outcome (healthy mother and live baby). It is a universally accepted tool which has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be u...
Background: Health care financing is one of the major challenges facing the healthcare delivery sector in Ghana. Health financing in Ghana prior to independence was predominantly by out-of-pocket payments at the point of service use. Since 2003, the country introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme as a mean to l...
Background: Adolescents are defined as young people aged 10 to 19 years. Studies show the adolescents are becoming more sexually active in recent times than in the past and may experience several risks in their sexual behaviors that have implications for their health. The sexual behaviors adopted by the adolescents hav...
Background Usage of family planning services in developing countries have been found to avert unintended pregnancies, reduce maternal and child mortality. Men as the main decision-makers in most African families have an important role to play towards acceptance of family planning methods. However, it's usage still rema...
This study investigates the underpinnings of CAC using data from clients and providers of CAC in the New-Juaben Municipality. Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) model is adapted to assess the underpinnings of CAC. Quantitative and qualitative data were solicited from 129 clients and 10 health professionals, respe...
Introduction Epidemiological studies have shown that there is prevalence of caries in young children throughout the world, both in low and high-income countries. Parents’ perception is a huge contributor in dental nonattendance of children. Reduction in prevalence of periodontal disease can help reduce associated syste...
Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in Ghana. This study examines the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among Ghanaian aged 15–49 years. This cross-sectional study retrieved data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). The sample,...
Background: Female adolescents are unduly disadvantaged regarding the risks of unintended pregnancies that are associated with poor outcomes which often results in infant or maternal death. This study sought to explore factors that influence female adolescents’ knowledge level of their sexual and reproductive health (S...
Background: There is limited scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of aphrodisiacs and more worrying is the fact that potential adverse health effects could result from the abuse of aphrodisiacs. Despite the safety concerns raised by the FDA on the abuse of unregistered sex enhancing products, the patronage remai...
Background: Mental health disorders present significant health challenges in populations in sub Saharan Africa especially in deprived urban poor contexts. Some studies have suggested that in collectivistic societies such as most African societies people can draw on social capital to attenuate the effect of community st...
Since 2002, a range of South African policies have attempted to address the disproportionate burden of food and nutrition insecurity on the population. Yet malnutrition among the poor has worsened. This study reviewed policies to examine their implications for food security and the treatment of malnutrition. Policies e...
Introduction: Cervical cancer is one of the significant public health problems in the world, especially in Less developed countries. In Ghana, cervical cancer is the leading cause of gynecological cancers. This study was aimed at assessing the level of awareness of this dreadful disease among adolescent female Senior H...
Despite the double burden of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases in Africa, health care expenditure disproportionately favours infectious diseases. In this paper, we examine quantitatively the extent of this disproportionate access to diagnoses and treatment of diabetes, hypertension and malaria in Ghana....
