Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rising globally, including in low- and middle-income countries like Ghana. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition education intervention in enhancing knowledge and promoting positive behaviors related to overweight and obesity in a rural area o...
Introduction: The study explores the quality of life (QoL) experienced by caregivers of children living with autism in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Caregivers of children with autism often face unique challenges that can impact their overall well-being. Understanding the factors influencing their quality of life...
Background: In Africa, 300 million homes out of the two billion people do not have access to basic sanitation like most other rural communities in Ghana; the Asuogyaman District has significant sanitation and hygiene issues. Open defecation and unimproved latrine use amongst others are still in use in mots rural parts...
Introduction: Cervical Cancer remains a major global health threat. However, there is paucity of information about help-seeking behaviour among tertiary students in Ghana. This study sought to examine the factors associated with human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among University Students in Ghana. Method: The study a...
Introduction: As the first line of defense against diseases in underdeveloped and isolated areas, Community Health Nurse’ (CHN) perform a critical role. They relieve pressure on the healthcare system by offering illness treatment and surveillance in remote areas. A lack of job satisfaction is a major contributor to the...
Background: In recent years, fire breakouts have gained global attention. Globally, fire is seen as a possible danger to sustainable development because to its influence on ecosystems, contribution to carbon emissions, and effect on biodiversity. The Earth has been plagued by a series of natural catastrophes. In Ghana,...
Background: Despite advances in cancer research and treatment, it remains the second leading cause of death globally. According to the global cancer statistics report in 2020, an estimated 19.3 million cases of cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancers, were reported. The mortality rate during the same period was 10...
Background: Cervical cancer is an important reproductive health problem for women in developing countries where it constitutes 13% of all female malignancies. It is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and 83 percent of the world’s 500,000 new cases and 85 percent of the 288,000 cervical cancer deaths occur...
This is a cross sectional study that was done to assess the health status of children (0-36 months) in Markola market in Accra. The environment in which a child grows and plays in eventually has an effect on the health of the child. Most Head potters and their children at Makola usually sleep in the open space and live...
Background: A recent area of interest on a social scale is School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) which is also attracting political attention. Hygiene is the discipline that supports health and well-being through simple activities. It is a determinant of health and could vary from one culture or society to ano...
Background: Breast milk is important for babies because it provides security, cleanliness, and antibodies. It offers energy and nutrients for the first few months before meeting half of a child's nutritional requirements in the second year. Children are facing a variety of dietary difficulties as a result of exclusive...
Background: It is expected that with the National Health Insurance Scheme in place, equitable access to healthcare will be assured for all groups of people because access to quality health insurance has shown to have an impact on households. This research assessed the factors associated with the uptake of NHIS among pr...
Background: Risky sexual behavior and knowledge of HIV are critical public health concerns, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, which continues to face a significant burden of AIDS. In Ghana, young female adults are a vulnerable population at risk of engaging in risky sexual behaviors and lacking adequate knowledge about...
Background: In Ghana, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in 2003 to bridge the gap in the unequal distribution of health services to achieve universal health coverage. Despite some successes of the scheme, there is evidence that individuals enrolled in the NHIS still encounter out-of-pocket hea...
Background The patterns and outcomes of admissions in the hospital are a reflection of disease patterns in society; hence, the identification of these patterns is necessary for the assessment of the healthcare system and also provides scientific data for policy making and proper resource allocation into various communi...
