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: Substance use in adolescents has become a growing concern globally. Its use affects the quality of life of adolescents as well as burdening them with short- and long-term effects encompassing their physical, social and mental wellbeing. General aim: The main aim of this study was to examine substance use an...
Introduction: Hypertension is a widespread, life-threatening condition affecting over 1.28 billion adults globally, with a disproportionate burden in low- and middle-income countries. Despite the availability of effective medications and lifestyle interventions, treatment non-adherence remains a major barrier to blood...
Background: Alcohol and illicit drug usage pose serious concerns to road safety, especially for commercial motor riders popularly known as Okada riders. However, there is limited data within the Ghanaian setting on substance use and its association with the risk of road traffic accidents in Ghana. Aim: This study exami...
Introduction: Iron is found in every living cell and is involved in various metabolic activities, including oxygen transport and storage. The adolescent age is a particularly unique period in life because of its responsibility in contributing to intense physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development. UNICEF rep...
Background: Family planning deals with the services, policies, information, attitudes, practices and commodities, including contraceptives that gives women, men, couples and adolescents the ability to avoid unintended pregnancy and choose whether to have children or not. Access to contraceptives can also be inhibi...
Aim: This study attempted to 1) assess the factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality; 2) specifically determine whether peer influence and sexual behaviour, electronic media and poverty, knowledge and use of contraceptives, and sex education contributed to teenage pregnancy; and 3)...
This paper describes conceptual, methodological, and practical insights from a longitudinal social psychological project that aims to build cardiovascular disease (CVD) competence in a poor community in Accra, Ghana's capital. Informed by a social psychology of participation approach, mixed method data included qualita...
Background: Anaemia, defined by low blood haemoglobin concentration, is a major public health problem, especially in developing countries. Pregnant women are most vulnerable to anaemia due to factors including parasitic infection and feeding habits leading to increased maternal morbidity and mortality, as well as adver...
Background: Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights care, including family planning, is not only a health and rights issue but it is developmental necessity, as it also improves livelihoods and promotes economic growth. Therefore, providing quality reproductive health services to women, men, and adolesc...
Introduction: Poor adherence to chronic disease treatment has been characterized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a worldwide problem of striking magnitude. Many patients have trouble adhering to treatment guidelines. It creates disease-related medical and psychological difficulties, lowers patients' quality o...
Background: Skilled attendance at birth is considered key to accomplishing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 aimed at reducing maternal mortality. Many maternal deaths can be prevented if a woman receives care by skilled health personnel. Maternal utilization of skilled health delivery services in rural areas in l...
With the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many HIV-infected children are growing into adolescence and adulthood. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Fevers Unit of one of the teaching hospitals in Ghana. The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) and pill count were used to ass...
It is almost 6 years since the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, and countries have less than 10 years to achieve the set targets. Unlike most of the world, sub-Saharan African countries have reported only minimal progress, one that the COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately disrupted. Transdisciplin...
Background: The epidemiological transition, touted as occurring in Ghana, requires research that tracks the changing patterns of diseases in order to capture the trend and improve healthcare delivery. This study examines national trends in mortality rate and cause of death at health facilities in Ghana between 2014 and...
