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State of the Nation's Health Report

WEBThis report serves as a physical representation of the long-standing collaboration between University of Ghana School of Public Health and the state agencies responsible for health delivery – Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Services. Staff from these three institutions have worked together to review varied publications and datasets

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Burden Of Stroke In Ghana: Prevalence, Experience And …

WEBData were analysed using thematic approach with the aid of Atlas ti. Results: Stroke prevalence was 4.6% and the correlates of stroke were being never married, unemployed, and living with hypertension and diabetes. This study showed that the HRQoL of stroke survivors was low in the physical health (body-self), functional, psychological, social

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Implementing health technology assessment in …

WEBLocated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Ghana is a lower-middle income country with a population of about 30 million people. GDP per capita (PPP) is $4,604 with 5.9 percent GDP spent on health (2015 (1)). Ghana was one of the few African countries to enact legislation and earmark significant funding to establish Universal Health Coverage

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Assessing Adolescent Health Care Quality In Ghana‘S …

WEBPromoting the health and well-being of adolescents is a way of fulfilling their fundamental human rights. It is also a right step towards achieving sustainable development.

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Occupational Health Hazards And Safety Practices Among …

WEBBackground: Occupational health and safety at the workplace are typical issues confronting workers and employers at the workplace. The International Labour Organization (ILO) announced that approximately 6,400 people die daily from work accidents and over eight hundred thousand are injured on the job.

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Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health …

WEBIn this study, we sought to determine the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among health care workers in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 234 health care workers through a self-administered online survey from 16 January to 15 February 2021. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed using

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Assessment of Occupational Stress among Healthcare …

WEBOccupational stress is on the rise, cutting across all professions and it is even severe in the healthcare profession. Since these workers take care of the sick, any change in their physical and mental well-being is likely to affect the care given to patients.

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The Health Belief Model In Social Marketing Interventions …

WEBDespite the availability of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) preventive vaccine, HBV still remains a major health threat in Ghana as evidenced by data from the Ghana Health Service.

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Health Seeking Behaviour among Rural-Urban Migrant …

WEBRapid urbanisation, largely due to rural-urban migration, has not only led to increased city slums but has also led to an increase in health related challenges for the rural-urban migrant slum dweller.

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Assessment of the Knowledge of Occupational Hazards …

WEBBackground Healthcare staff work in an environment considered to be one of the most hazardous occupational settings. This is especially true in developing countries where health service delivery is fraught with inadequate protection against exposures to numerous fomites and pathogens.

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Health Sector Reforms and Health Information in Ghana

WEB260 Figure 4. Existing reporting system. Source: Centre for Health Information Management, Accra. but as a unit which produces statistical informa- tion as an end in itself feedback within institutions and between levels is also virtually non-existent shortage of statistical manpower at each level of the health management hierarchy makes for the …

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The role of policy actors and contextual factors in policy agenda

WEBDevelopment of health policy is a complex process that does not necessarily follow a particular format and a predictable trajectory. Therefore, agenda setting and selecting of alternatives are critical processes of policy development and can give insights into how and why policies are made.

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WEB1 school of public health college of health sciences . university of ghana . prevalence and determinants of pregnancy induced hypertension among women attending antenatal clinic at 37

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The effect of health shocks on agricultural productivity: …

WEBcollected between March 1997 and February 1998 in the savannah zone of Korhogo and in the 1999 year in the forest zone of anane, all in ote d‘Ivoire.

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Lived Experiences of Women Receiving Medical Treatments …

WEB2 SAGE Open human life including the experience of and adjustment to chronic medical conditions. Another important challenge faced by women living with breast cancer is the economic burden of the illness.

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WEBschool of public health college of health sciences university of ghana the prevalence and determinants of anaemia among pregnant women in hohoe

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Pain Frequency and Health Care Utilization Patterns in …

WEBSickle Cell Research (CASiRe) cohort. Total number of pain crises, emergency room/day hospital visits, and hospitalizations were collected from a subcohort of 178 SCD women within the past 6 months and

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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF HEALTH

WEBAbstract Anaemia in pregnancy is an important public health problem especially in developing countries. It is a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, and also has a significant impact on the

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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES …

WEBiv ABSTRACT Background: Quality healthcare plays an integral role in the overall health of society and its importance cannot be overemphasized. However, in most developing countries, there are many shortfalls which hinders comprehensive healthcare delivery and impacts healthcare seeking

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