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Verbal Autopsy: An Analysis of the Common Causes of Childhood Death in the Barekese Sub-District of Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Carey, Adrienne; Ansong, Daniel; Harvey, Ryan; Good, Brian; Boaheng, Joseph; Crookston, Benjamin; Dickerson, Ty (Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2011-04-24)

The availability of mortality data for any society plays an essential role in health monitoring and evaluation, as well as in the design of health interventions. However, most resource-poor countries such as Ghana have no ...
Spatial Analysis of Factors Associated with Household Subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme In Rural Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; VanDerslice, James; Alder, Steve; Henry, Kevin A.; Crookston, Benjamin; Dickerson, Ty; Benson, Scott (Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2014-02-04)

The use of health insurance schemes in financing healthcare delivery and to minimize the poverty gap is gaining considerable recognition among the least developed and resource challenged countries around the world. With ...
Social Deterministic Factors to Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Context of Rural Ghanaian Setting

Manortey, Stephen; Alder, Steve; Crookston, Benjamin; Dickerson, Ty; VanDerslice, James; Benson, Scott (Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2014-04-30)

The primary purpose of this study is to identify predictors of complete household enrollment into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) among inhabitants of the Barekese sub-district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. ...
Migrant Youth’s Emerging Dietary Patterns in Haiti: The Role of Peer Social Engagement

Heckert, Jessica; Boatemaa, Sandra; Altman, Claire E (Public Health Nutrition, 2014-07-28)

Objective: The present study examines whether rural-to-urban migrant youth consume a greater diversity of high-sugar beverages and fried snacks (HSBFS) compared with their peers who remain in rural areas. It also tests ...
Profiles of HIV-Affected Households in Ghana

Laar, Amos; Fiaveh, Daniel; Laar, Matilda; Boatemaa, Sandra; Abugri, James; El-Adas, Angela; Amenyah, Richard; Atuahene, Kyeremeh; Adjei, Andrew Anthony; Quakyi, Isabella (Scientific Research, 2014-08)

Background: To contribute to a fuller appreciation of Ghana’s HIV epidemic, this paper presents various profiles of the Ghanaian HIV-affected household. To comprehensively tackle the HIV epidemic in Ghana, the profiles ...
Exploring the Contribution of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia to The Aetiology of Nosebleeds and Early Strokes in Ghana

Baiden, Frank; Kuuzume-Dery, Philibert; Manortey, Stephen; Abraham, Hodgson (Angiogenesis (Springer Journals), 2015)

11th International HHT Scientific Conference. Angiogenesis 18, 525–575 (2015)
Obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agyemang, Charles; Boatemaa, Sandra; Frempong, Grace Agyemang; de-Graft Aikins, Ama (Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015, 2015)

This chapter outlines the epidemiology of overweight and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, their determinants, and the relationship with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes. The review shows that overweight and ...
Caregiver Profiles and Determinants of Caregiving Burden in Ghana

Sanuade, O.A.; Boatemaa, Sandra (Elsevier Ltd, 2015-06-25)

Objectives: Due to the growing elderly population, the high cost of care in Ghana and low coverage of the National Health Insurance Scheme, demands for family caregiving have become more imperative in Ghana than ever ...
Integrating Biomedical and Herbal Medicine in Ghana – Experiences from the Kumasi South Hospital: A Qualitative Study

Boateng, Millicent Ofori; Danso-Appiah, Anthony; Turkson, Bernard Kofi; Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski (BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2016-07-07)

Background: Over the past decade there has been growing interest in the use of herbal medicine both in developed and developing countries. Given the high proportion of patients using herbal medicine in Ghana, some ...
A Spatial Perspective to the Distribution of Healthcare Facilities and Health Personnel in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Acheampong, Gideon Kwarteng (Open Access Library Journal, 2016-08-29)

Background: A major factor for health services provision in various communities is the concern for spatial justice in the distribution of healthcare facilities. The eastern region with most of its population in rural ...
Factors Associated with the Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Students of the Takoradi Polytechnic in Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Duah, Wilhelmina T.; Baiden, Frank (Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 2016-10-18)

Background: Unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortions are major public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Western Region of Ghana, unsafe abortions account for 3.8% of all maternal deaths. Emergency contraceptive ...
Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use among Reproductive Aged Women: A Case Study in Worawora Township, Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Lotsu, Patrick (Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 2017-02-08)

Background: Having more children in the past was a form of assurance to couples on the grounds of having more working hands to help till the land and cultivate crops. However, with the advent of modern farming technologies, ...
Food Beliefs and Practices in Urban Poor Communities in Accra: Implications for Health Interventions

Boatemaa, Sandra; Badasu, Delali Margaret; Aikins, Ama de-Graft (BMC Public Health, 2018)

Background: Poor communities in low and middle income countries are reported to experience a higher burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and nutrition-related NCDs. Interventions that build on lay perspectives ...
Livestock Ownership Is Associated with Higher Odds of Anaemia among Preschool‐Aged Children, but not Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana

Jones, Andrew D.; Colecraft, Esi K.; Awuah, Raphael B.; Boatemaa, Sandra; Lambrecht, Nathalie J.; Adjorlolo, Leonard Kofi; Wilson, Mark L. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018-02-07)

Livestock ownership may influence anaemia through complex and possibly contradictory mechanisms. In this study, we aimed to determine the association of household livestock ownership with anaemia among women aged 15–49 ...
The Double Burden of Disease and the Challenge of Health Access: Evidence from Access, Bottlenecks, Cost and Equity facility survey in Ghana

Kushitor, Mawuli K.; Boatemaa, Sandra (Plos One, 2018-03-23)

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 ...
Awareness and Knowledge of Cervical Cancer among Female Senior High School Students in Lower Manya Krobo Municipal in Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Agyemang, Daniel Opoku (Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 2018-05-11)

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 ...
Addressing Food and Nutrition Security in South Africa: A Review of Policy Responses since 2002

Boatemaa, Sandra; Drimie, Scott; Pereira, Laura (African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2018-09)

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 ...
Community and Individual Sense of Trust and Psychological Distress among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana

Kushitor, Mawuli K.; Peterson, Maame B.; Asante, Paapa Yaw; Dodoo, Naa Dodua; Boatemaa, Sandra; Awuah, Raphael Baffour; Agyei, Francis; Sakyi, Lionel; Dodoo, F. Nii- Amoo; Aikins, Ama de-Graft (Plos One, 2018-09-27)

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 ...
Evaluating Factors Associated with the Use of Aphrodisiacs among Adult Male Residents in Ashaiman Municipality, Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Mensah, Portia Afi; Acheampong, Gideon Kwarteng (Open Access Library Journal, 2018-09-28)

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 ...
Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information among Female Adolescents in Selected Senior High Schools in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Ghana

Manortey, Stephen; Geh, Ellen Korlu (Applied Science and Innovative Research, 2018-10-25)

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 ...

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