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Assessing the impact of antimicrobial stewardship implementation at a district hospital in Ghana using a health partnership model
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Women, midwifery, and the state in colonial Ghana
textThis dissertation explores the British colonial government’s attempt to reconstruct women’s reproductive behaviors in colonial Ghana through the sites of maternal and infant welfare services and western midwifery education. In the early 1920s, the fear that the high maternal and infant mortality rates in the Gold Coast would have repercussive effects on economic productivity caused the colonial government to increasingly subject women’s reproduction to medical scrutiny and institutional care. I argue that female reproduction was selected as a site of intervention because the British colonial government conceived of it as a path of least resistance to social reconstruction, economic security, and political dominance. The five chapters have been designed to analyze colonial reproductive intervention as a socio-economic and political exigency of colonial rule. This dissertation speaks to the fact that cross-culturally, the female body has been politicized through narratives of power, culture, tradition, modernity, race, disempowerment, and empowerment.Histor
Sustainable partnerships for communication disability rehabilitation in Majority World countries. A message from the inside
Rehabilitation services for people with
communication disabilities (PWCD) in many
majority-world countries are extremely
limited, with speech-language pathology little
known. Collaborations between clinicians
and services in majority- and minority-world
countries provide important contributions to
developing rehabilitation services in the
majority world for PWCD. The effectiveness
of such partnerships may be influenced by a
number of elements within the relationship.
This paper presents insights from a group of
majority-world speech-language pathologists
(SLPs) in Ghana on establishing and
maintaining links between majority- and
minority-world services and clinicians. The
framework of three sustainability dimensions
(service environment, socio-cultural-political
environment, and economic environment) is
used to consider how SLP relationships across
majority–minority worlds can be meaningful
and lasting. Readers are encouraged to adopt
the perspective of SLPs from within the country
to consider the impact and sustainability of
majority–minority world partnerships
Prevalence and correlates of depression among students in a senior high school in Ghana: A school-based cross-sectional study
Objectives: Depression is one of the most widely reported mental health issues that affect adolescents globally. However, there is a dearth of data on its prevalence and associated factors among senior high school students in Ghana, since previous studies have focused more on adult populations. This can hinder policies needed to champion mental health and mental health care in senior high schools. Hence, this study sought to assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among senior high school students in Ghana. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study involving 289 students at the Manya Krobo Senior High School was conducted from December 2022 to February 2023. The students were selected using a two-stage random sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data on sociodemographics and individual characteristics. The primary outcome was depression, and this was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Summary statistics were presented as means, frequencies, and percentages. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with depression and odds ratios presented with 95% confidence intervals. Statistical significance was considered at p -value < 0.05. Results: The mean age of the students was 16.6 (±1.2) with a range of 14–20 years. Over a quarter (26.3%) of the students reported financial difficulties. The prevalence of depression among the students was 68.9%. The factors associated with depression in this study were female sex (adjusted odds ratio: 1.74, 95% confidence interval: 1.01–2.97), age (adjusted odds ratio: 1.41, 95% confidence interval: 1.10–1.81), history of chronic health condition (adjusted odds ratio: 3.74, 95% confidence interval: 1.36–10.25), and financial difficulties (adjusted odds ratio: 2.31, 95% confidence interval: 1.15–4.63). Conclusion: This study shows that depression is rife among students at the Manya Krobo Senior High School, Manya Krobo District, Ghana. These findings call for pragmatic interventions such as strengthening counseling units and professional mental health services to ameliorate the impact of depression on the lives of students
sj-docx-1-smo-10.1177_20503121241229841 – Supplemental material for Prevalence and correlates of depression among students in a senior high school in Ghana: A school-based cross-sectional study
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-smo-10.1177_20503121241229841 for Prevalence and correlates of depression among students in a senior high school in Ghana: A school-based cross-sectional study by Nana Akua Sarfoah Obeng-Okon, Douglas Aninng Opoku, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Joseph Osarfo, Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Jennifer Ashilevi, Sheneil Agyemang, Frempong Bernard, Helena Addai-Manu and Aliyu Mohammed in SAGE Open Medicine</p