Comparing patient safety culture in primary, secondary and tertiary hospitals in Ghana
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Objective: This study compared patient safety culture among health professionals in tertiary, secondary and primary hospitals.Design: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among thirteen primary, secondary and tertiary hospitals in Ghana. A structured questionnaire was administered to 1,656 health professionals.
The psychosocial burden of women seeking treatment for breast and cervical cancers in Ghana’s major cancer hospitals
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Background
Breast and cervical cancers remain the most common cancers and the leading cause of cancer deaths in Ghana. Non-communicable diseases such as cancers, have been associated with psychological burdens such as anxiety and depression disorders as well as severe mental disorders such as bipolar disorder. As such the World Health Organisation has noted that mental health and well-being are crucial in reducing the NCD burden.
Individual risk preference as a predictor of health behaviour: evidence from the use of condoms against HIV/AIDS in Ghana
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Background: It is evident that public health education interventions to promote the use of condoms against HIV infections in Ghana have yielded modest results. However, existing studies in the field of sexual and reproductive health in Ghana have failed to account for differences in risk preferences of individuals. This study fills the gap by investigating how individuals' risk preferences predict their behaviour toward using condoms against HIV in Ghana.
Global Health Security Index not a proven surrogate for health systems capacity to respond to pandemics: The case of COVID-19
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Global Health Security borders on prevention, detection and response to public health threats like the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Global Health Security Index (GHSI) of 2019 and 2021 revealed the world remains ill-prepared to deal with future pandemics, evident in the historic impact of COVID-19 on countries.
Who benefits from climate-friendly agriculture? The marginal returns to a rainfed system of rice intensification in Tanzania
Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology
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An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often a challenge in the decision-making process, involves the balancing of identified potential risks with expected economic benefits from GM crops. The latter is particularly challenging in the case of orphan crops, for which solid economic data is scarce.