Stephen Manortey

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

Stephen Manortey & Daniel Opoku Agyemang · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2018

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 aimed at assessing the level of awareness of this dreadful...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2018/41116

Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use among Reproductive Aged Women: A Case Study in Worawora Township, Ghana

Stephen Manortey & Patrick Lotsu · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2017

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, pressure on social amenities, scarce resources, high dep...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2017/29755

Factors Associated with the Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Students of the Takoradi Polytechnic in Ghana

Stephen Manortey, Wilhelmina T. Duah & Frank Baiden · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

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 pills (ECP) give women opportunity to prevent unwanted p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/29478