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Factors Influencing Utilisation of Hernia Care among Women Seeking Surgical Healthcare: A Study of a Peri-urban Health Facility in Eastern Ghana

Augustine Adomah-Afari & Akua Kyekye Addo-Kwafo · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2023

Aims: To assess factors associated with the utilization of quality hernia care among female adults seeking healthcare. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Place and Duration of Study: Nsawam Government Hospital in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality of the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11928

Factors Influencing the Utilization of Contraceptives among Adolescents in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

Joshua Dindiok Dubik, Mubarick Nungbaso Asumah, Gilbert Ti-enkawol Nachinab, Ayishetu Gariba, Anoome Irene Adumbire, Lamisi Christabel Adimazoya & Amoro Rosemary Abondomah · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2022

Background: Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health is supreme to healthy living, and because the health of adolescents is important, it has compelled most countries across the globe to put up appropriate measures to meet their needs. Aims: The main aim of the study was to as...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i330449

Availability and Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment by Nigerian Physiotherapists during COVID-19 Pandemic

Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Joseph Onuwa Umunnah, Ebere Yvonne Ihegihu, Fatai Adesina Maruf, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Chukwuebuka Olisaemeka Okeke & Chisom Godswill Chigbo · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Introduction: Physiotherapists are exposed to contracting infectious diseases because of the level of contact they have with patients in the course of performing their statutory clinical duties. Objective: The major objective of the study is to determine the availability and util...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230304

Tetanus Toxoid Status and Determinants of Uptake among Women in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria: A Community Based Study

N. Gabriel-Job & L. E. Yaguo Ide · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2020

Introduction: Nigeria is one of the countries where maternal and neonatal tetanus is still prevalent and as such a public health issue. In spite of campaign on maternal tetanus immunization, its safety and protection against tetanus, uptake has remained poor. Aim: This study is a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2019/v17i430171

Factors Predicting the Utilization of Breast Cancer Screening Services among Women Working in a Private University in Ogun State, Nigeria

Ojewole, Foluso & Muoneke, Noela · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: To examine the factors predicting the utilization of breast cancer screening services among women working in a private university in Ogun State. Study Design:  A cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: A private University in Ogun State, Nigeria. Dat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37013

Nurses Attitude and Barriers toward Utilization of Standardized Nursing Language in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Abdurrahman Muhammad Sani & Suwaiba Sani · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Background: The use of standardized nursing language for nursing care documentation is a vital instrument to the nursing profession, patients care and nurses in general. Clinical information system requires standardized terms and definitions to help clinicians with documentation...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29433