Helina Gyamea

• Head of Programme at College of Health

Sporting activities provide valuable insights into how societal issues and health impact everyone. Both communicable and non-communicable diseases are prevalent today and are often diagnosed through medical laboratory investigations, including microbiology. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the adage, “Your health is your wealth.” Good health foste...

Most diseases acquired from sporting activities are accidental and often influenced by environmental factors. Neglecting the environment in disease prevention is counterproductive. This was evident during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when many sporting activities were halted. Medical laboratory diagnostics, particularly microbiological techniq...

The study investigated health professionals’ understanding and risk perception of climate change in the Sunyani Municipality by focusing on health professional’s knowledge on climate change, examining health professional’s risk perception of climate change on health and identifying the co-benefits of climate change mitigation. This quantitative ori...

Pregnancy-induced hypertension is the most prevalent medical problem associated with pregnancy, affecting 6-10% of all pregnancies worldwide. It is the second leading cause of maternal death worldwide. A systolic blood pressure of 140 or a diastolic blood pressure of 90mmHg or both is considered hypertension in pregnancy. In order to diagnose hyper...

The recent increases in legally married couple ignoring each other’s sexual needs though it is one of the pillars for happy marriage must be a headache to all. It is an open secret nowadays to see and hear married partners complaining bitterly about being sexually neglected. Though men were not known for ignoring sexual demands of their wives, now...

In the ideal world scenario risky sexual behaviours are rampant. The most worrying part is the fact that teenagers and the youth are the ones with a high predisposition to indulge in risky sexual behaviours. This study assessed the risky sexual behaviour and the STI Risk Perception among senior high school students within the Sunyani municipality....

Literature has shown that the knowledge and attitudes of young people regarding STIs such as HIV/AIDS and its prevention still remains an important topic in the lives of these young individuals in respect of their decision making so as to practice safer sex options in order to eschew contracting HIV and other STIs. This descriptive cross-sectional...