Mohammed Najimudeen Abdulai

• MBA
• Senior Assistant Registrar & Head of Students Records Section at University of Cape Coast

Information on measuring risks prevalent among healthcare workers in Ghana and globally is limited. With anecdotal evidence suggesting a high level of occupational injuries among health workers working in a Ghanaian University Hospital, this study was conducted to identify the common hazards faced by the health workers and use the decision matrix r...

Background: Medical emergencies are common but Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) incidences are rare; yet when they occur could be life threatening leading either to disability or death. During SCA incidents, health care professionals will be required to act skilfully and swiftly to restart the heart and stabilise the patient until advanced care can be a...

The scientific investigation was conducted at the University Health Services of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), which is a 70-bed capacity primary healthcare setting. The objective was to examine the reasons for the poor use of Electronic Health Records (HER) by Health Professionals in a University healthcare setting. The appropriate scientific...

Background: Stigma against people living with HIV (PLHIV) among health workers remains a barrier to the provision of needed care to HIV patients worldwide. We sought to investigate predictors of HIV stigma among health workers in Cape Coast, Ghana. Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted in three hospitals from November 2016 to February...

ABSTRACT Background: Proper hand hygiene practices have been shown to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Although diarrhoeal diseases continue to be recorded among university students, there is paucity of studies focusing on hygiene behavior among university students in Ghana. This study assessed hand washing behavior, knowledge and pract...

Background: Optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV/AIDS patients has proved elusive despite increasing access to ART worldwide. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to assess factors that influence adherence to ART among HIV/AIDS patients in Cape Coast, Ghana. Three hospitals that provide full ART servi...

There is great concern about the increasing rise in the rate of caesarean section in both developed and developing countries. This study was to ascertain the prevalence and compare outcomes of elec-tive and emergency caesarean sections among women who deliver at the University of Cape Coast Hospital, Ghana. This retrospective study reviewed records...

The purpose of the study was to find out whether the use of calculators in the computation of mathematics would enhance pupils\' achievement in the subject. A sample of 160 pupils, randomly selected from three junior secondary schools, were involved in the study. In one school, 60 pupils were selected while in the other two schools, 50 pupils were...