Attilio Negri, Honor D. Townshend, Tim McSweeney, Olga Angelopoulou, Hani Banayoti, Mariya Prilutskaya, Owen Bowden‐Jones, Ornella Corazza,
... five years. Data on vendors offering Carfentanil on Agartha, Empire and Yakuza marketplaces were analysed with regard ... content-expiring messages. Although it is known that Agartha is a scam market, and no operative sellers ...
Tópico(s): Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
2021 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Drug Policy
Carmen Lim, Janni Leung, Jason P. Connor, Wayne Hall, Coral Gartner, Brandon Cheng, Roman Scheurer, Tianze Sun, Gary Chan,
... related listings were extracted from three online cryptomarkets (‘Agartha’, ‘Cryptonia’, and ‘Tochka’) using The Onion Router browser. ... from 201 unique sellers. The top product on Agartha, Cryptonia, and Tochka were vape cartridges prefilled with ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
2020 - Elsevier BV | Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Prince Kubi Appiah, Anang Rhoda Naa Korklu, Duut Abdulai Bonchel, Georgina Agartha Fenu, Francis Wadga-Mieza Yankey,
Introduction. Proper nutrition during pregnancy is important for the wellbeing of the mother and foetus and supports health during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding. However, there are little data on nutritional knowledge and dietary intake among adolescents who are pregnant in Ghana. Hence, the study assessed the nutritional knowledge and eating habits of this vulnerable group in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipality, Ghana. Methods. The study was cross-sectional and employed a multistage sampling ...
Tópico(s): Public Health and Nutrition
2021 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Eunice Berko Nartey, Jonathan Spector, Seth Adu‐Afarwuah, Catherine Jones, Alan A. Jackson, Agartha Ohemeng, Rajiv Shah, Alice Koryo-Dabrah, Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, Hyacinth I. Hyacinth, Matilda Steiner‐Asiedu,
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder that predominantly affects individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. However, research that elucidates links between SCD pathophysiology and nutritional status in African patients is lacking. This systematic review aimed to assess the landscape of studies in sub-Saharan Africa that focused on nutritional aspects of SCD, and highlights gaps in knowledge that could inform priority-setting for future research. Methods The study was ...
Tópico(s): Iron Metabolism and Disorders
2021 - BioMed Central | BMC Nutrition
Janet Antwi, Agartha Ohemeng, Laurene Boateng, Esi Quaidoo, Boateng Bannerman,
This study was performed to evaluate the effect of a six-week nutrition education intervention on the nutrition knowledge, attitude, practices, and nutrition status of school-age children (aged 6–12 years) in basic schools in Ghana. Short-term effects of nutrition education training sessions on teachers and caregivers were also assessed. Pre-post controlled design was used to evaluate the program. Intervention groups had significantly higher nutrition knowledge scores (8.8 ± 2.0 vs. 5.9 ± 2.1, P < 0.0001) ...
Tópico(s): Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
2020 - SAGE Publishing | Global Health Promotion
Heather Hamill, Kate Hampshire, Simon Mariwah, Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, Abigail Agartha Kyei, Michele Castelli,
Where regulation is weak, medicine transactions can be characterised by uncertainty over the drug quality and efficacy, with buyers shouldering the greater burden of risk in exchanges that are typically asymmetric. Drawing on in-depth interviews (N = 220) and observations of medicine transactions, plus interviews with regulators (N = 20), we explore how people in Ghana negotiate this uncertainty and come to trust a medicine enough to purchase or ingest it. We identify two mechanisms – attempts to mitigate ...
Tópico(s): Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
2019 - Elsevier BV | Social Science & Medicine
Bianca Stumbitz, Suzan Lewis, Abigail Agartha Kyei, Fergus Lyon,
Maternity protection (MP) in the workplace is a vital element of ensuring women's and children's wellbeing. It aims to minimize the difficulties that working women face because of giving birth and to protect the health of mothers and their babies. Most research on MP around the world is carried out in larger organizations in developed countries. This cannot be applied uncritically to developing countries, where work in small firms and the informal economy tends to dominate and enterprises are more ...
Tópico(s): Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
2018 - Elsevier BV | World Development
Isaac Boadu, Agartha Ohemeng, Lorna Renner,
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic blood disorder common among people of African descent, which places nutritional burden among affected individuals. The aim of the study was to determine the dietary intake and nutritional status of children with SCD.This was a cross sectional study that involved 120 children with SCD aged 3-12 years at the paediatric outpatient department of Princess Marie Louise Hospital (PML) in Accra. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to take information on ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2018 - BioMed Central | BMC Nutrition
Esi Quaidoo, Agartha Ohemeng, Margaret Amankwah‐Poku,
Acquiring accurate and adequate nutrition information is important as it could inform nutritional choices positively and promote the maintenance of a healthy nutritional status. This study assessed a sample of young adults' nutrition knowledge and identified where they gather information from to guide nutritional choices. This was a cross-sectional study involving young adults (N=192) between 18 to 25 years recruited at shopping areas in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana. A pretested questionnaire was ...
Tópico(s): ICT in Developing Communities
2018 - BioMed Central | BMC Public Health
Laurene Boateng, Wilhemina Quarpong, Agartha Ohemeng, Matilda Asante, Matilda Steiner‐Asiedu,
Complementary foods that are deficient in both macronutrients and micronutrients coupled with a high burden of infections during the complementary feeding period are major underlying causes of child malnutrition in developing countries. Among the recent efforts to combat malnutrition by improving the quality of complementary foods in the developing world is the use of Moringa oleifera leaf powder (MLP) as a food fortificant. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of feeding ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2018 - Wiley | Food Science & Nutrition
Laurene Boateng, Eunice Nortey, Agartha Ohemeng, Matilda Asante, Matilda Steiner‐Asiedu,
Purpose Inadequacies in several micronutrients in complementary foods, notably iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin B6 and riboflavin have been reported. Moringa oleifera leaf powder (MLP), prepared from dried moringa leaves is nutrient-rich and has been explored for the treatment of micronutrient deficiencies among children in developing countries. This increasing interest in the use of moringa oleifera leaves to improve complementary foods notwithstanding, the unique sensory characteristics ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2018 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Nutrition & Food Science
Lydia Aziato, Abigail Agartha Kyei, Godsway Deku,
Due to the debilitating effects of severe labour pains, labour pain management continues to be an important subject that requires much attention. Thus, this study sought to gain a detailed insight into the experiences of midwives on pharmacological and non-pharmacological labour pain management strategies in a resource limited clinical context. A descriptive exploratory qualitative design was adopted for this study which allowed in-depth follow-up of the midwives' comments resulting in a full understanding ...
Tópico(s): Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
2017 - BioMed Central | Reproductive Health
E. N. L. Browne, Agartha A. Bonney, F. A. Agyapong, I. T. Essegbey,
A study of the factors influencing participation in national immunization days (NID) in Kumasi, Ghana was carried out between the April and June of 1999. Polio-immunization coverage during NID was assessed among children aged 90% of these children had received polio vaccinations on both of the two previous NID. The mothers who participated most in the NID tended to be those who were better educated and Ghanaian. Mothers who were salaried workers participated fully in NID. Radio and television played ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 epidemiological studies
2002 - Maney Publishing | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Regis Musavengane, Erisher Woyo, Agartha Olga Ndlovu,
This paper examines the extent to which COVID-19 impacted the livelihoods of game park employees in a destination with ongoing political and economic challenges. Data were collected through interviewing employees revealed employee resilience levels and strategies to save their livelihoods during a crisis. It showcased the weaknesses of organizational social capital nodes in assisting employees during their vulnerable moments. It was found that employees on short-term contracts were the most affected, ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Anatolia
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the common inherited blood disorders in humans and has been associated with decreased dietary intake which results in poor nutritional status and impaired growth. Nutrition is one of the most important but often forgotten aspect of care of patients with chronic disorders and there have been emerging concern in literature on increased nutritional needs of SCD patients. This paper sought to review the available literature on the roles of individual nutrients in the ...
Tópico(s): Folate and B Vitamins Research
2017 - Taylor & Francis | Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Enoch Odame Anto, Wina Ivy Ofori Boadu, Stephen Opoku, Ebenezer Senu, Valentine Christian Kodzo Tsatsu Tamakloe, Augustine Tawiah, Frank Ankobea, Emmanuel Acheampong, Agartha Odame Anto, Michael Appiah, Yaw Amo Wiafe, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Christian Obirikorang, Otchere Addai‐Mensah,
Preterm birth is a global epidemic and a leading cause of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the prevalence and risk factors of preterm birth among women attending the labor ward for delivery at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among a cohort of 209 pregnant women admitted to the labor ward of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). Pregnant women who delivered between 28 and 36 completed weeks of gestation were classified as ...
Tópico(s): Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Global Women s Health
Agartha Ohemeng, Grace S. Marquis, Anna Lartey,
Background: To determine the relationship between household food insecurity (HHFI) and symptoms of respiratory infections among infants in rural Ghana. Methods: The study was cross-sectional. The outcome variables were symptoms of respiratory infections (cough and nasal discharge) in infants. HHFI was measured using a 15-item modified U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) household food security module. Households were classified as food insecure if they had an affirmative answer for at least 1 item. ...
Tópico(s): Homelessness and Social Issues
2015 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Janet Antwi, Esi Quaidoo, Agartha Ohemeng, Boateng Bannerman,
Dietary diversity is generally considered as a good indicator of nutrient adequacy and is influenced by various factors at the national, household, and individual levels.The present study sought to determine the relationships between household food insecurity, primary caregivers' nutrition knowledge, and dietary diversity of school-aged children in Ghana.This forms part of a longitudinal study conducted in the Ayawaso West Municipal district in Accra (urban setting) and the Upper Manya Krobo district ( ...
Tópico(s): Energy and Environment Impacts
2022 - Swedish Nutrition Foundation | Food & Nutrition Research
Susi Wyss, Joyce Ablordeppey, Jane Okrah, Abigail Agartha Kyei,
Abstract This paper documents the evaluation of a 20-month project to provide voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) to a mobile population of youth surrounding the Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. The specific objectives of the evaluation were to determine: 1) to what extent targets for providing VCT services to the specified population were reached; 2) how HIV prevalence among clients compared to that of the general population; 3) to what extent former clients self-reported behaviour change; ...
Tópico(s): HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
2007 - Taylor & Francis | African Journal of AIDS Research
Enoch Odame Anto, Wina Ivy Ofori Boadu, Ezekiel Ansah, Augustine Tawiah, Joseph Magnus Frimpong, Valentine Christian Kodzo Tsatsu Tamakloe, Emmanuel Ekow Korsah, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evans Asamoah Adu, Stephen Opoku, Eric Adua, Ebenezer Afrifa‐Yamoah, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Agartha Odame Anto, Christian Obirikorang,
Preeclampsia is a leading cause of foeto-maternal deaths especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the prevalence and risk factors of preeclampsia are scarce in the Central region of Ghana with previous study assessing individual independent risk factors. This study determined the prevalence and algorithm of adverse foeto-maternal risk factors of preeclampsia.This multi-centre prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2021 to October 2022 at the Mercy Women's Catholic Hospital ...
Tópico(s): Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
2023 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Agartha Afful Boateng, Charles Owusu-Aduomi Botchwey, Bruce Afeti Adatorvor, Michael Afari Baidoo, Dorothy Serwaa Boakye, Richard Boateng,
Abstract Background Generally, recurrent teenage pregnancies are public health menaces that impede the quality of life of teenage mothers, their offspring, and society as a whole. However, there is paucity of information regarding factors influencing this social issue especially, in developing countries where Ghana is no exception. Moreover, this menace has been least investigated from the perspective of the teenager with multiple pregnancies. Hence, this study aimed at identifying the factors influencing ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2023 - BioMed Central | BMC Public Health
Reginald Arthur-Mensah, Genevieve Paintsiwaa Paintsil, Agnes Agudu Delali, Abigail Agartha Kyei,
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting healthcare workers (HCWs) in unique ways which include the risk of infection and subsequent transmission to their colleagues and families, the issue of vulnerability due to lack of PPEs and access to equipment needed to provide best care for patients, moral injury in making triage decisions, the lack of professional and/or social support and psychological burdens during this period. This study thus investigates the mental health outcomes (fear, depression, anxiety, ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
2022 - Dove Medical Press | Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Esi Quaidoo, Agartha Ohemeng, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Janet Antwi,
Introduction Nutrition literacy has been cited as a crucial life skill. Nutrition education as a primary school subject has been treated inconsequentially when compared to other subjects. We investigated an aspect of the current state of nutrition education in Ghana by engaging stakeholders about their sources of nutrition information and the perceived barriers in implementing nutrition education in mainstream primary schools. Methods Three hundred and fifty one (351) primary school children, 121 ...
Tópico(s): Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
2022 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Tracy Bonsu Osei, Charles Apprey, Felix Charles Mills-Robertson, Agartha Ohemeng,
Purpose This study aims to assess the nutritional status of children with sickle cell diseases using anthropometric measurements, biochemical markers and dietary intakes. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted in 100 children of 3-12 years of age with sickle cell diseases (SCDs) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Weight, height and age of participants were used to calculate body mass index-for-age. The mid-upper-arm-circumference-for-age, weight- ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2018 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Nutrition & Food Science
Prince Kubi Appiah, Georgina Agartha Fenu, Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu, Wilson Mensah Dzata, Duut Abdulai Bonchel, Timay Ibrahim Abdul-Rahman, Anthony Zunuo Dongdem,
Background Access to healthcare for speech and hearing impaired clients can be difficult against the backdrop that healthcare providers are inadequately trained to work with Deaf clients whose primary mode of communication is sign language. Therefore, this study sought to explore communication experiences of deaf people and barriers affecting their access to healthcare in Hohoe municipality in Volta region of Ghana. Method: For this quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study 40 participants ...
Tópico(s): Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
2018 - European Scientific Institute | European Scientific Journal ESJ
Emmanuel Morhe, Enoch Odame Anto, David A. Coall, Eric Adua, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Otchere Addai‐Mensah, Michael Owusu, William KBA Owiredu, Christian Obirikorang, Emmanuel Akomanin Asiamah, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evan Adu Asamoah, Lydia Abradu, Agartha Odame Anto, Youxin Wang, Haifeng Hou, Wei Wang,
Tópico(s): COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
2020 - Edinburgh University Global Health Society | Journal of Global Health
Esi Quaidoo, Agartha Ohemeng, Margaret Amankwah‐Poku,
Many young people have a tendency to be concerned about their physical appearance and undertake practices in order to achieve certain body ideals. There is however limited information from developing countries on the weight perceptions of emerging adults (i.e. individuals leaving the adolescence life stage and preparing to take on adulthood) and whether these opinions influence their nutritional status and weight management practices. This study sought to assess emerging adults' nutritional status, ...
Tópico(s): Obesity and Health Practices
2018 - BioMed Central | BMC Nutrition
Yaw Adusi-Poku, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Agartha A. Bonney, Harry Tagbor, Emmanuel Kweku Nakua, Easmon Otupiri,
Drinking alcohol in pregnancy is a serious public health concern worldwide. This study sought to determine the magnitude and socio-demograhic characteristics of pregnant women attending Antenatal clinic in the Bosomtwe district, Ghana who drank alcohol and to assess their general knowledge about the effects of alcohol in pregnancy. The study, a descriptive cross-sectional, was conducted in all the ten health facilities providing reproductive health care with a sample size of 397 pregnant women using ...
Tópico(s): Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
2012 - African Journals OnLine | African Journal of Reproductive Health
Enoch Odame Anto, Wina Ivy Ofori Boadu, Otchere Addai‐Mensah, Yaw Amo Wiafe, William KBA Owiredu, Christian Obirikorang, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Eric Adua, Michael Appiah, Stephen Opoku, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evans Asamoah Adu, Eddie‐Williams Owiredu, Agartha Odame Anto, Augustine Tawiah, Frank Ankobea, Ebenezer Afrifa Yamoah, David A. Coall,
Micronutrients, especially calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) are reported to reduce preeclampsia events via several factors such as endothelial cell control, optimal oxidative stress and a balanced angiogenic growth mediator. We evaluated the association of micronutrients with oxidative stress biomarkers, and angiogenic growth mediators in early-onset preeclampsia and late-onset preeclampsia.This case-control study recruited 197 preeclampsia (early-onset preeclampsia = 70 and late-onset preeclampsia = 127) ...
Tópico(s): Reproductive System and Pregnancy
2023 - SAGE Publishing | SAGE Open Medicine
Kwame Owusu Kwateng, Agartha Kwakye, Francis Kamewor Tetteh, Shirley Opoku-Mensah,
Purpose In today’s highly competitive milieu, many organizations are entering into the international market to gain greater share and take advantage of higher production. However, the introduction of advanced technology has brought a significant amount of competition within the supply chain especially within the bounds of the power distribution sector. This study aims to examine how information and knowledge sharing influence supply chain performance in the power distribution sector. Design/methodology/ ...
Tópico(s): Sustainable Supply Chain Management
2021 - Emerald Publishing Limited | International Journal of Energy Sector Management