Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing public health challenge in Ghana. Health promotion can provide useful avenues to reduce the incidence of NCDs in the country. We used the Ottawa Framework to assess health promotion efforts for the prevention and control of NCDs in Ghana. Data were colle...
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| author | Mark Fordjour Owusu Joseph Adu Benjamin Ansah Dortey Sebastian Gyamfi Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah |
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| description | Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing public health challenge in Ghana. Health promotion can provide useful avenues to reduce the incidence of NCDs in the country. We used the Ottawa Framework to assess health promotion efforts for the prevention and control of NCDs in Ghana. Data were collected using key informant interviews and documentary sources. A content analysis approach was adopted for data analysis using Nvivo 11 Software. We found a strong policy framework for NCD prevention in Ghana with the ratification of several international protocols and resolutions and the development of national and specific NCD-related policies. Implementation of these policies, however, remains achallenge due to limited resources and the overconcentration on communicable diseases. Attempts have been made to create a supportive environment through increased access to NCD services but there are serious challenges. Respondents believe the current environment does not support healthy eating and promotes unhealthy use of alcohol. The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) program engenders community participation in health but has been affected by inadequate resources. Personal skills and education programs on NCDs are erratic and confined to a few municipalities. We also found that NCD services in Ghana continue to be clinical and less preventative. These findings have far-reaching implications for practice and require health planners in Ghana to pay equal attention in terms of budgetary allocations and other resources to both NCDs and communicable diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67ca406765af4021822ef5a941614a4d2023-09-30T05:54:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS Global Public Health2767-33752023-01-0139e000240810.1371/journal.pgph.0002408Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana.Mark Fordjour OwusuJoseph AduBenjamin Ansah DorteySebastian GyamfiEbenezer Martin-YeboahNoncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing public health challenge in Ghana. Health promotion can provide useful avenues to reduce the incidence of NCDs in the country. We used the Ottawa Framework to assess health promotion efforts for the prevention and control of NCDs in Ghana. Data were collected using key informant interviews and documentary sources. A content analysis approach was adopted for data analysis using Nvivo 11 Software. We found a strong policy framework for NCD prevention in Ghana with the ratification of several international protocols and resolutions and the development of national and specific NCD-related policies. Implementation of these policies, however, remains achallenge due to limited resources and the overconcentration on communicable diseases. Attempts have been made to create a supportive environment through increased access to NCD services but there are serious challenges. Respondents believe the current environment does not support healthy eating and promotes unhealthy use of alcohol. The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) program engenders community participation in health but has been affected by inadequate resources. Personal skills and education programs on NCDs are erratic and confined to a few municipalities. We also found that NCD services in Ghana continue to be clinical and less preventative. These findings have far-reaching implications for practice and require health planners in Ghana to pay equal attention in terms of budgetary allocations and other resources to both NCDs and communicable diseases.https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002408&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Mark Fordjour Owusu Joseph Adu Benjamin Ansah Dortey Sebastian Gyamfi Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. PLOS Global Public Health |
| title | Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. |
| title_full | Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. |
| title_fullStr | Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. |
| title_short | Exploring health promotion efforts for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana. |
| title_sort | exploring health promotion efforts for non communicable disease prevention and control in ghana |
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