54443 Pharmacogenomic Profiling of East and West African Populations by Linsey Jackson, Ruben Bonilla Guerrero, Arjun Athreya, Lewis R. Roberts

“…METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Our pilot study will consist of 100 Somali patients enrolled at Mayo Clinic Rochester and 100 Ghanaian patients recruited at Teaching Hospitals in Ghana. …”
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Assessing the viability and environmental impact of residential demand response programs: A case study in East Legon, Greater Accra, Ghana by Timothy King Avordeh, Samuel Gyamfi, Alex Akwesi Opoku, Forson Peprah

“…This paper aims to relieve the Ghanaian power network’s demand in peak hours through a residential demand response program by assessing consumer behavior related to electricity consumption in a day. …”
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Enablers and inhibitors of community participation in Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services programme: a qualitative study in the Builsa North Municipality by Shieghard Agalga, Kennedy A. Alatinga, Gilbert Abotisem Abiiro

“…However, there is little evidence to establish the factors enabling or inhibiting community participation in the Ghanaian CHPS programme. This study, therefore, explored the enabling and inhibiting factors influencing community participation in the design and implementation of the CHPS programme in the Builsa North Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana. …”
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Healthcare seeking behaviour during illness among older adults in Ghana: does food security status matter? by Joseph Asumah Braimah, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Daniel Amoak, Yujiro Sano, Roger Antabe, Ebenezer Dassah

“…However, research on the association between food security status and healthcare seeking behaviour among older adults is scant in the Ghanaian context. In this study, we advance the social gerontology literature by examining the association between food security status and healthcare seeking behaviors among older adults. …”
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Conformity of filling stations to safe distance guidelines in urban Ghana: A case study of the Wa Municipality by Alfred Dongzagla, Issah Baddianaah, Florence A. Avogo, Joana Tengbane

“…AbstractIn recent years, filling station disasters have been prevalent in Ghanaian cities. The extant literature showed that enforcing regulations regarding filling stations’ safe distance is a forward-looking step to reducing disaster risks associated with filling stations. …”
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Agricultural Information's Impact on the Adaptive Capacity of Ghana's Smallholder Cocoa Farmers by Victoria A. Maguire-Rajpaul, Victoria A. Maguire-Rajpaul, Kaysara Khatun, Kaysara Khatun, Mark A. Hirons

“…Ghanaian smallholders grow one quarter of the world's cocoa, but climate change, individual extreme weather events, such as droughts, as well as deforestation increasingly threaten cocoa production. …”
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An assessment of the laboratory network in Ghana: A national-level ATLAS survey (2019–2020) by Emma E. Kploanyi, Joseph Kenu, Benedicta K. Atsu, David A. Opare, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Lee F. Schroeder, David W. Dowdy, Alfred E. Yawson, Ernest Kenu

“…Intervention: A national-level laboratory network survey was conducted among stakeholders of the Ghanaian laboratory network in Accra. Face-to-face interviews were conducted from December 2019 to January 2020, with follow-up phone interviews between June and July 2020. …”
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Household welfare outcomes of access to and use of agricultural radio broadcast by women cocoa farmers in Tepa district, Ghana by Roland Awuah-Frimpong, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Fred Ankuyi, Comfort Freeman, Festus Annor-Frempong, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang

“…Ghanaian women play a significant part in the country's agricultural marketing, processing and production, yet the gender information gap is severe. …”
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Festival tourism and socioeconomic development: case of Kwahu traditional areas of Ghana by Frederick Doe, Alexander Preko, Hellen Akroful, Effie Kwaaba Okai-Anderson

“…However, there appears to be a relatively small and disparate literature on the subject especially within the Ghanaian context. The study seeks to contribute to the global recognition of festivals as developmental tools and thus presents the effects of festival tourism on socio-economic capital of the people of Kwahu traditional area (Ghana) and how festival tourism in the region engenders economic benefits to businesses and the community. …”
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Assessment of the Sustainability of Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana by Moses K. Aryee, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Paramita Punwong, Raywadee Roachanakanan

“…Six years into the implementation of the National Urban Policy by the government, what is the sustainability status of the Ghanaian city? The aim of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the sustainability status of Accra Metropolitan Area, the capital city of Ghana. …”
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Did Ghana Do Enough? A Scientometric Analysis of COVID-19 Research Output from Ghana within the African Context by Akua K. Yalley, Selasie Ahiatrogah, Akuba B. Yalley, Isaac K. Yankson, Nicholas I. Nii-Trebi, Abena Asefuaba Yalley

“…Our study demonstrates a critical need for the Ghanaian government to prioritize research and funding and address barriers to women’s research productivity.…”
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Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A and Placental Growth Factor in a Sub-Saharan African Population: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study. by Joyce L Browne, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Maria P H Koster, Dhivya Ramamoorthy, Edward Antwi, Idder Belmouden, Arie Franx, Diederick E Grobbee, Peter C J I Schielen

“…Median MoM values for PAPP-A and PlGF tended to be slightly different for various Ghanaian ethnic subgroups.PAPP-A and PlGF MoM values appear to be substantially higher in a sub-Saharan African population compared to the Caucasian or Afro-Caribbean MoM values previously reported. …”
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Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco by Samuel Amo Awuku, Amar Bennadji, Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki, Nazmi Sellami

“…The study further reveals that the Principal-agent analogy and altruistic intent of the Ghanaian government tend to discourage Private sector participation in the solar industry. …”
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Examining factors driving inequities in water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management services in healthcare facilities in Ghana: An analysis of routine national data by Stephen Dajaan Dubik, Kingsley E. Amegah, Akosua Takyiwa Kwakye, Mary Eyram Ashinyo

“…Significant drivers of basic WASH services were the location of HCF, the level of service delivery, and availability of a trained facility-based assistant WASH manager. WASH services in Ghanaian HCFs have improved, but it is still not up to the standards set by the Sustainable Development Goals for WASH. …”
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Examining Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes among Adults to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Ghana by Theophilus Acheampong, Eli A. Akorsikumah, John Osae-Kwapong, Musah Khalid, Alfred Appiah, John H. Amuasi

“…A fully anonymised cross-sectional online survey of 2345 adult Ghanaians was conducted from 23 to 28 February 2021. …”
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Elite Athletes’ In-event Competitive Anxiety Responses and Psychological Skills Usage under Differing Conditions by John E. Hagan, John E. Hagan, Dietmar Pollmann, Thomas Schack, Thomas Schack

“…This is a follow up investigation to establish the extent to which associated anxiety responses are stable or dynamic and whether this pattern could be related to reported psychological skills under low or high stressful conditions across gender.Methods: Twenty-three high level (N = 13 males and 10 females) Ghanaian Table Tennis players provided data through completion of modified versions of Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, incorporated with directional and frequency of intrusion scales and the Test of Performance Strategies inventory during breaks within competitive fixtures.Results: MANCOVAs (gender × stress condition) with follow-up analyses revealed no significant interactions and no main effect for gender but significant main effects were realized for all anxiety dimensions and psychological skills for only the second factor. …”
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with ectopic unilateral multicystic kidney: a case report by Yaw Amoah, Mathew Yamoah Kyei, James Edward Mensah, Bridget Palm, Henry Kwasi Adrah, Isaac Asiedu

“…Case presentation We report a case of a 46-year-old Ghanaian male patient who presented with left flank pain and hematuria with high BP and deranged renal function. …”
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Evaluation of a Health Care Worker Training Intervention to Improve the Early Diagnosis and Referral of Childhood Cancers in Ghana: A Qualitative Descriptive Study by Adeleke Fowokan, Glenn Mbah Afungchwi, Lorna Renner, Piera Freccero, Sumit Gupta, Avram Denburg

“…PURPOSEThis study sought to (1) evaluate the perceived effectiveness of an early childhood cancer warning signs and symptoms (EWSS) training intervention on health care worker (HCW) knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice; (2) evaluate the ease of implementation of training received, including potential barriers and facilitators; and (3) provide insights into program improvements for future iterations of the intervention.METHODUsing a qualitative descriptive study design, we conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with 23 purposively sampled Ghanaian HCW recipients of the EWSS training intervention. …”
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Assessing the Influence of Total Quality Management on Customer Satisfaction in the Telecom Industry: A TQM–SERVQUAL Perspective by Michael Owusu-Kyei, Yusheng Kong, Michael Owusu Akomeah, Stephen Owusu Afriyie

“…Previous studies have not really tied total quality management in the aspects of SERVQUAL as the major influence on customer satisfaction in the Ghanaian telecommunication sector, thus the need for this research. …”
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Polluting our rivers in search of gold: how sustainable are reforms to stop informal miners from returning to mining sites in Ghana? by Albert Kobina Mensah, Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu, Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu

“…To achieve benign production, the Ghanaian government over the years has made efforts to formalize the operations of galamsey activities through six main routes: policy intervention, a complete ban on their activities, military strategy, national dialogue, alternative livelihood programs, and community mining. …”
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