Solomon Nyame
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 209949 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Solomon Nyame |
| PRENOMES | Solomon |
| SOBRENOME | Nyame |
| ASSINATURA | NYAME S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Kintampo Health Research Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0419-7237 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Determinants, barriers, and facilitators of healthcare access for patients with hypertension in rural Ghana
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseasemorbidity and mortality, affecting 25% of adults in Ghana. Access to adequate care is critical for effective hypertension management. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate healthcare utilisation among patients with hypertension and identify determinants. METHODS: Guided by the Andersen and Newman model, we examined predisposing, enabling, and need factors affecting HCU. Data were collected f…
Barriers and facilitators to nationwide implementation of the malaria vaccine in Ghana
Interventions such as antimalarial drugs, bed nets and insecticides have helped curb the burden of malaria in the past decade, yet malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children below the age of 5 years. In 2019, Ghana, Malawi and Kenya in sub-Saharan Africa (countries with moderate to high transmission areas of malaria and deaths) started piloting the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in selected regions. Using qualitative meth…
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries
As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was …
A Randomized, Controlled Animal Study
Background: During pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), resuscitation guidelines recommend 100% oxygen (O2); however, the most effective O2 concentration for infants unknown. Aim: We aimed to determine if 21% O2 during CPR with either chest compression (CC) during sustained inflation (SI) (CC + SI) or continuous chest compression with asynchronized ventilation (CCaV) will reduce time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) compared …
Stakeholder perspectives on adapting and disseminating Ghana’s physical activity guidelines
The results of this study suggest that physical activity guidelines should include familiar physical activities such as traditional games. Results also suggest that public health workers within GHS experience challenges in disseminating the physical activity guidelines. Adapting, disseminating, and implementing physical activity guidelines is a necessary step in increasing physical activity levels and preventing chronic diseases. These results co…
Tackling dementia globally
ementia is a costly neurodegenerative disease that affects 47 million people worldwide. This figure is predicted to rise to 75 million by 2030 and 132 million by 2050 Currently, the majority of people (approximately 63%) living with dementia are in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and due to their large rapidly ageing populations, this number is going to continue to grow. For example, the Global Health Epidemiology Reference Group (GHERG) …
It Is Left to Me and My God
It has been argued that family care contributes to better outcomes for severe mental illness in Africa, and family care is championed as an alternative to institutional treatment; however, poor households are experiencing increasing precarity under global economic changes, which can be exacerbated by chronic illness. This article draws on an ethnographic study in Ghana to explore how families negotiate the tension between the moral imperative to …
When someone becomes old then every part of the body too becomes old
Studies have suggested that in African countries, symptoms of cognitive decline are commonly seen as part of "normal ageing" or attributed to supernatural causes. The impact of folk beliefs about causality upon help-seeking is unclear. Likewise, there is a lack of evidence relating to how families cope with living with an older resident with dementia. Our study's aim was to explore the sociocultural beliefs, understandings, perceptions and behavi…
Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights
BACKGROUND: The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The maltreatment of the mentally ill in many low-income countries is widely reported within psychiatric hospitals, informal healing centres, and family homes. International agencies have called for the development of legislation and policy to address these abuses. However such initiatives exe…
It Is Left to Me and My God
It has been argued that family care contributes to better outcomes for severe mental illness in Africa, and family care is championed as an alternative to institutional treatment; however, poor households are experiencing increasing precarity under global economic changes, which can be exacerbated by chronic illness. This article draws on an ethnographic study in Ghana to explore how families negotiate the tension between the moral imperative to …
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries
As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was …
When someone becomes old then every part of the body too becomes old
Studies have suggested that in African countries, symptoms of cognitive decline are commonly seen as part of "normal ageing" or attributed to supernatural causes. The impact of folk beliefs about causality upon help-seeking is unclear. Likewise, there is a lack of evidence relating to how families cope with living with an older resident with dementia. Our study's aim was to explore the sociocultural beliefs, understandings, perceptions and behavi…
Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights
BACKGROUND: The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The maltreatment of the mentally ill in many low-income countries is widely reported within psychiatric hospitals, informal healing centres, and family homes. International agencies have called for the development of legislation and policy to address these abuses. However such initiatives exe…
Tackling dementia globally
ementia is a costly neurodegenerative disease that affects 47 million people worldwide. This figure is predicted to rise to 75 million by 2030 and 132 million by 2050 Currently, the majority of people (approximately 63%) living with dementia are in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and due to their large rapidly ageing populations, this number is going to continue to grow. For example, the Global Health Epidemiology Reference Group (GHERG) …
It Is Left to Me and My God
It has been argued that family care contributes to better outcomes for severe mental illness in Africa, and family care is championed as an alternative to institutional treatment; however, poor households are experiencing increasing precarity under global economic changes, which can be exacerbated by chronic illness. This article draws on an ethnographic study in Ghana to explore how families negotiate the tension between the moral imperative to …
When someone becomes old then every part of the body too becomes old
Studies have suggested that in African countries, symptoms of cognitive decline are commonly seen as part of "normal ageing" or attributed to supernatural causes. The impact of folk beliefs about causality upon help-seeking is unclear. Likewise, there is a lack of evidence relating to how families cope with living with an older resident with dementia. Our study's aim was to explore the sociocultural beliefs, understandings, perceptions and behavi…
Stakeholder perspectives on adapting and disseminating Ghana’s physical activity guidelines
The results of this study suggest that physical activity guidelines should include familiar physical activities such as traditional games. Results also suggest that public health workers within GHS experience challenges in disseminating the physical activity guidelines. Adapting, disseminating, and implementing physical activity guidelines is a necessary step in increasing physical activity levels and preventing chronic diseases. These results co…
A Randomized, Controlled Animal Study
Background: During pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), resuscitation guidelines recommend 100% oxygen (O2); however, the most effective O2 concentration for infants unknown. Aim: We aimed to determine if 21% O2 during CPR with either chest compression (CC) during sustained inflation (SI) (CC + SI) or continuous chest compression with asynchronized ventilation (CCaV) will reduce time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) compared …
Barriers and facilitators to nationwide implementation of the malaria vaccine in Ghana
Interventions such as antimalarial drugs, bed nets and insecticides have helped curb the burden of malaria in the past decade, yet malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children below the age of 5 years. In 2019, Ghana, Malawi and Kenya in sub-Saharan Africa (countries with moderate to high transmission areas of malaria and deaths) started piloting the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in selected regions. Using qualitative meth…
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries
As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was …
Determinants, barriers, and facilitators of healthcare access for patients with hypertension in rural Ghana
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseasemorbidity and mortality, affecting 25% of adults in Ghana. Access to adequate care is critical for effective hypertension management. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate healthcare utilisation among patients with hypertension and identify determinants. METHODS: Guided by the Andersen and Newman model, we examined predisposing, enabling, and need factors affecting HCU. Data were collected f…
Medicine (7 obras) · Gerontology (3 obras) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Psychiatry (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (2 obras) · Dementia (2 obras) · Disease (2 obras) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (2 obras)