Gwendolyn Patience Mensah

Nurse educators’ perspectives on supportive supervision in Ghanaian nursing academic institutions: an exploratory qualitative study

Dorothy Serwaa Boakye, Gwendolyn Patience Mensah, Lillian Akorfa Ohene, Samuel Adjorlolo

Supportive supervision is a critical mechanism for enhancing nurse educators’ professional development and teaching effectiveness, yet its conceptualisation and practice within Ghanaian nursing academic institutions remains poorly understood. This study explored nurse educators’ perspectives on the meaning, essential elements, nature, and types …

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Motivational factors and support systems for optimal diabetes nutritional management: a qualitative study on the experiences of individuals living with diabetes in Ghana

Kwabena Opoku-Addai, Gwendolyn Patience Mensah, Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah, Esther Selasi Avinu et autres

BACKGROUND: Optimal diabetes self-management by individuals living with the condition is associated with improved quality of life, proper glycaemic control, and reduced mortality rates. However, individuals living with diabetes mellitus can self-manage their condition effectively when they are well-motivated and supported. This …

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Psychosocial challenges of adolescents living with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative study

Phyllita Nyanful, Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah, Eric Tornu, Emmanuel Ameyaw et autres

BACKGROUND: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is the most common endocrine disorder among young people worldwide. Living with T1DM as an adolescent can be psychologically and socially challenging. However, nursing care often concentrates on physical needs, such as treatment adherence and preventing …

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Sepsis under pressure, intraoperative surgical site infection prevention practices among nurses in emergency surgical settings: A qualitative study

Racheal Nyarko, Eric Tornu, Gwendolyn Patience Mensah

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections are among the most common and preventable healthcare-associated infections globally. Nurses play a pivotal role in implementing preventive measures for surgical site infections. This study examined intraoperative surgical site infection prevention measures and their outcomes among nurses managing …

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Issues Confronting Female Nursing Postgraduates in Higher Education in the Ghanaian Context: A Qualitative Study

Veronica Adwoa Agyare, Lillian Akorfa Ohene, Collins Atta Poku, Millicent Aarah‐Bapuah et autres

BACKGROUND: In recent times, universities and colleges of nursing in Ghana have been in high demand for faculty members with master's or doctoral training certificates. This has placed much pressure on nurses and midwives, who are mostly females, to pursue higher academic …

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Nutritional Knowledge on Diabetes and Lifestyle Prior to Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study on Individuals Living with Diabetes Mellitus in Ghana

Kwabena Opoku-Addai, Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah, Gwendolyn Patience Mensah, Ellen Marfowaah Ahenkorah

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Midwives’ rural health experiences of ‘being-with’ women and newborns in labour and delivery settings, Ghana: Implications for policy and planning

Mary Ani–Amponsah, Solina M. Richter, Evans Appiah Osei, Evelyn Asamoah Ampofo et autres

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Enhancing cultural sensitivity in sexual and reproductive health care among midwives with Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): A mixed method evaluation study

Berit M. Mortensen, Caroline Dinam Badzi, Sahar Hassan, Lena Henriksen et autres

is an open access and double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal, that encompasses all aspects of the practice of midwifery, especially focused on midwifery research, support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period.The overall aim of the journal is to foster, …

Patient perspective on barriers in type 2 diabetes self‐management: A qualitative study

Justin Tuobenyiere, Gwendolyn Patience Mensah, Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah

AIM: To explore the perceived barriers in Type 2 Diabetes care among patients with diabetes. Design The study adopted a qualitative exploratory-descriptive design. METHODS: A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from fifteen (15) purposively sampled patients with Type 2 …

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Screening and nursing management of gestational diabetes in Ghana: Evidence-based recommendations

Gwendolyn Patience Mensah, Dalena R.M. van Rooyen, Wilma ten Ham‐Baloyi

Objective: To describe the development of evidence-based recommendations for screening and nursing management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Ghana and present the recommendations. Design: A qualitative study. Setting: Military Health Institutions in Ghana. Measurements: Data from qualitative interviews with 7 women …

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Sex and Rural-urban Disparities in Prevalence of Self-reported Chronic Non-communicable Diseases and Health Risks among Older Adults in Ghana: Implications for the National Aging Policy

Alfred Edwin Yawson, Phyllis Dako‐Gyeke, Sandra Ama Hewlett, Benedict NL Calys-Tagoe et autres

Objective: Differences exist in the composition and morbidity/mortality patterns of older persons. This analysis determined sex differences and rural-urban disparities in common chronic diseases and health risks among older persons in Ghana.Methods: This work was based on World Health Organization’s (WHO) multi-country …

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Nutritional self-care practices and skills of patients with diabetes mellitus: A study at a tertiary hospital in Ghana

Kwabena Opoku-Addai, Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah, Gwendolyn Patience Mensah

INTRODUCTION: Nutritional management decreases and/or prevents the complications and deaths associated with diabetes mellitus. However, the majority of patients living with diabetes do not engage in optimal nutritional management of diabetes because they see it as the most difficult aspect of managing …

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