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Edem Kojo Dzantor

Publications (7)

Contraceptive use among Students of a Health Training institution in the North-east Region of Ghana

Edem Kojo Dzantor, Abigail Serwaa, Abidatu Mahama, Valentine Ayangba, Yaa Nyarko Agyeman, Margaret Wekem Kukeba, Huzematu Abdul-Karim, Doreen Remember Donkor & Martin Nyaaba Adokiya · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2022

Background: Despite contraceptive awareness and availability to the general population, including higher education institutions, unplanned pregnancies continue to increase. Aim: The study assessed contraceptive usage among female health students in the North-East Region, Ghana. M...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2131544

Contraceptive Usage Status and its Associated Factors among Adolescents in the Kwahu South District, Eastern Region of Ghana

Edwin Akomaning, Edem Kojo Dzantor, Etornam Abla Tettey, Francisca Abangbila, Adam Mohammed, Appau-Duah Eunice & Asante Emmanuela Dapomaa · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2022

Unwanted pregnancies account for roughly 30% of all pregnancies in Ghana. Availability of contraceptives and usage is essential to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) 3.7 which calls for universal access to contraception for use by people of all ages by 203...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i530461

Community Pharmacies Treatment Practices of Malaria and Residents’ Pattern of Antimalarial Drug Use in Abura Community, Cape Coast Metropolis-Ghana

Etornam Abla Tettey, Edem Kojo Dzantor & Edwin Akomaning · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2021

Background: Community pharmacies are health care facilities that allows the public access to their medications, counselling, and advice about their health. Community pharmacies play critical role in the health delivery systems of several countries especially in developing countri...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i830889

Assessing the Knowledge, Use and Perception of Contraceptives among Senior High School Students in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana

Frimpong Manso Patricia, Aloba Nelsi, Edem Kojo Dzantor, Theophilus Adjeso & Yaa Nyarko Agyeman · Asian Journal of Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021

  Background: Senior high school students are faced with several sexual and reproductive health challenges and make decisions and choices based on their knowledge and perceptions of available sexual and reproductive health services. The study, therefore, assessed the knowledge, u...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpcb/2021/v4i156

Deep Neck Space Infections in Northern Ghana

Theophilus Adjeso, Mawutor Dzogbefia & Edem Kojo Dzantor · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2020

Background: Deep neck space infections (DNSI) continue to pose a challenge due to its potentially lethal complications that can arise despite the reduced prevalence as a result of widespread antibiotic use and improved dental care. We conducted a review of our experience with DNS...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i2430778

Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

Inusah Abdul-Wahab, Asumah Mubarick Nungbaso, Ruth Nimota Nukpezah & Edem Kojo Dzantor · Asian Research Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021

Background/Introduction: Good knowledge, attitudes and skills on sexual and reproductive health are important conditions to promote the well-being of adolescents. The study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices on sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in the...

Open access Research Article

Knowledge and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Undergraduate Midwifery Students of the University for Development Studies, Ghana

Ruth Nimota Nukpezah, Rita Lariba Alenyorige, Inusah Abdul-Wahab, Felicia Maltiba Asaana, Grace Adinga, Asumah Mubarick Nungbaso & Edem Kojo Dzantor · Advances in Research · 2021

Background: Against the background of the worldwide harm caused by breast cancer, as well as the benefits of early detection through simple techniques such as breast self-examination, this study investigated the knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among, midwifery u...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2021/v22i430308