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Ocran J. “Am i disabled?”: disability and identity management among middle-class persons with disability in Ghana. Cogent Psychology 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2023.2190634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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- Joseph Ocran
- Department of Social Sciences, Central University, Miotso, Ghana
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Enimil A, Nugent N, Amoah C, Norman B, Antwi S, Ocran J, Kwara A, Barker DH. Quality of life among Ghanaian adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: a mixed methods study. AIDS Care 2015; 28:460-4. [PMID: 26643735 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1114997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, increasing numbers of children with perinatally acquired HIV (PAHIV) are living into adolescence. These adolescents face numerous unique challenges such as parent illness/death and years of medication use. Optimizing care for these youth requires an understanding of the factors that contribute to physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, and quality of life (QOL). This mixed methods study collected quantitative questionnaire data from 40 Ghanaian adolescents with PAHIV (50% female, 12-19 years old) who received care through an adolescent HIV clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. The study also presents results from qualitative interviews conducted with 20 adolescents. Results from quantitative analyses suggested that a significant number of participants were not virally suppressed (67%) and participants reported barriers to treatment adherence, limited social support, concerns about disclosure and HIV-related stigma, limited resources, and lower than expected QOL. Salient themes from the qualitative analyses included limited understanding of how HIV is transmitted, the interplay between food insecurity and treatment adherence and the need for developing safe relationships through which adolescents can discuss their illness without fear of accidental disclosure of their HIV status.
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- Anthony Enimil
- a Directorate of Child Health , Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital , Kumasi , Ghana.,b Department of Child Health , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- c Department of Psychiatry , Rhode Island Hospital , Providence , RI , USA.,d Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior , Alpert Medical School, Brown University , Providence , RI , USA
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- e Psychiatry Department , Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital , Kumasi , Ghana.,f Department of Behavioural Sciences , School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- g Directorate of Medicine , Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital , Kumasi , Ghana.,h Department of Medicine , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- a Directorate of Child Health , Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital , Kumasi , Ghana.,b Department of Child Health , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- i Department of Sociology , University of Ghana , Accra , Ghana
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- j Department of Medicine , The Miriam Hospital , Providence , RI , USA.,k Department of Medicine , Alpert Medical School, Brown University , Providence , RI , USA
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- c Department of Psychiatry , Rhode Island Hospital , Providence , RI , USA.,d Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior , Alpert Medical School, Brown University , Providence , RI , USA
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Adinortey M, Sarfo J, Quayson E, Weremfo A, Adinortey C, Ekloh W, Ocran J. Phytochemical Screening, Proximate and Mineral Composition of Launaea taraxacifolia Leaves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2012.171.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Two variations of the falling sphere method were used to measure the static yield values of aqueous dispersions of a synthetic hectorite and the results compared with those obtained using the Ferranti Shirley cone-plate viscometer. Yield values were calculated from three equations proposed by various workers but only one equation gave results in reasonable agreement with the cone-plate viscometer. Advantages of the falling sphere method and the derivation of the equations are discussed.
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The relation between viscosity and concentration of dilute aqueous hectorite (<0·2% hectorite) follows the Schulz-Blaschke equation, from which the intrinsic viscosity and particle interaction index (K) was calculated. More concentrated (up to 5·5% hectorite) dispersions possessed plastic flow properties, and a modified Schulz-Blaschke equation was used to calculate an interaction factor (K̄). A correlation was established of (K̄) and the static yield of the gels assessed by a cone and plate viscometer. The static yield value of gels was increased by the addition of sodium chloride over the range 0·001–0·005m. In the presence of 0·01m uni-univalent electrolytes the gelling power of the cations was in the order NH4 > K > Na > Li. A relation between sodium chloride concentration, hectorite concentration and static yield value of the gel was derived.
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