Publications by authors named "A A Ampofo"
Article Synopsis
- * A survey of 2,400 female senior high school students found that over 65% had significant knowledge gaps, especially regarding risk factors like early sexual debut and misconceptions about testing.
- * Students who received sexual health education, especially in school, scored higher in knowledge about cervical cancer, indicating a need for improved educational strategies at both school and home levels.
A glimpse into the future: modelling global prevalence of hypertension.
BMC Public Health
October 2023
Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Insights and foresights on trends of hypertension prevalence are crucial to informing health policymaking. We examined and projected the patterns of hypertension prevalence among sexes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCervical cancer incidence continues to rise in Ghana. To enhance knowledge and prevention of cervical cancer among young people in Ghana, there is a need to better understand their education preferences. The study aimed to describe female senior school students' preferences for receiving cervical cancer education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Understanding the views and values of patients is of substantial importance to developing the ethical parameters of artificial intelligence (AI) use in medicine. Thus far, there is limited study on the views of children and youths. Their perspectives contribute meaningfully to the integration of AI in medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: While health risk behaviours are likely to co-occur, there is dearth of studies exploring the clustering of cervical cancer and HPV infection risk factors among adolescents. This study aimed to determine: 1) the prevalence of modifiable risk factors for cervical cancer and HPV infection, 2) the clustering of modifiable risk factors for cervical cancer and HPV infection, and 3) factors associated with the identified clusters.
Methods: Female students (aged 16-24 years, N = 2400) recruited from 17 randomly selected senior high schools in the Ashanti Region, Ghana completed a questionnaire assessing modifiable risk factors for cervical cancer and HPV infection including sexual experience, early sexual intercourse (< 18 years), unprotected sex, smoking, sexually transmitted infections (STIs); multiple sexual partners (MSP) and smoking.