- Volume 13, Number 1 (2025)
HEALTH SYSTEM RESPONSIVENESS: EMERGENCY CARE ACCESS IN CAPE COAST
Michael Osei Kwabena
Globally one in every 10 dies from their inability to access emergency health care. For developing countries where the number of trauma cases resulting from motor accidents, conflicts, and industrial accidents is steadily rising, access to emergency health becomes even more important. The study examined the level of access to emergency health care using the Three-delay model. Dimensions of access examined included physical accessibility, delays in health care decisions, and the quality of care. The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive survey design where selfadministered questionnaires were used to collect data from 122 exit clients from the four existing emergency units...
MENTAL HEALTH CLUSTERS IN CHILDREN BORN TO UNMARRIED PARENTS: EVIDENCE FROM LATENT CLASS MODELING
Marcus Elijah Thompson
Despite a considerable number of accounts on the emotional health and development of young children in single-parent, divorced, cohabiting families, patterns of emotional well-being that exist among young children living with unmarried parents and which patterns most children of this group exhibit have remained unknown. Further, racial differences and families' social economic status have been empirically documented as influential factors in the disparities of children's health domains over time. Nonetheless, the impacts of these factors on the likelihood of being in a group with an emotional health pattern that is at risk more than the others have yet to be...
TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR ATHLETIC OSTEOARTHRITIS: BALANCING SURGERY AND REHABILITATION
Filip Tomaš Vuković
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative chronic process that primarily affects the elderly, but there are also reports of OA in the young and sports-active population. Symptoms of OA usually include pain, joint stiffness, and crepitation. Physical, radiologic, and laboratory tests are required for diagnosis. The main goal of OA treatment is to restore normal function to the joint affected by OA. Methods: A literature search on PubMed was used to collect facts about the relationship between sports and OA and possible treatment methods. All forms of articles were considered in the literature search. Articles that were not written in English...