Community acceptability of cardiovascular risk screening in faith centres in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana: a qualitative study
The findings highlight community acceptability and willingness to participate in the screening programme, contingent upon addressing key challenges identified through both focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. These challenges included concerns about treatment affordability, the need for comprehensive community education, maintaining confidentiality, and ensuring screening services are convenient and time efficient. Participants emphasized the importance of leveraging congregation-based health professionals, providing pre- and post-screening counselling, and offering follow-up support for those diagnosed. These insights demonstrate that while faith-based centres present a promising platform for health interventions. The findings highlight the need for multi-sectoral collaboration to ensure equitable access, referral, and follow-up across health and community systems, addressing these barriers is crucial for successful implementation and sustainability.
Authors
- Engelbert A. Nonterah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-6478)
- Patrick Ansah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-5621)
- Samuel Chatio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-748X)
- Ceri Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6559-4562)
- Natalie Darko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6384-9269)
- Samuel Seidu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8335-7018)
- Andrew Willis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9671-2162)
- Ffion Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6843-8568)
- Setor K. Kunutsor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2625-0273)
- Joseph Alale Aweeya
- Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University College Cork (IE)
- St. Boniface Hospital (CA)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (GH)
- Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (GH)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Birkbeck, University of London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24780-z
- Primary Topic
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre