Health Sciences Investigations (HSI)  Journal volume 6, Issue 1.

We gladly welcome readers to Volume 6,Issue 1 of the Health Sciences Investigations (HSI) Journal. Launched in 2020, the HSI Journal has rapidly gained international recognition, attracting global submissions across diverse scientific fields.Notably, our recentSpecial Edition (Volume5 Issue 2, 2024) exploredthe health implications of “galamsey” — a term referring to illegal smallscale gold mining in Ghana. This critically acclaimed issue is a mustread. The HSI Journal is indexed in Elsevier and affiliated journal repositories, including SCOPUS®, and is listed in the African Journals OnLine (AJOL) citation database. The HSI Journal is also pursuing inclusion in other major repositories. Consider the HSI Journal for your next publication. Volume 6 Issue 1 features ten Original Research Articles on diverse topics, each providing valuable insights. The articles cover a range of subjects, including the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater from hand wash stations, substance use among high school-going adolescents in Ghana, and a rare but significant cause of chest pain in young adult females.

The Online-1st Publications have a proofreading watermark for 7 days whiles the paper undergoes quality check for revisions. Articles are then registered with CrossRef DOIs and changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article. The HSI Journal is a member of CrossRef and subscribes to CrossMark for updating published articles when revisions are posted.

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All content in the HSI Journal is published by the University of Ghana College of Health Sciences. All rights reserved. The HSI Journal publishes articles in Open Access at no cost to authors to allow for the widest visibility of the article. All material published in the HSI Journal is for public use and may be printed; however proper referencing and citation are required. The HSI Journal conforms to the Creative Commons Attribution BY license. This copyright license permits others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the published work if the original creation is duly cited.

The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this edition (HSI Journal Volume 6 Issue 1) do not reflect the official position of the authors’ affiliated institutions, or the Journal’s editorial board, or the University of Ghana College of Health Sciences. Names of non-authors and the affiliations provided in the HSI Journal are for identification only and do not imply endorsement of the published content by authors.