| Knowledge | Doctors | Nurses | Wilcoxon | ||||
| (1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly agree) | n | Mean | Rank sum | n | Mean | Rank sum | Rank sum |
| Public health aims to: Prevent diseases, prolong life, and promote health through organized efforts of society and organizations | 50 | 4.9 | 2700.0 | 50 | 4.8 | 2350.0 | p < 0.05 |
| Ensure that when people are sick they see a doctor for medical care | 50 | 4.9 | 2804.5 | 50 | 4.6 | 2245.5 | p < 0.01 |
| Provide citizens with a good environment free from diseases and filth | 50 | 4.9 | 2652.0 | 49 | 4.8 | 2298.0 | p = 0.078 |
| Public health concerns the preservation and codification of the standards established for the prevention of diseases | 50 | 4.9 | 2950.0 | 50 | 4.6 | 2100.0 | p < 0.001 |
| In a national emergency, public health needs may be superior to the constitutional rights of the citizens even under a democratic government | 50 | 4.8 | 2865.0 | 49 | 4.5 | 2085.0 | p < 0.001 |
| Criminal suspects may not be detained without probable cause, but in public health, citizens with suspected contagious diseases may be detained without confirmation or due process | 50 | 4.8 | 3150.0 | 50 | 3.9 | 1900.0 | p < 0.001 |
| Ghana lacks the legal framework for public health because Ghana does not have a Public Health Act which would have contained the composite framework | 50 | 4.3 | 2885.0 | 50 | 3.6 | 2165.0 | p < 0.01 |
| Public health law: Concerns the preservation and codification of the standards established for the prevention of diseases, prolongation of life, promotion of health and the enforcement against encroachment to the legal framework affecting health and safety by regulating the conduct of society | 50 | 4.1 | 2157.5 | 50 | 4.4 | 2892.5 | p < 0.01 |
| Consists of various statutes, acts, legislative and executive instruments, by-laws of municipalities, policies and regulations of ministries, departments and agencies, traditional law and the common law or judge-made law | 50 | 4.1 | 2603.0 | 50 | 4.0 | 2447.0 | p = 0.505 |
| Narrowly deals with aspects of law that concerns the practice of medicine and healthcare delivery | 50 | 4.1 | 2497.5 | 50 | 4.0 | 2552.5 | p = 0.812 |