ABSTRACT Mental illness has been a burden to many nations including Ghana, and has contributed greatly to disability worldwide. Many factors determine mental illness in people and it is important to know the knowledge and perception people hold about mental illness. This is because, knowledge of mental illness may lead to better outcomes for those with mental disorders, either by facilitating early help-seeking or by helping other people to identify early signs of mental disorders and seek ...
ABSTRACT Conflict is generally a distinctive part of human society and has far-reaching consequences on human security, peace, social and economic activities. In view of this, conflict-induced migration is increasingly becoming a global phenomenon and a behavioural response in most developing countries. Against this backdrop, this study examined conflict and migration in Bawku Municipality. Specifically, it examined the historical patterns of migration in Bawku; the relative contribution of...
ABSTRACT The circumstances leading to the claim and influence over a part of Gyaman Kingdom by the British was quite fascinating and deserves scholarly accounts for others to learn. British Gyaman in Asante in the Gold Coast was established by a treaty in Europe (Paris) but not in the Gold Coast in Africa. Though secondary materials were used, the researcher relied mainly on archival materials and oral traditions in the collection of data. The study discussed the factors relating to how the E...
ABSTRACT This research examines the nature ofFanti-English code-mixing among Fantispeaking students of the University of Cape Coast. It intended to find out the specific matrix language of the code mixed discourse of these students and the effects ofthis matrix language on the Fanti language as used by the population. The research questions and hypotheses were formulated around this problem. The data collection tools were questionnaires, observation and interviews. While the questionnaires we...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship among teacherstudent interaction, motivation and academic performance, of JHS students in the Bibiani – Anhwiaso – Bekwai District in the Western Region of Ghana. The design used in this study was the correlational design. The simple random sampling procedure was used to select 155 teachers and 281 students for the study. Four research questions guided the study. A 48-item teacher and students’ questionnaires respectively...
ABSTRACT Gender mainstreaming in rural water and sanitation services delivery has been found to be one of the ways to ensure sustainable services. Despite its advantages, the challenges of effective gender mainstreaming into rural water and sanitation still remain. The main objective of the study was therefore to examine the challenges and propose practical strategies for enhancing gender mainstreaming. The study combined different methodologies including a review of relevant literature and e...
ABSTRACT In a developing country like Ghana, the pivotal role that taxation plays in Government’s efforts at raising revenue required for development cannot be over-emphasised. For an effective and efficient tax system to prevail, the people must exhibit voluntary tax compliance. This can only be achieved when the people know their rights and responsibilities under the tax laws. This work attempts to study the knowledge and attitudes of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) towards their ta...
The researcher wrote this research paper to put the focus on "Panini Tapobhumi" of Arghakhanchi district as a beautiful tourism destination and the need for creating Panini Tapobhumi, a cultural, historical and educational tourism hub. This research paper attempts to dig dive into the history of Panini Tapobhumi, ask for visitors, local people’s and other stake holders opinion on various tourism aspect related to the place itself. This research paper also focuses on the current tourism tren...
ABSTRACT The study focus on the historical position of gender inequality in Greek Cypriots communities base on enosis and the role of women in it towards politic, education and economic disparities. The study introduces the pattern of analysis with the presentation of the historical events in descriptive evaluation of the central theme into two as impacts on education and politic on the enlightenment of greek Cypriots female students on enosis with a concluding remarks of showing her streng...
NIGERIANS NEED TO GET IT RIGHT NOW “The questions What came to my mind is that where, why and how do we get it all wrong that we need to get it right? Then, we Nigerians both home and abroad need to get it right now”. It baffles me many a time when encountered with such questions of where, why and how do we get it wrong in our institutional system be it the political, economic and socio-cultural heritage of our dear country, Nigeria. At the Political economy angle, we messed ourselves...
ABSTRACT The study introduces and at the end, reveals the position of structural realist theorist to the effect of cold war era on the decline of Soviet Union soovereignty as superpower within the international system. The theoretical framework of defensive structural realism championed by Kenneth Waltz (1979) is descriptively presented while the concluding remarks reveals the ideological stands and sole hegemon in the international system. Keywords: Soviet union, Class struct...
ABSTRACT Containerisation has since the middle of the 20th century made container ports and terminals an essential component of the modern economy and its impact has touched all the three major maritime communities of vessels, ports and shore side activities. This phenomenon did not only change shipping but has caused the docks of some traditional maritime centres to decline into obsolescence. In order to survive in the port competition, Port Authorities are under colossal pressure to incre...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study of the role of state and non-state actors in responding to breast cancer in Ghana. In depth interviews were conducted with eight purposively sampled actors comprising five and three actors from state and non-state actors respectively.The objectives of the study is to investigate the perspectives of State and Non-State actors on the causes and risk factors of breast cancer in Ghana, identify the roles they play in responding to the issue of breast cancer in...
SUMMARY Schistosoma haematobium antigens are the least studied amongst the three major human schistosomes (S. haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum), mainly because of difficulty in maintaining the life cycle of this parasite in the laboratory. As a result, work on identification of potentially diagnostic and protective S. haematobium antigens lags behind. The work reported in this thesis was aimed at characterizing monoclonal antibodies recently produced against S. haematobium antigens so...
ABSTRACT The state of Nkoransa was founded in the 1720's by migrants from the Kumase area. It was carved out of the territory of the Bono-Takyiman Kingdom after the destruction of that kingdom in 1722/23 by the Asante. The nature of the political, social and economic institutions which evolved in the Nkoransa state was determined by the circumstances out of which the state emerged, the general developments within the state and external influences in the course of time. Fundamentally, the rul...