ABSTRACT Background Rotavirus gastroenteritis is a major contributor to the overall burden of diarrhea disease in Africa. Close to 40% of hospital admissions are as a result of diarrhea in children below the ages of five years are traceable to rotavirus. There is incomplete immunity after infection; however repeated infections tend to be less severe than the severity of the first rotavirus infection. Methods The study estimated the effect of repeated episodes of the number of severe rotavirus...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the causes and effects of conflict and how it is managed within the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and employed the explanatory sequential mixed method approach. 100 members of the research population were selected from the four communities used in the study to respond to the research questionnaire and the interview to obtain data for the study. Purposive and simple r...
ABSTRACT This research was initiated to be an information source for the researcher to appreciate the state of CSR initiatives in Ghana as are portrayed in the Ghanaian newspapers with particular reliance on the Daily Graphic. The objectives of the study included examining the coverage given CSR initiatives and the types of CSR initiatives that are reported on in the Daily Graphic as well as identifying the dominant frames through which the CSR initiatives are narrated. Designed as a qualitat...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to ascertain the influence of students’ learning styles on teachers’ instructional practices in public Senior High Schools within the Bekwai Township. The study was basically a cross-sectional survey which used descriptive survey (structured questionnaires) to gather the data from 60 respondents. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the results. The results of the study revealed that majority of the teachers did not consider students learning s...
ABSTRACT This thesis explored the peace process in the Alavanyo-Nkonya area. The main objectives were to examine the nature of the peace process in the Alavanyo-Nkonya area; the actors in the peace process; the conditions militating against the peace process and the measures that are needed to achieve a positive peace in the AlavanyoNkonya conflict area. The thesis employed Saunders’ (1999) Public Peace Process and multi-track diplomacy approach as a theoretical framework to understand how ...
ABSTRACT Contraception is one of the four essential determinant factors of fertility identify by Bongart (1978). The role of contraceptive usage in population reduction and reproductive health cannot be overemphasized. Over the years, Ghana has been promoting the modern usage of contraceptives, yet there has not been appreciable and consistent increase in its usage among citizens and to some extent refugees in the country. The extent of meeting the needs of vulnerable groups such as female re...
ABSTRACT Teachers are the core influential aspect in students’ learning and achievement. This study was conducted in the Kwabre Municipal in the Ashanti region. The purpose of the study was to find the effect of teaching unspecialized subject on students’ academic performance. The study employed descriptive and inferential statistics. The study was conducted with a sample of 60 teachers. Primary data was collected from the Municipal through Selfadministering method for the study. The Reli...
ABSTRACT Environmental Sanitation is fundamental to health, survival, growth and development. Having a healthy school environment sets a school on track for development. Asamankese Senior High School is currently experiencing poor environmental sanitation. The main objective of the study is to examine the attitudes of students and staff of Asamankese Senior High School towards Environmental sanitation. The study adopted the descriptive sample survey. The main instruments used for gathering th...
ABSTRACT This study examined whether the traditional courts have adequate mechanisms that promote and protect human rights in the course of settling disputes. This situation offers an avenue for the study of the traditional arbitration systems and human rights promotion and protection. As a result, this work undertook a study of the situation in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council, Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The study set out to find out whether in the exercise of power and authority duri...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the administrative challenges facing public Basic school head teachers in the Atronie circuit of the Sunyani Municipality. The design of the study was a descriptive survey design. Quantitative research approach was used for the study. The population for the study was made up of all basic school head teachers in the Atronie circuit of the Sunyani Municipality numbering 50 head teachers. Census sampling technique was used to select all the 50 r...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the newspaper reading habits of the debaters’ club of Okuapemman School, Akropong-Akuapem. Three theories, namely, the Uses and Gratification Theory, Dependency Theory and Sense-Making Theory; underpinned this qualitative study. Purposive sampling and convenient sampling techniques were used to select participants for the study. Observation, Semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussions were used to obtain data for this study. In all, twelve ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which reading difficulties affect academic performance of secondary school students. The study was to establish comprehension errors that affect students’ academic performance. This study employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches for data collection and analyzes both teachers and students. The research design was a descriptive survey design. Data was collected by use of questionnaire for teachers of English and stu...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive stati...
ABSTRACT The recognition of custom and inevitably the chieftaincy institution in land management has been of great interests, and been indeed advocated for in Africa in recent times. These advocates have opined that within custom lies the ability to achieve equitable goals and most importantly a security of land rights. Drawing on empirical evidence from Juaben in the Ashanti region of Ghana, this study tests the validity of this position. In so doing, it points out the limitations and constr...
ABSTRACT The cross-sectional survey investigated the implications of health challenges of the aged on household‟s wellbeing in the Adentan Municipality. It specifically sought to ascertain the effect of health challenges of the aged on their households ‟finances, household‟s social life and on the health of caregivers. A sample of 80 caregivers and the aged family members they care for were selected from Adentan and Amrahia to constitute the sample for the study. The analysis took a des...