ABSTRACT Involving students in decision–making has been identified as management tool that ensures efficiency in school administration. One of the problems confronting authorities in Colleges of Education is how to involve students in making decisions that affect them. The purpose of the study was to find out the decision-making areas in which students take part and factors that impede students’ involvement in decision-making. Descriptive design was employed for the study. The targe...
ABSTRACT The current recognition of the importance of subjective measures as a predictor of health has resulted in continued strides to refine and develop subjective measures. Subjective measures of health have become particularly important in gerontological studies given the advent of population ageing in most regions of the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, it has been documented that place of residence may influence the health status of elderly persons. This study sought to examine the relatio...
ABSTRACT This study explored the management of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Ghana, using phenomenology as the study design. Using purposive and accidental sampling procedures, I interviewed 82 patients receiving care for CNCDs as well as 30 health professionals managing their conditions, using in-depth interview guides. Data collected were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The study r...
ABSTRACT This study revisits the Trans-Atlantic slavery and analyses themes in slave resistance on the African continent, as fictionalized in Ghanaian literature. The topic, ‘A Vision of Self-Redemption: A Thematic Study of Resistance to Slavery in the Works of Two Contemporary Ghanaian Writers’, is chosen because resistance is one aspect of slavery which is downplayed in the literature. Whereas the records are eloquent on the atrocities and immorality of that evil institution, those on ...
ABSTRACT Translation and interpretation in various forms (intralingual, interlingual, sign language) have been practiced since the Tower of Babel collapsed. A record of its consideration in the academic sphere, however, dates back to 46 BC, with the writings of Marcus Tillius Cicero. These writings focused mainly on literary translation and, even today, the number of translation theory books that have examined the translation of documents meant for very practical use, remain few and far betw...
ABSTRACT Using extensively oral sources through interviews and archival materials, this study examines the origins, migrations and settlements of one of the major Akan states, the Twifo, between the periods 1600 and 1987. Also examined is the Twifo factor in the political dispensation of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in the 19th century as well as the economic impact the arrival of the Twifo had on the Central region and the economy of the Gold Coast as a whole. The aim is to bring to light t...
ABSTRACT Employing the health care utilisation model, the study sought to assess the utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) among young people with disabilities (YPWDs) in Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among 2127 young people with disabilities who were purposely selected from 16 special schools in Ghana. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to examine the associations between some background characteristics and utilisation, c...
ABSTRACT Employing the health care utilisation model, the study sought to assess the utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) among young people with disabilities (YPWDs) in Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among 2127 young people with disabilities who were purposely selected from 16 special schools in Ghana. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to examine the associations between some background characteristics and utilisation, c...
ABSTRACT This study has investigated disclosure, self-efficacy, personality, and mental health: the case of HIV positive women in the Ashanti Region. A sequential transformative mixed methods design was used. Three theories served as the backbone of the study; The Rational Choice, Social Cognitive and The Big Five Theories. Using a total of 320 women living with HIV (WLHIV), a significant positive correlation exists between self-efficacy and mental health symptoms among WLHIV. Personality tra...
ABSTRACT As reported malaria cases continue to decline, heterogeneity in transmission will become more pronounced and thus more sensitive tools would be required to identify micro-geographic areas of higher risk for targeted interventions. Sero-positivity against antigens expressed at different stages of the parasite life cycle and proteins in the mosquito saliva cocktail have gained relevance as transmission monitoring tool. However, the persistent nature of blood stage antigens and the...
ABSTRACT Education is increasingly seen by governments as a major contributor to national wealth and economic development. Foreign students undertaking studies in a country other than their own is on the increase and has become a dominant phenomenon. Significant numbers of studies focus on the movement of foreign students from developing and emerging economies into developed ones. This study, however, examines the reasons and factors that influence foreign students’ mobility from developed...
On 12 January 2010, the world witnessed the complete devastation of Haiti, this hemisphere's first black independent nation.
ABSTRACT The study postulates three varieties of English perfomance in the writings of Nigerians, and examines these in detail for thier "common core" features and their "indexical markers".
FESTAC 1977 and indeed, the entire gamut of Pan-Africanism or Negritude stem from the experience of slave trade, slavery and colonialism. Apter’s book could be viewed from the historiographical tradition of a-historical Africa (Afro-pessimism) that re-affirms the influential notion of a dark continent bereft of a history except the activities of the Europeans, civilizing mission of colonial rule and the failure of the post-colonial state.
ABSTRACT Annotated Translation of Al-Madkhal fi ilmil fara'id