ABSTRACT The study aimed to examine the association between social support and perceived vulnerability to flooding in two flood prone communities in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Jamestown which is made up largely of Ga indigenes and Agbogbloshie an ethnically heterogeneous community were selected. Purposive and random sampling techniques were employed during the study. Purposive sampling was used in selecting respondents who have had some flooding experience. Random sampling on the other ...
ABSTRACT Employment promotes economic growth and development in a country. It plays a key role in the eradication of poverty among citizens in a country. This thesis is a quantitative study research which uses the Ghana Living Standard Survey round seven (GLSS, 2016/2017) to study sex differences in employment status and sector in Ghana. The sample size for this study was 22,378 representing both the employed and the unemployed and a sub-sample of 19,054 employed were selected out of those wh...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, child nutrition and health are major public health and developmental challenges. In this study, interpretivist and positivist paradigms were applied to assess breastfeeding practices and risk of childhood morbidity. The GDHS 2014 data and in-depth interviews with mothers were used. Multivariate, geospatial, and inductive analyses were employed to manage the data. The study extracted 2202 respondents and engaged 20 participants. The multivariate logistic regression analyses...
ABSTRACT One of society‟s great resources for provision of care is its numerous family members who provide care to ill or disabled relatives. However, family caregivers perform these essential services for society and their relatives at considerable cost to themselves. Caregiving resulting in a decline in physical and emotional health, increased depressive symptoms, and a decreased sense of well-being. The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between caregiving and p...
ABSTRACT Meeting the unmet need for family planning is on the agenda of the international community as well as national governments because of its importance in reducing the incidences of unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion and associated maternal mortality. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey aimed at investigating the determinants of unmet need for family planning among young women (15-24 years) in Ghana. Utilising secondary data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Su...
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 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 As work practices and living arrangements change rapidly in Ghana, mothers, who are considered as primary child caregivers, despite the considerable changes in gender roles, can be faced with making difficult decisions as they try to balance childcare with the demands of the workplace. Consequently, a large number of children grow up in the care of their mothers and other household non-maternal child caregivers. Despite these childcare arrangements, a comparative study of child care...
ABSTRACT Maternal, infectious and non-communicable causes of death combine to be simultaneously a major health problem for women of reproductive age (WRA) in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, little is known about the relative risk of each of them when considered together and their demographic impacts. Consequently, the focus of research and funding has been on maternal health. However, the evolving demographic and health transitions in LMIC...
ABSTRACT Climate change is projected to have an impact on disease abundance and a geographic shift in the prevalence of many vector borne diseases like schistosomiasis and malaria. Schistosomiasis is one of the 13 diseases that the WHO has classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) which currently affects some 200 million people and another 600 million people are at risk globally. Despite the high prevalence and its associated effects like anaemia and bladder cancer, it receives less at...