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 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 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 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...
ABSTRACT This study focused on females in political leadership positions. The purpose was to examine the experiences of females in political leadership positions in the Sunyani West District. This study adopted qualitative approach. A total of 14 participants were selected using purposive sampling. The data were collected using interviews. Thematic analysis was used for the data analysis. The results showed that females in political leadership positions perceive leadership in three different ...
ABSTRACT The role and contribution of women in modern organisations have been phenomenal. However, societal norms and other patriarchal values continue to stifle the progress of women leaders. The overall purpose of the study was to examine the challenges and coping strategies of women in leadership in the Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted non-numerical data and used purely qualitative research approach. Phenomenological design was used to support the study f...
ABSTRACT Senior high school has become the minimum formal educational level to enter into the job market in many countries in the world. As such, countries that have attained a high National Attendance Ratio (NAR) for primary school also have or are working at an equally high NAR for SHS. This effort to attain a high NAR for SHS seems to be thwarted by successful B.E.C.E graduates in rural Ghana’s inability to make the transition from JHS to SHS. To some in rural Ghana, school is presumed t...
ABSTRACT The study aims to research on the domestic solid waste management practices in Senya, in the Awutu Senya West district. The underlying factors affecting domestic solid waste practices in Senya was analyzed with suggested measures to tackle such problems. The survey research design was used for the study by the researcher. The study was concerned with findings on societal issues, problems or phenomena with some suggestions and recommendations aimed at improving, halting or curbing or ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to provide empirical evidence about teacher quality and the effective teaching of Social Studies. The thesis used questionnaires and observation guide to examine teacher quality and the effective teaching of senior high school Social Studies in Kumasi Metropolis. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of one hundred and fifty-nine teachers to respond to the questionnaire and thirty teachers were selected for the observation. A-59 item quest...
ABSTRACT Arguably, oil defines the social, economic and political dynamics of countries endowed with it. Against this background, the study sought to examine the factors driving the job expectations of the youth in the Western Region in the emerging oil industry. The study combined both qualitative and quantitative approaches using questionnaire survey, key informant interviews and focus group discussion tools to understand the determinants and/or factors of employment expectations of the you...
ABSTRACT This is an institutional and a comparative case study involving the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Pharmacy Council (PC) on consumer protection as a public safety measure in Ghana. Purposive sampling method was used in data gathering from 2 management representatives of GSA and PC, thirty (30) of the general workers of PC, fifty (50) of the general workers GSA and one hundred and twenty (120) consumers selected from the Accra City Campus of the University of Ghana, Ghana Ato...
ABSTRACT Cybercrime, an offence that is committed against individuals through the internet, has bedevilled the global online industry as well as the reputation of countries. All efforts to combat it has proven futile. The need to investigate it thoroughly and bring about ways of combating it and policing the online space necessitated the study to be conducted. This study investigated the causes, modus operandi, and the state of intelligence of the menace. Methodologically, the study used mixe...
ABSTRACT Mental health self-help groups play an important role in the rehabilitation of people with mental illness in the wake of WHO advocacy for a paradigm shift in the treatment of mental health. This is a qualitative study on the role of self-help groups in mental health rehabilitation in Ga-Mashie, an urban poor community which has been a recipient of the mental health self-help model by BasicNeeds. Data was collected through 4 focus group discussions and 2 in-depth interviews with membe...
ABSTRACT Takoradi Market Circle is currently experiencing poor environmental sanitation. Open spaces and gutters around the market place are littered with garbage, which in most cases clogs drains thereby creating conditions for disease vectors and posing health risks to traders. The main objective of the study was to assess the sanitation practices of traders in the Takoradi Market Circle. The convenient sampling technique was used to select 90 respondents to whom questionnaire were administ...