ABSTRACT The contribution of communication in the fight of HIV/AIDS and teenage pregnancies has become an important phenomenon in the health of adolescents and young people in Ghana. With a sample of 200 students from Labone High School, this study sought to investigate the x sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information seeking behaviour among students. Labone Senior High School is a mixed gender school where there is a proportional representation of students from a varied socio-economic ...
ABSTRACT Globally, food security continues to be a complex phenomenon that people across all fields have to manage. In developing countries of which Ghana is part of, the number of people who are food insecure keeps increasing. Little attention has been given to households in the rural areas of the agro-ecological zones and how their occupation influences food security. This study seeks to examine the relationship between occupation and food security in the agro-ecological zones in rural Ghan...
ABSTRACT GAEC‘s mandate to commercialise its research activities has become very crucial and this cannot be achieved without the media. There is, therefore, the need for thorough investigation into GAEC current media relation practice in order to understand journalists‘ perception and what could be done to improve the relations. In line with this, a research on Journalists‘ perception of GAEC‘s media relation was undertaken. This research was intended to answer questions on how much i...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the moderating role of intragroup trust and team transformational leadership on the relationship between team psychological safety and learning behaviour in teams. Fifty seven work teams comprising four hundred and fifty six respondents in teams of seven to nine members were purposively sampled from five financial institutions in Accra. Ghana. Team members completed questionnaires on Team Psychological Safety (Edmondson. 1999). Intragroup trust (Simons & Peters...
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the mission histories of the Assemblies of God Church and the Church of Pentecost in Ghana. It focuses on the similarities and differences in their approaches to mission and their different theological orientations that have contributed to their different growth. The issue of mission is problematised because these Pentecostal Churches‟ different conceptions have led them to emphasize different aspects of mission. Methodologically, the study employed the histori...
ABSTRACT Health is a crucial economic and social asset, particularly for the working low- and middleincome groups in developing countries. However, effective access to health care seems to be practically impossible without a well-functioning system that adequately protects users of health care services against the associated financial risks, especially, at the time they need them. The implementation and goal of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policy by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Deve...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine the communication activities of two major charismatic churches in Ghana, the Action Chapel International and the International Central Gospel Church, and extract the advertising activities if any. The study also sought to ascertain why these churches advertise and the advertising channels used. Charismatic churches in Africa and beyond, undertake a plethora of communication activities that appear to suggest advertising practice. The study wil...
ABSTRACT HIV/AIDS and increasing population levels are topical issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Male condoms may be the solution to these two problems. The vulnerability of urban poor communities in Accra to these problems cannot be overlooked. It is essential to find out the level of male condom usage in such urban poor communities. This study primarily sought to compare male condom use among three urban poor communities in Accra. The study also investigated the influence of community of reside...
ABSTRACT Health is important in socio-economic development as well as the well-being of the public globally. The media play a pivotal role in transmitting information and educating the public through message construction and presentation, a role which can be directed in the area of health. Given that television news programs reach millions of audiences and play a substantial role in the provision of information and education; and in the shaping of community concerns, television news coverage ...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the gaps associated with official procedural plan of the Forestry Commission’s Scheme of Service (SoS) and the dynamics of its actual implementation over the years. Additionally, the study also seeks to address the perceived imbalance between different categories of staff with respect to work definition, career progression, salaries and remunerations within the service structure of the FC. A cross-sectoral survey was carried out among Eighty, (80) staff in the f...
Abstract Consistent condom use is one of the best ways of stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) throughout Ghana. Unfortunately, barriers exist that keep people from using condoms during sex. These barriers range from cultural and religious barriers to barriers resulting from the undesired or lack of sensation condoms provide. This study looks at perceived barriers to condom use in general, but then takes a closer look at those barriers related to cond...
ABSTRACT Reducing irregular migration is a policy priority of most states in North Africa. In the last decade, North African countries have implemented a range of practical measures to prevent and reduce irregular migration to, through and from the region to Europe. With various states taking different approaches to irregular migration dependent on their overall policies and peculiar experiences of irregular migration, this study aims to understand the policy interventions that the Egyptian ...
ABSTRACT The enthusiasm to expand the frontiers of Theatre Studies and practice in Ghana informed the need to conduct this research. Whereas much has been done with the practice and development of text-based theatre, not much can be said about the development and popularity of devised theatre in Ghana. Theatre productions in Ghana are often text-based and fashioned on the conventional hierarchical structure of a director asserting command over the other players in the theatre. The seeming lo...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between female education and fertility in urban poor communities, namely James Town, Usher Town and Agbogboloshie. Using the second round of the 2011 Urban and Health Project data conducted by the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), fertility levels for different educational categories were estimated. The unit of analysis for the study was women in their reproductive ages (15–49). A sample of five hundred and forty three (543) wom...
ABSTRACT This paper is a study of the possible impact of gender in the societal attitudes towards rape, rape victims and perpetrators. Under the subject of Gender and Sexualities, this paper seeks to find new ways to eradicate the problem of rape by studying the impact of societal attitudes through gender and gender role stereotyping, and their influence on sex and sexuality. A study of a possible rape culture is also an examination of the deeply embedded power structures that create inequal...