ABSTRACT Knowledge on the factors that determine a woman‟s autonomy in health care decision making is necessary for her improved health outcome. This study sought to identify some demographic, socio-economic and cultural factors that have an influence on women‟s autonomy in health care decision making in Ghana. Some characteristics of the women‟s husbands or partners were also included in the study (husband/ partner‟s education and employment status). The study used the Ghana Demogra...
ABSTRACT The right to food is one of the most consistently mentioned international human rights to date. Unfortunately it is also one of the most spectacularly violated in recent times. Little attention has been given to food security particularly among the urban poor. This study seeks to examine the relationship between the household demographic and socio-economic characteristics of urban low-income population and its implication for food utilization with an emphasis on dietary diversity. T...
ABSTRACT Many studies exist on globalisation and the impact it has had on the cultures of the world. Cultural globalisation, which is an offshoot of globalisation has heavily influenced world cultures including the kind of hair choices black women make. These studies are, however, mainly on black women in the Diaspora. Very little literature exists on Ghanaian women and how globalisation has affected their hair choices. Using mainly primary sources and complimented by secondary data, this st...
ABSTRACT Work is generally good for children as they obtain experiences that prepare them for their future. Therefore, work must not hinder their growth, but rather contribute to their growth. The nature and condition of work must be taken into account when involving children in work because they are the factors in determining the suitability of working children. This research, in its primary goal, identifies how sociocultural practices of child work violates children's rights and further rec...
ABSTRACT The Internet has become one stop information access points for senior high school students of the second cycle institutions and their communities. In keeping pace with technological trends, the internet is focusing on the larger social and spatial context; through provision of electronic information resources for both local and remote users to enhance access to local and global information. The study sought to research on internet usage and its effect on senior high school students i...
ABSTRACT Background: Sexually Transmitted Infections are a burden among adolescents. Records from the Adolescent Friendly Reproductive Health Services in Ga West Municipal Health Directorate revealed that there were 302 STI reported cases among adolescents from January 2014 to September 2017 within the Municipality. It was however not established what adolescents knew about STIs except for those who reported to the facility. This study therefore assessed the knowledge level, sources and avai...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the role of Private Care Homes in supporting the aged in Accra. The study adopted a mixed research technique in the data collection and analysis. It also used a cross sectional survey design. The data was collected from mainly primary sources using interview guide and questionnaire from Private Care Homes in Accra, Adenta, Osu and Dzorwulu. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. The findings of the study indicated th...
ABSTARCT Masculinity, Decision-Making and Gender in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) Masculine dominance at the decision-making positions of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana may no longer be the case unlike the indigenous socio-cultural setting. This thesis joins the conversation in the religious-social sciences about masculinity, decision-making and gender roles in the church. The research explored some literary appraisals about the theories and concepts of masculinities and other ster...
ABSTRACT The push to adopt Total Quality Management (TQM) for effective service provision has gained root in many academic libraries especially those in the developed world. This study sought to explore the total quality management principles being implemented in the selected private university libraries in Ghana. The main TQM principles which were given attention were TQM awareness, Top management commitment, encouragement and participation, training, strategic planning, and potential TQM ch...
ABSTRACT This study examines the ECOWAS Regional Action Plan and the Fight against Illicit Drug Trafficking in Ghana. It throws light on perceived challenges associated with controlling the drug situation in the country. Additionally, it analyses policy interventions, implemented to deal with drug trafficking and then finally, projects some achievements of the ECOWAS Regional Action Plan in Ghana and suggests measures for improvement. Using the case of security personnel from Narcotics Contro...
ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to examine causes of child trafficking, identify current strategies and interventions being used to fight child trafficking and what interventions and strategies stakeholders recommend to address child trafficking. Eight key informant interviewers and discussants were purposively sampled. Qualitative data were obtained using one on one interviews and focus group discussion that run between 40 and 170 minutes. The interviews were audio taped, transcrib...
ABSTRACT According to earlier scholars including Nketia (1965) and Opoku (1964), dance education and practice in Ghana emerged as an offshoot of a cultural educational programme that was geared towards inculcating strong sense of discipline and professionalism amongst Ghanaians, to induce collective co-existence and national growth after the attainment of self-rule in 1957. Furthermore, Adinku (1994) recalls Nkrumah’s employment of indigenous dance and arts as a unifying tool amongst citiz...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of oil discovery on inmigration and the consequent infrastructural challenges in the SekondiTakoradi Metropolis. The targeted and accessible population for the study included the residents, workers and key informants in Sekondi-Takoradi and the officials of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA). Through convenient sampling method forty (40) residents and workers in the area, representing 80% of the sample and ten (10) STM...
J B B S I R A C I . Reports on the number of isolates and yeast species obtained from palmwine samples have differed very widely. One factor that probably accounts for this is the method of phenotypic discontinuity which has exclusively been employed in palmwine yeast speciation. The phenotypic features used mainly for this kind of speciation have been shown to be unstable. Consequently it was decided to employ the more consistent; and reliable method of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphi...
ABSTRACT This study is centered on the difficulties students of Nungua Senior High School, Accra, encounter in the use of the personal pronoun «en». The analysis of the data collected through questionnaires, interviews and test items with respect to students performance is confined within the context of its partitive and quantitative use as well as the variety of functions it performs within sentences. In the light of the data analysed, the study ident ified that most students studying Fren...