ABSTRACT Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub Saharan Africa. According to the Ghana’s Ministry of Health, malaria is estimated to cause the loss of about 10.6% of Disability Adjusted Life Years and estimated to cost about 6% of Gross Domestic Product annually. In the wake of drug resistance by the malaria parasites, Insecticide Treated Nets is seen as the most effective tool in controlling and eliminating malaria. Due to this, large scale of the Insecticide Treate...
ABSTRACT The general objective of the study was to analyse people’s perceptions and management of diabetes and hypertension in some rural communities of Ghana. In conducting the research, qualitative method was mainly used to elicit information from the selected communities through semi-structured questionnaire from the selected communities (N340) and twenty (N20) diabetics/hypertensives patients from the diabetics and hypertensive association in the district for in-depth interviews. The st...
ABSTRACT The study focused on Perception of Young Couples on Contraceptives Use in Siha District. The use of contraceptive methods is a key constituent of health services and it benefits the health and wellbeing of women, men, children, families, and their communities. The widespread adoption of family planning represents one of the most dramatic changes of the 20th century. This study guided by three specific objectives which are to examine awareness and attitudes on young couples about con...
ABSTRACT The main thrust of this study is to investigate how childhood diarrhoea is managed at Pute - a rural community in Ghana. The study aims at eliciting local perceptions of childhood diarrhoea, including cause(s), consequences, and appropriate treatment, so as to unearth some of the social and cultural factors that may influence health-seeking behaviour in diarrhoeal episodes. To understand fully folk concepts of diarrhoea and its treatment, it was necessary to describe the social and...
ABSTRACT The search for a m or^ equitable health care delivery system to cover the majority o f the people, more especially the Vulnerable groups (women and children) has led many developing countries including Ghana to adopt the Primary Health Care (PHC) programme. Primary Health Care as envisaged, is to make health care available, accessible and affordable to the underprivileged an also to enable the people and the system is to serve to participate in its planning and implementation. Commun...
ABSTRACT The focus of the study is on disparities in enrolment and attendance between males and females in basic schools in the Northern Region of Ghana. The literature reviewed showed that factors such as high cost of education, household chores, household resources and government subsidy on education militate against the participation of females in basic education. Also, cultural factors which include fostering, child betrothal and religion in some cases as well as school-based factors such...
ABSTRACT Social media has become common place in Ghana. The younger generation adopted the use of social media at the beginning of the millennium. Their usage habits characterised and dominated the social media-scape. However, due to the subsequent ubiquity and penetration of social media in Ghana there is an increased involvement of the older generation in the use of social media. Social media has become the central communication media for both the young and older generations as well as inc...
Population ageing is occurring in almost all the countries of the world (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2013, 2015). This numerical increase of older persons is a result of a demographic transition resulting from decreasing fertility and mortality, improved nutrition, reduction in infectious and parasitic diseases, as well as improvement in health care, education, and income (Mba, 2010a; Ghana Statistical Service, 2013; de-Graft Aikins et al., 2016). Populatio...
This study is about older adolescent girls and how they experience sex, cope with teenage pregnancy and early motherhood in Begoro, the district capital of Fanteakwa in the Eastern region of Ghana. Fanteakwa has one of the high teenage pregnancy rates (16%) in the country. The study investigated the socio-demographic background of adolescent girls in Begoro, the social context that influenced their sexual behaviour and experience, and how non-pregnant and ever-pregnant girls build resili...
ABSTRACT The study explored the influence of culture on managerial practices in Universities in Ghana. It specifically sought to (i) identify the cultural variables with implications for managerial practices in the study institutions and establish the nature of the relationship that exists between the two; (ii) examine the implications of socio-cultural values for performance management practices; (iii) examine the relationship between socio-cultural values and managers‘ choice of leadersh...
ABSTRACT The study was devoted to the investigation of a common phenomenon in developing countries - i.e., the co-presence of scientific and traditional medical systems. The aim was to explicate the nature of the interrelationship between scientific and traditional medical systems, to discover the continuing functions of traditional medical practice, and to elucidate some of the determinants of the pattern of articulation between the medical systems and the larger society. The focus of the s...
ABSTRACT The study sought to compare retirement preparation among formal and informal sector workers. The study’s objectives are to: provide an overview of existing policies on retirement planning, profile state and other corporate institutions’ role in retirement planning, investigate formal and informal sector workers’ retirement aspirations and retirement planning information sources, articulate formal and informal sector workers’ instituted retirement plans and explore challenges...
ABSTRACT Domestic violence victims explore avenues within two major supporting systems, formal and informal, in their help-seeking processes for amicable resolutions or justice. Often, victims explore different avenues when seeking help until they achieve a satisfactory remedy. The core objective of the study was to explore the help-seeking trajectories of domestic violence victims. The data was collected at the Greater Accra regional office of the Domestic Violence and Victims‟ Support Un...
ABSTRACT Globally, population ageing is occurring at a period when the extended family support system which has been a safe haven for the Ghanaian aged is fast eroding as a result of the impact of social change. The increasingly failing domiciliary eldercare is making way for residential non-domiciliary eldercare in the urban centres of Accra. This study is a contribution to the growing literature on aged care in Ghana with a focus on the activities of residential aged care facilities and how...
ABSTRACT This study concerns the determinants of the differential use of health care regimens. The focus is on herbal and orthodox medical regimens. Its central theme is that socio-cultural determinants constitute important factors that influence the sick in the selection of a health care regimen in developing African countries. The study pursues this theme by examining the complaint patterns of the two medical regimens, ascertaining the motivations that account for the basis of preference, t...