ABSTRACT Despite numerous occupational health and safety interventions made in recent years, poor occupational health and safety practices are still prevalent in Ghana’s informal sector. This study therefore sought to explore the main health and safety issues faced by informal manufacturing sector workers in Cape Coast metropolis in order to suggest preventive and control measures. The study adopted the qualitative research design to study 10 workers each from the informal food processing,...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the role of non-pharmacological activities in the management of hypertension. Specifically, it aimed at assessing the impact of dance therapy on the management of hypertension, and the prospects of integrating it into the healthcare system. The study adopted the mixed method approach including experimental research design, using the case study of Abokobi Health Centre in the Greater Accra Region. For the quantitative part of this study, a randomized control...
ABSTRACT This study examines migration aspirations among university students in Ghana. My interest is in undergraduate students, a group that is largely overlooked both in African studies and migration theory. The research was focused on migration aspirations, the first stage of any migration venture, and carried out at University of Ghana, a large public university, and Ashesi University College, a small private liberal arts college. A combination of methods was employed: focus groups, an e-...
ABSTRACT The study sought to trace the history of set design in Ghana through the study of some selected productions of the Concert Party, the National Theatre and the Efua Theodora Sutherland Studio. The qualitative research design was employed for the study. Two sampling techniques were employed to gather data for the research; purposive sampling technique was used to select a total of 12 respondents for the study, and sequential sampling technique was used in selecting the documents for an...
ABSTRACT The focus of this thesis is to examine Ewe speakers’ linguistic organization of motion events and how such language patterns develop in Ewespeaking children. The work is situated within Talmy’s Theory of Lexicalization Patterns (which examines the conceptual structure of motion events as well as the typological patterns in which this conceptual structure is parceled out in languages), Slobin’s Thinking-for-Speaking Hypothesis (which explores how particular typological propertie...
ABSTRACT Historical account of drug cultivation and trafficking in West Africa suggests that the menace is not a recent phenomenon but has its roots dating to as far back as the 1920s and 1930s. However, the 1960s witnessed the emergence of large scale smuggling of African-grown marijuana from Nigerian and Ghanaian which attracted national, regional and global attentions. However, the early 1980s witnessed a paradigm shift towards cocaine and heroin business often handled by Nigerians and the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this dissertation is to bring to light some of the challenges faced in West Africa due to poor management of the transport sector. This translation would help authorities of Anglophone West African countries to gather some clues that would help improve the transport sector of their economies. The dissertation was done by translating from French into English, a thesis titled “ELABORATION D'UN PANEL DE LIGNES DU RESEAU DE LA SOTRA” (DEVELOPMENT OF SOTRA’S NETWORK O...
ABSTRACT In contemporary Ghanaian society, some Christian prophets claimed to know the exact hour of the Parousia. They have often indicated specific days which, however, never come to pass or fulfilled. The effect is casting doubt in the mind of many believers about the end time. The interesting aspect is that all of them based their contention on the NT writings where eschatological concepts appear, not only in the entire book of Revelation, but in many other texts. Among them, the eschatol...
ABSTRACT Using information obtained from 8,781 women aged between 15 and 49 years, who were successfully interviewed during the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, this study analyzes the patterns, correlates and fertility effects of breastfeeding in Nigeria. The study examines the main factors that are associated with breastfeeding behaviour and estimates the mean duration of any and full breastfeeding for the country and various subgroups. A large proportion of mothers in the country ar...
ABSTRACT This study was a quantitative content analysis of the reportage of HIV/AIDS issues by the Daily Graphic and the Daily Guide from 2000 to 2015. Using the theories of framing and issue-attention cycle, this study was to determine the pattern of coverage and frames of HIV/AIDS stories and the sources used in such news stories. Also, how specific-issue frames relating to HIV/AIDS changed with time and the differences apparent in the way the two newspapers covered HIV/AIDS issues were exa...
This research exercise is on the challenges of journalism practice in Nigeria (A study of Nigerian Television Authority, Enugu). The research study adopted the systems theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory as the theoretical framework for this study. The research population comprised 89 staff workers and the research study adopted the number as the sample size for the study. The questionnaire served as instrument of data collection. The data collected was analyzed using simple perc...
This study is a comparative analysis of Brecht's theory of presentational theatrical production with the Tiv Kwagh-hir theatre showing both the similarities and differences. Broadly speaking, both the Brechtian Epic theatre and the Kwagh-hir theatre share the same approach to production. The Kwagh-hir as paradigm for the African traditional theatre shows that from time immemorial productions follow the Brechtian presentational style of production because it is essentially a story telling...
The research was motivated by the need to review traditional beliefs of the Tiv currently undermined by the significant impact of technological change. The Tiv now put more emphasis on technology and its benefits, resulting in an erosion of traditional values within family and clan structures. The work is based on primary sources, including oral interviews with Tiv in positions of leadership, retired elders and chiefs, as well as average citizens. Secondary sources include materials fro...
ABSTRACT Looking at the increasing number of the youth migrating from the rural areas to an urban areas and bearing in mind the implications of rural-urban migration on the origin communities and destinations, this study sought to explore the challenges the rural folks face with regards to ruralurban migration particularly its effects on agricultural productivity. The objectives of the study were to: (i) describe the characteristics of household heads in the study area, (ii) find out about yo...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to examine the factors that influenced the dissemination and adoption of soil fertility management (SFM) strategies to farmers in rural areas. It further assessed the communication channels that were deployed to spread information on SFM. This study was conducted in two separate districts – Kwaebibirem in the Eastern Region and Ada West in the Greater Accra Region – to compare findings from two different climatic zones. The diffusion of innovation and th...