ABSTRACT This research sought to ascertain the impact of sexual harassment on the academic and social life of female students in the Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Akuapem North Municipality. Making informed decision when confronted with acts of sexual harassment is a great hurdle to the female senior high student. A descriptive survey design was used to investigate phenomenon. The populations of the study were 104 female students in 4 Senior High Schools in the Akuapem North District. Purp...
ABSTRACT Mental health and behavioural problems could be attributed to early childhood and the mother-child interactions. The study aimed at investigating what impact biological and foster parenting has on the adolescent’s personality, cognitive performance, self-esteem, depression and anxiety. A case study was adopted for this study and samples were selected on a randomized convenient sampling. A population of 200 students comprising 100 females and 100 males were studied of which 50 were ...
Abstract The main focus of this study was to find out the perception of married people in Sakata State on the causes and patterns of wife battering. The work also examined if sex, length of the marriage and ethnic group have any influence on the perception of the respondents. A total of three hundred and eighty-four (384) married respondents made up of one hundred and eighty-one (181) male and two hundred and three (203) female were involved in the study. The sample was from ten (10) Local Go...
ABSTRACT The study examined the factors responsible for career choice among students of public senior high schools in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District. The descriptive design was employed for the study. The study used the purposive sampling technique to include 357 senior high students for the study. Closedended questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.71 was used to collect data. Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used for5 the data analysis. Findings from th...
ABSTRACT Reading plays a vital role in the educational attainment of students. However, poor reading habit among students is a great concern to the society. This habit undermines the educational attainment and career actualization of most students. Literature has focused on the factors precipitating poor reading habit with little emphasis on intervention efforts in Nigeria. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Study Skill Training (SST) and Multiple ...
ABSTRACT Objective: This descriptive cross-sectional study assessed cancer patients’ use of traditional healers, the association between delay in coming to this clinic and patients’ use of traditional healers, reasons cancer patients use western medicine after trying traditional treatment and the cost of obtaining traditional treatment. Methods: Participants were made of 400 consecutive and consenting new patients in the Department of Radiotherapy, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibad...
ABSTRACT Adolescents in Borstal remand centres, even though in a highly restrictive environment are typically identified with risk-taking behaviours which increase their vulnerability to HIV infection with an attendant socio-economic impacts on the larger society. Hence, evidence has shown that the prevalence rate of HIV is higher among those in correctional settings than those in the larger society. However, previous studies have focused on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV amo...
ABSTRACT Transition to motherhood generally represents a major developmental milestone for all women even though it could be stressful for teenagers; because the basic physiological features for coping with pregnancy are not yet fully developed. Pregnancy, most especially among teenagers, could therefore be psychologically debilitating, physically frustrating and emotionally draining; particularly when the teenager is out-of-school. Although there are related studies on post-pregnancy psycho...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at identifying issues that posed as difficulties in the smooth implementation of the NHIS in the University of Cape Coast Hospital and thereby suggest practical measures that could help improve the operations of the scheme within the university community and the region at large. A descriptive research design was used to carry out the study. Questionnaires, interviews and non-participant observations were used to collect data for the study. A total of 136 respondents...
ABSTRACT The study was a case study designed to examine students’ views on improving discipline in a College of Education and its implications on guidance and counselling in Colleges of Education. A sample population of 244 students was selected to respond to a questionnaire. The data were analysed using frequency and percentage. The study revealed that students viewed the concept of discipline as punishment which was generally perceived as severe. Punishment in the College included withdr...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the delivery of guidance services in Senior High Schools (SHSs) in Cape Coast Metropolis of Central Region, Ghana. A descriptive survey design was adopted. The population of the study comprised senior high students, guidance coordinators and teachers. Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting the sample for the study. A sample size of 531 (Wesley Girls=108, Adisadel College=115, Ghana National College=179 and University Practice SHS=1...
ABSTRACT The underlying objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the School Guidance and Counselling services in second cycle schools in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Data for the study was obtained through a survey using a questionnaire designed to elicit information on variables of interest. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the student respondents while purposive sampling technique was used to select the couns...
ABSTRACT Multicultural issues are undeniably part of counselling. The growing ethnic inclusion in Ghanaian public universities highlight counsellors’ need to be trained to deliver proficient and appropriate service area to accommodate the needs of clients in the future. The main aim of this study was to assess counsellor multicultural competencies and find cultural-contextual factors influencing counselling as well as investigate possible association(s) among counsellors’ cultural compete...
ABSTRACT Many females in the junior high schools think that certain occupations are designated for males and others for females. The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of participation of females in technical education and find out strategies to be adopted to promote junior high school girls interest in technical education. The study was guided by three research questions and four hypotheses. A random sample of 300 form three girls was drawn from 30 public junior high schools i...
Abstract Background: Breast cancer is a disease predominantly found amongst women. It is a disease which threatens an organ that is intimately associated with a woman’s self image, sexuality, as well as her reproductive and nurturing capacity. These threats have serious psychological implications for women living with breast cancer. Objective: To examine the pattern and predictors of depressive symptoms among breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in the Lagos State University Teac...