ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to find out pupils’ perception of domestic violence and its effects on their lives. The study sought to find out pupils’ level of knowledge on domestic violence, forms of domestic violence, effects of domestic violence as well as strategies and interventions that can be used to combat the problem of domestic violence in the community. Descriptive survey design was used to carry out the study. The population comprised all pupils and social workers...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the impact of Kintampo Municipal Mutual Health Insurance Scheme on access to basic health care services in the Municipality since established in October, 2004 Questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion were the data collection instruments employed to gather relevant information from Heads of Health Institutions, Health Insurance workers/agents, Caregivers and other opinion leaders. The data were analyzed using tables, graphs, charts, percentages and diagra...
ABSTRACT Proper solid waste management is key for sustainable environmental development. Despite high level policy efforts and technical investments, unmanaged solid waste remains a problem in Ghana. There is a paucity of information on gendered aspect of solid waste management in Ghana. It is in line with the gender and rural solid waste management gap that the thrust of this study is defined. The study sought to explore gender dynamics of rural solid waste management in Twifo-Ati Mokwa Dist...
ABSTRACT Ghana is committed to transforming teaching and learning at all levels of education through the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). However, the successful introduction of ICT into basic education depends largely on the availability of ICT infrastructure and the capacity of teachers and students to use them. Using rural and urban public Junior High Schools (JHS) in the Ga South Municipality as a case study, this study investigates the availability and u...
ABSTRACT Agriculture is the main pillar of Ghana’s development and the majority of food producers are women. However, women and men do not always have equal access to farmlands. Disparities in access and control over agricultural productive resources contribute to a high incidence of poverty especially for women. This study therefore used Abokobi in the Ga-East Municipality as a case to examine the gender difference in access to and use of farmland. The objectives of the study were to exami...
ABSTRACT This study came about as a result the identification of the persisting problem of teenage pregnancy in La. The study sought to assess adolescents’ knowledge, perception and attitudes of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the La community. To achieve this purpose, 386 teenagers (15-19 years) living in La were purposively selected from schools as well as some key informants (counsellors and peer educators) through a multi stage sampling technique. Data was gathered from the stud...
ABSTRACT Globally, developing economies have relatively high production and consumption patterns which produce huge amounts of waste which normally ends up at dump sites. This study therefore sorts to identify further the positive and negative effects of the Abokobi dump site on livelihood. In all, 122 respondents were interviewed using self administered questionnaires and interviews. They were made up of 60 waste pickers, 60 non waste pickers and two officers, one each from the municipal ass...
ABSTRACT Violence against women is the most prevalent form of gender-based violence worldwideand has being in existence for a long time, this studyinvestigated the prevalence and causes of domestic violence against married women in the Yilo Krobo District. Using random and purposive sampling techniques, 100 married women were selected from the district. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires.The data were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages, cross tabulation and ...
ABSTRACTA much-discussed criterion for evaluating development NGO activities concerns the "sustainability of their projects - that is, their ability to remain viable after external support ceases - and their replicability - the degree to which groups not directly assisted by the NGO take up NGO projects on their own. If the benefits of NGO work cease when the resources do, the NGO is merely providing “aid”, if the benefits continue past the period of NGO involvement, “development” has...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the contribution of international NGOs towards sustainable health promotion in the Northern Region. It has also investigated the level of collaboration and networking among the international NGOs working in the health sector in the Northern Region as well as the key intervention areas of the International NGOs health programmes and the problems affecting their health programmes implementation among others. The Northern Region is plagued with a myriad of health haza...
ABSTRACT The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana in 2004. The scheme was brought on board a substitute for the then out-of-pocket system, popularly identified as the dreaded ‘cash and carry system’. This system required that clients pay healthcare service at the point of service. The reimbursement of claims by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has not been regular as it ought to be. This study assessed whether delays in claim payment by the NHIA a...
ABSTRACT Ghana upon the oil discovery developed the local content policy to guide upstream oil exploration and production in 2011 with the passage of Petroleum Commission (PC) Act, 2011 (Act 821). Subsequently, the government developed a legislative instrument (L.I. 2204) in 2013 to support the regulation to promote local content. This study sought to examine the impact of the local content policy and value creation in the upstream oil and gas sector in Ghana. This objective was achieved usi...
ABSTRACT Increasing population growth and rapid urbanization over the years have outpaced socioeconomic infrastructures needed to give communities a minimum standard of living. Bridging the gap therefore requires the active participation of communities in social development projects. Unfortunately, previous studies have found that communities are not adequately involved in the decision-making process of projects that affect their lives, thereby raising the questions about project sustainabili...
ABSTRACT This research examines empirically the causal relationship between the development of the financial sector and Ghana's economic growth. In this research findings, data from the Global Financial Development Database (GFDD) and World Development Indicators (WDI) were used. The research employs information from time series data and utilizes a bound test strategy to cointegration within the context of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ADRL) to determine the short-term and long-term li...
ABSTRACT The study examined hospital solid waste management practices the Eastern Region of Ghana. A total of 320 hospital staff from six selected hospitals were randomly selected for the study with 279 returned responses for the questionnaire used. Interviews were conducted among 15 purposively selected staff from the six selected hospitals, the private waste collecting company, the Municipal Assembly and the Environmental Protection Agency. SPSS Version 20 was used to analysed questionnaire...