ABSTRACT Despite the crucial role place of delivery plays in maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity of women in Ghana, there continue to exit a gap between women who also utilize antenatal care service but fail to deliver at the hospital (elsewhere). This study was conducted in Assin Fosu in the Assin North district to examine why women prefer to deliver elsewhere (not the hospital. The objectives the study sought to investigate were: where women prefer to deliver; the factors that i...
ABSTRACT The problem of childlessness which is majorly caused by sickness, diseases and infertility in Awgu L.G.A gave rise to this study. This study investigated the Public Perception on the Impact of Childlessness on Married Couples in Awgu Local Government Area, of Enugu state. The study was conducted between November 2017 and May 2018. Six research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The research design used was sample survey descriptive design. The quantitative and qualitative...
Abstract This study has examined the extent to which the mass media serves as instrument of escalation, generation and de-escalation of religious-related conflicts in the Northern part of Nigeria and the consequent effects of the role of the mass media in the development of the region and the nation as a whole. The secondary sources of data were the main method employed in the collection of data. The study examined critically news reports and analysis, editorials, advertorials and special col...
ABSTRACT Social reintegration of young offenders is a main challenge facing the justice system around the world. In the developed world where parole services exist, ex-offenders are easily reintegrated into the society to rebuild their lives. Although much study has been conducted on the juvenile justice system within the Ghanaian context, there is little knowledge about prerelease and post-release reintegration programmes as well as the role of the community, including the family and social ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of personality dimensions and spousal age difference on marital adjustment of married staff of Godfrey Okoye group of institutions. Two hundred and six (206) married staff of Godfrey Okoye group of institutions (the University, the Institute of Ecumenical Education, the Secondary School, and the Primary School) formed the participants of the study. The study employed simple random sampling technique (simple balloting) to select participants to this ...
ABSTRACT This study examines the resilience strategies of adolescent girls in Nima, a suburb of Accra against teenage pregnancy. Specifically, it sought to find out the resilience pathways of adolescent girls against teenage pregnancy, determine the factors which influenced the resilience decision making process of these adolescent girls, examine the factors which help in building resilience and finally, understand the socio-cultural and economic factors which promote the building of resilien...
ABSTRACT The prison has emerged as an object of attention and criticism in the works of sociologists and criminologists. However, among this diverse body of works, little research has been undertaken which interrogates the very different experience of men and women prisoners. In particular, there is a paucity of research that adequately explores how women experience their family relationships while in prison. Considering the fact that a significant number of female prisoners in Ghana come fro...
ABSTRACT Urbanism carries within itself a complex web of social experiences and systems which rewards creativity and innovation other than a routine repetitive lifestyle. Social change remains a constant encounter in all human settlements but appears to be most visible in the urban social space. Change in itself is the hegemony between existing and new social ideas which is measured by how these ideas improve social lives. People in urban areas are bound to encounter temptations to alter th...
Abstract Changes in gender roles and relations and environment are intricately related. Rapid increase in human population brings about massive exploitation of natural resources which in turn leads to observable effects like poor crop yield from degrading lands, water pollution, and extinction of forests. This is therefore a study of the effects of environmental degradation in agrarian communities and changing gender roles and relations. Both qualitative and quantitative instruments were use...
ABSTRACT Save the children initiative (2014), estimated general infant mortality rate to be 100 deaths per 1,000 live births for the 2011-2014 period (NPC, 2014). Regionally, south east, south west, north east and northwest have infant mortality rates of 74, 81, 129 and 139 deaths per 1,000 live births respectively. Indicating the highest concentration in the North West (NPC, 2014).This research examines if there is any relationship between some cultural practices and infant death in Wamakko...
ABSTRACT In Ghana there is dearth of knowledge about the role of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in alleviating poverty at the rural areas. It is increasingly being recognized among scholars, policymakers and private sector practitioners that MSEs are a potentially powerful tool for economic development and poverty reduction. In Ghana, the practice of MSEs promotion as an official development intervention strategy commenced in 1995 once the Rural Enterprises Programme (REP) was piloted to...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, the issue of offenders returning home safely to lead law-abiding lives has been a daunting task. Every year, hundreds of offenders leave the prison but relapse into criminal behaviour sooner or later after their release. It is on record that 24% of exoffenders recidivate again and again. This implies that secondary crime prevention strategies in Ghana are ineffective in reforming, rehabilitating and reintegrating the offenders. The question this study sought to address is:...
ABSTRACT This study investigates farmers' access to agricultural extension services in the Dangme West District of Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to find out the sources of extension information, the existence of differential access of farmers to agricultural extension services, and sociocultural and other factors if any, which affect access to extension services. The results revealed that the Agricultural Extension Agent (AEA) was the main source of information for the majority of far...
ABSTRACT One important mechanism that immigrants mostly adopt as a means of integrating economically in the host country is the establishment of small-scale businesses of their own (Bonacich and Modell, 1980; Cummings, 1980; Glazer and Moynihan, 1963; Light, 1972). This study was conducted to examine the business practices of Lebanese immigrants in Accra Ghana, as well as contribute to the literature on immigrant businesses, which focuses predominantly on immigrants in Western societies. Usin...
ABSTRACT The study explored the effectiveness or otherwise of the situational measures implemented by the community members of Ngleshie Amanfro to bring under control the sudden upsurge in the incidents of armed robbery in the community. The concurrent triangulation model of the mixed method approach was adopted for the study, using a sample of 415 respondents. The Situational Crime Prevention theory espoused by R. V. Clarke (1997) was used as the main perspective for the study. A survey and ...