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Understanding Electricity Nightmare and Health Implications among Slum Dwellers in Ghana
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Nkrumah Agyabeng, Anthony; Ahwireng, Patience Obeng; Bawole, Justice Nyigmah; Mickson, Michael Kwame; Ahenkan, Albert – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the electricity challenges confronting slums in order to understand the health implications thereof. Design/methodology/approach: The study utilized purposive sampling techniques supported by the convenience sampling method within the context of qualitative research to select 30 interviewees of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slums, Energy, Barriers
Slum Dwellers' Occupational Activities and Health Implications
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Preko, Alexander; Nkrumah Agyabeng, Anthony; Mensah, James Kwame – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The literature has acknowledged that good health is a crucial component of well-being. This study explores the country-specific understanding of slum dwellers' occupational activities and their environmental behavior. Design/methodology/approach: Using the environmentally responsible behavior model, the study utilized exploratory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slums, Occupations, Responsibility
Context Matters: Exploring Teacher and Learner Contexts in ICT Integration in Slum Public Basic Schools in Ghana
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Issah Baako; W. K. Abroampa – Cogent Education, 2024
This study examined the impact of contextual factors on the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in public basic schools located in slums in Ghana. By adopting a positivist worldview and utilizing the TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) framework as a theoretical lens, this research employs a quantitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Context Effect, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Rural-Urban Drift: Labour Migration, Health-Seeking Behaviour Disparity in the Urban Slum of Madina, Ghana
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Afeadie, Ransford Kwaku – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The health challenges that characterise most of the migrants' urban slums raises a lot of concern for their well-being. Health-seeking behaviour becomes an important step towards maintaining a healthy life. The importance of contextual issues is necessary to help meet specific community health needs and programmes. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Rural to Urban Migration, Urban Areas, Migrants, Labor Market
Child Delinquency and Pupils' Academic Performance in Fumesua Municipal Assembly Primary School in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ashanti Region, Ghana
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Gyansah, Samuel Tieku; Soku, Rejoice; Esilfie, Gabriel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This research was conducted purposely to examine child delinquency on pupils' academic performance. Fumesua Municipal Assembly (M/A) primary school was used as the case study for the research. The specific objectives of the study are to find out the factors that contribute to child delinquent behavior, identify, if delinquent behavior influence…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Academic Achievement, Sampling, Interviews
Gender-Based Violence: Young Women's Experiences in the Slums and Streets of Three Sub-Saharan African Cities
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Oduro, Georgina Yaa; Swartz, Sharlene; Arnot, Madeleine – Theory and Research in Education, 2012
Using a social ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner) to violence and including Hobsbawm's historical analysis of the collective uses of violence, this article shows how gender-based violence is experienced and used. Drawing on three distinct studies in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, it shows the commonalities and divergence of young people's…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Foreign Countries, Young Adults