Collection: Research Review (New Series) - Arab Americans and the Automobile: Voices from the Factory

41. Colonial law, "customary" law and Mamprusi litigants

Date Issued:: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

42. Narrative technique and the role of commentators in Ama Ata Aidoo's works

Date Issued:: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

43. Guidelines for contributors

Date Issued:: 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

44. Personal names of the Dagomba

Date Issued:: 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

45. To change or not to change

Description:: Ghana has one of the highest levels of reported cases of HIV/AIDS in the West African sub-region. The majority of infected persons are in their twenties. Young people are particularly vulnerable to STD/HTV infection for a number of reasons, They are confronted with complex and interlinked bio-social, economic and political structures and community, factors. Although they are aware of STD/HIV, they do not practice safe sex or do not use condom consistently. They are more reluctant than older ones to seek treatment for STDs partly because of the attitudes of the older people, the health care providers and the general society to adolescent sexuality or may not be able to afford services. The paper is based on data collected from in- and out-of-school youth at the national and regional levels on their perceptions and reactions to the epidemic. Field work was done in five out of ten regions in Ghana using both qualitative and quantitative instruments. The issues covered included their current attitudes and behaviours related to HIV/AIDS, their reaction to the need for change and their perceived constraints/barriers to behaviour change. HIV/AIDS education messages have not taken the specific concerns of the young people into consideration. Most out-of-school youth are cut off from the mainstream educational and health care facilities. Young people are receptive to AIDS-related messages when they are made part of the planning and implementation of programmes. Attempts at initiating behavioural change in the youth must take into consideration all the complex factors. The source of, and the agents for change, must be seen to be credible and the effort must be reinforced and sustained. The problem may be of barriers than just resistance/refusal of change on the part of the youth.
Date Issued:: 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

46. Accessibility, mobility and the development process

Description:: The creation of a modern transportation system in any country is not only a function of resource utilization, technology and willpower of the people but also the political economy of the state. While the transport system which evolved in the U.S.A. facilitated the development t of a self-centered economy, the situation in Ghana is different. The geometry of the transport system in ghana was tailored to assist the growth of an external metropolitan economy. The result has been the neglect of rural feeder roads which should necessarily form the backdrop against which the improvement of the rest of the national transportation network must be seen. In this paper a comparative analysis of the evolution of the transportation systems of the U.S.A. and GHANA is carried out and the impact of the transport systems on socioeconomic activity in both countries examined. Finally recommendations are offered for improvement of the Ghanaian transport system.
Date Issued:: 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)