Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Biographic Data
| ID | 250333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kofi Awusabo-Asare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kofi |
| FAMILY NAME | Awusabo-Asare |
| SIGNATURE | AWUSABO-ASARE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3633-6668 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Household structure in Ghana
BACKGROUNDThe nuclear convergence hypothesis proposes that development and urbanisation lead to increasing proportions of nuclear families.We explore this hypothesis in Ghana by charting household living arrangements as captured in censuses and surveys. OBJECTIVETo classify household structure in Ghana and track trends to test whether households converge towards nucleation during processes of development and urbanisation. METHODSWe employ two met…
Measuring the quality of sexuality education implementation at the school level in low- and middle-income countries
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a key component of efforts to improve sexual and reproductive outcomes for young people. While many governments have established policies and curricula for CSE, there are no quantitative measures of the quality of their implementation in schools. We describe the construction of a school-level index to measure CSE implementation quality using data from Peru, Guatemala, Kenya and Ghana for validation. The …
Towards comprehensive sexuality education
The successful implementation of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes in schools depends on the development and implementation of strong policy in support of CSE. This paper offers a comparative analysis of the policy environment governing school-based CSE in four low- and middle-income countries at different stages of programme implementation: Ghana, Peru, Kenya and Guatemala. Based on an analysis of current policy and legal framew…
Household Nucleation, Dependency and Child Health Outcomes in Ghana
This study uses three key anthropometric measures of nutritional status among children (stunting, wasting and underweight) to explore the dual effects of household composition and dependency on nutritional outcomes of under-five children in Ghana. The objective is to examine changes in household living arrangements of under-five children to explore the interaction of dependency and nucleation on child health outcomes. The concept of nucleation re…
The politics of tuberculosis and HIV service integration in Ghana
Unwanted sexual experiences among young men in four sub-Saharan African countries
Unwanted sexual experiences are most frequently examined from the woman's perspective, yet these experiences happen to men as well. Part of the reason for the paucity of studies on coerced sexual experiences among men is the difficulty in gathering information about such experiences. This study examines the prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences at sexual debut as well as ever among young men aged 12-19 years old in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi…
Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries
Parents have an influence on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents,but evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa is limited.A better understanding of the relationship between different dimensions of parenting and recent sexual activity and contraceptive use is needed in the region
Matriliny and the New Intestate Succession Law of Ghana
RésuméCet article examine les implications pour les Akans matrilinéaires de quatre lois promulguées en juin 1985 par le gouvernement du Ghana sur la dévolution de l'héritage de quiconque meurt sans laisser de testament écrit ou oral (propriétéintestate), sur l'enregistrement des mariages et divorces coutumiers, et sur l'enregistrement de la propriété familiale (tenant compte de tous ses membres) (Lois PNDC 111–114). Pour les Akans matrilinéaires,…
Interpretations of Demographic Concepts
The Ghana Fertility Survey undertaken between February 1979 and March 1980 was part of the World Fertility Survey project. The immediate aim of this note is to consider some of the concepts and methodologies used in the Ghana Fertility Survey: 1) the utility of the concept of the household as a unit of data collection in the Ghanaian setting; 2) the effects of the failure of the Ghana Fertility Survey questionnaire to allow for differing forms of…
Matriliny and the New Intestate Succession Law of Ghana
RésuméCet article examine les implications pour les Akans matrilinéaires de quatre lois promulguées en juin 1985 par le gouvernement du Ghana sur la dévolution de l'héritage de quiconque meurt sans laisser de testament écrit ou oral (propriétéintestate), sur l'enregistrement des mariages et divorces coutumiers, et sur l'enregistrement de la propriété familiale (tenant compte de tous ses membres) (Lois PNDC 111–114). Pour les Akans matrilinéaires,…
Interpretations of Demographic Concepts
The Ghana Fertility Survey undertaken between February 1979 and March 1980 was part of the World Fertility Survey project. The immediate aim of this note is to consider some of the concepts and methodologies used in the Ghana Fertility Survey: 1) the utility of the concept of the household as a unit of data collection in the Ghanaian setting; 2) the effects of the failure of the Ghana Fertility Survey questionnaire to allow for differing forms of…
Interpretations of Demographic Concepts
The Ghana Fertility Survey undertaken between February 1979 and March 1980 was part of the World Fertility Survey project. The immediate aim of this note is to consider some of the concepts and methodologies used in the Ghana Fertility Survey: 1) the utility of the concept of the household as a unit of data collection in the Ghanaian setting; 2) the effects of the failure of the Ghana Fertility Survey questionnaire to allow for differing forms of…
Matriliny and the New Intestate Succession Law of Ghana
RésuméCet article examine les implications pour les Akans matrilinéaires de quatre lois promulguées en juin 1985 par le gouvernement du Ghana sur la dévolution de l'héritage de quiconque meurt sans laisser de testament écrit ou oral (propriétéintestate), sur l'enregistrement des mariages et divorces coutumiers, et sur l'enregistrement de la propriété familiale (tenant compte de tous ses membres) (Lois PNDC 111–114). Pour les Akans matrilinéaires,…
Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries
Parents have an influence on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents,but evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa is limited.A better understanding of the relationship between different dimensions of parenting and recent sexual activity and contraceptive use is needed in the region
Unwanted sexual experiences among young men in four sub-Saharan African countries
Unwanted sexual experiences are most frequently examined from the woman's perspective, yet these experiences happen to men as well. Part of the reason for the paucity of studies on coerced sexual experiences among men is the difficulty in gathering information about such experiences. This study examines the prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences at sexual debut as well as ever among young men aged 12-19 years old in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi…
The politics of tuberculosis and HIV service integration in Ghana
Household Nucleation, Dependency and Child Health Outcomes in Ghana
This study uses three key anthropometric measures of nutritional status among children (stunting, wasting and underweight) to explore the dual effects of household composition and dependency on nutritional outcomes of under-five children in Ghana. The objective is to examine changes in household living arrangements of under-five children to explore the interaction of dependency and nucleation on child health outcomes. The concept of nucleation re…
Towards comprehensive sexuality education
The successful implementation of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes in schools depends on the development and implementation of strong policy in support of CSE. This paper offers a comparative analysis of the policy environment governing school-based CSE in four low- and middle-income countries at different stages of programme implementation: Ghana, Peru, Kenya and Guatemala. Based on an analysis of current policy and legal framew…
Measuring the quality of sexuality education implementation at the school level in low- and middle-income countries
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a key component of efforts to improve sexual and reproductive outcomes for young people. While many governments have established policies and curricula for CSE, there are no quantitative measures of the quality of their implementation in schools. We describe the construction of a school-level index to measure CSE implementation quality using data from Peru, Guatemala, Kenya and Ghana for validation. The …
Household structure in Ghana
BACKGROUNDThe nuclear convergence hypothesis proposes that development and urbanisation lead to increasing proportions of nuclear families.We explore this hypothesis in Ghana by charting household living arrangements as captured in censuses and surveys. OBJECTIVETo classify household structure in Ghana and track trends to test whether households converge towards nucleation during processes of development and urbanisation. METHODSWe employ two met…
Economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (4 works) · Developing country (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)