Jonathan Mensah Dapaah
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 341861 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jonathan Mensah Dapaah |
| NOMBRES | Jonathan Mensah |
| APELLIDO | Dapaah |
| FIRMA | DAPAAH J M |
| AFILIACIONES | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9349-6273 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Aphrodisiac Use and Sexual Performance Pressures Among University Students in Ghana
Objective Aphrodisiac use among young adults is increasingly recognized as a socially embedded practice shaped by sexual performance pressures, peer influence, and evolving norms of desirability. Within university contexts, these dynamics intersect with identity exploration and heightened expectations around sexual competence. However, limited qualitative research has examined how students understand and navigate aphrodisiac use within these cont…
Gender and leadership positions
Purpose Women are rarely seen in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies, which is unsurprising. Following gender equity policies, few women have been able to break through the gender equity barrier and assume leadership positions in schools. Few research investigations have delved into the experiences and challenges that women encounter in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies in government schools in Northern Ghana. The stud…
The influence of family size on academic performance of high school students in Ghana
The influence of sociodemographic behavioural variables on health-seeking behaviour and the utilisation of public and private hospitals in Ghana
Purpose Several studies have described health-seeking behaviour within the context of various diseases, the health status and age group. However, knowledge on patient health-seeking behaviour in the use of public and private hospitals and socio-demographic characteristics in developing countries is still scarce. This paper examines the influence of socio-demographic behavioural variables on health-seeking behaviour and the use of public and priva…
Modeling the Structural Effects of Residential Instability, Family Disruptions, and Social Support on Neighborhood Crime Perceptions
Drawing on the tenets of Social Disorganization Theory, we model the effects of neighborhood structural correlates on neighborhood crime perceptions in two urbanized Ghanaian communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Using 500 responses from a cross-sectional survey of 100 households, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) is used to test a hypothesized model that incorporates measures of Residential Instability, Family Disruption, So…
I agreed to go because……..examining the Agency of Children within a phenomenon conceptualised as trafficking in Ghana
The legal and policy framework on child trafficking is dismissive of children's agency and regards them as vulnerable personalities. This paper examines the scope of children's agency in their transportation to other communities for fishing in Ghana. Using a phenomenological design, 17 child returnees' views were elicited on their movement for fishing activities. Findings revealed that children's agentive capabilities progressed primarily from co…
Work socialisation gone wrong? Exploring the antecedent of child trafficking in two Ghanaian fishing communities
The phenomenon of child trafficking has emerged as a global child protection concern ever since the Palermo Protocol was promulgated by the United Nations in the year 2000. Since then, specific aspects of children’s mobility for work in sectors such as fishing have been conceptualised as trafficking in Ghana. Drawing on a qualitative case study design, the views of 20 fishing community members were elicited in Senya Breku and Yeji. The study foun…
Disclosure of HIV/Aids status to infected children in Ghana – A north-south comparison of barriers and enablers
Disclosure of HIV status to infected children plays critical role in child health and wellbeing. This study identifies and compares child HIV disclosure barriers and facilitators in Upper East, Northern and Ashanti regions of Ghana. Prospective data was collected through a questionnaire on 180 caregivers of HIV-infected children 5–18 years from 12 antiretroviral treatment (ART) centres from May 2017 to November 2018 enrolling 89 (49.5%) males and…
Social constructs, late recognition and decision making for managing fast breathing in children
A Phenomenological Account of HIV Disclosure Experiences of Children and Adolescents from Northern and Southern Ghana
Disclosure of HIV status to infected children, though challenged by caregiver dilemma, remains central in achieving the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) global goal of 90/90/90. This study explores children's HIV disclosure experiences across Northern and Southern Ghana. A qualitative interpretative phenomenological design facilitated the recruitment of 30 HIV positive disclosed children and adolescents aged 9−19 years in 12 anti…
Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi
Violence by young people is one of the most visible forms of social disorder in urban settlements. This study assesses the causes and consequences of youth violence in the Kumasi metropolis. The study design was a nonexperimental cross-sectional survey. A mixed method approach facilitated the random sampling of 71 young people in the Kumasi metropolis through a stratified procedure between December 2014 and November 2015. Ten (10) participants we…
A Review of Plan Implementation Management Practices in the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Implementation is very vital in planning. This crucial aspect of planning (implementation) can only be achieved when appropriate goals and definite objectives are translated into executable strategies. This study aims at evaluating projects planning, implementation and management processes in the Bekwai Municipal Assembly, highlighting their strength and weakness and coming out with recommendations to inform future policy formulation. The case st…
When the clinic becomes a home. Successful VCT and ART services in a stressful environment
With the upscaling of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-poor countries, many HIV-positive persons in Ghana have been accessing treatment in hospitals. Prevalence is relatively low compared to other African countries, 1.30%. HIV/AIDS remains heavily stigmatised in Ghana, which influences the provision and use of ART. This article investigates how HIV-positive persons accessing care and treatment go about their everyday lives in the ART clin…
Dilemmas of Patient Expertise
This article examines the work lives of HIV positive peer educators at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, who have been trained to complement the work of health workers. Drawing on fifteen months of ethnographic research in the voluntary counselling and testing centre and the antiretroviral treatment clinic, we found that, despite the wide range of services offered by peer educators, there was a general lack of recognition for t…
Modeling the Structural Effects of Residential Instability, Family Disruptions, and Social Support on Neighborhood Crime Perceptions
Drawing on the tenets of Social Disorganization Theory, we model the effects of neighborhood structural correlates on neighborhood crime perceptions in two urbanized Ghanaian communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Using 500 responses from a cross-sectional survey of 100 households, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) is used to test a hypothesized model that incorporates measures of Residential Instability, Family Disruption, So…
Work socialisation gone wrong? Exploring the antecedent of child trafficking in two Ghanaian fishing communities
The phenomenon of child trafficking has emerged as a global child protection concern ever since the Palermo Protocol was promulgated by the United Nations in the year 2000. Since then, specific aspects of children’s mobility for work in sectors such as fishing have been conceptualised as trafficking in Ghana. Drawing on a qualitative case study design, the views of 20 fishing community members were elicited in Senya Breku and Yeji. The study foun…
Dilemmas of Patient Expertise
This article examines the work lives of HIV positive peer educators at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, who have been trained to complement the work of health workers. Drawing on fifteen months of ethnographic research in the voluntary counselling and testing centre and the antiretroviral treatment clinic, we found that, despite the wide range of services offered by peer educators, there was a general lack of recognition for t…
A Review of Plan Implementation Management Practices in the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Implementation is very vital in planning. This crucial aspect of planning (implementation) can only be achieved when appropriate goals and definite objectives are translated into executable strategies. This study aims at evaluating projects planning, implementation and management processes in the Bekwai Municipal Assembly, highlighting their strength and weakness and coming out with recommendations to inform future policy formulation. The case st…
When the clinic becomes a home. Successful VCT and ART services in a stressful environment
With the upscaling of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-poor countries, many HIV-positive persons in Ghana have been accessing treatment in hospitals. Prevalence is relatively low compared to other African countries, 1.30%. HIV/AIDS remains heavily stigmatised in Ghana, which influences the provision and use of ART. This article investigates how HIV-positive persons accessing care and treatment go about their everyday lives in the ART clin…
Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi
Violence by young people is one of the most visible forms of social disorder in urban settlements. This study assesses the causes and consequences of youth violence in the Kumasi metropolis. The study design was a nonexperimental cross-sectional survey. A mixed method approach facilitated the random sampling of 71 young people in the Kumasi metropolis through a stratified procedure between December 2014 and November 2015. Ten (10) participants we…
A Phenomenological Account of HIV Disclosure Experiences of Children and Adolescents from Northern and Southern Ghana
Disclosure of HIV status to infected children, though challenged by caregiver dilemma, remains central in achieving the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) global goal of 90/90/90. This study explores children's HIV disclosure experiences across Northern and Southern Ghana. A qualitative interpretative phenomenological design facilitated the recruitment of 30 HIV positive disclosed children and adolescents aged 9−19 years in 12 anti…
Social constructs, late recognition and decision making for managing fast breathing in children
I agreed to go because……..examining the Agency of Children within a phenomenon conceptualised as trafficking in Ghana
The legal and policy framework on child trafficking is dismissive of children's agency and regards them as vulnerable personalities. This paper examines the scope of children's agency in their transportation to other communities for fishing in Ghana. Using a phenomenological design, 17 child returnees' views were elicited on their movement for fishing activities. Findings revealed that children's agentive capabilities progressed primarily from co…
Work socialisation gone wrong? Exploring the antecedent of child trafficking in two Ghanaian fishing communities
The phenomenon of child trafficking has emerged as a global child protection concern ever since the Palermo Protocol was promulgated by the United Nations in the year 2000. Since then, specific aspects of children’s mobility for work in sectors such as fishing have been conceptualised as trafficking in Ghana. Drawing on a qualitative case study design, the views of 20 fishing community members were elicited in Senya Breku and Yeji. The study foun…
Disclosure of HIV/Aids status to infected children in Ghana – A north-south comparison of barriers and enablers
Disclosure of HIV status to infected children plays critical role in child health and wellbeing. This study identifies and compares child HIV disclosure barriers and facilitators in Upper East, Northern and Ashanti regions of Ghana. Prospective data was collected through a questionnaire on 180 caregivers of HIV-infected children 5–18 years from 12 antiretroviral treatment (ART) centres from May 2017 to November 2018 enrolling 89 (49.5%) males and…
The influence of family size on academic performance of high school students in Ghana
The influence of sociodemographic behavioural variables on health-seeking behaviour and the utilisation of public and private hospitals in Ghana
Purpose Several studies have described health-seeking behaviour within the context of various diseases, the health status and age group. However, knowledge on patient health-seeking behaviour in the use of public and private hospitals and socio-demographic characteristics in developing countries is still scarce. This paper examines the influence of socio-demographic behavioural variables on health-seeking behaviour and the use of public and priva…
Modeling the Structural Effects of Residential Instability, Family Disruptions, and Social Support on Neighborhood Crime Perceptions
Drawing on the tenets of Social Disorganization Theory, we model the effects of neighborhood structural correlates on neighborhood crime perceptions in two urbanized Ghanaian communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Using 500 responses from a cross-sectional survey of 100 households, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) is used to test a hypothesized model that incorporates measures of Residential Instability, Family Disruption, So…
Gender and leadership positions
Purpose Women are rarely seen in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies, which is unsurprising. Following gender equity policies, few women have been able to break through the gender equity barrier and assume leadership positions in schools. Few research investigations have delved into the experiences and challenges that women encounter in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies in government schools in Northern Ghana. The stud…
Aphrodisiac Use and Sexual Performance Pressures Among University Students in Ghana
Objective Aphrodisiac use among young adults is increasingly recognized as a socially embedded practice shaped by sexual performance pressures, peer influence, and evolving norms of desirability. Within university contexts, these dynamics intersect with identity exploration and heightened expectations around sexual competence. However, limited qualitative research has examined how students understand and navigate aphrodisiac use within these cont…
Sociology (10 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Medicine (8 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Family medicine (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Social Psychology (4 obras)