Harnessing the tenets of health promotion and wise reasoning in managing the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana and similar contexts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21835562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Senanu Kwasi Kutor (0000-0002-2637-4823, Western University, corresponding author), E Annan-Aggrey (0000-0003-3394-5062, Western University), Austin Dziwornu Ablo (0000-0002-8240-4599, University of Ghana), Adjoa Afriyie Poku (0000-0001-5240-5489, University of Education, Winneba), Emmanuel Kyeremeh (0000-0001-8435-3687, Department of Sociology, Toronto University, Canada) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 607-616 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-6812 • E-ISSN: 2163-2642 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19376812.2022.2092160 |
| OpenAlex | W4283360282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
The emergence of COVID-19 in December 2019 produced new geographic spaces characterized by physical and social distancing with concomitant surprises. In Ghana, management of the first and second waves of the pandemic garnered mixed reactions from the populace. Against these perspectives, this commentary explored the critical role of health promotion and wise reasoning tenets in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, specifically through the following eight principles: intellectual humility; acknowledging uncertainty and change; perspective-taking of different viewpoints; integration of diverse perspectives; intersectorality; sustainability; empowerment and public health engagement; and equity. Our analyses demonstrate that wise reasoning and health promotion from Ghana’s political authorities are critical to ensure citizens’ compliance with the several measures that require a change of behavior
Cultural competence · Cultural humility · Economic growth · Empowerment · Health promotion · Humility · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social distance · Sociology · Sustainability · Viewpoints · Law · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
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Ghana’s Covid-19 response
Theorizing “Wicked Concept” and Reconceptualizing Wisdom as Wicked
Community responses to communication campaigns for influenza A (H1N1)
Surprise! Public historical geographies, user engagement and voluntarism
Being surprised and surprising ourselves
Cultural geographies in practice
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |