Translocality, Remittances, and Food Security in the Ghana-Qatar Migration Corridor by Bernard Owusu, Jonathan Crush

“…The paper highlights the translocal nature of Ghanaian households, where remittances contribute to the cultural and economic sustenance of families. …”
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Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting Atypically with Severe Pharyngeal Ulceration by Bayanne Olabi, Justin C. Mason, Ziad Farah

“…We describe a rare case of histologically confirmed cutaneous PAN presenting in a 55-year-old Ghanaian woman with severe oropharyngeal ulceration. …”
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Population Ageing in Ghana: Research Gaps and the Way Forward by Chuks J. Mba

“…This paper attempts to highlight research gaps and what should be done concerning population ageing in the Ghanaian context. The proportion of the elderly increased from 4.9 percent in 1960 to 7.2 percent in 2000, while the number rose from 0.3 million to 1.4 million over the same period (an increase of 367 percent). …”
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Predictors of Noncompliance to Antihypertensive Therapy among Hypertensive Patients Ghana: Application of Health Belief Model by Yaa Obirikorang, Christian Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Enoch Odame Anto, Daniel Gyamfi, Selorm Philip Segbefia, Michael Opoku Boateng, Dari Pascal Dapilla, Peter Kojo Brenya, Bright Amankwaa, Evans Asamoah Adu, Emmanuel Nsenbah Batu, Adjei Gyimah Akwasi, Beatrice Amoah

“…This study determined noncompliance to antihypertensive therapy (AHT) and its associated factors in a Ghanaian population by using the health belief model (HBM). …”
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Expectation and Satisfaction with Nursing Care among Hypertensives Receiving Care at a Resource-Constrained Hospital in Ghana by Kennedy Dodam Konlan, Mavis Armah-Mensah, Rita Aryee, Theresa Akua Appiah

“…We explored the expectations and satisfaction of Ghanaian hypertensives with nursing care received at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). …”
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Blood Lead Levels among Blood Donors and High-Risk Occupational Groups in a Mining Area in Ghana: Implications for Blood Transfusion among Vulnerable Populations by Veronica Agyemang, Joseph K. Acquaye, Samuel B. E. Harrison, Felix B. Oppong, Stephany Gyaase, Kwaku P. Asante, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…However, there is little data on the levels of lead in donor blood and the main sources of lead exposure in the Ghanaian population. This study compared blood lead levels (BLL) among selected occupations at risk of lead exposure with healthy blood donors in nonexposed occupations in a Ghanaian mining area. …”
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Making Good Women by Abena Kyere

“…Examining various works of literature, archival materials and in-depth interviews, the article reconstructs the trajectory of the clergy-wife position and concludes that missionary education aimed to remold the gendered spaces of Ghanaian society through the education of girls. However, this missionary ideal of a good woman who exemplified all the tenets of a godly Christian wife was to be found in the Clergy wife (CW). …”
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Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia Presenting as Cardiac Failure by Nii Boi-Doku Pepra-Ameyaw, William Kwasi Ghunney, Eugene Baafi Ampofo, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…To the best of our knowledge, we present the first reported case of CEL complicated by cardiac disease in a Ghanaian. He presented with a history of orthopnoea and dyspnoea on exertion, and examination revealed a pansystolic murmur over the mitral region and moderate splenomegaly. …”
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Le timide reboisement des paysans ghanéens by Stefano Boni

“…After a century of predatory exploitation of the environment which has seen the forest cover almost completely disappear, in the last decade the NGOs and the Ghanaian government have intensified their attempts to regenerate a forest cover in the southern half of Ghana. …”
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A logistics book hidden in a linguistics library shelf: a qualitative examination of how resource constraints manifest in library operations by Raphael Aryee, Atia Alpha Alfa

“…This study examines how limited library resources, particularly recommended textbooks, affect library operations in Ghanaian public universities. Through semi-structured interviews with eleven undergraduate and postgraduate students, we investigated user behavior and responses to resource scarcity. …”
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The Relationship Between Inflation and Trade Openness: Evidence from Ghana by Evans Yeboah, Alexander Amo Baffour

“…This study investigates the impacts of trade openness and inflation on the Ghanaian economy from 1990 to 2022. Employing the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing for cointegration and the Granger causality test for empirical analysis, the study reveals a mixed short-term effect, showing both positive and negative impacts of trade openness and inflation on economic growth in Ghana. …”
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Stroke Outcome and Determinants among Patients with and without Diabetes in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana by Josephine Akpalu, Alfred E. Yawson, Foster Osei-Poku, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Patrick Adjei, Kodwo Nkromah, Albert Akpalu

“…A prospective study conducted among stroke patients with and without diabetes admitted in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital. Baseline clinical and biochemical data were documented. …”
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Evaluation of Yield, Reaction to Diseases, and Grain Physical Attributes of Some Introduced Rice Hybrids in Ghana by Samuel Oppong Abebrese, Alex Yeboah, Wilson Dogbe, Paul Kofi Ayirebi Dartey, Richard Akromah, Vernon Edward Gracen, Samuel Kwame Offei, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah

“…Most of the test hybrids had long slender grains which make them acceptable to the Ghanaian market but lacked aroma.…”
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A qualitative study on the impact of globalisation on public relations practice in Ghana by Albert Anani-Bossman, Michael Bruce

“… The article analyses the perceived impact of globalisation on public relations practice in Ghana by examining how Ghanaian PR practitioners are utilising the opportunities that globalisation offers while dealing with the challenges it brings. …”
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Attitudes and Behaviours of Health Workers and the Use of HIV/AIDS Health Care Services by Jonathan M. Dapaah

“…In-depth interviews, informal conversations, and participant observation were used to collect data from health workers providing VCT and ART and clients who access these services in two Ghanaian hospitals. Results. The study found that health workers providing these services, with the exception of a few, generally showed positive attitudes and behaviours towards clients during clinical encounters. …”
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Collectivism and continuity: a ceramic composition as a metaphorical persuasion for extended family cohesion by Charles Dogbeda Melos Vicku, Samuel Nii Adamah Sampah, Robert Amoanyi, Ebenezer Fiifi Mensah, Ansah-Asiedu Jnr

“…The extended family system in the Ghanaian culture is akin to the growth of a gourd or calabash vine. …”
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A DELPHI TECHNIQUE APPROACH TOWARDS THE NEED FOR AND RELEVANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES by Callistus TENGAN, Clinton AIGVABOA

“…Experts for the study were identified from the Ghanaian construction industry (quantity surveyors, architect, and engineers), research, and academic institutions of higher learning faculties in Ghana. …”
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Antecedents of marketing climate change adaption construction materials: Evidence from Ghana by Kwame Obiri Yeboah, Nicholas Oppong Mensah, Isaac Tandoh, Nana Jesse Telfa Roberts, Kwame Asare Duffour

“…The study reveals that in the real estate sector of the Ghanaian economy, there is a positive WTP eco-friendly roofing product; hence, entrepreneurs and investors should take advantage of the urgency to reduce the impact of climate change in Ghana by investing in eco-friendly products for both the real estate and construction sectors of the economy. …”
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Contraceptive Use among Basic School Pupils in Ghana: A Case Study of a Municipality by Fred Yao Gbagbo

“…In this study, contraceptive use among basic school pupils in a Ghanaian municipality was explored to inform policy and program decisions. …”
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Prevalence of the oral pathogen Filifactor alocis and its FtxA toxin related to clinical parameters and presence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans by Zeinab Razooqi, Nabil Khzam, Nabil Khzam, Mahina L’Hostis, Georgios N. Belibasakis, Anders Johansson, Jan Oscarsson

“…By assessing a longitudinal Ghanaian study population of adolescents, we recently identified a possible correlation between F. alocis levels, ftxA gene carriage, and progression of clinical attachment loss (CAL). …”
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