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Preface
Chapter 1 – From Politics to Tourism: Pan-African Connections, Development and Experiences of the Historic African Diaspora in Ghana (pp. 1-14)
Kwaku Nti (Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA, USA)
Chapter 2 – Socio-Economic Impact of Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana (pp. 15-32)
Gloria Ankomah, Paul Ankomah and Trent Larson (Trent Larson, Public Health at the American Public University, Greensboro, NC, USA)
Chapter 3 – Prevalence and Predictors of Symptoms of Mental Disorders in Ghana (pp. 33-60)
Isaac Addai and Antonio Rodriguez Andrees (Professor of Sociology, Department of English, Humanities and Social Science, Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan, USA, and others)
Chapter 4 – Women in Movement (pp. 61-82)
Diana Højlund Madsen, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark)
Chapter 5 – Bragoro: A Disappearing Puberty Rite of the Akan of Ghana (pp. 83-102)
Perpetual Crentsil (University of Helsinki/Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden)
Chapter 6 – Wear and Tear: On the Use and Value of Iron in West Africa (pp. 103-114)
Len Pole (Independent Curator and Researcher, UK)
Chapter 7 – Young People‘s Motivation for Civic Engagement in Ghana (pp. 115-124)
Jones Adu-Gyamfi (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England)
Chapter 8 – Accidental Injury of Preschool Children in Ghana (pp. 125-128)
Emma Weldon (Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and others)
Chapter 9 – Social Welfare Policy in Ghana: Current Provisions, Reach and Challenges (pp. 129-146)
Ahmed Bawa Kuyini (School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, Australia)
Chapter 10 – Regional Assessment of Agricultural Residues for Bioenergy Production in Ghana (pp. 147-174)
Francis Kemausuor, Evans Yakah and Andreas Kamp (Department of Agricultural Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana and others)
Chapter 11 – Transforming Gender Imbalances in Decision Making in Ghana: Voices from Rural Dwellers (pp. 175-194)
Service Opare, Ph.D. (University Canada West, Vancouver, Canada)
Chapter 12 – Examining the Sub-Structures of Ghana‘s Local Government System under the Decentralization Program: Performance and Prospects (pp. 195-214)
Service Opare, Ph.D. (University Canada West, Vancouver, Canada)
Chapter 13 – Ethnicity and Political Participation in Ghana (pp. 215-234)
Acheampong Yaw Amoateng and Tim B. Heaton (School of Research and Post-Graduate Studies, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, and others)
Chapter 14 – The Nuclearization of Ghanaian Families (pp. 235-252)
Albert Kpoor (University of Ghana, Department of Sociology, Ghana)
Chapter 15 – Migration of Health Professionals from Ghana: Trends, Drivers and Emerging Issues (pp. 253-274)
Joseph Kofi Teye, Mary Boatemaa Setrana and Abigail Agyeiwaa Acheampong (Department of Geography and Resource Development, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana, Ghana)
Chapter 16 – Achievements and Challenges of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana (pp. 275-294)
Joseph Kofi Teye, Albert A. Arhin and Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya (Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Ghana, and others)
Chapter 17 – The Effect of the 1987 Education Reforms on Youth Unemployment in Ghana: An Exploratory Study (pp. 295-312)
I. K. Biney, I. Appeaning Addo and M. Abu (Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, and others)
Chapter 18 – Livelihoods of Beach Seine Fishers in Ghana, West Africa (pp. 313-336)
F. K. E. Nunoo and B. Asiedu (Department of Marine & Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, and others)
Chapter 19 – Eight Years of National Health Insurance in Ghana: Evaluation of the Health Financing Sub-Functions (pp. 337-356)
E. Nsiah-Boateng and Alain Jousten (Claims Department, National Health Insurance Scheme, Ashiedu Keteke District Office, Accra, Ghana, and others)
Chapter 20 – Rural-Urban Migration in Ghana: A Menace or Blessing? (pp. 357-372)
Mohammed Sulemana, Ibrahim Bin Ngah and M. Rafee Majid (University for Development Studies, Department of Planning and Land Management, Faculty of Planning and Management, Tamale, Ghana, and others)
Chapter 21 – Reciprocity in Social Networks of Migrants: A Study of Migrants in Tema (pp. 373-386)
Benzies Isaac Adu-Okoree and Frank S. Arku (Department of Rural and Community Development, Presbyterian University College, Akuapem Campus, Akropong, Eastern Region, Ghana)
Chapter 22 – Truck Pushers in Ghana: Social Misfits or Urban Transporters? (pp. 387-400)
Eric Adjei Osei and Jones Adu-Gyamfi (Anum Senior High School, Eastern Region, Ghana, and others)
Index