Thursday 21st March, 2013

SESSION 1 –MAIN CONFERENCE AUDITORIUM
DISABILITY AND EDUCATION

Chair: CHARITY AKOTIA, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Resource Teachers’ Perspectives on Inclusive Education for Children with Intellectual Disabilities. Abigail A. Larbi and Cynthia A. Sottie, Department of Social Work. 

Needs Assessment of Facilities and Services for Students with Disabilities At The University of Ghana. P. K. Abrefah and Harriet J. B. Baffoe, Department of Social Work.

Is Ghana’s Growth Pro-Poor in the Wake of Recent Remarkable Performance? Bernardin Senadza, Hellen Seshie, Department of Economics and Abigail Larbi, Department of Social Work.

Seductions of the ‘Modern World’: Looking Beyond these Seductions. Delali Amuzu, Institute of Continuing and Distance Education. 

SESSION 2- SYNDICATE ROOM ONE
OIL, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

Chair: PETER QUARTEY, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Harnessing Ghana’s Oil Wealth: An Institutional Perspective. Antoinette Cecilia Tsiboe- Darko, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research. 

The State and Industrial/Workplace Safety in Ghana: The Role of the Department of Factories Inspectorate in the Tema Industrial Area. Samson Obed Appiah Department of Sociology. 

Spouses’ Labour Market Status and Moonlighting Decisions: Some Evidence from Ghana. William Baah-Boateng, Abena D. Oduro and Louis Boakye-Yiadom. Department of Economics

From Agricultural to Energy Landscape: Contradictions and Challenges of Jatropha 
Development in Ghana. Emmanual Attua, Department of Geography and Resources Development. 

SESSION 3 – SYNDICATE ROOM TWO
SEXUAL ACTIVITY

Chair: JOHN ANARFI, REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION STUDIES

Exposure to Pornographic Movies and Sexual Activity among Youth in Urban Poor Accra. Adriana Biney, Francis Dodoo, Philomena Nyarko, and Delali Badasu. Regional Institute for Population Studies.

“Daddy, Today We Have a Match!” Women’s Agentic Skills in Initiating Sexual Intercourse in an Urban Community in Ghana. Daniel Yaw Fiaveh, Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy.

HIV/Aids Knowledge and Willingness to Test for HIV in two Urban Poor Communities in Accra, Ghana. Frank Kyei-Arthur. Regional Institute for Population Studies.

Education and Sex Preferences for Children in Ghana. Grace Frempong Agyemang and Samuel Nii Arday Codjoe, Regional Institute for Population Studies. 

SESSION 4 – SYNDICATE ROOM THREE
INEQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT

Chair: AKOSUA A. AMPOFO, INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES

Increasing Enrolment of Students to University of Ghana Distance Education Programme: The Case of Female Students and its Implications on Ghana’s Population Management, Isaac Kofi Biney. Institute of Continuing and Distance Education. 

More than Just ‘Final Say’: Developing a Survey Measure of the Process of Household Decision-Making in Ghana. Naa Dodua Dodoo, Regional Institute for Population Studies.

Effects of Gender Inequality on Development: Insights from a Qualitative Study in a Ghanaian Rural Community. Mavis Dako-Gyeke and Prince Owusu. Department of Social Work. 

The Changing Roles of Akan Queenmothers: A Study of Nana Yaa Asantewaa II. Lydia Amoah, Institute of African Studies.

1pm -2pm LUNCH

2pm -4pm

SESSION 5 – MAIN CONFERENCE AUDITORIUM
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Chair: KODJO A. SENAH, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Urban Poor Communities in Accra. Raphael Baffour Awuah, John Kwasi Anarfi and Ama de-Graft Aikins, Regional Institute for Population Studies.

Blood Pressure Status of Youth in Accra: the Role of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index. Ernest K. Afrifa-Anane, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe and Ama de-Graft Aikins. Regional Institute for Population Studies.
Fertility Desires and Fertility Decline in Sub-Saharan African. Samuel Agyei-Mensah 
and John B. Casterline. Department of Geography & Resource Development. 

Perceptions of Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and Fertility Preference in Coastal
Urban Poor Communities in Accra. Dorcas Ewoodzie, Population Studies.

SESSION 6 – SYNDICATE ROOM ONE 
THE RURAL ECONOMY

Chair: EDWIN GYASI, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

The Determinants of Non-Farm Micro and Small Enterprise Participation in Rural Ghana. Sylvester Ayambila, Isaac Osei-Akoto, William F. Steel and Daniel B. Sarpong. 

Does the Demand Responsive Approach (DRA) Leads to Improved Functionality in a Sustainable Manner? A Case of Rural Water Provision in Ghana. Daniella Delali Sedegah, Institute Of Statistical Social And Economic Research.

Poverty Amongst MiDA-FBO Farmers in Ghana: An Application of Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) for Ghana. Appiah Kubi, W., R. D. Osei, & I. Osei-Akoto. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research.

Marginalization and Vulnerability in Small-Scale Fisheries of Ghana: A Step Towards Poverty Eradication, Berchie Asiedu, Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences.

SESSION 7 – SYNDICATE ROOM TWO
CULTURE AND HERITAGE

Chair: YAW OHENEBA-SAKYI, INSTITUTE OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

Constructions of Women’s Empowerment in Popular Music. Fidelia Ohemeng, Peace Tetteh, Sylvia Adu-Gyamfi and Albert Kpoor. Department of Sociology.

Examining Ghanaian Cultural Heritage and Traditions in Higher Institutions: The Case of The University Of Ghana, Legon. Daniel Appiah-Adjei, Department of Theatre Arts, School of Performing Arts.

Effective Information Management in a Liberal Democracy: the Case of Ghana. Mavis Dako-Gyeke, Department of Social Work. 

“We Have Two Hands, Two Feet and a Mind we can Apply.” A Look at the Work of Ghanaian Women Musicians. Abena Kyere and Akosua Adomako Ampofo. Institute of African Studies

A Public Administration System fit for Middle Income Status: An Assessment of Ghanaian 
Institutions. Philip D. Osei and Emmanuel Debrah. Department of Political Science. 

SESSION 8 – SYNDICATE ROOM THREE 
CITIES AND GOVERNANCE

Chair: JACOB SONGSORE, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

The Culture of Space in the making of Accra: Towards a Conceptualizations of a Mega City? Thomas Antwi Bosiakoh and Steve Tonah, Department of Sociology. 

Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Footprint for Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Areas. Kwadwo Owusu, Daniel Tutu Benefoh, P.W. K. Yankson and A. B. Asiedu. Department of Geography and Resource Development and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

Public-Private Partnership in Waste Management: The Way Forward for Ghana. Awuah Kwasi Godwin, Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research. 

Social Media Usage Pattern, Civil Society Organizations Engagement and Governance in Ghana: Some Preliminary Findings. Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo & Rabui Boakye Asante. Department of Sociology. 

Emerging Urban System Demographic Trends: Informing Ghana’s National Urban Policy and Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe and Ian E.A. Yeboah Regional Institute for Population Studies