Changing family systems in Ghana and its effects on access to urban rental housing: a study of the Offinso Municipality

Agyemang, Festus Okoh; Asamoah, Paul Kitson Baffour; Obodai, Jacob

doi:10.1007/s10901-018-9604-7

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“…In this study, even though the life sentence played a part in the participants' experiences of mental health, there were other major mediating factors such as harsh prison condition, neglect by family and friends, and damaged plight (due to their inability to return to their communities to correct what had let to their imprisonment). This finding may largely be due to the nature of the Ghanaian context where the (extended) family prioritizes communal living and places a significant emphasis on reciprocity and holds members accountable for their behaviors (Agyemang et al, 2018).…”

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Mental Health Experiences Among Inmates Serving Life Sentences in Ghana Prisons

Baffour

Francis

Chong

et al. 2020

International Criminal Justice Review

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In Ghana, a convicted person is not entitled to parole. The only hope for their return into the community is either completing the sentence or government amnesty. However, recidivists on life sentences are completely denied the chance of returning into the community. This coupled with the demand of adjusting to the country’s prison conditions affects the mental well-being of life-sentenced inmates. This study explored the mental health experiences of life-sentenced inmates. An interpretive phenomenological approach guided the analysis of qualitative data collected from 21 life-sentenced inmates who were serving terms in three selected prisons. We employed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition ( DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision ( ICD-11) mental disorder symptomologies to situate the participants’ narration of their experiences. The participants reported feeling sad, hopelessness, and having sleepless days and nights due to thinking about their perceived spoiled plight. They also experienced stress and were fearful of uncertainties due to perceived prison officer apathy and harsh prison conditions. Additionally, the participants resorted to drug use as a means to cope with their mental health experiences. The participants’ descriptions of their experiences were consistent with some symptomologies of mental disorders as provided in the DSM-5 and ICD-11 and call for the creation of mental health treatment services in the country’s prisons to improve the mental health of inmates.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Mental Health Experiences Among Inmates Serving Life Sentences in Ghana Prisons

Baffour

Francis

Chong

et al. 2020

International Criminal Justice Review

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“…Due to the overwhelming predominance of the extended family system in the Ghanaian culture [29][30][31] where close and remote relatives commonly reside in compound housing style [32], living in conventional housing temporarily with relatives was not categorised as homelessness in this research. The 2000 and 2010 population and housing census reports showed that compound houses generally referred to as 'family houses' constituted 55% of the housing stock in urban Ghana [23].…”

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Alcohol, tobacco and drug use among adults experiencing homelessness in Accra, Ghana: A cross-sectional study of risk levels and associated factors

Asibey

Marjadi²,

Conroy³

2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Substance use contributes to poor health and increases the risk of mortality in the homeless population. This study assessed the prevalence and risk levels of substance use and associated factors among adults experiencing homelessness in Accra, Ghana. Methods 305 adults currently experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness in Accra aged ≥ 18 years were recruited. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was used to assess substance use risk levels. Association of high-risk substance use with sociodemographic, migration, homelessness, and health characteristics were assessed using logistic regression. Results Nearly three-quarters (71%, n = 216) of the sample had ever used a substance, almost all of whom engaged in ASSIST-defined moderate-risk (55%) or high-risk (40%) use. Survivors of physical or emotional violence (AOR = 3.54; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.89–6.65, p<.001) and sexual violence (AOR = 3.94; 95%CI 1.85–8.39, p<.001) had significantly higher odds of engaging in high-risk substance use, particularly alcohol, cocaine, and cannabis. The likelihood of engaging in high-risk substance use was higher for men than women (AOR = 4.09; 95%CI 2.06–8.12, p<.001) but lower for those in the middle-income group compared to low-income (AOR = 3.94; 95%CI 1.85–8.39, p<.001). Conclusions Risky substance use was common among adults experiencing homelessness in Accra, and strongly associated with violent victimisation, gender, and income levels. The findings highlight the urgent need for effective and targeted preventive and health-risk reduction strategies to address risky substance use in the homeless population in Accra and similar cities within Ghana and sub-Sahara Africa with a high burden of homelessness.

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“…Information and methods regarding real estate price as well as the appraiser's expertise and experience play important roles in determining the economic value of real estate, especially in monetary terms (Badarinza & Ramadorai, 2018;Agyemang, Asamoah, & Obodai, 2018;Wen et al, 2018). To make reasonable and accurate judgements the appraiser must have sufficient information as well as professional knowledge and previous experience (Alexander & Barrow, 1994;Hill & Scholz, 2018).…”

Section: Real Estate Appraisal and Financial Engineering Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Establishing Dynamic Impact Function for House Pricing Based on Surrending Multi-Attributes: Evidence From Taipei City, Taiwan

Chen

Azzizi

et al. 2020

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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The objective of the research is aimed for a solution that is to establish the dynamic impact function of surrounding multi-attribute for house pricing. It is also able to measure the ripple effect and allows the hedonic parameter estimates to vary from point-to-point. A comprehensive literature review is carried out to obtain an adequate theoretical basis for the corresponding hypothesis and concepts. The proposed dynamic impact function for multi- attributes is then constructed based on the characteristics of surrounding facilities. Adopting the convenience sampling criteria of 95% confidence level on the data sampling and 10% limit of error in a 5−95% proportion, we collect the empirical data of 39 yearly house sales in the investigated urban areas of Taipei city focusing on housing prices and then utilize them for evaluating and adjusting the function. The actual house price and that of proposed function affected by Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations are analysed, resulting in the correlation coefficient at 0.946 (single attribute) and 0.944 (multi-attribute), respectively. The findings support that proposed function can highly represent the house pricing pattern and be an accurate tool for appraisers.

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Changing family systems in Ghana and its effects on access to urban rental housing: a study of the Offinso Municipality

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Mental Health Experiences Among Inmates Serving Life Sentences in Ghana Prisons

Mental Health Experiences Among Inmates Serving Life Sentences in Ghana Prisons

Alcohol, tobacco and drug use among adults experiencing homelessness in Accra, Ghana: A cross-sectional study of risk levels and associated factors

Establishing Dynamic Impact Function for House Pricing Based on Surrending Multi-Attributes: Evidence From Taipei City, Taiwan

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