The role of the Government in addressing social issues in Ghana: The perceptions of Ghanaian undergraduate social work students

Castillo, Jason; Asante, Samuel; Becerra, David; Dwumah, Peter; Barnie, Jonas Asamanin

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“…While research in other parts of the continent, notably South Africa, is more visible (see, e.g., Earle, 2008;Mamphiswana & Noyoo, 2000;McKendrick, 1987), little research has detailed the state of social work programs in the West Africa region. Of the research that does exist on West Africa, the majority examines social work in the Ghanaian context (Avendal, 2011;Blavo & Apt, 1997;Castillo, Asante, Becerra, Dwumah, & Barnie, 2015;Castillo, Asante, Dwumah, Asamanin, & Becerra, 2013;Kreitzer, 2012).…”

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Mapping social work education in the West Africa region: Movements toward indigenization in 12 countries’ training programs

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This article presents the results of a systematic mapping of social work training programs in countries throughout West Africa, a region historically under‐represented in global discussions of the social welfare workforce. The research illuminates how social workers and related professionals are trained to engage in social work practice in a number of West African countries. The research was conducted in two phases. In the initial phase, the research team collected documents from 12 West African countries and conducted phone interviews with relevant individuals. The second phase included field research in five West African countries − Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal − where the research team conducted semi‐structured interviews and group discussions with 253 individuals. Framed by indigenization theory, this study describes social service training institutes in West Africa and highlights the varying degrees to which programs have been adapted to indigenous and endogenous realities in the postcolonial era.

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“…In fact, while child neglect (as defined according to the Western social work tradition) is common in Ghana, many Ghanaians might not see this as a major issue (Abdullah et al, 2020 ; Ayim et al, 2023 ). Non-adult child supervision might be a traditional cultural practice, socializing older children to normative caretaking roles or relying on community support in minding children who are home without adults present (Ayim et al, 2023 ; Castillo et al, 2015 ; Weisner, 1987 ). Moreover, childcare in many African countries is seen as a collective communal responsibility, both within and outside the nuclear family unit (Verhoef, 2005 ).…”

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The Increasing Prevalence of Children Home Alone in Ghana: The Importance of Considering Regional Inequalities

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Research from industrialized settings has linked inadequate child supervision with various negative consequences. Nevertheless, empirical research in lower- and middle-income countries about correlates of inadequate child supervision has been scarce. The few studies that exist tended to focus on individual- and household-level factors, and reported associations that are not significant or in mixed directions depending on the context. Structural factors are left underexplored, but taking a more macro-level lens in settings with high regional disparities can hold the key to explaining increases in prevalence of inadequate child supervision. Exploring the evolution over time of child supervision practices can also enrich this explanation. We use data from two rounds of Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys to examine factors associated with children left home alone, and employ regional analysis using strata-level mixed effects. We found that in Ghana, the prevalence of children left home alone without adult supervision increased by 8.5% between 2011 and 2018 – an increase of more than 500,000 children over seven years. Statistical analyses suggest that variation between regions likely are associated with the growth of inadequate child supervision in this country. Future research should pay closer attention to how structural conditions, proxied by regions, can serve as either barriers or facilitators to adequate child supervision practices, helping shed light on residual variance unexplained by individual- and household-level factors.

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“…A few studies within the past 15 years have examined social work students’ perceptions of the role of government in addressing social issues (Castillo et al, 2015; Tam, 2003; Weiss, 2006; Weiss et al, 2002; Woodcock and Dixon, 2005). These studies have had mixed results, with some groups of social work students in support of government intervention to address social issues and other groups less supportive of government interventions.…”

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Perceptions of social work students in Mexico and the United States regarding the role of the government in addressing social issues: Implications for social work education

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2019

International Social Work

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The purpose of this article was to examine social work students’ perceptions of the role of the government in addressing social issues among social work students from the United States and Mexico. Data were drawn from a sample of 893 social work students from universities in the United States and Mexico, in the fall of 2010. Multivariate ordinary least squares regressions indicated that compared with social work students in the United States, students in Mexico reported significantly higher beliefs that government should do more to lessen social gaps, and ensure housing, employment, health insurance, basic necessities, an adequate standard of living, and equal opportunities.

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The role of the Government in addressing social issues in Ghana: The perceptions of Ghanaian undergraduate social work students

Abstract: Data for this exploratory study were drawn from a sample of 185 Ghanaian social work students from one university in Ghana in the Fall of 2010. Complementary log-log ordinal logistic regressions were run to analyze the relationship between

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Mapping social work education in the West Africa region: Movements toward indigenization in 12 countries’ training programs

Mapping social work education in the West Africa region: Movements toward indigenization in 12 countries’ training programs

The Increasing Prevalence of Children Home Alone in Ghana: The Importance of Considering Regional Inequalities

Perceptions of social work students in Mexico and the United States regarding the role of the government in addressing social issues: Implications for social work education

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