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Item Open Access The Effects of Diminishing Family and Community Ties on the Elderly in Ghana(Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022-07-31) Agyemang, Akosua; Tei-Muno, Agnes NakiOver the years, family and community ties in Ghana have been a major guarantor of support provision for older persons, especially those who reside in rural areas. While the support provided by family and community members has proved to be vital in enhancing the well-being of older persons, it is also clear that the ties that exist between these sources of support and older persons are gradually diminishing. This paper highlights some implications that come with the gradual decline of communal and familial bonds for older adults.Item Open Access The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women(Heliyon, 2020-04-21) Agyemang,Akosua F.; Tei-Muno, Agnes Naki; Dzomeku,Veronica Millicent; Nakua,Emmanuel Kweku; Duodu,Precious Adade; Duah,Henry Ofori; Bentil,Anna Boakyewaa; Agbadi ,PascalBackground: Breast cancer cases are on the rise in Ghana, with older adult women being more at risk of the disease. However, there is a paucity of current studies on factors that predict breast cancer screening among older adult women using nationally representative data. The present study, therefore, addressed this gap by estimating the prevalence of and identifying the factors that predict breast cancer screening among older adult women in Ghana. Methods: We used the cross-sectional survey dataset of the 2014/2015 (wave II) Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). A complex survey design methodology was employed to estimate the prevalence of breast cancer screening and the descriptive statistics of the demographic characteristics of the respondents. We used the firth logistic regression for the bivariate and multivariate analysis. Results: The estimated breast cancer prevalence among older Ghanaian adult women was 4.5%. Older Ghanaian adult women who have screened for cervical cancer [AOR: 13.29; CI: 6.12, 28.84], had attained some primary education [AOR: 3.70; CI: 1.94, 7.07], junior secondary [AOR: 4.02; CI: 1.75, 9.21], senior secondary and higher [AOR: 4.57; CI: 2.15, 9.71], and have ever participated in a club meeting [AOR: 1.85; CI: 1.05, 3.24] were more likely to screen for breast cancer. Conclusion: The significant predictors of breast cancer screening were cervical cancer screening status, formal education, and participation in club meetings. Given that the prevalence of breast cancer screening among the older adult women in Ghana is low, we recommend that policies and programs dedicated to encouraging women to screen for breast cancer should aim at giving women the opportunity to obtain higher formal education, encouraging women to be actively involved in club meetings and to intensify efforts to encourage women to screen for breast cancer.Item Open Access Cognitive return migration: factors that shape returning the mind in situ to invest in a homeward future in Ghana(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2025-02-10) Bekoe, Adolf AwukuCognitive migration, the process of mentally travelling ahead of one’s actual physical move, is receiving attention in migration studies. However, the reverse process of mentally returning after failing to move physically, has not received much attention. What are the enablers to this return process? I answer this question to make a case for cognitive return migration. Through the in-depth interviewing of 11 immobile cognitive returnees, the study explores the experiences of these prospective migrants, who displace their migration imaginations outward and later reconfigure them homewards without physically moving. By initially becoming cognitive migrants and being cognitively displaced, these prospective migrants fail to physically travel to their imagined destinations. This creates a situation where their imagination of the distal sphere overwrites their proximal, hereand-now embodied experience. In this state, they invest all their resources, time and money in furtherance of their repeatedly botched dreams of travelling to the imagined destination. This failure starts a cognitive return process that foregrounds the consciousness of the proximal, here-and-now sphere, enabling them to seize opportunities they had earlier not ‘seen’ or discounted to invest in a homeward future.Item Restricted The effects of diminishing family and community ties on the elderly in Ghana(Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022-07-31) Agyemang, A.; Tei-Muno, A.N.Over the years, family and community ties in Ghana have been a major guarantor of support provision for older persons, especially those who reside in rural areas. While the support provided by family and community members has proved to be vital in enhancing the well-being of older persons, it is also clear that the ties that exist between these sources of support and older persons are gradually diminishing. This paper highlights some implications that come with the gradual decline of communal and familial bonds for older adults.Item Open Access The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women(Heliyon, 2020-04-21) Agyemang, Akosua F.; Tei-Muno, Agnes Naki; Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Duodu, Precious Adade; Duah, Henry Ofori; Bentil, Anna Boakyewaa; Agbadi, Pascal C.Background: Breast cancer cases are on the rise in Ghana, with older adult women being more at risk of the disease. However, there is a paucity of current studies on factors that predict breast cancer screening among older adult women using nationally representative data. The present study, therefore, addressed this gap by estimating the prevalence of and identifying the factors that predict breast cancer screening among older adult women in Ghana. Methods: We used the cross-sectional survey dataset of the 2014/2015 (wave II) Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). A complex survey design methodology was employed to estimate the prevalence of breast cancer screening and the descriptive statistics of the demographic characteristics of the respondents. We used the firth logistic regression for the bivariate and multivariate analysis. Results: The estimated breast cancer prevalence among older Ghanaian adult women was 4.5%. Older Ghanaian adult women who have screened for cervical cancer [AOR: 13.29; CI: 6.12, 28.84], had attained some primary education [AOR: 3.70; CI: 1.94, 7.07], junior secondary [AOR: 4.02; CI: 1.75, 9.21], senior secondary and higher [AOR: 4.57; CI: 2.15, 9.71], and have ever participated in a club meeting [AOR: 1.85; CI: 1.05, 3.24] were more likely to screen for breast cancer. Conclusion: The significant predictors of breast cancer screening were cervical cancer screening status, formal education, and participation in club meetings. Given that the prevalence of breast cancer screening among the older adult women in Ghana is low, we recommend that policies and programs dedicated to encouraging women to screen for breast cancer should aim at giving women the opportunity to obtain higher formal education, encouraging women to be actively involved in club meetings and to intensify efforts to encourage women to screen for breast cancer.