Institute  of
African  Studies

Research
Review

SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT (2)

New Series
Vol.  19,  No.l  2003

UNIVERSITY  OF  GHANA

LEGON

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© Institute of African  Studies, Legon, 2003

INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES

RESEARCH REVIEW

New Series Vol. 19 No. 1

2003

SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF REPRODUCTIVE

HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (2)

Editorial Committee

Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh (Director, Hon. Chair)
Prof. M.E. Kropp Dakubu (General Editor)
Mrs. Delali Badasu (Issue Editor)
Dr. Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Dr. Osman Al-Hassan
Prof. Albert K. Awedoba
Mr. Edward Nanbigne
Prof. Christine Oppong

Advisory Editors

Nana Prof. Abayie Boaten
Prof. R. Addo-Fening
Prof. J.R. Anquandah
Prof. Kofi Anyidoho
Dr. S.A. Asiama
Prof. Max Assimeng
Mr. Kofi Drah
Prof. G.P. Hagan
Prof. John Nabila

The  Research  Review  is  a journal  of  current  research  in  African  Studies
published  by  the  Institute  of  African  Studies  of  the  University  of  Ghana,
Legon.  Authors are solely responsible for opinions expressed in their articles.

Acknowledgement

The Institute of African  Studies gratefully  acknowledges support from
UNFPA towards the publication of this issue.

Published and printed at the Institute of African  Studies, University of Ghana,
P. O. Box 73, Legon, Ghana.

© Institute of African  Studies, 2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notes on Contributors

Editor's Preface

Policy Implications of the Variations in Ghana's Fertility Transition

Delali Badasu

Sexual Behaviour and the Risks of HIV/AIDS and other STDs
among Young People in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Review

Chuks J. Mba

To Change or Not to Change: Obstacles and Resistance to Sexual Behavioural Change
among the Youth in Ghana in the Era of AIDS

John  KwasiAnarfi

Maternal Mortality in Ghana: the Other Side 

Kodjo Senah

Abortion: the Case of Chenard Ward, Korle Bu from 2000 to 2001 

Richard W.N, Yeboah and Monica C. Kom

Nutrition and Reproduction 
Clara Opare-Obisaw

Family Resources and Reproductive Health of Girls:
a Focus on Money and Tugbewowo Puberty Rites among the Dodome Ewes 

Laetitia A.P. Hevi-Yiboe

Book Review

S.A. Mensah and J.B. Casterline, editors, Reproduction and Social Context
in Sub Saharan Africa. 

, 

Christine Oppong

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Notes on  Contributors

John AkwasiAnarfl  is a Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic
Research of the University of Ghana.

Delali Badasu is a Research Fellow at the Institute of African  Studies, University of Ghana.

Laetitia A.P. Hevi-Yiboe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Home Science, University
of Ghana.

Monica C. Kom is a Tutor at the Midwifery Training School, Korle Bu Hospital, Accra.

Chuks J. Mba is a Research Fellow at the Regional Institute of Population Studies,
University of Ghana.

Clara Opare-Obisaw is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Home Science, University of
Ghana.

Kodjo A. Senah  is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Ghana.

Richard W.N. Yeboah is a Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics, University
of Development Studies.

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