Publications by authors named "Angela A Gyasi-Gyamerah"
Article Synopsis
- Acculturation can lead to significant stress for international students in Ghanaian universities due to various challenges and inadequate support from university staff.
- Key stressors include financial issues, perceptions of wealth, unexpected academic schedule changes, weather differences, and cultural encounters like frequent marriage proposals.
- Despite these challenges, international students gain benefits such as language skills, cultural awareness, and better employment prospects in their home countries, suggesting a complex balance of struggles and advantages in their adaptation process.
This study assessed the psychosocial factors associated with post-traumatic growth (PTG) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women breast cancer survivors. Women ( = 128) completed questionnaires on social support, religiosity, hope, optimism, benefit-finding, PTG and HRQoL. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMenstruation among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) can be marked by several challenges that often result in exclusion from social activities. Information regarding this subject matter is however sparse in Ghana. This study examined the rural-urban differences in prevalence and correlates of exclusion from social activities due to menstruation among AGYW in Ghana.
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