Study Center in Legon Ghana

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1 Study Center in Legon Ghana Course name: Culture and Reproductive Health Course number: PUBH 3001 ACGH/SOCI 3002 ACGH Programs offering course: Ghanaian Studies Language of Instruction: English US Semester Credits: 3 credits/45 Contact Hourse Term: JTerm 2017 Contact Hours: 30 lecture hours and 15 seminar hours Course Description Definition of the basic concepts - Cultural, Reproductive Health. Approaches the cultural approaches; the empowerment approach; Development Approach; Reproductive health trends and prevalence of the components of reproductive health; A focus on HIV/AIDS, inequalities and reproductive health gender inequalities, biological differences, individual and households, societal level and policy level inequalities. The cultural context of reproductive health family and kinship, marriage, status of females, culture and sexuality, cultural practices, issues of vulnerability; socioeconomic issues poverty and unemployment education and literacy, women s equity issues; health care situation; Cultural and societal diversities in reproductive health; reproductive health services or programme policy issues. Learning Objectives This course seeks to provide students with a basic understanding of the reproductive health issues in Africa as a whole with an emphasis on the ways in which culture is implicated in creating challenges for the successful implementation of various reproductive health programmes. The goal is to provide students with a variety of information that helps them think critically about the influence of social norms on reproductive health. At the end of this course, the student should be able to: Explain the factors the led to a move from population control to reproductive health Identify cultural factors that affect reproductive health Distinguish between the biomedical and cultural explanations for infertility Write an essay on the uniqueness of Ghana s fertility transition and the factors that led to this transition Identify Caldwell s explanation for Africa s high rates of HIV/AIDS Write an essay on the factors that lead to successful reproductive health programmes. Describe Fred Sai s perspectives on different reproductive health challenges in Ghana. 2

2 Course Prerequisites Previous coursework in one of the following areas: African Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science or Health Studies. Course Requirements Assigned readings Reading summaries Individual Research Paper Attending class well-prepared and participating in discussions Methods of Instruction Interactive lecture style with tutorials. Assessment and Final Grade This course is evaluated with class participation, attendance, a take home paper, and a final examination at the end of the program that covers all the topics discussed in lectures. 3

3 Weekly Schedule and Required Readings Lecture 1: Introduction to course and discussion of concept of reproductive health Odoi-Agyarko, H (2003). Profile of Reproductive Health Situation in Ghana. WHO. Lecture Two: Approaches to Reproductive Health Lane, S.D From Population Control to Reproductive Health: An Emerging Policy Agenda. Social Science and Medicine 39 (9): Lecture Three: Cultural Context Adongo, P, B. Phillips, J. F., Kajihara, B., Fayorsey, C., Debpuur, C and F. N. Binka Cultural Factors constraining the Introduction of Family Planning among the Kassena- Nankana of Northern Ghana. Social Science and Medicine 45 (12): Lecture Four: Issues and Challenges of Adolescent Reproductive Health Boafo, I Dating Violence and Condom Use Self-Efficacy: A Study of School going Adolescents in Cape Town. Ife Psychologia 19 (2): Otoide, VO. O., Oronsaye, F and F. E. Okonofua Why Nigerian Adolescents Seek Abortion rather than Contraception. Evidence from Focus Group Discussions. International Family Planning Perspectives 27 (2): Lecture Five: Abortion Bleek, W Did the Akan resort to Abortion in Pre-colonial Ghana? Some Conjectures. Africa 60 (1): Oliveras, E., Hill, A, G and C. Ahiadeke The Role of Induced Abortion in the Fertility Transition in Accra, Ghana In Reproductive change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, edited by S. Agyei-Mensah, J. B. Casterline and D. K. Agyeman. Legon: Department of Geography and Resource Development. Pp Balme Library open shelves Dp/HB A3 R29 4

4 Lecture Six: Infertility Leonard, L Problematizing Fertility: Scientific Accounts and Chadian Women s Narratives In Infertility around the Globe: New Thinking on Childlessness, Gender and Reproductive Technologies, edited by M. C. Inhorn and F. Van Balen. California, LA: University of California Press. Pp Lecture Seven: New Reproductive Technologies Inhorn, M. C The Local Confronts the Global : Infertile Bodies and New Reproductive Technologies in Egypt In Infertility around the Globe: New Thinking on Childlessness, Gender and Reproductive Technologies, edited by M. C. Inhorn and F. Van Balen. California, LA: University of California Press. Pp Lecture Eight: Child Survival Ngom, P et al Gate-keeping and Women s Health Seeking Behaviour in Navrongo, Northern Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health 7(1): Nyarko, P Child Survival and Fertility Transition in Ghana In Reproductive change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, edited by S. Agyei-Mensah, J. B. Casterline and D. K. Agyeman. Legon: Department of Geography and Resource Development. Pp Balme Library open shelves Dp/HB A3 R29 Lecture Nine: Maternal Mortality Senah, Kodjo Maternal Mortality: The Other Side. Research Review NS 19 (1):

5 Lecture Ten: Sexually Transmitted Infections (HIV/AIDS) Caldwell, J. C Rethinking the African AIDS Epidemic. Population and Development Review 26 (1): Gausset, Q AIDS and Cultural Practices in Africa: The Case of the Tonga (Zambia). Social Science and Medicine 52 (4): Akyeampong, E and S. Agyei-Mensah Itinerant Gold Mines? Mobility, Sexuality and the Spread of Gonorrhea and Syphilis in Twentieth Century Ghana In Sex and Gender in an Era of AIDS: Ghana at the Turn of the Millennium, edited by C. Oppong, M.Y.P.A Oppong and I. K. Odotei. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers. Pp Balme Library Africana Open Shelves (First Floor, East Stack)/Institute of African Studies Dp/RA G4 Se9 Lecture Eleven: Reproductive Change in Ghana Agyei-Mensah, S. Fertility Transition in Ghana: Looking Back and Looking Forward In Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, edited by S. Agyei-Mensah, J. B. Casterline and D. K. Agyeman. Legon: Department of Geography and Resource Development. Pp Balme Library open shelves Dp/HB A3 R29 Awumbila, M Gender and Fertility Change in Ghana In Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, edited by S. Agyei- Mensah, J. B. Casterline and D. K. Agyeman. Legon: Department of Geography and Resource Development. Pp Balme Library open shelves Dp/HB A3 R29 Kwankye, S. O Female Adolescent and Reproductive Change in Ghana: Evidence from Cape Coast and Mankrong In Reproductive change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, edited by S. Agyei-Mensah, J. B. Casterline and D. K. Agyeman. Legon: Department of Geography and Resource Development. Pp Balme Library open shelves Dp/HB A3R29 6

6 Lecture Twelve: Programming Fugelsang, M Lessons for Life: Past and Present Modes of Sexuality Education in Tanzanian Society. Social Science and Medicine 44 (8): Adeokun, L et al Promoting Dual Protection in Family Planning Clinics in Ibadan, Nigeria. International Family Planning Perspectives 28 (2): Lecture Thirteen: Programming Continued Terefe, A and C. P. Larson Modern Contraception Use in Ethiopia: Does Involving Husbands Make a Difference? American Journal of Public Health 83 (11): Debpuur, C The Contribution of the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project to Reproductive Change in Ghana In Reproductive change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, edited by S. Agyei-Mensah, J. B. Casterline and D. K. Agyeman. Legon: Department of Geography and Resource Development. Pp Balme Library open shelves Dp/HB A3R29 Lecture Fourteen: Review with students Lecture Fifteen: Students Revise on Own in Preps for Finals Lecture Sixteen: Final Exams 7