Clement Ahiadeke
CURRICULUM VITAEPersonal Data
Name: Clement Ahiadeke (Ph.D.)
Address: Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER),
University of Ghana, P.O. Box 74 Legon, Ghana.
Telephone Office: (233-21) 501182/512502/512503
Fax Office: (233-21) 512504
E-mail ca77isser@ yahoo.com
Date of Birth: 07-07-55
Position: Current
Associate Professor & Head, Social Division, ISSER (2004-)
Head, Population Studies Unit, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon (2004 -)
Previous
Head Human Resource Development, ISSER (2000-2004),
Coordinator of Graduate Program in Development Studies (Univ. Ghana, 1999 -2004)
Nationality: Ghanaian
Marital status: Married with two children
Qualifications: Ph.D. Demography (with Biometry and Epidemiology minors) (Cornell University, USA, 1996)
MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, USA 1989
M.A. Population Studies, Regional Institute for Population Studies (Ghana, 1982)
B.A. (Hons.) Statistics with Sociology, Ghana 1978)
KEY QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS
Core areas of Demography
Reproductive Health and Reproductive Biology
Population and Aging
Issues and Methods in National Censuses
Population Growth and Environment
Family and Household Demography
Resettlement and Population Redistribution Programs
Mortality and Morbidity Patterns
Core areas of Epidemiology
Epidemiology of Diarrhea and Related Childhood Diseases
Expanded Programs of Immunization
Nutrition During Lactation
Dietary Intake During Lactation
Infant Nutrition and Breastfeeding Practices
Surveillance System Designs
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiologic Study Design
Core areas of Biometry
Biosocial Interactions in Demography and Epidemiology
Categorical Data Analysis Techniques
Applied Linear Statistical Models
Experimental Designs
Innovations in the Design and Collection of Survey Data
Data Management Systems
Countries of Professional Assignment
Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Domonican Republic, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Thailand and USA.
Geographic Experience
West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Liberia
East Africa: Kenya , Uganda
Southeast and South Asia: Nepal, Indonesia, and Thailand
Caribbean: Dominican Republic
North America: USA and Canada.
Australia
Language Capabilities
Good in English Language, a working knowledge of French, some Hausa, and
Native Ewe and Twi.
Skills:
Good knowledge of spreadsheets (Quattro Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel), word processing (Word Perfect, Microsoft Word), statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, BMDP, and STATA), database management (Epi-Info, Dbase III, Notebook, Procite), population projections (Fivfiv and Sinsin) on the IBM-PC and Mac-PC; and familiarity with VM/CMS.
My research interest includes maternal and child and reproductive health and nutrition practices, family planning program evaluation, HIV/AIDS program evaluation, design of baseline surveys and the general application of demographic processes to constructing poverty indicators. I also enjoy designing large-scale and complex surveys and I have special competence in designing and analyzing large scale survey data sets.
Professional Organizations:
Population Association of America (since 1988)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 1996)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (since 1990)
Union for Africa Population Studies (Since 1994)
American Statistical Association (2006)
Work Experience
July 2003 August 2004: I consultant for the Population Council, N.Y. on Safe Motherhood Program Evaluation in Sub-Saharan African.
July 1997 to Present: Senior Research Fellow ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon. Duties include research and teaching of M.A. development Studies.
October 1998 to date: Part-time lectureship at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Course taught: Population Studies.
May 2001 to Present: Head Human Resource development, ISSER. Duties include coordinating the development and training needs of ISSER staff in addition to running of short courses for staff and outsiders on research methodology and report writing as well as data management and analysis.
August 2001 -2004: Coordinator of M.A./M.Phil. Development Studies Program at ISSER. Duties include teaching a one-semester course on Research Methods; Organizing practical field training activities for students and seeing to the daily administrative issues and needs of the students.
January 1999 to December 200: Consulted for the European Union and UNICEF on Children’s Project in Ghana.
June 1997 to December 2000: African Career Awards Program of the Rockefeller Foundation. Duties included training and running workshops for the Foundation’s Fellows.
November 1996 to September 1997: Consulted for International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington D.C.: on Urban Food and Nutrition Survey.
March 1994 to March 1996: Research Assistant at Population and Development Program, Cornell University. Duties included teaching a one semester course on Basic Statistics to undergraduate students. Also worked mainly on field data from Nigeria and Indonesia as computer programmer.
July 1987 to August 1989: Robert McNamara Fellow of the World Bank. Duties included field research at the Onchocerciasis Secretariat in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
October 1983 to August 1985: Research Fellow, ISSER. Duties included coordination of Diploma and Certificate courses in Statistics at ISSER. Also taught certificate and diploma courses in Theoretical Statistics and Statistical Methods. Research duties included field research on occupational morbidity and the family life education project.
November 1982 to September 1983: Junior Research Fellow, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon. Duties included coordination of certificate and diploma in Statistics Programs at ISSER It also included teaching courses in Statistical Methods and Theoretical Statistics.
Details of Research or Major Projects Undertaken
(18) Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Program: An Evaluation of the African Youth Alliance (AYA) Project in Ghana. The objective of the exercise is to increase the precision level of information collection involving the knowledge base of respondents, their attitudes and perceptions about sex, the structure and organization of AYA education campaigns and the effectiveness of current AYA programs in reducing HIV/AIDS and other STI among the youth in Ghana. Project was subcontracted John Snow Inc. to ISSER at a cost of $180,000.
(17) Female Sex Workers Behavioral Surveillance Survey involving Seaters and Roamers in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. The main aim of the survey is to update and expand the behavioural and biomarker database on HIV/STI risk among female sex workers in Ghana. It collected behavioural and biological data from seater and roamer FSWs in Accra and Kumasi in order to better define risk in this high-risk group and collect indicators to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of prevention activities. Collaborating institutions include: West Africa Project to Combat AIDS and STI’s (WAPCAS); West Africa Project to Combat AIDS and STI’s (WAPCAS), Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnerships (SHARP) and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR). The $150,000.00 grant was provided by USAID.
(16) Protecting the Next Generation Project: National Survey of Adolescents in Ghana. Project was conducted by ISSER on behalf of the Allan Gutmarcher Institute in New York, USA at a cost of USD 230,000. Aim was to study adolescent (aged 13-19 years) reproductive behavior and other related health issues. Duration of project was September 2003-July 2004.
(15) Monitoring Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Accra: A grant of USD 18,017 was entered into by ISSER and Boston University to conduct a baseline measure of pregnancy outcomes that can be used as a benchmark for the evaluation of family planning programs and other measures to reduce unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions in Ghana. Project duration- September 2003 to August 2004. Study design included Surveillance methodologies and cross-sectional data collection tools.
(14) Estimating the Number of Roamer Sex Workers in Specific Cities in Ghana: Using the methodologies of Geographic mapping, enumeration and simple capture and recapture approach. This study was designed to count the number of sex workers who roame about in public places, hotels, street corners and open packs in Accra, Tema and Sekondi-Takoradi It aimed at estimating the number of sex workers for for an HIV/AIDS educational program. Project was conducted on behalf of Family Health International at a cost of USD 107,824. Duration March 2003 November 2003.
(13) Enhancing Educational Decentralization and Household Demand for Schooling in Ghana: Two studies running concurrently for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ghana. Project was contracted to Macro International but was subcontracted to ISSER, Legon. The study seeks to understand how the District Education Office understands its role and responsibilities in managing the primary school system in Ghana. The second component examines the factors that enter into the process of parents or guardians deciding whether or not to send a school-age child to primary school in Ghana. The total amount of grant involved was 80,000 USD and data are qualitatively collected from six districts in Ghana. Project is to be completed between August 2002 and March 2003.
(12) Design and analyses of Baseline Surveys for the Ghana Chapter of World Vision International. The two most recent surveys were carried out in the Asante Akim North and the Mfantseman districts in the Ashanti and the Central Regions
(11). Transnational migration, return and development in West Africa. The main purpose of this research is to examine the implications of international mobility for the meeting of development targets, specifically the targets of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This study focuses on Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Project duration is 2001-2002 and was done in collaboration with researchers from the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex.
(10) Ghana's Children 2000 Survey: Objective was to establish a reliable information data bank on children of Ghana for policy, research and other development oriented activities by identifying current key issues that affect children's rights, education, participation in employment and health. Organization for which project is undertaken: Ghana National Commission on Children (fund provided by the European Union). Date of contract: December 1999- March 2001.
(9) Aging and age structure effects on economic performance. This project was jointly undertaken with the World Health Organization (WHO) for selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa and I was one of the three principal investigators.
(8) The Common Country Assessment (CCA) Indicator Project: The United Nations country team for Ghana undertook the Second CCA project with a focus on sustainable human development. I was one of the two consultants who worked on the document that analyzed the key development problems regarding health, nutrition and the population profile of Ghana. I also produced a common information/data base, which is to be maintained and updated as key development indicators from time to time. The project was funded by the World Health Organization and the World Bank (Ghana Office). Duration: June to December 1999.
(7) Ghana Situation Analysis of Children in Ghana: This project was to assess current problems and issues that affect the children of Ghana, including those related to young women and mothers. The methodology included the analysis of the immediate, underlying and structural causes and their relationships from both sectoral and cross-sectoral viewpoints; and to identify opportunities for improving the situation of children and to promoting children's rights in Ghana. Project lasted one year (1999). Fund was provided by UNICEF, Ghana.
(6) Process Indicators for Regular Maternal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality Monitoring: This project was the continuation of a previous project on Maternal Morbidity and Mortality. Principal investigator worked with a Rockefeller Foundation grant to conduct the research for building process indicators for maternal morbidity and mortality monitoring in Ghana.
(5) An Analysis of Factors Affecting Maternal and Child Morbidity and Mortality in Ghana: This was a population-based longitudinal project undertaken to determine morbidity and mortality conditions of pregnant women in Ghana. Pregnant women were identified and followed until they delivered. Duration of project: May 1997 to September 1998. Funding Agency: The Rockefeller Foundation. Title: Project Principal Investigator. Number of Field Assistants: 23. Country: Ghana
(4) "The Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Survey" undertaken for the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the International Food Policy Research Institute with support from the World Health Organization. The overall aim was to use information obtained in the field to: a) identify policy initiatives and program possibilities to protect and promote food and nutrition security and intra-household caring capacity in urban Ghana, and b) develop indicators for measuring food security and care. Duration: November 1996 to September 1997. Title: Field Coordinator and a Co-Investigator. Number of Research Assistants: 29. Countries: Ghana (Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research) and USA (IFPRI, Washington, D.C.)
(3) "The Development and Resettlement of the Onchocerciasis Programme Zone in West Africa", (1984/85 and 1987/88). Conducted field surveys involving the collection and analysis of epidemiologic data on the simulium fly in the Volta River Basin area of West Africa; organized, collected and analyzed migration data on return migration to the settlement areas of the Oncho Zone for the World Health Organization (1984/1989). Title: Young Research Fellow of the World Bank. Fellowship: Robert McNamara Fellowship Program. Number of Field Assistants: 2. Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Liberia.
(2) "Family Life Education Programme Evaluation in Ghana" (1984/85).
The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana began a Family Life Education Program during the 1980/81 academic year. The in-school program involved a number of elementary and secondary/vocational schools whose authorities somehow accepted the idea of the experiment in their institutions and this project was set up to assess the impact of the program on the pupils. Funding Agency: Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana. Title: Principal Investigator. Number of Field Assistants: 8. Country: Ghana
(1) Occupational Hazards Survey of Industries in Accra and Tema (1983/84). This project was conducted essentially to get a rough estimate of the length of working life in Ghana with particular reference to Accra-Tema.
Conferences, Special Seminars, and Workshops at which Papers were read
14. Annual Meetings of: (a) the Population Association of America (since 1990) (b) American Statistical Association (since 1991) (c) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, since 1996) Typical presentations-: Survey Design Effects and the Implications for Studying the Effectiveness of Health Care Utilization for Child Survival: Application to DHS Data. Diarrhea, Breastfeeding, and Sanitation as Factors in Infant and Child Survival: Can Survey Data Confirm what is known about the Epidemiology of Diarrhea Illness? The spurious fertility decline in Ghana: what caused it?
13. Conference on Migration and Development in Ghana, September 14-16. Paper presented with J.K. Anarfi and S. Kwankye ‘Migration, Return and Impact in Ghana: A Comparative Study of Skilled and unskilled Trans-national Migrants.
12. Advanced Poverty Workshop Kampala, Uganda by SISERA January 22-30, 2003: The training aimed at providing participants with skills required to undertake advanced poverty analysis.
11. National Conference on Livelihood and Migration in Contemporary Ghana, 9-11 October 2001.
Title of paper read: Some Determinants of International migration in Ghana During the Period 1989-99: Applications to the United States Migration Data.
10. Special Guest Lecturer, The Lactation Research Centre Association of Australia Nursing Mothers, Glen Iris VIC, Australia Dec. 18-20, 2000
9. The Rockefeller Foundation African Career Awards (ACA) Program Grantee's Workshops, Windsor Golf and Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya December, 1999, 2000, 2001.
8. Joint Meeting on the Effects of Political, Structural, and Social Changes on Mortality. Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2-4 1992 (CICRED).
Title of paper:. Structural Adjustment Programs and the Effects on Population Subgroups: A Review of the Literature.
7. Third Meeting of the Inter-Center Cooperative Research Project on Integrating Population Variables into the Socioeconomic Planning Process, Bangkok, Thailand, 18-21 December 1990 (CICRED/ESCAP).
Title of paper: Assessing the impact of sociodemographic factors in the planning of resettlement schemes in the oncho zone of West Africa.
6. Conference on Dissemination and Use of Census Data, Cairo, Egypt, October 9-14 1988 (UNFPA).
5. Research Fellow of the World Bank, Onchocerciasis Secretariat, Burkina Faso, 1987-1988 (Robert McNamara Fellowship).
4. Rapid 11 Population Policy Fellows Workshop, San Francisco, California, April 2, 1986 (USAID).
3. Advanced Workshop on Demographic Estimation, Nairobi, Kenya, July 16-August 16 1985 (IUSSP).
2. Development Statistics Study Course, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England May 1- July 31, 1984 (British Council).
1. Workshop on Fertility and Mortality Estimation, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon July-August, 1982 (United Nations).
6. Publications
A: Peer Review Publications
43. w/ Elizabeth Oliveras Richard Adanu Clinic-Based Surveillance of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Results of a Pilot Study in Accra, Ghana. Forthcoming in Journal of Biological Sciences
42.Age at menarche and adolescent reproductive maturation in Ghana (Under review by Population Studies)
41.Maternal mortality levels in Ghana: some new evidence from a panel data (Coming shortly in Studies in Family Planning)
40. Breastfeeding behavior and infant survival with emphasis on reverse causation bias: some evidence from Nigeria w/D.T Gurak and S.J. Schwager Social Biology: 47 94-113, 2001
39. Incidence of induced abortion in Southern Ghana (International Family Planning Perspectives, 2001, 27(2): 96-101& 108.
38 Workingwomen in an urban setting: traders, vendors and food security in Accra (w/Carol C. Levin et al.) World Development 27: 1977-1991 (1999)
37 Urban Livelihoods, Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra.(with/ Daniel Maxwell et al. IFPRI Research Report 112, 2000).
36. Alternative food security indicators: revisiting the frequency and severity of coping strategies (w/D. Maxwell et al.) Food Policy 24:411-429 (1999)
35. Breastfeeding, diarrhea, and sanitation as components of infant and child health: a study of large scale survey data from Ghana and Nigeria, Journal of Biosocial Science 32:47-61 (2000)
34. Sample size calculation for clinical trials with repeated measures data
Stata Technical Bulletin November 1997 STB 40 pp. 16-18
33. Age-specific reference intervals (“normal ranges”) sbe13, Stata Technical Bulletin, November 1996, STB-34
32. Agrarian structure and social organization in a risk-prone environment: a comparison of the Birifor, Dagara, and the Lobi people of Burkina Faso Population and Environment 17:323-342 (1996).
31. Urbanization and the Modern Informal Sector: Another View of the Literature, Africa Development Vol. 10 (1986).
30. Evaluation of the Family Life Education Programme in Ghana, ISSER Technical Publication No. 48, 1985.
29 The Length of Working Life and some Related Studies Involving Industrial Workers in Ghana 1981-1982. ISSER Technical Publication no. 45,1984.
B: Monograph/ Book Chapter/Technical Publication
28. w/ J.K. Anarfi and S.O. Kwankye. ‘ Migration, Return and Impact in Ghana: Acomparative Study of Skilled and Unskilled Transnational Migrants’ in Takyiwaa Manu (ed.) At Home in the World? International Migration and Development in Contemporary Ghana and West Africa. Sub-Saharan publishers, Legon, Accra, Ghana: Institute of African Studies and UNDP 2005. pp 204-226
27. w/Francis Dzah. 2000 Population and Housing Census Reports: Analysis of District Data and Implications for Planning, Volta Region. 2000 Regional Reports Monograph. Republic of Ghana: Ghana Statistical Service, August 2005.
26. ‘ Abortion in the Context of Reproductive Change in Ghana’ ’in Samuel Adjei-Mensah, John B. Casterline and Dominic K. Agyeman (eds.) Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, A.P. Stylish Press Ltd. Accra, University of Ghana, Department of Geography and Resource Development April 2005, Pp. 178-192.
25. w/ Elizabeth Oliveras and Allan Hill. ‘The role of Induced Abortion in the Fertility Transition in Accra, Ghana’in Samuel Adjei-Mensah, John B. Casterline and Dominic K. Agyeman (eds.) Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, A.P. Stylish Press Ltd. Accra, University of Ghana, Department of Geography and Resource Development April 2005, Pp. 193-212.
24. Improving the Ghanaian Safe Motherhood Program: Evaluating the Effects of Enhanced Training and Other Performance Improvement Factors on the Quality of Maternal Care and Client Outcomes. Report of the end line assessment. w/ Ivy Osei, B. Garshong, J. Gyapong, P. Tapsoba, I. Askew, R. Killian, E. Bonku, P. Combary and W. Sampson. (Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Services, Frontiers Program/Population Council, PRIME II/ Intra Health International), North Carolina, Research Triangle December 2004
23. Induced abortion in the context of reproductive change in Ghana
Paper presented at Conference on Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects, June 23-24. Accra, Ghana 2004.
22 w/ P Stanley Yoder and Kristi Fair: Support for Education Decentralisation in Ghana: USAID’s District Grant Mechanism. ORC Macro, Calverton, Maryland USA. February 2003.
21./with Rudith King, E. Amokwandoh and M. Y. Bart-Plange. A Study of the Status of AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ghana: A report to UNDP and Ghana AIDS Commission, July 14, 2003
20. From the till to the tiller: A scoping study on the linkages between international remittances and access to land in West Africa. w/ L. Cotula, C. Toulmin, J. Saunders , J.K. Anafri et al. October, 2003
19. Ghana's Children: The Child's Perspectives. Report prepared for the Ghana National Commission on Children (GNCC) Accra, 2001
18. Situation Analysis of Children in Ghana. (w./Asenso-Okyere et al.) Report prepared for UNICEF and Government of Ghana. Accra. 2000
17. Socio-economic consequences of onchocerciasis control: the case of resettling return migrants in the oncho control zone of West Africa. In Internal Migration and Regional Development in Africa Pp: 474-523 (Regional Institute for Population Studies, Legon & World Bank: Economic Development Institute, Washington, D.C.: 1989.
16. The Malthusian Focus and Food Policy: Some Related Issues, in K. Ewusi (ed.) Food Self-sufficiency in West Africa. Ghana Publishing Corporation: Tema, 1989. pp.352-364.
15. An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Family Life in sub-Saharan Africa. Population Education Unit, BREDA: UNESCO, Paris, 1986. (Also as ISSER Technical Publication No. 50, 1985.)
14. Population-based study of the nature, causes and consequences of maternal morbidity in Ghana: Final report to the Rockefeller Foundation’s African Sustainable Development career Award Program, Nairobi, Kenya, 1998.
13. An analysis of breastfeeding behavior, health care practices, and infant survival with emphasis on reverse causation: evidence from Nigeria (w/D.T. Gurak and S.J. Schwager) (PDR Working paper series 96.01) 1996.
12. Some behavioral components of infant and child mortality: a cross-national analysis of DHS data from Ghana and Nigeria (w/D.T. Gurak) (Population and Development Program Working Paper Series 95.03) 1995.
11. Promoting Urban Food and Nutrition Security for the Vulnerable in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, International Food Policy Research Institute: IFPRI Research Report, 1998.
10. The Structure and Extent of Migration in the Oncho-Zone of West Africa: A Focus on Burkina Faso. Population Issues Research Center Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation (Working Paper No. 1990.03) The Pennsylvania State University, 1990.
9. Socioeconomic Consequences of Onchocerciasis Control: Policy Issues in Settling Return Migrants, Rapid II Population Policy Monograph, The Futures Group: Washington, D.C. pp. 474-523.
C: Reports/Discussion Papers
8. Baseline Survey of the Mfantsiman District, Report prepared for World Vision, Ghana, Mfantsiman ADP, August 2001
7. Ghana: Cost of Living Survey. Report prepared for Ghanalert, December 2000
6.Cooperation or Isolation? A Review of Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa with Particular Reference to Ghana," Paper presented at the Conference on the Politics of Adjustment, CODESRIA: Dakar, Senegal September 9-12, 1991.
5. The Effects of River Blindness and Migration on Rural Agriculture: The Case of Some
Onchocerciasis Control Programs in Burkina Faso (The McNamara Fellows Program Series
(World Bank): Economic Development Institute, Washington, D.C. 1989)
4. The Role of Women in the Socioeconomic Development of the Onchocerciasis Protected Zones. Report prepared for the Joint Programme Committee of OCP, November 1987.
3. Female Education and Fertility in Ghana: A Test of the Threshold Hypothesis, ISSER Discussion Paper Series No 12. 1987
2. Longitudinal Studies of the Cohorts of Respondents in the Family Life Education Programme in Ghana: Problems in Designing a Trace Survey. Workshop paper, The Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, July 1984.
1. Sociodemographic Trends and Patterns in the Structure of the Ghanaian Labour Force, 1960-1980. ISSER Discussion Paper, 1984.
Extension Activities
January 1997 to date; Review of articles and reports for Journals on social science and epidemiologic studies.
December 2000 to Present: Editorial committee Journal of Biosocial Science and Social Biology.
December 2000 to December 2004: Annual Guest Lectureship, Lactation Resource Centre, Glen Iris, Vic, Australia.
December 2001 to present: The West African Examinations Council, Member, The Ghana National Aptitude Tests and Examinations Committee.
July 1998 to Present: ISSER Graduate Program Committee, Member and Chairman
October 1998 to present: ISSER Research and Technical Committee.
October 1999 to Present: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Member Management Committee.
October 2001 to Present: Ghana Statistical Service, Member, Sectoral Working Group on Social Statistics.
Currently serving as external reviewer for Social Biology and the Journal of Biosocial Science
Annual Guest Lectureship, Lactation Resource Centre , Glen Iris, VIC, Australia (2000/2003)
Tutor Akuafo Hall 1984/85 . Current: Participate in other Hall activities
A: Theses/Dissertations Supervised
Duration of breastfeeding and the nutritional status of infants in Ghana: Does prolonged breastfeeding enhance better nutritional status (Sawudatu Zakariah, M.Phil. 2001) with Prof. K. Asenso Okyere and Dr. Amaar Klemesu.
The impact of the special adolescent clinic on teenage pregnancy in the Kumasi metropolis (Dr.Christian Nyarko, MPH, 2001) with Prof. Lawrence Osei.
Reasons for unsafe abortions in Kintampo (Dr. S.K. Atimpo, MPH, August 2001) with Dr. Quarshie.
Pensions and well-being: meeting retirement needs with formal and informal social security provisions (Akosua Mensima Nelson-Cofie, M.Phil., June, 2000).
Housing the low-income rural population: the role of Habitat for Humanity (John Adjei, M.Phil. 2000) with Prof E. Aryeetey and Dr. J.K. Anarfi.
B: Long Essays Supervised
The attitude and use of modern contraceptives by the staff of Mamprobi Polyclinic (Anwar Wulff, September, 2001).
Fertility patterns among adolescents in Ghana, 1988-1998 (Rosemary Yaa Yeboah, June 2001).
The problem of teaching/learning of Mathematics in Senior Secondary Schools in Ghana: A case study of selected schools in Accra (Martin A. Ntiamoah, August 2000).
A comparative study of academic performance attainment of boys and girls in Mathematics at the basic education certificate examination level in Ghana ( Attianah Mathias Kwame, 2000).
Referees: Academic
1. Douglas T. Gurak (Ph.D.), Professor
Population & Development Program
Department of Development Sociology
Cornell University
Ithaca NY, 14853
Tel: 607 255 1692
Fax: 607 254 2896
e-mail dtg2@cornell.edu
2. Allan G. Hill (PhD)
Andecot Professor of Demography
Harvard Center for Population & Development Studies
9 Bow Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA
Tel: +1 617 495 3007
Fax: +1 617 495 5418
e-mail: ahill@hsph.harvard.edu
OR
Department of Population & Internationa Health
Harvard School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 02115
USA
Tel: +1 617 432 4075
Fax: +1 617 566 0365
Reference Work:
3. Mike McQuestion
John Snow Inc.
Washington, D.C.
mike.mcquestion@gmail.com
4. Dr. Paul. S. Yoder
MEASURE/DHS Program
ORC Macro
11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD, USA
Paul.S.Yoder@orcmacro.com
5. Dr. Daniel Maxwell
daniel.maxwell@tufts.edu
6. John K. Anarfi (PhD.)
Professor & Deputy Director,
Institute of statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
University of Ghana
P.O. Box LG 74
Legon,
Ghana
Tel: 233 21 512502
Fax: 233 21 500937
e-mail: jkanarfi@yahoo.com
Dated: August 16, 2006