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Item Covid-19 and The Homeless: Implications for Social Welfare Practice and Education in Ghana(2020-09-21) Agyemang, Eric; Deku, Charles, Selorm; Forkuor, John, BoulardCOVID-19 as a pandemic has had severe implications on every country including Ghana. Although it has affected all persons, it’s implication on the vulnerable, particularly the homeless is immeasurable. This reflexive writeup aims to highlight the interventions made by the Government of Ghana for the homeless amidst COVID-19 and recommend ways to improve these interventions. In this essay, although I indicated that temporal interventions such as food, housing units and money were made available for head porters, a category of the homeless. I argue that these interventions should be made available for all category of homeless and also, the Government of Ghana should adopt sustainable ways of making these interventions permanent, so as to improve the living conditions of the homeless.Item Improving Access to Healthcare for Persons Living with Intellectual Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Policy Makers, Health Workers and Social Workers(2022-11-16) Ofori-Dua, Kwadwo; Forkuor, John, Boulard; Dwumah, Peter; Dapaah, Jonathan, Mensah; Odongo, Douglas, AttohAcross the globe, promoting the wellbeing of vulnerable populations is a key mandate of both governments and academics. Promoting the wellbeing of persons with intellectual disabilities is arguably one of the key responsibilities of social work academics in Ghana. In fulfilling this mandate, we have conducted a number of studies into the care and health needs of Persons Living with Intellectual Disabilities (PwIDs). We have prepared this policy brief as a way of informing policy and practice and making our research relevant to practitioners and policy makers in Ghana. Our aim is to, through this brief, bridge the divide between PwIDs and healthcare professionals.Item The dilemma of vulnerable groups during lockdown: implications for social work education and practice in Ghana(2020-09-21) Forkuor, John, Boulard; Deku, Charles, Selorm; Agyemang, EricThe COVID-19 pandemic has created socio-economic challenges for countries globally and has touched lives in some of the remotest areas of the world. While other countries have been proactive in addressing this challenge, I fear that Ghana, and to an extent most of sub-Saharan Africa, have failed to adequately prepare and anticipate these challenges. This reflective essay discusses the paradoxes that the pandemic and the measures used to curb it creates for two vulnerable groups (informal economy workers and women and children in abusive relationships). I introduce the essay with a reflective account of the relevance and practicality of social work education and practice in Ghana in light of the on-going pandemic. Subsequently, I focus on two vulnerable groups (informal economy workers and women and children in abusive relationships). I present a reflective account of how the challenges that emerged from this pandemic creates new opportunities for my work as a social work educator and also for practice with these groups in Ghana.