General Attitudes, Cultural Significance and Health Risks Associated with Body Arts among Ewe Youth in the Volta Region of Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAgbezuge, Mary Ama
dc.contributor.authorDanso, Daniel Kwabena
dc.contributor.authorAdom, Dickson
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-17T17:35:39Z
dc.date.available2023-11-17T17:35:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to assess the general attitudes, cultural signific ance and health risks associated with body arts on the Ewe youth in the Volta Region of Ghana. The descriptive research design under the quantitative re search approach was adopted for the study. The population for this study was made up of 125 Ewe youths in the Volta Region of Ghana who was sampled using the random sampling method. Researcher-designed questionnaire was the main data collection tool. The analysis was done quantitatively using de scriptive statistics in the form of frequencies and percentages with the aid of the SPSS software. The findings revealed that the majority of the respondents (95%) said that Ewes are concerned about the cultural significance of body arts as indicators of social status, self-esteem, beauty, ethnic and religious identity, as well as spiritual and medicinal protection. Regarding the health risks associated with body arts, it was found that 97% stated that body deco rating can lead to body cancer and allergic reaction, 83% agreed that body arts can cause pain and excessive bleeding, 95% said body arts can cause nerve damage, 68% said body arts can cause life-threatening bacterial infec tions and 79% indicated that body arts can lead to blood-borne virus infec tions like Hepatitis B and HIV. The study contends that a greater section of the Ewe youth has extensive knowledge regarding the cultural significance and health risks of body arts. However, knowledge on the safer approaches to body arts must be carried out through well-planned public education pro grams organized by the Ghana Health Service especially among the youth in Ghana.
dc.identifier.citationAgbezuge, M. A., Danso, D. K., & Adom, D. (2022). General Attitudes, Cultural Significance and Health Risks Associated with Body Arts among Ewe Youth in the Volta Region of Ghana.
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.aamusted.edu.gh/handle/123456789/623
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing
dc.titleGeneral Attitudes, Cultural Significance and Health Risks Associated with Body Arts among Ewe Youth in the Volta Region of Ghana
dc.typeArticle
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