Is geropsychology “forever young” on the mother continent? Addressing the limited research on psychology of aging in Africa

JBC Chukwuorji, P Thuku, N Cassimjee… - The Journals of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives Our paper highlights areas of interest to psychologists studying aging in Africa
and what has already been learned about aspects of psychological aging from studies done …

Geospatial assessment of ecosystem health of coastal urban wetlands in Ghana

B Ekumah, FA Armah, EKA Afrifa, DW Aheto… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A comprehensive assessment of ecosystem health of wetlands is needed to guide protection
and restoration activities. However, the conventional methods used in evaluating ecosystem …

Gendered patterns of migration in rural South Africa

CS Camlin, RC Snow… - Population, space and …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Gender is increasingly recognised as fundamental to understanding migration processes,
causes, and consequences. In South Africa, it is intrinsic to the social transformations fueling …

Circular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements

D Beguy, P Bocquier, EM Zulu - Demographic Research, 2010‏ - JSTOR
This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi
City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a …

Challenges and possibilities for achieving household food security in the Western Sudan region: the role of female farmers

FO Ibnouf - Food security, 2011‏ - Springer
This paper investigates the role of women in achieving household food security in the
Western Region of Sudan, an area much affected by the impacts of drought and civil …

Concepts, definitions and data collection approaches

RE Bilsborrow - International handbook of migration and population …, 2016‏ - Springer
This chapter addresses some of the key issues and weaknesses in the field of migration,
arising out of inconsistent methodology, issues that need addressing if the field is ever to …

Bringing population mobility into focus to achieve HIV prevention goals

CS Camlin, S Cassels, J Seeley - Journal of the International …, 2018‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The ambitious UNAIDS '90-90-90'targets, aiming to end the AIDS epidemic by the year 2030
[1], are a response to the profound therapeutic and preventive benefits of HIV treatment …

Internal migration age patterns and the transition to adulthood: Australia and Great Britain compared

A Bernard, M Bell, E Charles-Edwards - Journal of Population Research, 2016‏ - Springer
Life-course transitions are important drivers of mobility, resulting in a concentration of
migration at young adult ages. While there is increasing evidence of cross-national …

Moving across boundaries: migration in South Africa, 1950–2000

HE Reed - Demography, 2013‏ - Springer
Existing knowledge about historical patterns of black internal migration in South Africa is
incomplete, primarily because of the lack of good life course studies as well as the apartheid …

Human capital on the move: Education as a determinant of internal migration in selected INDEPTH surveillance populations in Africa

C Ginsburg, P Bocquier, D Béguy… - Demographic …, 2016‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Education, as a key indicator of human capital, is considered one of the
major determinants of internal migration, with previous studies suggesting that human …