Child Behavioral Health in Ghana: Current Efforts in Policy Research and Practice

An exploratory study of attitudes toward transracial adoption was conducted, using data from a 1991 national telephone opinion survey of 916 respondents. Seventy-one percent of those surveyed believed that race should not be a factor in who should be allowed to adopt a child. However, in a logistic regression analysis, respondents in the highest age category (i.e., those older than 64 years) were 63% less likely to approve of transracial adoption, compared with 18- to 29-year-olds. There was also an interaction of race and sex. African-American women were 84% less likely than African-American men to approve of transracial adoption. Compared with African-American men, Caucasian men were 72% less likely to approve. The importance of considering subpopulation differences in applying such findings to adoption policy, research, and practice is discussed.

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Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth: Linking Policy Research and Practice in 'Stig Systems'

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1285612 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Philippe Aghion ◽

Paul A. David ◽

Dominique Foray

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Policy Research ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Technology And Innovation ◽

Science Technology ◽

Science Technology And Innovation

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The Global Scholar

10.52779/9781991201232 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Africa ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Policy Research ◽

The United States ◽

Research And Practice ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Postgraduate Studies ◽

Globalising World

In our rapidly globalising world, “the global scholar” is a key concept for reimagining the roles of academics at the nexus of the global and the local. This book critically explores the implications of the concept for understanding postgraduate studies and supervision. It uses three conceptual lenses – “horizon”, “currency” and “trajectory” – to organise the thirteen chapters, concluding with a reflection on the implications of Covid-19 for postgraduate studies and supervision. Authors bring their perspectives on the global scholar from a variety of contexts, including South Africa, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Germany, Cyprus, Kenya and Israel. They explore issues around policy, research and practice, sharing a concern with the relation between the local and the global, and a passion for advancing postgraduate studies and supervision.

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