Research

RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

Adu-Mireku, S. (2003). Schools and health: a district-level evaluation of school health education in Ghana. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 18(2), 105-120.  

Adu-Mireku, S. (2003). The prevalence of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among Ghanaian senior secondary school students in an urban setting. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2(1), 53-65.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2003). Family communication about HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour among senior secondary school students in Accra, Ghana. African Health Sciences, 3(1), 7-14.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2003). Role of school and community partnership in promoting school health education in Ghana. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 9(1), 110-118.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2002). Fear of crime among residents of three communities in Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 43(2), 153-168.

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 

Adu-Mireku, S. (2004, April). Residents' satisfaction with the police in Accra, Ghana. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2003, November). Gender and responses to fear of victimization in Accra, Ghana. Paper presented at the 29th annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2002, October). Integrating school and community health education in Ghana: An evaluation report. Paper presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Memphis, TN.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2002, October). The prevalence of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use among Ghanaian senior secondary school students in an urban setting. Paper presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Memphis, TN.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2002, April). Alcohol use and sexual activity among senior secondary school students in Accra, Ghana. Paper presented at the 65th annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD.

Adu-Mireku, S. (2001, October). School health education in Ghana and the United States: A comparative analysis. Paper presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Mobile, AL.

OTHER SCHOLARLY/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

Participant, SAS Enterprise Guide. Workshop for faculty, Fayetteville State University, June 27-29, 2003.

Participant, BlackBoard Learning System 6.0. Workshop for faculty and staff, Fayetteville State University, July 15-16, 2003.

Organizer and presenter, Multivariate Analyses with SPSS for Windows. Workshop for graduate students, Dept. of Social Sciences, Fayetteville State University, Saturday, April 5, 2003.

Participant, 2003 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 27-29, 2003.

Organizer and presenter, Computing dummy variables for multivariate analyses using SPSS for Windows and SPSS syntax. Workshop for faculty in the Dept. of Social Sciences, Fayetteville State University, March 10, 2003.

Participant, Creating Research Opportunities to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities Workshop, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, September 20, 2002.

Presenter, SPSS for Windows: Basics. Fayetteville State University Faculty Development Summer Workshop, June 24-25, 2002.

Participant, 2002 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC, April 11-13, 2002.

Participant, North Carolina Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Wilmington, NC, February 22, 2002.

Organizer and presenter, SPSS for Windows: Refresher. Workshop for graduate students, Dept. of Social Sciences, Fayetteville State University, Saturday, March 23, 2002.

Organizer and presenter, SPSS for Windows: Basic Topics. Workshop for faculty in the Dept. of Social Sciences (attended by faculty in other departments), Fayetteville State University, March 4, 2002.

Moderator, Moving Toward an African Educational and Health Information Highway: Visions, Opportunities and Challenges. Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education Conference, Accra, Ghana, July 26-29, 2000.

Participant, Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health. Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, June 27-28, 2000.