Quarshie, EN-B orcid.org/0000-0002-8720-2355, Osafo, J, Akotia, CS et al. (1 more author) (2015) Adolescent suicide in Ghana: A content analysis of media reports. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 10 (1). 27682. ISSN 1748-2623
Abstract
Adolescent suicide is now a major health concern for many countries. However, there is paucity of systematic studies and lack of official statistics on adolescent suicide in Ghana. Mass media coverage of adolescent suicide (even though crude), at least, may reflect the reality of the phenomenon. With an ecological orientation, this study used qualitative content analysis to analyse the pattern of 44 media reports of adolescent suicide in Ghana from January 2001 through September 2014. Results showed that hanging was the dominant method used. The behaviour usually takes place within or near the adolescent's home environment. The act was often attributed to precursors within the microsystem (family and school) of the deceased. This study serves a seminal function for future empirical studies aimed at deeper examination of the phenomenon in order to inform prevention programmes.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 E.N.-B. Quarshie et al. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Adolescent; suicide; Ghana |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2018 13:34 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2019 00:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Co-Action Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.3402/qhw.v10.27682 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129884 |
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