Abstract:
Takoradi Market Circle is currently experiencing poor environmental sanitation. Open
spaces and gutters around the market place are littered with garbage, which in most cases
clogs drains thereby creating conditions for disease vectors and posing health risks to
traders. The main objective of the study was to assess the sanitation practices of traders in
the Takoradi Market Circle. The convenient sampling technique was used to select 90
respondents to whom questionnaire were administered. Descriptive analysis was used to
analyse the work. Field observation helped in describing the sanitation conditions,
questionnaires administered to market sellers and buyers in the market enabled the
researcher to understand the people’s perception of the environment, causes and effects
of poor sanitation conditions in the market. Also, interviews and focus group discussions
were conducted by the researcher. From the interviews, the causes, perception and the
effects of poor environmental sanitation in TMC were revealed. The study revealed
differences in sanitation behaviour among market users at the TMC. However, the
general environmental sanitation condition in the TMC is not up to expectations. Some
recommendations pointed to the need for public education and engineering to promote a
positive attitude for environmental sanitation in the TMC. In addition, enforcement of the
environmental sanitation bye-laws is also recommended to make every individual
responsible for good environmental sanitation in the market place.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION,
WINNEBA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIAL STUDIES) DEGREE
AUGUST, 2016