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The State of Youth Health in Ghana’s Construction Industry (Stakeholders)

This brief presents findings from a mixed-methods study of the stakeholders of young construction workers’ (aged 18-35 years) health, their roles, and their stakeholder preferences. The study focused on workers in the three largest urban areas in Ghana (i.e., Accra/Tema, Kumasi, and Takoradi/Cape-Coast). Interviews and a focus group discussion with health experts, employers, and young workers revealed nine categories of stakeholders of young construction workers’ health were identified, viz.: health group, occupational health and safety agencies, construction industry actors, government, academia, media, youth health activists and promoters, community, and construction employees. A survey of 445 young construction workers revealed the most preferred stakeholders to be the media, academia, and youth health activists and promoters. The least preferred stakeholders were government, and occupational health and safety agencies. The research emphasizes the need for a collaborative and coordinated stakeholder effort toward undertaking more research, developing policy frameworks, designing and implementing workplace wellbeing interventions, and increasing young workers’ health and safety literacy