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We examine how race and class influenced the lives of six African American high school seniors who attended a predominantly white, elite, independent secondary school. Race and class contributed to an organizational habitus of the school characterized by white and wealthy privilege. Interaction of that dominant habitus with the dissimilar individual habitus of the students resulted in a form of symbolic violence—symbolic violence the black students knowingly endured in exchange for the...

This study examines the gender‐specific strategies that 30 African American high school youths developed to remain academically successful and traces their success to participation in an educational reform program, the culture of their families, and the culture of the low‐income communities in which they lived. One learns the benefit of examining the interrelatedness of ethnicity, class, and gender when attempting to understand the ways in which academic success is constructed.

(1999). Learning lessons the hard way — Somalia and Srebrenica compared. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 10, Peace Operations Between War and Peace, pp. 93-137.

Urinary iodine was measured in urine samples collected from 399 school children in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. Thirteen, 27, and 48% of the samples were found to contain 20, 50 and 100 mugI dm-3 respectively. These values indicate that there is substantial iodine deficiency in the Hhohho region. A correlation was found between the severity of iodine deficiency and the physiographic region where the sample was obtained; the highveld with a mean urinary iodine concentration of 97 mug dm-3...

Habitat use and ranging behaviour of tree hyrax were investigated by radio‐tracking in the Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda. Individuals were predominantly arboreal and showed a daily pattern of vertical movement, being found highest in the canopy at night. Hyrax often spent the night in tree cavities and spent the day resting on branches. Habitat use is discussed in terms of thermoregulation and predator avoidance. Tree selection, modelled by logistic regression analysis, was most...

Abstract This article describes the evaluation of different classroom observation activities used by Egyptian science teachers whilst on visits to schools in London, United Kingdom. The teachers evaluated the activities for ease of use and usefulness. The ratings they gave the activities show that it is easier to record specific observable events than make evaluative judgements. The teachers thought it more useful to work with an observation activity that allows them to see familiar events...

We hypothesized that, among African American adults, starting and maintaining injecting drug use (IDU) would be associated with dropping out of high school, and that starting and stopping IDU would be associated with earning the general equivalency diploma (GED) after school dropout. Drawn from the 1991-1993 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), the nationally representative sample of African Americans consisted of 117 recent and 109 past IDUs. Conditional multiple logistic...

This study is aimed at examining the impact of an institution's medical library on the clinical decision-making of medical officers in two Nigerian University Teaching Hospitals. Medical information sources consulted by medical officers in Nigeria University teaching hospitals were examined. The results of the study revealed that the information provided by the library was appropriate to their clinical decisions. Medics rely mostly on their institution's library and personal data collections...

This study is aimed at examining the impact of an institution's medical library on the clinical decision-making of medical officers in two Nigerian University Teaching Hospitals. Medical information sources consulted by medical officers in Nigeria University teaching hospitals were examined. The results of the study revealed that the information provided by the library was appropriate to their clinical decisions. Medics rely mostly on their institution's library and personal data collections...

Examines students opinion on the services of Ahmadu Bello University Library. Specifically examines the extent of students satisfaction with the university library services and reason(s) for dissatisfaction. Uses questionnaires distributed over a period of 31 days. Results reveal that a few students, 1,079 students (28.6%) were completely satisfied. Student dissatisfaction with the library centred largely on issues like books not in the library (64.2%) or no current periodicals (64.4%)...

This article focuses on the use of the experiential learning cycle in the training of staff within the governmental extension services of sub-Saharan Africa. It starts with reference to a project in Ethiopia in which the experiential learning cycle was employed in a sequential training of trainers within the Extension Division of the Ministry of Agriculture. The project involved the use of participatory approaches and gender analysis in ensuring that the extension services became more...

An entertainment-education radio soap opera introduced in Tanzania in 1993 was evaluated by means of a field experimental design in which the radio program was broadcast by seven mainland stations of Radio Tanzania. An eighth station broadcast alternative programming from 1993 to 1995, its listenership serving as a comparison area in which contemporaneous changes in family planning adoption were measured. The soap opera was subsequently broadcast nationwide from 1995 to 1997. Data about the...

This study compares the health knowledge of first year college students attending universities/colleges in the United States, Canada and Nigeria using the health knowledge inventory (HKI), a 110 item multiple choice instrument which measures health knowledge in 11 knowledge categories. Total scores indicted a 56% average for Canadian students, a 53% average for Nigerian students, and a 60% average for American students. Post hoc analyses indicated each country's mean HKI score was...

We assessed the influence of health education on the knowledge about onchocerciasis in school children in Okpatu, Nigeria. The children, aged between 11 and 17 y, received health education in both English and Igbo (local language) for three months on the transmission, clinical manifestations, treatment and prevention of onchocerciasis. Illustrated pictorial materials were used to support and enhance their understanding of the subject matter. Their level of knowledge was evaluated nine months...

We assessed the influence of health education on the knowledge about onchocerciasis in school children in Okpatu, Nigeria. The children, aged between 11 and 17 y, received health education in both English and Igbo (local language) for three months on the transmission, clinical manifestations, treatment and prevention of onchocerciasis. Illustrated pictorial materials were used to support and enhance their understanding of the subject matter. Their level of knowledge was evaluated nine months...