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Examine the association of physical impairment with gender, depression, and socio-demographics in the community in Aleppo, Syria.We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based study in Aleppo on adults aged 18-65 (N = 2,038). We used a computerized interviewer-administered structured questionnaire. Physical impairment was measured via an adapted 12-item World Health Organization, Health State Description Individual Questionnaire which includes both physical and emotional items. We used...

The emergence of the system of open and distance education is an inevitable development in the evolution of education internationally. With the increasing popularity of distance education, focus has turned to the role of libraries in the distance learning process. The library is an important tool for individuals' intellectual development. Academic libraries contain resources for research, teaching, and learning. This paper examines the efforts being made by Nigerian university libraries to...

The emergence of the system of open and distance education is an inevitable development in the evolution of education internationally. With the increasing popularity of distance education, focus has turned to the role of libraries in the distance learning process. The library is an important tool for individuals' intellectual development. Academic libraries contain resources for research, teaching, and learning. This paper examines the efforts being made by Nigerian university libraries to...

Statistics both from inside Lesotho and outside Lesotho indicate that there is a high drop-out rate in Lesotho schools (Ministry of Education and Training, 2007; Unite Nations Sub-Saharan Regional Report, 2006). This is despite the efforts of the government of Lesotho to try to bring down the rates of drop-out on all levels of schooling. In an effort to try to achieve this, the government in 2002 implemented a long waited programme of free education for all which was in line with the...

Background: The continuum from surgically clean, through antiseptic techniques to the use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis has revolutionized surgical practice and significantly reduced morbidity.Adherence to use of prophylactic antibiotic guidelines varies in different set ups and different diseases.Objective: To document the practice of perioperative prophylactic antibiotic use in a teaching hospital in Eritrea Methods: This is a prospective study conducted in 2009 in Halibet...

This was a cross-sectional study to examine the attitudes of Kenyan in-school adolescents towards premarital sex, unwanted pregnancies/abortions and contraception. Data collection was undertaken using a structured questionnaire. Kenyan in-school adolescents have conservative attitudes toward premarital sex, disagreeing that adolescent boy and girls should be left alone to satisfy their sexual needs. The girls had the view that boys have uncontrollable sexual appetites. With regards to...

The study investigated the types and prevalence of peer victimization among secondary school students in Osun State.This was with a view to improving peer relationships among secondary school students.Survey research design was adopted for the study.The population for the study consisted of junior secondary school students in Osun State.Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale was used to elicit information on the types and prevalence of peer victimization.The result showed that four types...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is dearth of information on skull base surgery in Nigerians. This study was conducted to determine types of skull base lesions describe surgical approaches to the lesions and determine outcome of surgical management of the lesions over the study period. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the case notes of the patients who underwent skull base neurosurgical procedures between January 2001 and June 2007 in our centre. We obtained information on demography,...

Introduction Information and communication technologies (ICT) are electronic technologies used for information storage and retrieval. Development is partly determined by the ability to establish a synergistic interaction between technological innovation and human values. The rapid rate at which ICTs have evolved since the mid 20th century, the convergence and pervasiveness of ICTs, give them a strong role in development and globalization (Nwagwu, 2006). ICTs have a significant impact on all...

Background: In recent times enterobacteriaceae isolated at the Komfo Anokye TeachingHospital (KATH) have shown significant resistance to 2nd and 3rd generation cephalosporins. In 2006, 18-32% of all enterobacteriaceae isolated from urine and blood were resistant to the cephalosporins cefuroxime, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime and cefotaxime. These antibiotics are the mainstay for the treatment of severe infections in the hospital. Microbial resistance to these antibiotics if due to the production...

Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA), an inherited HbSS disease, is common in Nigeria with attendant high morbidity and mortality most especially in the setting of poor health care services. Impaired physical and sexual development is one of the prominent complications of SCA; and with attendant secondary psychiatric sequelae.A cross-sectional study was carried out at the haematology clinic of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), among adolescent attendees (10-19 years) with SCA. Age and...

The aim was to determine the incidence, causes and the maternal mortality associated with postpartum haemorrhage in a tertiary centre in Nigeria.Case records of all patients that had postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal delivery at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife unit over a 5-year period (January 1st, 2002 to December 31st, 2006) were reviewed and analysed. Post-partum blood loss was calculated by estimating blood loses in graduated containers and in bed lines...

This study employed the Ricardian approach to test the relative importance of climate normals (average long-term temperature and precipitation) in explaining net revenue from Nigerian rice agriculture under irrigation and dry land conditions. A survey was done by interviewing 1200 rice farmers from 20 rice producing states in Nigeria. The states covered all the six geopolitical zones in the country. The results showed that increase in temperature will reduce net revenue for dry land rice...

This article analyzes history, civics, and national education textbooks used between grades seven to twelve of the Palestinian and Jordanian school systems from a gender perspective. It focuses on the ways in which men and women are presented within the context of the prevalent culture, which portrays men as the more superior, capable, creative, productive, and therefore dominant, and women as weaker, inferior, dominated, and thus unable to play more than minor roles. As culture affects the...

Based on a fieldwork study, this article seeks to investigate the implementation of ‘thematic curriculum’ in Uganda from the perspectives of teachers. The article shows that although the majority of teachers are enthusiastic about the new curriculum, their implementation efforts are constrained by a multitude of challenges. The findings raise questions with regard to the appropriateness of the new curriculum initiative to the structural realities of Ugandan classrooms, and calls for increased attention to the implementation process.

Reform and improvement are imperative in the current South African education system. Monitoring of school and learner achievement is an essential for establishing praxis for school improvement. Diversity of cu lture and South Africa’s 11 official l anguages m ake it difficult to develop valid monitoring systems. Limited resources, time constraints and the need to redress neglect of large portions of the education infrastructure from the apartheid era make it problematic to develop new...

Background: Curricula for providing lymphedema education varies internationally The Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) has established curriculum criteria (135 hours), accepted as the standard model across the United States (US) This educational mode was successfully introduced in the Western Cape, South Africa (SA) in an inaugural course in 2008.Purpose: This report outlines the necessary resources and preparation, the cultural experiences and challenges, and the mechanisms for...

To determine guardians' knowledge and attitude towards pupils' eye health and draw implication for designing children-oriented ocular health messages.A survey of 1,393 guardians selected through multistage random sampling in Ilorin, Nigeria. Using structured questionnaire, information sought included guardians' demographic characteristics, relationship to pupils, occupation, awareness of eye specialists, perception of normal vision, pupils' eye complaints, and ways of treating children eye...

This dance ethnography examines work conducted by the Dambe Project—a nonprofit organization that specializes in African performing arts education and mentorship. The study focuses on the implications of the organization's dance pedagogy in light of its postcolonial context and the importance of West African dance education in the United States. The study strives to be a conversation between the fields of anthropology and education, dance studies and postcolonial studies. [pedagogy, African dance, urban education, decolonization]