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The study analyses the determinants of food availability and access, and the causes of unsustainable food access in Ghana using three models. Regression results show that the effects of energy price, domestic and foreign interest rates, domestic prices and exchange rate on food availability are negative, while the effects of crop yield, arable land, liberalisation of agricultural trade and real income are positive. The analysis further shows the unique effects of energy price and human...

This paper examines the psychological variables as correlate of students’ academic achievement in secondary school. There is an alarming concern about the fact that students’ achievements in the Secondary School Certificate Economics have remained poor. It is against this background that this study investigated the relationship between psychological variables (study habit; locus of control and self-efficacy) and secondary school students’ achievement in economics. The study adopted a survey...

We investigated the impact of proximity of tobacco retail outlets to schools on tobacco-related behavior and attitudes of school personnel in sub-Saharan Africa. A pooled analysis of the 2006–2011 Global School Personnel Surveys from 19 sub-Saharan African countries was performed (n = 12,201). Multivariate logistic regression analyses were applied to measure the relationship between proximity of tobacco outlets to school premises and school personnel's tobacco-related behavior and attitudes...

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The main purpose of the present study was investigate the interactive and relative effect of emotional intelligence and locus of control on burnout among Special Education Teachers in Egypt. The study made use of simple random sampling in selecting 280 (160 male, and 120 female) special Education teachers from three special education schools located in Kafr EL Sheikh Governorate. The study sample responded to three valid and reliable instruments; Emotional intelligence scale, The Teacher...

Although the Higher Education (HE) system in many developed countries has seen a significant amount of pedagogic research in technical subject areas [1], unfortunately in Libya this work is still in its infancy. Recent studies have indicated that there are many gaps in the knowledge base, for example, the use of technology in teaching and learning and the training of academic staff [2, 3]. This paper investigates the technical and vocational education and training system in Libya using a...

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a global public health problem among school age children, which retards psychomotor development and impairs cognitive performance. There is limited data on prevalence and risk factors for IDA.The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, severity, and predictors of nutritional IDA in school age children in Southwest Ethiopia.A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia from April to July 2013. A total of 616...

This study examined teacher motivation and job satisfaction among graduate teachers in Cape Coast, Ghana. Factors that affected teacher motivation and the sources of motivation in teaching were highlighted. Maslow’s (1970) needsatisfaction variables and Herzberg et al.’s (1959) man’s work needs; “motivating factors” and “hygiene factors” formed the components of needs satisfaction in this study. The population consisted of 960 graduate teachers in .11 government senior high schools. The...

This study was conducted to investigate e-learning in Nigerian University, the purpose was to determine the following: Availability of facilities for e-learning in Nigerian Universities, availability of e-learning materials in Nigerian Universities, if students make use of e-learning in their studies in Nigerian Universities.A total of two hundred and twenty eight students constituted the sample for the study in the six Geopolitical zones of Nigeria.Percentages statistic was employed in...

We present evidence from Rwanda's Girinka (‘One Cow per Poor Family’) program that has distributed more than 130,000 livestock asset transfers in the form of cows to the rural poor since 2006. Supply side constraints on the program resulted in some beneficiaries receiving complementary training with the cow transfer, and other households not receiving such training with their cow. We exploit these differences to estimate the additional impact of receiving complementary training with the cow...

Context Despite numerous benefits of live donor kidney transplant (LDKT), patient-level barriers often prevent African Americans from considering LDKT. Educational interventions designed to address patient-level barriers may increase willingness among African American patients with end-stage renal disease to explore LDKT as a treatment option. Objective To assess the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive educational intervention called Living ACTS (About Choices in Transplantation and...

Hepatitis B is a major global health problem and is a major infectious and occupational hazard for health workers, especially doctors, nurses, dentists and laboratory staff, including those who are under training, because of exposure to patients' body fluids during clinical activities. Clinical students are also at risk of HBV infection during their training in medical school. HBV vaccination status is very low among medical students in NigeriaThis study assessed the knowledge of clinical...

While the school participation impacts of the Universal Primary Education policies in Sub-Saharan Africa have been impressive, learning impacts’ assessment has received little attention. This study measures and explains the initial achievement impacts of the Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in Kenya using grade six pupils’ reading and math standardized test scores. We find large achievement declines, spillover effects to private schools and heterogeneous impacts by gender and...

<h3>Objective</h3> The measurement of disability in low-income countries is recognised as a major deficiency in health information systems, especially in Africa. The Iganga and Mayuge Demographic Surveillance System (IM-DSS) in Uganda provides a special opportunity to develop population-based data to inform national health policies and evaluate innovations in assessing the burden of disability in Uganda. In this study, we apply a new instrument to screen for physical disabilities at the...

We investigated shear-wave splitting of local earthquakes recorded by a temporary network of stations deployed in the Rwenzori region (Albertine Rift) from February 2006 to September 2007. Over 21,700 local earthquakes with magnitudes ranging between −0.5 and 5.1 were recorded. Shear-wave splitting analyses were made on only local crustal earthquakes with incidence angles of less than 34°. About 7000 earthquakes were available for analysis of their particle motions. The fast shear-wave...

This paper identifies strategies that public administration programs in Africa can adopt to position themselves to meet present and future challenges. Using the Getting to Outcomes® model as a frame of reference, it shows how public administration programs can adapt this model in framing a program assessment plan with the active engagement of stakeholders. The paper focuses on how to assess public administration professionals’ learning outcomes to continue performance improvement, make...