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The various equipment and chemicals used in the radiology departments can be a source of hazards and hence result in an adverse effect to affected individuals (Johnston and Killion, 2005). Interdisciplinary approach to monitor the activities at radiology departments to en‐ sure compliance in safety standards may help avoid or reduce hazards in the working envi‐ ronment (Byrnset al., 2000). Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit in a radiology department is one particular place where safety...
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Background . Adolescents and young adults engage in risky sexual behaviours that may expose them to risk of contracting sexual transmitted diseases. The aim of this study was to assess risky sexual practices and associated factors for HIV/AIDS infection. Methods . A cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2012 among 790 college students. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses with SPSS...
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Es un hecho ampliamente aceptado que las letras y las ciencias sociales en Sudafrica se han estancado desde el fin de la lucha anti-apartheid en este pais. Este articulo argumenta que un programa en El estudio narrativo de la vida ofrece una plataforma para establecer y fortalecer un componente significativo de la capacitacion de cientificos sociales y humanos. Su esencia esta relacionada epistemologicamente al conocimiento indigena, a la transmision cultural y al compromiso comunitario y...
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In the Netherlands Indies, Christian missionary societies never developed a comparable degree of control over the colonial education system. Despite support from the colonial administration to increase their activities during the mid-nineteenth century, the dominance of Islamic religious instruction posed a serious barrier to the diffusion of missionary stations and schools. The Dutch were reluctant to increase tensions by offering open support to Christian mission activities in Muslim...
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This paper originated 16 years ago in a suburban kitchen filled with three generations of Mexican Americans celebrating an ordinary mid-January Sunday afternoon. One sixteenyear- old female was doing her homework at the kitchen table. She was assigned to write an essay about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in honor of his birthday. listened to her explain that throughout her entire education it was the same thing year after year. My professor ears were calmly listening until she said, I am of...
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The objective of the study was to assess perceptions of rural household heads with regard to various aspects of water access and climate change, and to evaluate whether there were significant differences in perceptions of respondents from female-headed and male-headed households. The study is based on a cross-sectional survey of 300 respondents conducted in the Seke and Murewa districts of Zimbabwe in 2011. The analysis included mainly descriptive statistics. The majority of both...
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This paper outlines stakeholder views on environmental barriers that prevent people who live with psychosocial disability from participating in mental health policy development in South Africa. Fifty-six semi-structured interviews with national, provincial and local South African mental health stakeholders were conducted between August 2006 and August 2009. Respondents included public sector policy makers, professional regulatory council representatives, and representatives from non-profit...
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Climate change has resulted in increased vulnerability of smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Zimbabwe where there is limited capacity to adapt to changing climate. One approach that has been used to adapt to changing climate is in-field water harvesting for improved crop yields in the semi- arid regions of Zimbabwe. This review analyses the history of soil and water conservation in Zimbabwe, efforts of improving water harvesting in the post independence era, farmer driven innovations,...
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The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary health care researchers and practitioners across Africa and the developing world, whilst providing a contextual and holistic view of family medicine as practiced across the continent.