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The menstrual knowledge and practices of 352 randomly selected healthy Nigerian schoolgirls were studied. 187 (53.1%) had attained menarche. 40% of subjects were deficient in knowledge about menstruation. Although menstrual knowledge was higher in post-menarcheal girls, 10% of these were totally ignorant about menses and 84% were not psychologically prepared for the first menses. Girls' menstrual knowledge was positively associated with parental education. The major source of menstrual...

This study was conducted to assess the cultural relevance of an education program for urban African Americans with diabetes.A set of 12 videotape vignettes were developed for use in diabetes education for urban African Americans with diabetes. Focus groups and questionnaires were used to determine if patients and diabetes educators would find the materials stimulating, culturally appropriate, and useful.The videotape and discussion guide were perceived as valuable by both healthcare...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the status of female teachers in nine Middle Eastern and North African countries. The results indicated that ineffective pre-service and in-service training, teachers' educational level, and lack of follow up of female teachers at all levels has limited professional competency and growth. In addition, socio-cultural constraints on women have made a negative impact and have contributed to the existing gender disparity. It was also found that...

Abstract In this article, I provide an overview and analysis in the domain of initial literacy learning of young South African children. I first give a sense of historical background and outline some of the extreme challenges faced in this area. I discuss the importance of understanding the multilingual nature of South African society for education, and describe some of the enabling policy shifts for language and early childhood development which have been developed since the change of...

The idea of using literature in the history classroom is not new. In a recent class I experimented with this methodology, exploring how literary works could be used to examine the intersections of race, class, and gender (along with skin color and even hair texture) in African American women's experiences in the United States.' The students in this small class were primarily seniors, and roughly 70 percent were African American women. The remaining 30 percent included a single African...

To determine the prevalence of epilepsy and its associated disabilities in rural South African children aged 2-9 years.Eight villages in the district of Bushbuckridge, Northern Province, South Africa.A two-phase design was used. The first phase involved screening children on a house-to-house basis by interviewing mothers or caregivers using an internationally validated questionnaire for detecting childhood disability in developing countries. The second phase consisted of a...

Earthquakes are one of the most destructive natural forces, in both human and economic terms. For example, since 1900, 10 earthquakes have occurred that each killed over 50 000 people. Earthquakes in modern industrialized areas can be also be very costly, even if well designed and constructed buildings save many lives. In Zimbabwe, beginning in February 1959 prompted by fresh seismic (earthquake) activity after the Kariba Dam was sealed in December 1958, seismograph stations began to be...

Although South African public museums and art galleries are now open to all people, they are still in reality only visited and used by a small proportion of the total population. If these institutions hope to survive in a country with so many pressing priorities, the number of people who value and make use of them will have to be increased dramatically. However, in South Africa's multi-cultural context the process required to bring about the increase will not be as easy as some may think....

Anthropology & Education QuarterlyVolume 31, Issue 1 p. 90-102 Full Access “Africa, My Teacher!”: An Expatriate's Perspectives on Teaching Mathematics in Zimbabwe Assistant Professor Gerald R. Fast, Assistant Professor Gerald R. Fast University of Wisconsin at OshkoshSearch for more papers by this author Assistant Professor Gerald R. Fast, Assistant Professor Gerald R. Fast University of Wisconsin at OshkoshSearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 January 2008...

African American children are at risk for high rates of morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease as they become adults, yet little is known about the effectiveness of CV risk-reduction interventions in African American children. This study explored the effectiveness of a concentrated CV health promotion educational program on health-related attitudes of 76 African American children enrolled in a midsouthern school system. The Children's Cardiovascular Health...

The latest evaluation of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the health situation in Africa recognizes that District Health Management Teams (DHMT) are not as efficient and effective at delivering primary healthcare as they could be. The ‘weakness of information support is acknowledged by most member states as a persistent obstacle to vigorous and objective management’ [1]. A shift towards decentralization in many low-income countries has meant that more skills are demanded of primary...

This month our guest columnist is Bruce Hecker, who writes about his experiences teaching English in Morocco. His goal in the piece is to evoke the joys and frustrations of establishing relationships between teacher and student, mixing vignettes with direct commentary to render personal experience in the indirect way he has learned so much about from experiencing Moroccan ways of communication. Through his writing, he hopes to inspire high school English teachers in the United States to be...

For the past two decades, Syrio-Palestine/biblical archaeology is known to have gradually disappeared from American colleges. Nonetheless, this issue has rarely been studied and addressed using quantitative and empirical data. In this paper, the past and present of Syrio-Palestine/biblical archaeology in American colleges are diagnosed by examining the archaeology curricula in American colleges. This study indicates that although it may not be moribund, Syrio-Palestine/biblical archaeology...

As Bill Bradley recently observed, A pair of strong hands are not what they used to be. Now those hands have to be able to use a keyboard. In 1997, over half of all workers directly used a computer keyboard on the job. Workers who use a computer at work are paid more than those who do not, and are more highly sought after by employers. The Commerce Department's 1999 report, Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide, highlighted that African-American workers are less likely than...

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The purpose of this study was to determine African American teachers’ perceptions and experiences in schools where European American teachers and students are the majority. Five female African American teachers were interviewed for the purpose of understanding their perceptions and relationships with students and colleagues in this type of school setting. Data were compared to Cose’s “dozen demons” themes to support consistency in interpreting the participants’ responses to predominantly...

This is a hospital based retrospective histopathological study of urological tumours in 10 years. Specimens consisted of all surgical excisions, trucut and fine needle biopsies of kidney, prostate, urinary bladder, testis and penis. Urological tumours accounted for 11.45% of all malignant tumours during the period of study. Prostate cancer accounted for 44.1%, urinary bladder 31.7%, kidney 17.3%, testis 5.8% and penis 1%. The study also showed that urinary bladder tumour and malignant...