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Interpersonal violence in adolescents has over the years grown into a serious public health problem that merits a robust intervention. This study, therefore, assessed the prevalence and predictors of interpersonal violence among in-school adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study involved a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Global School-based Health Survey conducted between 2012 and 2017 from eight sub-Saharan African countries. A total of 14,967 in-school adolescents aged...

The study aimed to identify learning from successes in public education schools in the East Jerusalem, and to uncover the effect of learning factors from successes in achieving learning from successes and determining their competitive advantage. The researchers followed the descriptive and analytical approach for its relevance to this study, and the researchers used the study tool (in-depth personal interview) With a sample of public education school principals in the West Bank in Palestine....

Ghana has a generalized HIV epidemic and efforts have been made to curb the spread and reverse its effects on the general population. In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the health system was unsettled and antiretroviral therapy (ART) care has been impacted in diverse ways. The study sought to explore the effects of COVID-19 on ART service provision in Ghana from the perspectives of the healthcare workers.An exploratory-descriptive qualitative approach was employed in this study. Using maximum...

Ghana has a generalized HIV epidemic and efforts have been made to curb the spread and reverse its effects on the general population. In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the health system was unsettled and antiretroviral therapy (ART) care has been impacted in diverse ways. The study sought to explore the effects of COVID-19 on ART service provision in Ghana from the perspectives of the healthcare workers.An exploratory-descriptive qualitative approach was employed in this study. Using maximum...

Background: Suboptimal academic performance by the majority of students at higher educationallevel has been linked with ineffective teaching methods by teachers/lecturers.The aim of this study wasto assess teaching methods, academic, and clinical performances among student nurses in schools ofnursing, in North-west Nigeria..Methods: The study adopted a mixed approach of a cross-sectional design.The sample comprises of95 tutors, 31 clinical instructors, 698 students, and the final year...

Background: Suboptimal academic performance by the majority of students at higher educationallevel has been linked with ineffective teaching methods by teachers/lecturers. The aim of this studywas to assess teaching methods, academic, and clinical performances among student nurses in schoolsof nursing, in North-west Nigeria.Methods: The study adopted a mixed approach of a cross-sectional design. The sample comprises of95 tutors, 31 clinical instructors, 698 students, and the final year...

We assessed the knowledge, preparedness, and attitude of health profession students towards COVID-19 outbreak in Sub-Saharan Africa. This cross-sectional study used convenience sampling to recruit participants from institutions under African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth). The survey was developed in QuestionPro software covering the participants’ socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and preparedness towards the COVID-19 outbreak. Data were...

Despite the high burden of deaths from emergency conditions in Nigeria, there are no formal emergency medicine (EM) residency programs in the country. Due to the absence of training programs in the country, we hypothesised that there may be a lack of awareness of these benefits of specialised emergency care among medical students and also a lack of interest in it. In this study, we assessed the knowledge and attitude of Nigerian medical students towards EM specialty and their willingness to...

Leaves of food and medicinal plant species occurring in the vicinity of chromium (Cr) mines and ferrochrome smelters in Sekhukhuneland, South Africa, were investigated for evidence of Cr dust deposition. Leaf morphology was assessed to identify traits that could enhance dust adhesion. Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis techniques were employed. EDS analysis confirmed Cr on leaf surfaces of 67% of species investigated and recorded Cr in...

This study examines the impact of in utero exposure to household air pollution on child health. By using a pseudo panel data compiled from three rounds of two separate household datasets in Ghana, we investigate the impacts of dirty fuel use which leads to household air pollution on child stunting at the district level. The results after analysis using the two stage residual inclusion approach indicate that exposure to household air pollution in utero causes stunting in children after birth....

Challenges and Enjoyment of Physical Education Tutors atColleges of Education in Ghana IntroductionThe term 'physical education' explains the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding and knowledge that individuals develop to uphold physical activity at an acceptable level during their life.Physical education encompasses far more than organised sporting activities, offering instead a broader conception of physical activity, unconnected to capability.By the use of particular...

The study aimed at identifying the personal characteristics which distinguish people of hearing disability at Um Khalthoom Institution for Teaching the Deafs and people of visual disability at Gezira Institute for teaching the blinds in relation to certain variables (gender, age, birthday order), besides knowing the differences in personal characteristics between the hearing disabled people and the visually disabled ones. The study adopted the descriptive analytical method. Primary data form...

Background: The necessity to educate schoolgirls regarding menstruation and appropriate menstrual hygienic practices by using a suitable program especially in schools. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an education program on secondary school girls’ menstrual health in Khartoum, Sudan. Methods: This study was quasi-experimental (one group pre/posttest). The study was conducted on secondary-school girls, Khartoum, Sudan, from July to August 2018. The school consists of 11 classes for...

Abstract The present study tries to assess the nutritional status and dietary behaviours in a group of undergraduate students in order to characterize their food habits and assess the quality of their diet. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 220 undergraduate university students (110 male and 110 female) aged between 19 and 24 years from the Food Department of Saad Dahlab Blida 1 University (Algeria). The data collection and nutritional evaluation were carried out using DIAL...

A relentless mutation characterized universities around the world by the advent of the infamous virus that gave rise to the pandemic called COVID-19. This study aims at exploring e-learning readiness and its acceptance as a tool for teaching entrepreneurship in two higher institutes of technological studies in Tunisia, and it has become imminent to resort to e-learning. The desired results are more far-sighted in these new special circumstances, which have made this mode of learning the...

Abstract Background Infections of Plasmodium species, Schistosoma species and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) inflict a significant burden on children mostly in deprived communities in Ghana. Despite the deployment of malaria vector control and the annual Mass Drug Administration by National Control Programmes, these infections still pose major public health concerns in Ghana. Some remote communities which are hard-to-reach are not covered by MDA campaigns which is a major challenge to...