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Die ontwikkeling van nasionale standaarde vir die akkreditering van voorgraadse mediese onderwys in Suid-Afrika Gehalteversekering en akkreditering in hoeronderwys is ondersoek en standaarde vir selfevaluering in mediese skole en vir die akkreditering van mediese onderwys in Suid-Afrika is daargestel. 'n Literatuurstudie het die grondslag van die studie gevorm en die Delphi-tegniek is vir die empiriese ondersoek gebruik. 'n Stel van 110 standaarde, bestaande uit absolute standaarde en...
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Post-apartheid South Africa has officially sanctioned multilingualism in a constitution that recognises 11 official languages. However, the status of all of the languages is not perceived as being equal. The majority of South Africans want their children to be educated in English, although this is not their mother tongue, and schools are under pressure to effect an early transition to English. In addition, the amalgamation of previously separate Departments of Education has allowed learners...
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Analysis is based on data collected through the Africa Centre Demographic Information System. Authors are affiliated with the Population Studies Group of the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies. We have benefited from the ACDIS field and data centre staff under the leadership of the principal investigator, Dr. Kobus Herbst. We thank Angus Deaton and Frances Lund for comments on an earlier draft. Case gratefully acknowledges funding from the MacArthur Foundation (“Research Network...
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This paper describes a story-in-action of the Secondary Teacher Training Environmental Education Programme (St 2 eep) in Zimbabwe. The programme seeks to integrate environmental education into the secondary teacher training curriculum. This paper critically reviews the meaning of stakeholder involvement and participatory action research which are believed by the authors to guide the programme.This is done through narrating some important processes within St2eep. These include the project...
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Research in malaria-endemic areas is usually focused on malaria during early childhood. Less is known about malaria among older school age children. The incidence of clinical attacks of malaria was monitored, using active case detection in primary schools, in two areas of western Kenya that differ in the intensity of transmission. Clinical malaria was more common in schools in the Nandi highlands, with a six-fold higher incidence of malaria attacks during the malaria epidemic in 2002,...
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This experimental study compared an HIV experiential-teaching method to the traditional lecture and discussion method to determine if one method was more likely to produce significant indications of senior nursing students' willingness and perceived preparedness to provide HIV-patient care to affected clients. The sample included 70 (N = 70) baccalaureate senior nursing students from one university. In this study, 35 (n = 35) students were randomized into either the experimental group or...
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A decade has passed since the first free and fair elections in South Africa and since the present government assumed responsibility, among other things, for the provision of goods and services in the public sector, including public education. It may be appropriate to examine where we have come from, what progress has been made, and where we are headed. This article will give an account of some of the mechanisms which have been adopted by the education authorities in South Africa since...
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Medical Journal of AustraliaVolume 181, Issue 11-12 p. 606-607 South Pacific Getting the most out of health education in Papua New Guinea Trevor Duke MD, FRACP, Trevor Duke MD, FRACP Senior Lecturer Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC.Search for more papers by this authorNakapi Tefuarani MMed, PhD, Nakapi Tefuarani MMed, PhD Associate Professor School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko,...
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Black university students in South Africa reported lower mean rated psychological well-being than U.S. subjects. Social and political factors may contribute to these differences.
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A cross-sectional questionnaire was used to assess the level of awareness of the Baby Friendly Initiative among Home Economics teachers in Nigeria. Only 34.5 per cent of the teachers were able to define BFI as the Baby Friendly Initiative while 60 per cent defined exclusive breastfeeding correctly. Although 70.2 per cent acknowledged that breastfeeding prevents malnutrition in babies, only 12.5 per cent knew about the protective effects of colostrum. Of the study population 29.8 per cent...
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The magnitude of fallopian tube disease and their contribution to infertility in Nigeria and in Africa are gross among the cohorts of women presenting with difficulty in childbearing. The objective of the study is to assess the trend and pattern of tubal disease in infertility and pregnancy rate among patients undergoing tubal surgery at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex. A descriptive retrospective study of all cases of tubal disease in infertility who admitted for...