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Background: The incidence of breast cancer is increasing and the presentation is often late in our environment with poor prognosis. Breast self-examination (BSE) remains an important diagnostic tool for the early detection of breast cancer in a resource-limited community. Nurses being in closer contact with patients should be in the forefront in educating the general public on BSE. Objectives: This study investigates the knowledge, attitude and practice of BSE among female nurses in Aminu...

Objective To investigate the oral health conditions and the regularity of oral disease occurrence in middle school students in Kinshasa. Methods 1 121 middle school students aged 12 years old in 5 middle schools in Kinshasa were involved,including 551 males and 570 females. The survey items included caries status,periodontal disease and malocclusion occurrence and the oral health knowledge questionnaire. The method and standard of World Health Organization oral health survey( 3rd edition)...

Background: Female genital mutilation, has received growing attention from governmental, international organizations and researchers over the last decades due to its impact on women's health.Objectives: To estimate; the prevalence, some socio-demographic determinants and post-practice complication associated with FGM among secondary school girls in El-Mansoura Center, El-Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt Subjects & Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted during the year 2013.Total number of...

Declining hospital autopsy rates in many countries have generated considerable concern. The survey determined challenges of the autopsy service in a large Teaching Hospital in Ghana, from the perspective of clinicians. This was a cross-sectional study of doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) over in 2012. The data was collected using a 69 item self-administered structured questionnaire. In all a total of 215 questionnaires were sent out and 119 doctors responded. Data was...

The purpose of this paper was to examine the effects of professional qualifications of financial accounting teachers on academic performance of SHS financial accounting students in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana. Twenty nine (29) teachers from the seven (7) senior high schools in the metropolis were selected for the study. It was a descriptive study where questionnaire was used to collect the data. The study revealed that financial accounting students perform academically better in financial...

The perceived high level of usage of social networking applications amongst students of tertiary institutions in Ghana is inevitable. However, little is understood from empirical viewpoint about the intensity, of usage of whatsapp messenger and its impact on the academic performance of students in tertiary institutions. This study seeks to empirically identify the impact of social network (whatsapp messenger) on the performance of tertiary students in Ghana from the perspective of the...

The ultimate objective of the Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development (ICT4AD) is to: ‘accelerate Ghana’s socio-economic development process towards the realization of the vision to transform Ghana into a high income economy and society that is predominately information-rich and knowledge-based within the next two to three decades or less. A proposed unified information technology acceptance research model called Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) was used. The model...

The major attempt of this paper is to analyse the profitability of maize farming in relation with observed climate change adaptation strategies. The study was conducted in Benin by a survey method on 336 maize producers. About 91% of the respondents undertook at least one adaptation strategy towards climate change. The observed strategies were categorised in four groups, including crop diversification, farming practices and calendar adjustment, land use strategies, and other adaptations...

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Library and Information Science) in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2014

The study examines the availability and utilization of information and communication technology resources for distance education at Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 students from each of the five faculties in the college. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument for the gathering of data. The findings of the study revealed that mobile phones and internet were the most accessible devices to the distance education...

The study focused on teachers’ perception of their job satisfiers and ‘dissatisfiers’ within the framework of the Two-factor theory. The study was carried out in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region of Ghana. Data for the study were obtained from a sample of 180 male and female teachers. Quantitative research strategies were employed in carrying out the study. The data gathering instruments were closed ended questionnaires whose reliability, as measured by Cronbach's Alpha...

Background: Early onset of sexual intercourse associate with increased lifetime prevalence of sexual partners that increase the risk of exposure to sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy.Alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, or use of illicit drugs by youths associate with increased risks of sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners and lower rates of condom use.Therefore, this study aimed to determine the proportion of sexual initiation and associated factors among...

Background: Heart diseases of childhood are of public health importance, especially in developing countries. Community-based studies are important in ascertaining the burden of disease. We set out to clinically evaluate the prevalence of heart disease among primary school children in Hwolshe electoral Ward, Jos, Plateau State.Subjects and Methods: A total of 418 primary school pupils were selected by multistage sampling from three schools in Hwolshe ward of Jos South Local Government Area,...

近年，中国の対アフリカ貿易・投資の急増に伴い，中国とアフリカの間に様々な軋轢が発生している。他方で，中国政府はアフリカにおいても孔子学院の建設を推進し，その活動を積極的に支援している。筆者は孔子学院が中国とアフリカ間の軋轢を乗り越える手段となりうるかを検討する為に，2013年1月に，西アフリカのトーゴとベナンの孔子学院で対面式アンケートを行った。本稿では，そのアンケート結果からトーゴとベナンの孔子学院で学ぶ学生の属性と学習動機および満足度を示し，トーゴ孔子学院に比べて，ベナン孔子学院の回答者が孔子学院での学習状況に満足しており，中国が好きな程度も高いことを明らかにした。しかし，多くの中国人と中国系企業のアフリカ文化と法律に対する理解が不十分であるため，アフリカ諸国では，中国企業と現地企業の対立や労働者の労働争議問題も目立つ。今後，孔子学院はアフリカに進出する中国企業・中国人のアフリカ文化への理解を深める教育を行うことも重要であると思われる。

Natural hazards are caused by different phenomena: landslides, earthquakes, floods etc. All the manifestations of forces of nature are called phenomena. We are speaking then of natural risks when these problems are threatening, with varying degrees, human activities, causing significant damage to human life, property and the environment. The need to consider natural hazards in land use planning tasks has become a major concern. During these past years, Algeria has been hit by frequent...

The study assessed the sources of information on climate change among arable crop farmers in Adamawa state, Nigeria.Lessons for Agricultural Extension and specifically, described the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and identified the sources of information on climate change among the respondents in the study area.A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted to select 232 respondents for the study.Frequency count, percentage and mean were used to analyze the data of...

The aim of this study was to survey the level of awareness of students towards modularization; and to take action (train) to raise the awareness to a desirable state. For the purpose of surveying the students’ level of knowledge towards modularization, a 15-item questionnaire (The Initial Questionnaire) on a Likert scale was given to all the 24 Agribusiness and Value-chain Management (ABVM) year II students. Accordingly, the overall percentage of incorrect answers was 52.5%, which implies...

This paper aims to contribute to recent reflections on training in psychoanalytic practice in South Africa and internationally in response to growing recognition that psychoanalytic practitioners need to be well equipped to deal with contemporary mental health challenges. Rather than add to the central and recurrent themes that authors have already identified as important areas of development in psychoanalytic training my aim is to take a more deconstructive approach. This approach involves...

The aim of this study was to examine the use of bleaching creams containing hydroquinone, corticosteroids and mercury for skin lightening among higher secondary school students in central Sudan.A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted at 19 different girls' schools.A total of 1187 young students aged 16 -19 years old were randomly selected and approached, using a well-structured questionnaire.The main outcome measure was a number of epidemiological factors per abusers.Results...