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Background: Oral and maxillofacial injuries have been shown worldwide to be a major cause of disability and orofacial deformity.The magnitude and causes of oral and maxillofacial injuries varies from one country to another or even within the same country depending on prevailing conditions such as socioeconomic, cultural and environmental factors.Objectives: To assess the magnitude and etiology of oral and maxillofacial injuries in relation to socio-demographic data among patients attending...

AbstractThe present study was carried out in the context of the recent (2012) introduction of Kreol in the primary school curriculum in Mauritius. The time-tabling of Kreol as an optional subject offered at the same time as the other existing ancestral languages, institutionalised Kreol as an ancestral language, despite its status as a national language. The aim of the study was to investigate the ways in which the Standard 1 Kreol textbook reveals or reflects the ancestral identity that it...

Background: Although some studies in Cameroon have addressed the issue of condom use and multiple sexual partners separately, the association between multiple sexual partnership and condom use is limited.Objectives: This study examines information on the association between condom use and number of sexual partners among female students in an urban city of Cameroon.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted, using a self-administered questionnaire to collect data from a...

The paper examines government expenditure on nomadic education in igeria and the implications for achieving the M Gs. econdary data were used and the data were analyzed with the aid of descriptive statistics. The study revealed that government expenditure on nomadic education in igeria over time has been on the increase which has necessitated the increase in the number of nomadic schools and teachers in the country. The study further found out that there is a wide gap between male and...

This study assessed the effectiveness of the use of selected teaching/learning resources in the implementation of Inclusive Education (I.E) for Special Needs Education (SNE) learners in mainstream primary schools. Focusing on the organisational effectiveness of the school management in meeting the needs of Special needs Learners, research questions explored the following: the availability of the selected teaching/learning resources, effectiveness of the use of available teaching /learning...

Background: Blood glucose like oxygen is essential for normal cell function, especially the brain. The morbidity and mortality associated with hypoglycaemia, and the extent to which it complicates several childhood illnesses is of major paediatric importance. Objective: This study was aimed at evaluating hypoglycaemia among children presenting to the Emergency Paediatrics Unit (EPU) of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) Aba, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: This was a...

Nigeria is one of few countries that reports having translated national policies on school-based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) into near-nationwide implementation. We analysed data using the World Health Organization-ExpandNet framework, which provides a systematic structure for planning and managing the scaling up of health innovations. We examined how Nigeria's nationwide programme was designed and executed. Since 2002, Nigeria has developed a well thought through strategy to...

This research is an assessment of the need for an explicit environmental ethical component in environmental education in Zambia. Lack of personal interest in issues concerning the environment, even among the elite and the learned population, has caused considerable concern over the years. The exclusive economic approach of perceiving the environment as no more than a reservoir of wealth has caused considerable environmental degradation. The objectives of the study were: (i) to discuss the...

Introduction: Pulmonary disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patients. Yet specific causes are often unknown in third-world settings due to a lack of extensive diagnostic facilities, particularly in patients with sputum smear negative for acid-alcohol fast bacilli (AAFB). Fibre-optic bronchoscopy (FOB) is available as a diagnostic tool at the University Teaching Hospital. It has been established as an accurate, reliable and safe diagnostic means for...

This study investigated the type and level of desired and actual help given to student-teachers from the respective cooperative teachers. The areas help was desired by student-teachers include teaching the curriculum subjects, classroom management, and feedback on their teaching and school environment information. The study was carried out on education faculty student-teachers from 2007-2008 of Bahir Dar University. 107 students were randomly selected from a total of 680. Of these, 50 were...

Background: Following the administration of corticosteroids to pregnant women at risk of premature delivery, the occurrence of hyaline membrane disease and the related complications among neonates born of such women is significantly reduced. Despite this knowledge, the use of corticosteroids in developing countries remains low. This study aimed to determine the outcome of premature babies whose mothers were administered corticosteroids antenatally, and understand how health-staff used...

The purpose of the study was to investigate familial correlates of delinquent behaviour among school going adolescents in Chingola, Zambia. The study employed a quantitative cross sectional approach and targeted 186 pupils, 106 boys and 80 girls from Luano Basic School, Chamakubi Basic School, Chingola Basic School, Sekela and Chingola secondary schools of Chingola District. An adapted standard questionnaire used by Zenzile (2008) in the Self Report Survey of Juvenile delinquency among...

This paper raises fundamental questions about struggles of Indigenous philosophies and the ways educators can teach multiple bodies of knowledge to enhance youth education.It adopts a comparative approach to the study of African proverbs focusing on two communities highlighting the points of convergence [and divergence] in their cultural knowledge systems.Within the African traditional context proverbs as a way of knowing are deeply embedded in the community's cultures, histories, Indigenous cosmologies and worldviews.

National socio-economic development cannot succeed in a country with a malfunctioning education system. The adoption of nativist policies and practices in Zimbabwe since the year 2000 was met with peaceful resistance from the public university community. The purpose of the paper is to expose the impact of nativist policies on university education. A critical interpretive case study of two public universities was carried out. Thirty participants were interviewed and these included students,...

The paper highlights the range of ethical behaviour problems of school personnel that frequently confront educational leaders. It seeks to highlight and proffer solutions to problems associated with lack of trust, lack of proper value orientation; lack of integrity and responsibility in, and of school organization. It also seeks to recommend measures for building and sustaining school corporate ethics and values. Ethics and relevant moral values should be transmitted, promoted and protected...