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Addressing spiritual and religious issues in the context of counseling relationships may be beneficial to many African American clients. The authors discuss various roles and functions of spirituality and religion in the lives of many African Americans, with particular attention to the impact of these issues on their mental health functioning and willingness to seek formal mental health services. The importance of academic training programs that prepare counselors to address potential...

Although African countries have been continuously expanding their tertiary education systems since independence, these systems remain inadequate for fulfilling the demands being placed on them. Indeed, in many cases, the progress made has been set back by war, disease, and natural catastrophe. Various forms of non-traditional delivery are required, and several examples of distance networking are detailed, including the African Virtual University. A strategic approach to the expansion of...

The Society of the Muslim Brothers sees Islam not merely in terms of religious observance but rather as an integral way of life. According to them, education means more than just teaching (though teaching remains the most important means of education) and is not an end in itself but a means to an end. As such, they have linked education with practical aspects of life, in an attempt to achieve a complete change in behaviour patterns. This approach to education is what the Muslim Brothers...

Central to the efforts of primary school reform in developing nations is the need for pupils to become more active, critical and creative learners and for primary schooling to enable all children to develop to their full potential. The question `learning for all?’ asked in the title emphasises the concern that, in developing countries, schooling and education for all do not necessarily translate in learning opportunities for all. The article discusses this idea. It is based on the assumption...

The access policies of South African universities are influenced by sets of global, social, and economic factors. Although the second and third sets are predominantly local (South African), they are influenced by the first factor that gives rises to a fourth imperative, the economic factor. The latter, which is of increasing importance and is affected by the fact that students can ''vote'' for higher education institutions and programmes with their feet, is tricky. For if institutions...

Although rubella serosusceptibility among women of reproductive age in West Africa ranges from 10% to 30%, congenital rubella syndrome has not been reported. In Ghana, rubella immunization and serologic testing are unavailable. Our objectives were to identify congenital rubella syndrome cases, ascertain rubella antibody seroprevalence during pregnancy, and recommend strategies for congenital rubella syndrome surveillance.Congenital rubella syndrome cases were identified through prospective...

תקציר בעברית: מאמר זה עוסק בהיסטוריה של החינוך המשפטי בארץ ישראל בתקופת המנדט. המאמר סוקר את ההיסטוריה, את תוכנית הלימודים ואת הכתיבה התורת-משפטית בשלושה מוסדות שעסקו בהקניית השכלה משפטית בזמן המנדט: בית ספר ממשלתי בריטי (שנקרא השיעורים למשפט), בית ספר פרטי יהודי (בית הספר הגבוה למשפט ולכלכלה) והאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. המאמר מראה כי בכל אחד משלושת המוסדות הללו התפתח מודל מסוים של חינוך משפטי. השוואת המודלים הללו מלמדת כי בניגוד להשקפה הרווחת לא היה עולם המשפט הארץ ישראלי שבוי בתפיסות...

A group of patients (n=86) suffering from superficial abscesses was recruited in the Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan. Detailed clinical and socio-economic data were collected. It appeared that 83% of all patients were younger than 40. Labourers were most prevalent (28%), followed by students (23%) and housewives (16%). The head and neck were most often affected (22%), with hands being second (19%). In 92% of all pus cultures a microbial agents was identified, the large majority being...

A group of patients (n=86) suffering from superficial abscesses was recruited in the Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan. Detailed clinical and socio-economic data were collected. It appeared that 83% of all patients were younger than 40. Labourers were most prevalent (28%), followed by students (23%) and housewives (16%). The head and neck were most often affected (22%), with hands being second (19%). In 92% of all pus cultures a microbial agents was identified, the large majority being...

A group of patients (n=86) suffering from superficial abscesses was recruited in the Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan. Detailed clinical and socio-economic data were collected. It appeared that 83% of all patients were younger than 40. Labourers were most prevalent (28%), followed by students (23%) and housewives (16%). The head and neck were most often affected (22%), with hands being second (19%). In 92% of all pus cultures a microbial agents was identified, the large majority being...

Trachoma is a leading cause of blindness in West Africa. In Senegal previous studies have shown that the endemicity is high.To verify the extent of the pathology and to study the epidemiologic characters of this infectious disease in a population of school age children in a rural zone, located in the Thiès region (Senegal).A cross-sectional survey in six villages in the region of Thiès was performed in a population of school age children (5 to 15 years old). Sixty variables (individual,...

This is a thesis submitted to the Post Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. In partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of degree of master of International Affairs and Diplomacy (MIAD) in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences ABU. Department Of Political Science Faculty of Social Science Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria DEC 99

Abstract Studying on challenges that educators meet when teaching children with hearing impairment at resource units was aimed at developing further the understanding of practices that either promoted or caused barriers to the learning of the pupils with hearing impairment and indicate achievements and failures of the programme. The study was conducted through focusing on the main educational activities and features that characterise pupils learning at resource units. These features were...

One hundred eighty‐two African American college students completed the Racial Identity Attitudes Scale. Results from the multivariate categorization scheme revealed 5 types of empirically derived racial identity attitude profiles: “dissonance internalization” (34%), “committed internalization” (30%), “cngaged internalization” (21%), “undifferentiated racial identity” (8%), and “dormant racial identity” (7%). The profiles significantly differed on Brief Symptom Inventory subscale scores.

A randomly selected sample of 1,527 male students in rural and urban high schools in Oyo State, Nigeria, was studied. Mean age at first sexual intercourse was 13.5 years among the 19.9% who had ever had sex. Having had sex before was associated with increasing age and number of father's wives. A positive male dominance attitude was common among rural, older and sexually experienced youth. Only 26.2% of sexually experienced youth had used condom. Perceived self-efficacy was the only factor...

The paucity of up-to-date and representative epidemiological data on hearing disorders in Nigeria has been observed as undermining the effective advocacy of prevention initiatives. This study attempts to address this problem by evaluating the prevalence and pattern of hearing impairment in school entrants. Parental interviews, otoscopy, pure-tone audiometric screening (frequency 0.5-4 kHz) and tympanometric examinations were conducted for a representative sample of 359 school children in an...

Une formation volcano-détritique (Formation de Tizi-n-Ghachou), constituée pour l'essentiel de matériaux basaltiques repris de séries sous-jacentes et de retombées aériennes ou subaquatiques de projections volcaniques, a été mise en évidence dans un bassin intracontinental, décakilométrique et allongé suivant une directioin SW-NE. Ce bassin est situé dans le faisceau de l'Accident Sud Moyen Atlasique séparant le Moyen Atlas au Nord-Ouest de la Haute Moulouya au Sud-Est. L'étude de la...