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To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a school-based group cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for anxiety disorders with African-American adolescents.Twelve adolescents (mean age = 15.6 years) with anxiety disorders were randomly assigned to CBT (n = 6) or a group attention-support control condition (AS-Control; n = 6). Both groups met for 10 sessions in the same high school. Key treatment ingredients in CBT involved exposure, relaxation, social skills, and cognitive...

This paper anlyses how parental education affects child human capital outcomes, using household survey data from Mozambique. Four indicators of human capital are examined: height-for-age of children below 5 years of age, children''s rate of survival, children''s education, and total fertility of adult women. Using a sequential regression approach, it is investigated how mothers'' and fathers'' education impacts on child human capital outcomes through higher incomes, literacy, and changes in...

Many students who navigate the terrain of higher education often seek support during their journeys through college. The purpose of this article is to examine the different kinds of support African American students receive from family during the college years. After doing a comprehensive review of the literature on word combinations such as African American undergraduate students and family relationships, the authors found that the literature was replete with articles, monographs, books,...

Extensive research has documented the positive relationships between teacher immediacy and student perceptions of learning and teacher credibility. However, the vast majority of this research has been limited to samples of students in the U.S. The present study involves a cross-cultural study of immediacy, with samples of students drawn from a university in the U.S. and a university in Kenya. Students completed measures of verbal and nonverbal immediacy, teacher credibility, and cognitive...

High quality of school health services is one of the most important building blocks of the health care system. Therefore, the aims of this study were to assess the quality of school health services and healthy school environment in some urban and rural areas. The study utilized a descriptive design that was applied in some urban and rural areas. Urban areas included schools in Cairo, Damanhoor and Banha. In rural areas, schools in El Giza, and Banha such as Warwara, Zamgara, Kafr Batta,...

Background: Health education provides essential information for daily survival. As one of the elements of the child-tochild (CTC) approach, health education is a method of conveying knowledge useful for preventing disease and enabling people to lead a full and normal life. The CTC approach can be used to enable children to practise what they learn in school in terms of health behaviour. Setting and subjects: A study carried out in Kitooni Primary School in Masii location, Machakos District,...

This article reviews assessment policy and practice in South African schools in recent years. A historical perspective is used to throw some light on current policy and practice. The key argument offered in the article is that vestiges of the old have strong mediating powers in defining what ultimately counts as 'transformed' assessment practice in the new dispensation. The dominance of a high stakes summative discourse is argued to have slowed down, if not threatened, progress towards the...

Gender relations have evolved considerably since Oxfam first started working with the Lao Federation (FDL) in 1983. While leadership is still the mans prerogative there is more consultation dialogue and a mutual search for consensus between men and women. At community level the FDL has increasingly challenged the established rules and practices that place the decision-making in the hands of adult men. Women are now playing an active role in the management of community infrastructure in the...

This study examines the impact of early substance use on school completion. From a life-course perspective, early deviance can interrupt adolescent development, including education. Studies have cited substance use in early adolescence as a risk factor for school dropout; however, few studies examine the relationship with diverse samples. Using longitudinal data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, we examine the impact of early alcohol and drug use on high school completion relative...

The exploratory study discussed in this article assessed African American freshman and sophomore students' decisions to remain in school and their opinions about specific programs designed to increase academic engagement. Results indicated that students believed that school completion would prepare them for the future. The opinion of family members was ranked consistently as most important in supporting students' decisions to remain in school. The primary barriers to completing school were...

During the last decade non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been increasingly called upon to implement development programs. The question is no longer whether should play a role in the education sector, but how are most likely to fulfill their promise to improve the quality, equity, accountability, and pertinence of education in African countries. This paper reports on comparative case studies of the evolving role of in the education sector in Africa. Four countries were selected for...

Although innovative, community-oriented and PHC-focused medical education programmes have been in operation in some medical schools in Nigeria for over a decade, they are yet to be comprehensively evaluated.This study therefore aimed at evaluating some impacts of the programmes on medical education in the country.The study was conducted in three innovative medical schools in South-Western Nigeria. Two traditional medical schools were selected as control. Questionnaires were used for the...

The risks associated with increasing climate variability pose technological and economic challenges to societies which are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. In Southwestern Cameroon the natural variability of rainfall and temperatures contribute to variability in agricultural production and food insecurity. This paper explores the impact of climate variability in Southwestern Cameroon on food availability. It examines farm household's vulnerability to food availability relating...

Increases in atmospheric COlsubg2l/subg are predicted to raise global and regional temperatures, and produce changes in other climate variables that drive the terrestrial hydrological cycle, most notably precipitation and potential evaporation. At the same time, a warmer world is predicted to result in increased water use in domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors. This article describes the simulated sensitivity of runoff in four mountainous catchments in the southwestern Cape...

AbstractThe on-going HIV epidemic has generally increased fear of needle-stick injuries (NSI) and renewed interest in the problem such injuries pose in Africa. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the frequency of NSI, explore the circumstances surrounding each injury and estimate the corresponding infection risk, among healthcare workers (HCW) in Uganda. Questionnaires, asking the recipients how many NSI they had suffered in the past year, how each of these NSI had occurred, what...

The literature on training approaches for both pre-service and in-service teacher training has been dominated since the 1980s by reflective approaches. This has undoubtedly influenced the relatively recent introduction of reflective approaches in developing countries. This article explores efforts, within an action research study of a 3-year (1995–1997) In-service Education and Training (INSET) programme, to implement reflective approaches in the training of unqualified and underqualified...

Abstract It is widely accepted in the literature that follow-up is critical to effective professional development, particularly in developing countries. However, very little empirical research has been conducted which supports this view, illuminates the follow-up processes used or demonstrates the effectiveness of particular follow-up strategies. This article begins to address this gap. It emerged from a three-year research study of a professional development programme for mainly unqualified...