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Using discourse analysis focused on identity and politics, we analyze the narratives of two Congolese refugees to explore issues of access to higher education. Data for this analysis come from a larger ethnographic study of educational opportunities for refugees in one US city. The narratives that these participants tell reveal both the ways in which various institutional factors limited their access to higher education and the agentive ways in which these refugees advocated for themselves....
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This study measured self-perceptions of school competence among 263 4th- and 6th-grade African American students who attended an academically challenged school district. Self-perceptions of school competence are defined as self-perceptions of ability, confidence, and school satisfaction. Results indicated that 4th-grade students had lesser perceptions of themselves as able and confident, but their school satisfaction was notable. Sixth-grade students perceived themselves as able, but they...
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In the framework of the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) in 2008, the mixing of the urban pollution plume of Dakar (Senegal) with mineral dust was studied in detail using the German research aircraft Falcon which was equipped with a nadir-looking high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) and extensive aerosol in situ instrumentation. The mineral dust layer as well as the urban pollution plume were probed remotely by the HSRL and in situ. Back trajectory analyses were used to attribute...
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A key element of the doctor-patient relationship is to understand the patient's and doctor's perceptions of quality care.To assess the perceptions of good and bad doctors among first-year medical students and local community members in a semi-urban, African settings.Using open-ended and closed dichotomous questions, 115 first-year medical students in Beira, Mozambique were surveyed regarding their perceptions of a 'good' and 'bad' doctor. Students then surveyed 611 community members in a...
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Noise in hospital environment is an annoyance for patients. The vulnerability of patients to noise and the risks category of noise effects in hospital environment have made it urgent to conduct this work. The objective of this study was undertaken to assess the diurnal variations and sources of noise on wards in Bunda district hospital. The study design involves sound level measurements and observations. Noise levels on five wards were measured at 4-hourly intervals over a period of 15...
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Children’s physical mobility and access to transport is an issue commonly overlooked in the child rights context. However, the opportunity to be mobile, in order to access health and basic education services not available in close vicinity to the child’s residence, is crucial to many formal rights, notably Articles 24 and 28. Drawing principally on field evidence from four off-road villages in Gomoa district, southern Ghana, we review children’s patterns of access to education and health...
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This paper draws on empirical data from a three-country (Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa) study of young people’s mobility to explore the gendered nature of children’s journeys to school in sub-Saharan Africa. Gender differences in school enrollment and attendance in Africa are well established: education statistics in many countries indicate that girls’ participation in formal education is often substantially lower than boys’, especially at the secondary school level. Transport and mobility...
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This paper draws on rich ethnographic data and complementary survey research from a three-country study (Ghana, Malawi, South Africa) of young people’s mobility to explore the gendered nature of children’s journeys to school in sub-Saharan Africa. In most African countries, girls’ participation in formal education is substantially lower than boys’, especially at secondary school level. Transport and mobility issues often form an important component of this story, though the precise...