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The digest of research results from a study of rural Udi area Nigeria in 1988 is presented. 498 women (150 from Amaokwe 144 from Umuabi 120 from Obinagu and 84 from Akpakwume) who had been pregnant between 1986-88 were interviewed. The 25 community area is served by 2 hospitals and 6 maternity centers which do not have hemoglobin or urine analysis or intravenous infusion capability. 68% of the 459 usable interviews registered with a qualified prenatal care service for their last pregnancy...

A factor analytic study of the Career Decision Scale—High School version of Hartman and Hartman on 312 white South African adolescents from Grades 11 and 12 was undertaken. A simple two-factor structure emerged which accounted for 47.36% of the total variance in the scores. These results support the use of the version as a differential measure of career indecision and indicate that the number and structure of factors can change across populations. The implications of these results for research in South Africa are considered.

A 1-year prospective audit of 2233 operations performed by one general surgical unit in a Central African teaching hospital is presented. In addition to the usual 'general surgical' procedures, operations also included emergency craniotomy, reconstructive surgery for open fractures, and hysterectomy. There were 37 (1.7%) postoperative deaths and 45 other deaths in non-operated patients. Ten of 14 deaths due to sepsis in the 20-40-year age group were associated with HIV infection. The...

Abstract The unexpected effect of a synoptic-scale event (passage of a cold front) on the advection of water across the mouth of Small Bay, Saldanha Bay, is recorded. From a current-meter record, it is shown how the strength (> 15m·s−1) and direction (NNE) of the wind relative to the mouth set up a stratified shear flow whereby the out-flowing surface water is replaced by in-flowing bottom water. The potential environmental implications for this type of event are discussed.

Psychologists have much to contribute to HIV prevention. It is important to identify predictors of HIV preventive behaviour and to incorporate this information in AIDS education. The Health Belief Model is an established model of health behaviour that has recently been applied to AIDS prevention. It originally posited that perceptions of susceptibility to, severity of, and solutions to, illness predicted health behaviour. It thus emphasized “disease” dimensions of illness. It was expanded to...

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsPedagogy of Domination: Toward a Democratic Education in South Africa. Mokubung Nkomo Jean M. AllmanJean M. Allman Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 35, Number 4Nov., 1991 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education...

This paper examines research conducted in Zimbabwe over the past three decades on the patterns of use of traditional medicine in Zimbabwe. While much is known about patterns of choice between traditional vs. orthodox medicine, little is known about when and under what circumstances Zimbabweans use other medical therapies. A more inclusive model of health seeking behaviour that entails a more encompassing definition of traditional medicine and a broader spectrum of health care alternatives is advocated.

The purpose of this study was to determine the contributions of stress, health beliefs, health behaviors, and gender on physical health outcomes of African American college students. Measures of physical symptoms experienced and perception of health were used as indicators of physical health. The paper presents a model of the relationships among psychological and physical health variables and discusses support (and lack of support) for aspects of the model. Subjects were 59 African American...

A lacustrine, volcanically influenced fan-delta is recognized in the Kulu Formation of the Miocene Rusinga Group in western Kenya. In the Nyamsingula Gully area on Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria, mapped lithologic units include the classic topset, foreset (mega-foreset) and bottomset structure of a Gilbert-type delta. A distinctive mega-breccia unit of colluvial origin interfingers laterally with the delta deposits and consists of pyroclastic and sedimentary rock fragments derived from...

This paper examines research conducted in Zimbabwe over the past three decades on the patterns of use of traditional medicine in Zimbabwe. While much is known about patterns of choice between traditional vs. orthodox medicine, little is known about when and under what circumstances Zimbabweans use other medical therapies. A more inclusive model of health seeking behaviour that entails a more encompassing definition of traditional medicine and a broader spectrum of health care alternatives is advocated.

Despite the acknowledgement and adoption of the Alma-Ata declaration by majority of the countries of the world as a strategy for achieving Health For All, medical educational systems often remain as ivory towers from the health service system. This traditional system of medical education does not adequately prepare doctors in developing countries for their expected leadership role in meeting the health needs for their communities through primary health care. In Nigeria, primary health care...

Abstract This paper discusses the relevance and state of training in public policy management in Ghana. The author argues that the lack of an institutional base for policy analysis is evident in the abdication and paralysis of policy‐making, as well as the inability of the management development institutions to institutionalize training programmes in public policy management. Recognizing politicians and bureaucrats as complementary actors in the policy process, it is argued that organizing...

The aim of this paper is to examine the contradictions experienced by Zimbabwean policy makers in their efforts to use education in the socialist transformation of a post-colonial state in which capitalism was the dominant mode of production. Zimbabwe, like most settler colonial countries in Sub-Saharan Africa inherited a well developed European educational system, and an underdeveloped African educational system which had been used by various colonial and settler governments to oppress the...

Science EducationVolume 75, Issue 6 p. 701-706 Article Computers and the learning of biological concepts: Attitudes and achievement of Nigerian students Olugbemiro J. Jegede, Olugbemiro J. Jegede Distance Education Centre, University College of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorPeter Akinsola Okebukola, Peter Akinsola Okebukola Department of Curriculum Studies, Lagos State University, Lagos, NigeriaSearch for more papers by this...