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The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the marketing, recruitment and retention policies and practices with reference to African American nursing students in baccalaureate nursing programs. The sample consisted of top-ranked and southern nursing schools accredited by the National League for Nursing (N = 49). Findings indicate that African American enrollment in nursing schools has not changed demonstrably over the past 10 years. High schools (78%) and community colleges (61%)...

A tentative geodynamic evolution of the Neoproterozoic continental margin of the northern border of the West African Craton is reconstructed using both sedimentological observations and geochemical arguments from volcanic rocks. The rifting stage was marked, first, by intermittent subsidence of a very shallow shelf environment, leading to deeper water sedimentation conditions with local surges of deltaic channels. This rifting stage was also characterized by the eruption of a 500 m thick...

In the whole of 1993, there were a total of 1533 new clients who attended the family planning clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Central Teaching Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. They formed 23.0% of the total client-visits for the year. 305 women had surgical contraception (bilateral tubal ligation) for various reasons, but mainly on request for family limitation. The ages of the new clients ranged from 15 to 49 years. Adolescents (< 20 years old) formed only 9.0%, while those aged > 35 years...

In the whole of 1993, there were a total of 1533 new clients who attended the family planning clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Central Teaching Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. They formed 23.0% of the total client-visits for the year. 305 women had surgical contraception (bilateral tubal ligation) for various reasons, but mainly on request for family limitation. The ages of the new clients ranged from 15 to 49 years. Adolescents (< 20 years old) formed only 9.0%, while those aged > 35 years...

A total of 444 women treated for incomplete abortion using the manual vacuum aspiration technique, at the Queen Elizabeth Central Teaching Hospital, Blantyre, between 10th January and 9th April, 1994, were interviewed by means of partially structured questionnaire, to determine among other things, their socio-demographic profiles, contraceptive behaviour, as well as associated complications. These formed 56.0% of all abortion cases seen in the department during the study period. All abortion...

As chief executives of schools, head teachers are often called upon to make demands or issue orders to staff members. Sometimes they need to resort to power to back up their demands and orders. The degree to which teachers listen and carry out head teachers’demands or orders is dependent, to some degree, on the perceived power bases. The purposes of this study were to examine (i)the profile of high school head teachers of Swaziland, (ii) the power bases perceived by high school head...

Christian Education South Africa (CESA), formerly known as Accelerated Christian Education (South Africa) or ACE(SA), represents a significant number of evangelical Christian schools in South Africa. Most CESA schools are multiracial· and part of charismatic fellowships. The purpose of this study was to investigate CESA (its roots, philosophy of education and methodology) and to evaluate the quality of Christian education offered at CESA schools.Firstly, 'sound Christian education' was...

Associations were explored between the present emotional and social development of low-and middle-income African American male and female college students and the substitute care arrangements (none, part time, orfull time) they experienced as infants. The students who had experienced full-time substitute care scored signiflcantly higher on several subscales (Friendship, Identity, and Self-Confidence) of the Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory (EPSI) than students who had experienced...

Abstract With the passage of time, education of women in Africa has become increasingly important, even more so in view of the contribution educated women make towards economic and national development. Research clearly shows that the education of women in Africa is associated, among other things, with economic productivity, low rate of infant mortality, longer life expectancy, reduction in disparities based on income and job opportunities and academic success of children born to such...

The effect of a racially consonant medical context on reaction to physical handicap stemming from disease is explored in a sample of 90 African-American patients with vitiligo, a disfiguring skin disorder. The adjustment of sixty-nine patients in a predominantly black hospital setting is compared to that of twenty-one patients in a predominantly white hospital setting. The patients in the predominantly black clinic, where the physicians, staff, and clientele are African-American, show...

American EthnologistVolume 21, Issue 4 p. 974-975 Surviving Drought and Development: Ariaai Pastoraiists of Northern Kenya. ELLIOT FRATKIN LAKO TONGUN, LAKO TONGUN Pitzer CollegeSearch for more papers by this author LAKO TONGUN, LAKO TONGUN Pitzer CollegeSearch for more papers by this author First published: November 1994 https://doi.org/10.1525/ae.1994.21.4.02a00880Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare...

Social support plays a positive role in compliance and other health behaviors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social support in compliance and other health behaviors for patients with sickle cell disease and diabetes. Subjects consisted of 49 patients with sickle cell disease and 78 patients with diabetes attending outpatient clinics at an urban hospital. Subjects were given questionnaires, which assessed their appointment-keeping behavior, adherence to health...

This article describes a six-month project to facilitate educational developments in the School of Nursing at the Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. The project addressed curriculum revision, mentorship, audit of clinical learning environment, developing teaching and assessing skills in qualified staff, establishing a computerised student allocation system, and post-basic and in-service education. The first three will be described in detail, with some reflections on the experience of introducing...

This article describes a six-month project to facilitate educational developments in the School of Nursing at the Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. The project addressed curriculum revision, mentorship, audit of clinical learning environment, developing teaching and assessing skills in qualified staff, establishing a computerised student allocation system, and post-basic and in-service education. The first three will be described in detail, with some reflections on the experience of introducing...

This article describes a six-month project to facilitate educational developments in the School of Nursing at the Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. The project addressed curriculum revision, mentorship, audit of clinical learning environment, developing teaching and assessing skills in qualified staff, establishing a computerised student allocation system, and post-basic and in-service education. The first three will be described in detail, with some reflections on the experience of introducing...

In Swaziland, a small kingdom in Southern Africa, an in-service programme for science and mathematics teachers is running, which has its roots hack in 1978. It is an interuniversity cooperation programme between the University of Swaziland and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Aim of this programme is to improve the science and mathematics teaching at High Schools in Swaziland. By organizing workshops and designing teaching guides amongst other activities, one tries to teach the teachers to...