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Personal risk perception of getting pregnant, contracting STIs and HIV has been a topical issue because of its association with risky sexual behaviours.Yet little is known about the risk perception of getting pregnant, contracting STIs and HIV among female students at the University of Zimbabwe and Chinhoyi University of Technology.The study triangulated quantitative and qualitative research methods.A survey with 770 female students was used to quantify the female students' sexual...
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The controversy concerning the extent to which parental influence matters to children's psychological and behavioural growth continues.This study investigated the influence of parenting styles on psychopathological symptoms among in-school adolescents in Ogun State, South-western Nigeria.A cross-sectional survey design method was utilized.One thousand and twenty-eight (1028) in-school adolescents with mean age ± SD of 15.30 ± 2.14, were drawn from ten secondary schools, and these responded...
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Both ICT and internet have become a vital part of citizens’ daily lives. In fact, many aspects of cities, including culture, economy, education have become closely linked to ICT. Accordingly, the concept of the smart city has emerged to attract the interest of governments, companies, educational institutions and Universities [1]. In Morocco, most universities or higher education institutions have always been interested in keeping up with the fast-paced world of technology and integrate ICT...
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Nurses are the largest healthcare workforce and are not immune to intimate partner violence (IPV) and its consequences.This study is aimed at determining the prevalence, types of IPV, and its determinants among female nurses and nursing students in a tertiary teaching hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.This cross-sectional study was done in a teaching hospital in Abakaliki between 1st March 2018 and 31st May 2018 to evaluate the prevalence of IPV in the past 12 months among 460...
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Fifteen vertical electrical soundings and six dipole-dipole profiles were conducted to determine the subsurface structure and groundwater vulnerability to pollution around dumpsites in Sapele, Nigeria. The result of the study showed that the subsurface consist of four geo-electric layers composed of topsoil, lateritic sand, fine sand and medium to coarse grain sand. The third and fourth layers were identified as the aquifer layers located at a depth ranging from 4.5-10.0 m. The analysis of...
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The study examined how training and development packages can be extended to women small scale businesses of Ghana especially Dansoman Market in the Metropolitan Accra Region.The study was motivated by the fact that a good number of small women business owners who are single mothers or bread winners, often lose their profit and capital through reckless expenditure pattern such as employing them to acquire parcels of land, flashy vehicles which can all be obtained with long term credits rather...
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The importance of extension services in helping smallholder farmers to address the many challenges of agricultural production cannot be over-emphasized. However, relatively few studies have been conducted that investigate how the capacities of agricultural extension agents can be built to more effectively assist smallholder farmers in managing climate risks and impacts. As climate change is a key threat to smallholder food production, addressing this issue is increasingly important. This...
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The African Union (AU) and its allies have been holding series of discussions on the need and potentials of achieving a single African market, Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA).
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The objective of this study is to investigate the evolution of rainfall and flow in the Bouregreg watershed, and to identify the most vulnerable regions to climate change over a period of 36 years from 1977 to 2013. Results show significant variations between these sub-regions in term of monthly flows and monthly regimes. January and February rainfall amounts are the most affected by the reduction of rainfall since the drought started end of the 1970’s, inducing a reduction of flows at all...
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between physical fitness variables and playing ability of male handball players in Senior High Schools in the Central Region of Ghana.The population consisted of 960 male handball players in five zones from 64 Senior High Schools in Central Region.Out of this, 156 of the players were purposively sampled for the study.The ages of participants ranged between 15 and 22 years.Data was collected on physical fitness variables and...
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The growth of journalism education necessitates monitoring to provide updates on its development. Hence, debate in this field is how it can positively influence society. Ethnic journalism is one area journalism education is responding to. Studies on ethnic journalism training abound, yet there is a dearth of such studies in Ghana. The chapter attempts to address this gap. Using focus group discussions, document analysis and in-depth interviews, data are gathered to explore the integration of...
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Globally, infections acquired from hospitals pose a major obstacle to patients' safety. Health care workers, especially, nursing students are at high risk for Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) as they are always in contact with clients. Therefore, this study aims to explore experiences of infection prevention and control in the clinical practice of nursing students in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.The study utilized a qualitative exploratory design to interview 42 participants (7 focus...