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Through this study researchers sought to evaluate the effects of qualification on instructional delivery modes of practicing preschool teachers in Nigeria. The sample consisted of 93 preschool teachers and 2,859 pupils aged 4 to 5 years. Schools were selected through stratified random sampling to ensure adequate representation of private, public, urban, and rural schools. A questionnaire and two valid and reliable classroom observational instruments were used to record instructional delivery...

This article presents a reflective report on a project aiming to strengthen educators and improve early childhood education in Guinea-Bissau—one of the poorest countries on the African continent, where preschool teachers have no training and have to face several ongoing difficulties. Helping these Guinea-Bissau teachers to focus on curriculum guidelines and process variables, implement possible ways to influence the level of well-being and involvement of children, and reflect on their team's...

This paper evaluates how well South African minimum standards for social work education, known as Exit Level Outcomes, are aligned to a social development paradigm. Developmental social work is a relatively new approach in social work education internationally, and this article can therefore provide lessons for other countries using this paradigm in an education model based on national minimum standards. The complexities and difficulties of using a minimum standards approach in education are...

Learned helplessness in mathematics has been identified as a problem that significantly influences students‟ performance. This study examines the hypotheses that gender and learned helplessness determines significantly the level performance of Lesotho secondary school students in mathematics. Three hundred and ten students from 12 senior secondary schools completed questionnaires assessing their level of learned helplessness as well as ability in mathematics so far. Using a chi-square and...

The problem of corruption has become a serious threat to the moral, religious, social, economic and political foundations of Nigeria as a nation. The problem seems to have become a national malady defiling solution in spite of efforts put in place to control it. Many scholars have attested that a large percentage of the population tend more toward corruption. The aim of this case study was to find out the view of the male and female students in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria as it...

Driven by a desire to improve basic medical science education, the department of Anatomy in the College of Medicine University of Lagos introduced the Problem Based Learning (PBL) programme into the Anatomy component of first year Basic medical science training of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.We conducted a students' assessment of the different aspects of this newly introduced PBL.Structured questionnaires were circulated among first year Medical and Dental students in the...

The study assessed and evaluated academic stress coping mechanisms adopted by married female students in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This was with the aim of exploring the influence of academic stress on married female students‟ academic performance and their coping strategies used to enhance their academic performances. The quantitative data for this study was collected from 250 stratified and purposively selected married female students from 6 randomly selected faculties in Obafemi...

The aim of the present study was to investigate reasons for permanent tooth extraction at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, and compare this with a study done 16 years previously in the same institution, with a view to evaluating trends in reasons for tooth extractions in the studied environment.A retrospective review of patients who had nonsurgical extraction of their teeth at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria between January and December, 2006 was carried out....

It has been shown that multidisciplinary interactions have become a feature of the changing medical education system. It is not clear to what extent medical students have been integrated into this newer model, more especially at the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos (CMUL), AIM: To assess the level of knowledge and perception of physiotherapy by the final year medical students of CMUL about physiotherapy.Ninety eight final year medical students of CMUL participated in the study....

It has been shown that multidisciplinary interactions have become a feature of the changing medical education system. It is not clear to what extent medical students have been integrated into this newer model, more especially at the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos (CMUL), AIM: To assess the level of knowledge and perception of physiotherapy by the final year medical students of CMUL about physiotherapy.Ninety eight final year medical students of CMUL participated in the study....

This study was carried out to determine a very reliable and rapid screening test using multistick (or multistix), microscopy, and culture methods for urinary tract infections (UTI) in pregnant women attending the antenatal booking clinic (ANC) of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Nigeria.A group of 352 pregnant women were randomly selected at the antenatal booking clinic and evaluated for urinary tract infections (UTI) using the...

Spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting is the cornerstone of pharmacovigilance. ADR reporting with Yellow Cards has tremendously improved pharmacovigilance of drugs in many developed countries and its use is advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO). This study was aimed at investigating the knowledge and attitude of doctors in a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria on spontaneous ADR reporting and to suggest possible ways of improving this method of reporting. A total of...

Background: Air pollution from biomass fuels in Africa is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity both in adults and children.The work describes the nature and quantity of smoke exposure from biomass fuel in Malawian homes.Methods: Markers of indoor air quality were measured in 62 homes (31 rural and 31 urban) over a typical 24 h period.Four different devices were used (one gravimetric device, two photometric devices and a carbon monoxide (HOBO) monitor.Gravimetric samples were...

Increased funding for global human immunodeficiency virus prevention and control in developing countries has created both a challenge and an opportunity for achieving long-term global health goals. This paper describes a programme in Zimbabwe aimed at responding more effectively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by reinforcing a critical competence-based training institution and producing public health leaders.The programme used new HIV/AIDS programme-specific funds to build on the assets of a local...

<h3>Aim</h3> To investigate the prevalence and causes of optic neuropathy, reported as epidemic in 1997, among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. <h3>Patients and methods</h3> First year students (n = 10 892) from 63 secondary schools located within 30 km from the base hospital were interviewed and had a visual acuity (VA) screening test. Students failing the 6/12-line in either eye were defined as having “poor eyesight” and referred to the base hospital where an...

Abstract Background Uganda currently has no organized prehospital emergency system. We sought to measure the current burden of injury seen by lay people in Kampala, Uganda and to determine the feasibility of a lay first‐responder training program. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of current prehospital care providers in Kampala: police officers, minibus taxi drivers, and Local Council officials, and collected data on types and frequencies of emergencies witnessed, barriers to...

This study examines the spatial awareness of HIV-AIDS among students of tertiary institutions in Edo State Nigeria. Four higher institutions were selected for this study in the state and primary data were obtained from these institutions using questionnaire and personal observation. Secondary data used were obtained from published materials. The analysis of the data showed that awareness of HIV-AIDS in the high institutions is relatively high and most of the students were aware of its...