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The burden of untreated tooth decay remains high and oral healthcare utilisation is low for the majority of children in South Africa. There is need for alternative methods of improving access to low cost oral healthcare. The mobile dental unit of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has been operational for over 25 years, providing alternative oral healthcare to children and adults who otherwise would not have access. The aim of this study was to conduct a cost-analysis of a school...

The University of Namibia launched Moodle as a Learning Management System (LMS) to be adopted by the Institution in 2015. The Department of Information and Communications Studies at the University moved on to run two practical courses with the aid of Moodle using its basic functions. The students who enrolled for the course had to adapt to the System. This paper explores the level of acceptance of Moodle by the students with findings that show that overall the students were satisfied with using Moodle as part of eLearning.

Purpose: To describe how athletes with disabilities talk about their experiences of participating in competitive disability sport in South Africa.Method: In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 athletes with disabilities. Data were analysed via thematic content analysis using an inductive data driven process.Results: Participants described their involvement in competitive sport as a positive experience; they described it as a catalyst for the recasting of identities and...

Back ground: Adolescent is an experimental and transitional time to adulthood, they also susceptible to different sexual and reproductive health problems. Almost all of studies weren’t addressed on repetition of parent–adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues. This study aimed to assess repetition of parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health matters among secondary and preparatory school students in Yirgalem Town, South Ethiopia. Methods: An...

Background. Most people with mental illness live in developing countries, where a large proportion of these illnesses are undiagnosed and untreated. As effort is made to encourage mental health (MH) research as an avenue to optimise the management of mental illness,this should be accompanied by adequate knowledge, correct attitude and practice on ethical conduct of research. This study reports the knowledge and attitude among postgraduate students in Kenya on ethics in MH research. Methods....

Background: Students' alcohol and khat use have been associated with various health related problems.However, its magnitude and associated factors among Ethiopian students are not yet well documented.Objective: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of alcohol use, khat chewing and its associated factors among Hawassa University students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to July 2011.Multistage stratified sampling technique was employed to select 590 students.Self...

Using a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative, quantitative and Geographic Information Science methods, we assessed the primary school landscape around a protected area in Western Uganda. Data from a household survey, interviews and standardized school examinations were mapped to visualize spatial patterns in enrolment and academic achievement. We found children on average were starting school at age nine, but started to dropout as early as age 14; especially orphaned boys. Twenty of...

This article principally addresses the likely effects of global warming on health in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, northern Africa and the Middle East as well as how medical professionals, such as doctors, nurses, bioethicists and public health researchers, should respond to them in light of ubuntu and Islam, values characteristically held in those regions.

Background: The Medical Education Partnership Initiative, has helped to mitigate the digital divide in Africa. The aim of the study was to assess the level of access, attitude, and training concerning meaningful use of electronic resources and EBM among medical students at an African medical school.Methods: The study involved medical students at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare. The needs assessment tool consisted of a 21-question, paper-based, voluntary and...

The Medical Education Partnership Initiative, has helped to mitigate the digital divide in Africa. The aim of the study was to assess the level of access, attitude, and training concerning meaningful use of electronic resources and EBM among medical students at an African medical school.The study involved medical students at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare. The needs assessment tool consisted of a 21-question, paper-based, voluntary and anonymous survey.A total...

Student participation remains a critical component of teaching in an attempt to improve student learning and achievement. With declining quality of student performance in National examinations at school level, consistent attempts to evaluate teachers’ behaviour in classrooms are imperative. This study examined the level of student participation in mathematics lessons at senior secondary school level. The investigation also included how teacher questioning behaviour influences student...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting academic performance of real estate students in a developing country like Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Data for the study were collected with the aid of questionnaire served on 152 final year real estate students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and Federal University of Technology Akure, in southwestern Nigeria. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings Findings show...

We assess the impact of large-scale fee elimination for secondary school girls in The Gambia on the quantity, composition, and achievement of students. The gradual rollout of the program across geographic regions provides identifying variation in the policy. The program increased the number of girls taking the high school exit exam by 55%. The share of older test takers increased in poorer districts, expanding access for students who began school late, repeated grades, or whose studies had...

The periods between post-discharge and full recovery can be challenging for most patients, since they have to be on self-care as they work their way back to full recovery.This study aimed to find out the experiences of discharged patients on self-care subsequent to major medical surgery at the Central Regional Teaching Hospital in Ghana.The study is informed by the qualitative research design.Experiences of twenty participants who had undergone surgery and were continuing with the recovery...