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La theologie noire est une forme de theologie de la liberation qui affirme que les noirs sont moralement tenus de contribuer au bien-etre et specialement au bien-etre des pauvres et des opprimes. Pour les Eglises et la theologie noires americaines, il est important de contribuer a une reflexion et une attitude ecologiques. Les noirs americains ne peuvent se degager de toute responsabilite dans la crise ecologique globale. Il est vrai qu'aujourd'hui, dans l'environnement europeen et...

The primary aim of the study is to describe an initiative to effect organisational change at a previously disadvantaged school in South Africa’s Gauteng Province. Qualitative methods were used to collect and analyse data on the social process of change in the school. Essays of role players in the change process on their experiences led to important insights. This exploratory study points to a process that was effective in bringing about change at a school and holds promise for constructing a...

The emigration of nurses from South Africa to work in overseas countries continues to increase despite efforts to curb this phenomenon.
 
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 Die emigrasie van Suid-Afrikaanse verpleegkundiges om in oorsese lande te werk neem toe ten spyte van pogings om die verskynsel te bekamp.
 
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Organisational talent is internationally regarded a key success factor in a competitive world and is continuously challenged. In South Africa, the Apartheid heritage further presents major challenges regarding developmental opportunities of talented people. Co-operative education presents, as structured educational strategy that progressively integrates academic study with learning through productive work experiences, itself as a means to grow the talent of the South African people. As...

In this study, we assessed the effects of chronic prenatal ethanol exposure (CPEE) on spatial navigation in the water maze, conditioned responding using food-reinforced lever pressing, and amino acid neurotransmitter release from the hippocampus of the adult guinea pig. Pregnant guinea pigs were treated with ethanol (3 g/kg of maternal body weight/day), isocaloric-sucrose/pair-feeding, or water throughout gestation. Adult offspring were trained in two-lever operant chambers to respond for...

Book reviewed in this article: Peter Lawrence and Colin Thirtle (eds.) - Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

The main objective of the ‘Health Behaviour among School-Aged Children’ (HBSC) study was to collect information on health-related behaviour of South African youth.
 
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 Die hoofdoelwit van die studie “Health Behaviour among School-aged Children” (Gesondheidsgedrag van skoolgaande kinders) studie is om inligting in te samel ten opsigte van gesondheidverwante gedrag van die Suid-Afrikaanse jeug.
 
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This study examines the relationship between illness cognitions, doctor-patient communication and the use of prescribed medication among patients first diagnosed with hypertension in the outpatient department of a rural South African teaching hospital.
 
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 Hierdie studie ondersoek die verwantskap tussen siekte-kognisies, dokter-pasiënt kommunikasie en die gebruik van voorskrifmedisyne onder pasiënte wat die eerste keer met hipertensie gediagnoseer is, in die...

This study examines the relationship between illness cognitions, doctor-patient communication and the use of prescribed medication among patients first diagnosed with hypertension in the outpatient department of a rural South African teaching hospital.
 
 Opsomming
 Hierdie studie ondersoek die verwantskap tussen siekte-kognisies, dokter-pasiënt kommunikasie en die gebruik van voorskrifmedisyne onder pasiënte wat die eerste keer met hipertensie gediagnoseer is, in die...

BMUS is in the planning stage for implementation of a further ultrasound training programme in Uganda, East Africa. The proposed training programme will involve two sites, the Mildmay Clinic in the capital Kampala and Kumi Hospital in the East of the country. It is estimated that this training programme will run for approximately 18 months − 2 years.

The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is on the rise in developing countries. To identify issues related to renal replacement therapy in ESRD patients in the developing world, we analyzed the practice and costs of hemodialysis in Nigerian ESRD patients. Ten ESRD patients were dialyzed at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, between June 15 and July 15, 2003. In these patients, we analyzed initiation, vascular access issues, frequency, duration,...

Data were collected on a total of 415 students enrolled in teacher education programs at six universities. This study consisted of data collected from three subsamples based on the type of institution participants attended. Group 1 consisted of preservice teachers from a public, predominantly White university; the university had no specific requirements related to teaching culturally diverse students. Group 2 consisted of preservice teachers from historically Black colleges and universities....

This article assesses the extent to which teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa are a ‘high-risk’ group with respect to HIV infection and AIDS-related mortality. The main conclusion that is drawn from this review is that little hard evidence exists to support the contention that teachers are more vulnerable to the epidemic than other occupational groups.

The study sought to establish levels of stress among teachers, what stresses Zimbabwean teachers and how these teachers cope with the stress. Subjects (N-165) were teachers drawn from Masvingo and Manicaland Educational Provinces. A questionnaire was used to collect data. A t-test for independent samples was used to analyse the data. The results showed that teachers have moderate stress levels. The results showed that there is no significant difference in stress levels between male and...

This article works to illustrate the manner in which two principal goals of media education can be fulfilled in media instruction. These goals are to create savvy media consumers who are empowered to demystify their mediated worlds and to foster recognition in media consumers that they possess agency to inform their mediated worlds. Toward these ends, the author provides media educators with two case studies—the mediation of Ebonics and the NAACP television boycott—as curricular models. Each...

Focuses on the role of training and human resources development to promote female entrepreneurship. Based on a survey of 25 female entrepreneurs

Teaching African conflicts can be difficult, as an instructor confronts ideological debates, contested discourses, the historical burden of slavery and colonialism, and issues of (western) power/privilege, race and voice, all while navigating the approbation of colleagues and students alike. This article identifies four broad philosophical issues in constructing a course focusing on African conflicts: students’ lack of knowledgeabout Africa; the complexity of the material; concerns about...