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An international research team was established to design and implement a community-based, cross-section epidemiological survey of 669 school-age Palestinian children and their families living in the Gaza Strip. Several psychometric instruments were utilized for measuring mental health outcomes, including the Ontario Child Health Scale (OCHS) for measuring childhood emotional and behavioural problems, and the Child Post-traumatic Stress Reaction Index (CPTSRI) to measure post-traumatic stress...

There has been very little (if any) attention given to the training needs of lay leaders to develop and facilitate AIDS bereavement support groups in an African American church. This article describes a model of facilitator training based on the principles of adult education and emphasizes experiental and didactic components of a six-session training program. Six participants (lay leaders) were designated for training by the senior pastor of the congregation. Feedback from participants...

To gauge knowledge, attitudes, and practices about emergency contraception in Nairobi, Kenya, we conducted a five-part study. We searched government and professional association policy documents, and clinic guidelines and service records for references to emergency contraception. We conducted in-depth interviews with five key policymakers, and with 93 family planning providers randomly selected to represent both the public and private sectors. We also surveyed 282 family planning clients...

Medical EducationVolume 33, Issue 10 p. 713-715 Medical education challenges in South Africa First published: 04 January 2002 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00547.xCitations: 5 Dan Ncayiyana Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town, 205 Bremner Building, University of Cape Town, Lovers Lane, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, South Africa Dan Ncayiyana South Africa Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give...

Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, the International Health Program, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine (R. D. Newman), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (M. A. Schwartz). Margot Schwartz, MD, MPH, Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Avenue, Box 359929, Seattle, WA 98104; email: [email protected]...

There is limited data on the prevalence of onchocerciasis in young children in Nigeria, partly because treatment with the effective drug Ivermectin has been contra-indicated in children less than 5. As the risk of complications of onchocerciasis is related to duration and intensity of infection, it would be beneficial to know the prevalence in young children for design of control programmes. A study was therefore undertaken to determine the prevalence of onchocerciasis in 642 children 0–4...

This article addresses issues of ethics, power, and privilege within the context of educating African American learners with disabilities and gifts and talent. After offering pertinent perspectives drawn from critical theory, the authors discuss selected salient critical issues in education, as these issues relate to ethics, power, and privilege. A discussion of special education teacher educators, teachers, and related personnel as change agents follows. Subsequent to this discussion, the...

This study investigated minor psychiatric morbidity ("neurotic": anxiety and depression symptoms) in rural (Black) South African secondary school pupils. The sample included 622 Grade 11 pupils (254 boys and 368 girls) in the age range of 17 to 24 years with a mean age of 19.3 yr. The inventories used were a questionnaire on the socioeconomic and family background, a Cultural Orientation Scale, a Student Stress Scale, a General Self-efficacy Scale, a Perceived Stress Scale, and the...

Using programme research, this paper reports on the evaluation of a programme designed to orientate primary health care nurses towards the provision of a comprehensive approach to care. In addition to training in psychiatric care, this was deemed necessary in order to facilitate comprehensive integrated primary mental health care in South Africa. Nurse-patient consultations were evaluated on indicators of comprehensive care before and after the programme. Interviews were also conducted with...

Several studies have demonstrated the importance of comparing different informants' (i.e., teachers, parents, observers) reports of children's behavior. A study comparing Jamaican and U.S. teacher reports on children ages 6 to II revealed that Jamaican teachers reported higher problem scores in their pupils than U.S. teachers. Do Jamaican children really have more problems than U.S. children, or do teachers in these two countries have different tolerance levels for certain problems? This...

Abstract This paper considers how case study approaches may be used cross‐nationally. It outlines five key stages in the process of conducting case study research and of learning from it: selection, verification, cumulation, generalisation, and application. The research used to illustrate these principles is a study of teachers’ experiences of changes in education in post‐communist Russia and post‐apartheid South Africa.

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Changes in the entry-level perceptions and motivations of sub-degree diploma and postgraduate degree students after one-year training at the Department of Library and Archival Studies (DLAS), Uni-versity of Ghana were analyzed. Students responses to items in a structured questionnaire at the start of their programmes were compared to their responses to the items a year after using paired t-test methods. Among the key findings was that both archives and library students improved their...

South Africa is undergoing tremendous political and social change affecting every sphere of society, including medical education and the delivery of health services. The legacy of its history created a health system that in some respects can be compared to the best in the world, but one also characterized by inequity, discrimination and lack of access to even basic services for the rural and the poor. Its medical education system trails behind modern trends such as problem-based learning,...