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Abstract Background Tertiary student men who have sex with men (TSMSM) may engage in behaviors that increase their risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STI). Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has become a popular method for discretely recruiting marginalized populations into HIV/STI research. We conducted formative research to assess appropriateness and acceptability of RDS in recruiting TSMSM into a prospective HIV/STI bio-behavioral...

Weather, climate, and climate change are affecting human health, with scientific evidence increasing substantially over the past two decades, but with very limited research from low- and middle-income countries. The health effects of climate change occur mainly because of the consequences of rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and an increase in extreme weather events. These exposures interact with demographic, socio-economic, and environmental factors, as well as access to and the...

Introduction: In many nations, the use of information and communication technology (ICTs) in and for education is increasingly growing, and it is now widely recognized as both a need and an incentive to develop and improve the education provided to people around the world. Purpose: The intend of this study was to establish the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical knowledge in ICT integration and students’ performance in Mathematics in public secondary schools in Makueni County, Kenya....

This study investigated the quality of human and material resources available for effective teaching of business studies at upper basic education in private secondary school in Ebonyi state Central Senatorial Zone, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The purpose was to identify the business studies teachers available for effective teaching of business studies at upper basic education, to determine the business studies instructional material available for teaching of business studies and the ascertain the...

Decades of career in adult education confirmed the author’s assumption that adult learners possess lots of lived experiences, exhibit different learning styles and have immediate learning needs to fulfil. Some learners may be slow and take time to grasp information while others might be shy, introverts, lack confidence or extroverts who like to lead and be heard. These characteristics of adults do not require rigid educator control. Human rights, social justice and democracy require...

Young people in South Africa are increasingly turning to crime. Unfortunately, they must face the law after being caught and they incarcerated in correctional service centres. The study explored the educational programmes in the rehabilitation of learner (IYO) in the Bizzah Makhate Management Area in the Free State Province of South Africa.  Participants were a purposive sample of six youth offenders (age 14-25). The Youth offenders completed semi-structured interviews on their sense of...

South Africa faces a number of significant challenges apropos mental health service delivery, including a large treatment gap, a high rate of readmission, over-burdened specialist tertiary facilities, and slow integration of mental health into general health services. The South African National Mental Health Education Programme implemented between February 2019 and December 2019, aimed to upskill health workers to diagnose and manage mental disorders at primary and secondary levels of...

In the second term of 2020, practically all education institutions in Morocco were taken aback by the pandemic of COVID-19. Most of these institutions were, therefore, obliged to transition to distance learning so that the school or academic year would not come to a sudden halt. This quantitative and qualitative study explored the reaction of 119 trainee teachers to this transition. More specifically, it investigated the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning during the pandemic....

This article is based on a distinctive study that seeks to analyse the nascent role of teenagers’ activism and protests for climate change action. With the increasing realisation of children's rights to participation, the past few years have marked the rise of the new dispensation of climate activism and protests in which teenagers have occupied the centre stage. We pay specific reference to Greta Thunberg, a Swedish child climate activist, in as much as she can set a framework upon which...

Abstract The ongoing global warming has caused unprecedented changes in the climate system, leading to climate change and increase in drought occurrence, duration, severity and intensity. This research uses the sixth phase of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) data to investigate the projected changes in drought events over East Africa (EA) under four Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) emission scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-4.0 and SSP5-8.5). Drought is quantified using the...

A good teaching method in agriculture provide a basis for a student to gain useful knowledge, learn appropriate skills, and develop a positive attitude towards agriculture as a subject.This is eventually reflected in good performance in the subject by the students.Performance of agriculture subject at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) level has consistently be low in Bureti Sub-county and the country at large.The purpose of this study was to determine 1he influence of teaching...

The emerging risks and impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on forest ecosystems present significant threats to forest-based livelihoods. Understanding climate change and its consequences on forests and the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities could support forest-based strategies for responding to climate change. Using perception-based assessment principles, we assessed the effects of climate change and extreme weather events on forests and forest-based livelihood...

The participation of parents in the performance of their children’ schooling activities play a significant role in the promotion of their school status and performance. The purpose of this paper therefore, was to establish the relationship between parents’ involvement in education activities and learners academic performance in 12Year Basic Education (YBE) schools in Nyarugenge district in Rwanda. The study adopted correlation research design while questionnaire, interview guide and document...

The notion of climate anxiety has gained traction in the last years. Yet uncertainty remains regarding the variations of climate anxiety across demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, age) and its associations with adaptive (i.e., pro-environmental) behaviors. Moreover, the point-estimate proportion of people frequently experiencing climate anxiety has seldom been probed. In this study, we assessed climate anxiety (including its related functional impairments), along with demographic...

Background The Ethiopian Federal government has locked down schools as one measure to contain Covid-19 pandemic. Psychological effect of COVID-19 on students is increased due to the reopening of schools. The psychological effect of the pandemic is increasing along with physical aspect of health. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the psychological impact of Covid-19 and its contributing factors of students’ behavior in Ethiopia. Methods A cross sectional design was conducted from November...

Experts say nature-based mitigation strategies and investment in renewables could reduce both indoor and outdoor air pollution and stimulate sustainable and safe growth.

Abstract Traditional knowledge forms the fabric of indigenous communities’ social and economic life. Its attempted protection through intellectual property law has been dismal. There is now wide consensus that sui generis regimes should be employed for this purpose, and that customary laws are conceivable as an integral part of such protection. This article finds that the expressed legislative intent to protect traditional knowledge through customary law in Kenya is ill-fated. Sustained...