ABSTRACT Poor communities in Africa are disproportionately affected by mental disorders globally. Current research proposes that improving mental health in poor communities requires building their mental health competence. There are however limited community mental health competency studies in African context, to inform diagnosis of social realities of mental health in such communities and guide intervention planning. Integrating the social psychology of participation and community mental hea...
ABSTRACT The study explored Maasai religio-cultural beliefs, the place of marriage in Maasai cultural and religious beliefs, to what extent Maasai cultural and religious beliefs are related to and manifested in Maasai marriage and the changes affecting Maasai marriage with regard to the religio-cultural themes. This research was guided by a thematic approach to the study of African religio-cultural knowledge and specifically by analysing the topic through the matrix of fifteen religio-cultura...
ABSTRACT This study analyzed state sovereignty vis-a-vis the international relationship between Uganda and Kenya towards Uganda, 1963-20 I 4, with a specific focus on commercial and economic foreign policies. It contends that until2014 Uganda remained Kenya's leading trade partner, thereby necessitating an analysis of Kenya's foreign policy tools and instruments towards Uganda. Kenya's foreign policy generally aims at protecting Kenyan territorial integrity/ security and maximizing wealth cr...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the influence of tacit knowledge sharing on the performance of public sector in Kenya. The study objectives were: To determine the tacit Knowledge factors and their effect on public sector performance, to establish interventions that the public sector can utilize to enhance tacit knowledge sharing and consequently public sector performance. The study was guided by intellectual capital theory, constructivism theory; self-efficacy theory, knowledge economy...
ABSTRACT The study set out to establish the effect of appraisal practices on the performance of teachers in secondary schools of Lorengedwat sub County, Nakapiripirit District. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of appraisal practices in secondary schools of Lorengedwat Sub County on (i) the participation of teachers in school activities (ii) Quality of teaching and (iii) the involvement of teachers in school administration. It has been reported by the DE...
ABSTRACT A shallow well is a hole dug, bored or drilled less than 50M deep to extract water. Contamination of shallow wells with fecal matter presents a grave public health threat in developing countries, such as Kenya, where large numbers of households lack access to clean and safe water supplies and rely on untreated surface water sources or shallow unprotected groundwater for domestic utilization. A report by WHO shows that 1 billion people practice open defecation with nine out of ten of ...
ABSTRACT Cytonn Investments Limited is currently experiencing high employee turnover rates, especially with the junior members of staff; a situation that has prompted this study to be conducted with a focus on the organization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of working environment on job satisfaction of employees in Cytonn investment. The study was guided by four specific objectives namely; to find out the influence of physical work environment, relationship, manag...
The Nigerian prisons were first established as native authority outfits, these were at old Calabar, Onitsha, Benin, Sapele in addition to the one in Lagos. However, the Native Authority prison system has now assumed the status of an octopus federal organization with a unitary command system, radiating the same structure, implementing the same policies and aspiration all over the country (Adelola and Atere (2002). Prison is an institution where inmates are confined to serve sentences in excess...
PREFACE The second edition of the International Conference on Engineering and Environmental Sciences (ICEES 2021) was co-hosted by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Environmental Sciences of Osun State University, Osogbo from 23rd-25th November, 2021. The Conference with the theme, “ReThinking Engineering and Technology for Environmental Sustainability in the Face of Global Pandemic” took place at a time the world is still re-adjusting to life in the COVID/post-COVID-19 e...
CONTENTS SECTION 1: KEYNOTE PAPERS Advancing construction industry development, innovative research and new thinking - Will Hughes 1 Realising value for money through procurement strategy in the delivery of public infrastructure - Ron Watermeyer 11 Putting theory to work: the use of theory in construction research - Libby Schweber 29 New developments and future directions in the built environment field - Chimay Anumba 41 Use and implications of building information modelling in construction p...
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ABSTRACT Many infectious diseases including malaria are preventable, yet they remain endemic in many communities due to lack of proper, adequate and timely control policies. Strategies for controlling the spread of any infectious disease include a rapid reduction in both the infected and susceptible populations. (if a cure is available) as well as a rapid reduction in the susceptible class if a vaccine is available. For diseases like malaria where there is no vaccine, it is still possible to ...
An overwhelming majority of theworld population is considered to be poor. Various approaches havebeen employed in alleviating poverty, including provision ofmicro-credit to the poor populace. It is believed that withmicro-credit, the poor will set up income generating projects, inthis case SMEs. In the past, SMEs were seen to be constrained by thehigh interest rates charged on credit accessed which is the commonlyavailable source of income for their startup and sustainability,Olu,(2009)....
ABSTRACT One of the inevitable results of the co-existence of English and the Ghanaian Languages is the fusion in their form and function. This natural sociolinguistic symbioses has invariably brought about the emergence of an artificial language that some people term « mixed », « hybrid », or even « third» language. This phenomenon is common with Ghanaian languages, as with local languages elsewhere. Today many socio-linguists are interested more concretely in the phenomenon of code-mi...
ABSTRACT In this study, attempt has been made to determine the coverage of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign in Nigeria by online newspapers. Seventy-one editions of Daily Trust, the Punch, Sahara Reporters and Vanguard newspapers from April 2014-October 2014 were content analysed. The study examined how much coverage BBOG campaigns received in the sampled online newspapers, the nature of reporting BBOG campaigns and the dominant sources of stories and themes in the framing of stories on t...