ABSTRACT This dissertation reports on the influence of push and pull factors on the selection of tourism sites in Tanzania. Using the descriptive research design coupled with mixed research approach, data were collected from 89 respondents, i.e. 80 tourists and 9 national parks officials, using a questionnaire and interviews in three national parks located in Iringa Region, i.e. Kalenga, Ismila, and Ruaha national parks. In this study, the logistic regression model was used since the dependen...
ABSTRACT Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis smear-positive cases are expected to convert to negative sputum during treatment. Delayed sputum conversion and reversion prolong infectious period. Therefore, understanding associated factors for smear conversion and reversion will help to identify a patient with severe infectious pulmonary tuberculosis before or during treatment. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine sputum conversion and reversion rates and their associated factors a...
ABSTRACT Tanzanian smallholder farmers, lose up to 40% of their harvests due to poor handling and storage methods. Postharvest Losses (PHLs), are high for different crops, but are of particular concern for grains, especially cereal and pulses which form the base for food and income for the majority of households in the study area. The study objectives aimed at determining the adoption of different types of PHTs and PHPs used by farming households in Kongwa and Kondoa districts, by mapping ty...
ABSTRACT Survival of children with AIDS has increased considerably with the use of effective antiretroviral drugs, but the benefits of this therapy are limited by the difficulty of adherence to the treatment. This cross-sectional study was aimed at estimating the prevalence of adherence to antiretrovirals and identifying the associated caregiver factors affecting adherence among children resident in Thika town. Two hundred child caregivers were interviewed. The 24 Hour Recall Interview techni...
ABSTRACTThe recent rapid increase in divorce, along with its distinctive cultural and welfareenvironments for single-parent families, makes Kenya an interesting case forexamining effects of single parenthood on children’s education. Using data from thequestionnaires distributed I compared the levels of educational aspiration andstudent disengagement between students with two parents and those with a singleparent, distinguishing divorced single fathers, widowed single fathers, divorcedsingle...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the antecedents and consequences of board interlocks on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The study looks at how factors such as the auditor network, industry network, foreign or local ownership network, gender effect, age effect, gender homophile and age homophile could influence the formation of interlocks between firms. The study also examined the relation between interlocks and Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Profitability among the firms. Data for the stu...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to assess factors that influence the academic performance of students of selected secondary schools in Sumbawanga District, Tanzania. Purposive sampling was used to select the District, Heads of schools and District Secondary Educational officers. Systematic Random Sampling procedures were used to select students while simple random sampling was employed in selecting teachers as well as parents. In this study the questionnaire, physical interviews and obser...
ABSTRACT The prevalence of fertility has dramatically decreased worldwide, both in developed and developing countries. The study examined the effect of labour force participation on fertility behaviour among married women in Nigeria, using 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey women recode dataset. Characteristics of respondents were examined at univariate level with the use of frequency distribution table, bivariate level with the use of chi square and multinomial logistic regressi...
ABSTRACT The prevalence of fertility has dramatically decreased worldwide, both in developed and developing countries. The study examined the effect of labour force participation on fertility behaviour among married women in Nigeria, using 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey women recode dataset. Characteristics of respondents were examined at univariate level with the use of frequency distribution table, bivariate level with the use of chi square and multinomial logistic regressi...
ABSTRACT The world is at the verge of having a global crisis, with environmental degradation and malnourishment being two points of focus. Industrial agriculture, otherwise referred to as conventional agriculture, has led to ecological degradation globally. The use of heavy machinery, chemical fertilizers, heavy irrigation, and intensive tillage have had negative impacts on the environment and future generations. A solution in form of sustainable agriculture and its methods have the potentia...
Abstract Objective: To identify predictors of maternal dietary diversity in rural Dodoma, Tanzania and assess its association with child growth outcomes. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 361 mothers with children under 24 months of age was conducted in 5 villages in rural Dodoma, Tanzania. Maternal diets were assessed using food frequency questionnaires, and dietary diversity was categorized using Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) guidelines. Child anthropometric measures were ...
ABSTRACT Routine inspections are conducted at various food establishments that yield large data sets, which capture attributes useful for data mining algorithms to predict critical violations. Critical violations related to food establishments cause serious public health problems, which may happen as result of unhygienic environment, leading to food contamination. This study presents predictive models to detect critical violations in food establishments by employing Logistic Regression (LR),...
ABSTRACT Background: Data on the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) within correctional facilities is limited in Ghana, even though the prevalence suggests intra-prison transmission. Aim: This study determined the level of transmissibility, new infections, and intraprison transmission of HBV among inmates in Ghana Methodology: Immunoglobulin M antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM) and Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) were determined for 323 archived plasma samples obtaine...
Abstract The study explored self-efficacy, subjective norm, attitude and socio-economic factors as correlates of sports betting among high school students in Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were; to establish the relationship between student self-efficacy and Sports betting, to establish the relationship between attitude and Sports betting, to establish the relationship between subjective norm and Sports betting and to establish the relationship between socio economic factors and...
Though many scholars have written several articles on the livelihoods activities of the tribal population, only a few have tried to offer an outsider in-depth analysis of the livelihoods of tribal people, specifically those in North East India. The few research on this topic mainly focused on the challenges being faced by tribal communities without paying attention to how the tribes are manoeuvring their vast challenges in their livelihoods, opportunities and the constraints they face in doin...