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Abstract: The paper examined women's attitude towards their personal health using the Health Belief Model as theoretical framework. Questionnaire was administered to 750 purposively selected respondents consisting of 400 from 3 branches of a microfinance banks (MBs) with integrated health services (IHS), and 350 from 3 other MBs without IHS in Edo state Nigeria. Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) were conducted with 20 microfinance officials. Women displayed positive attitude towards their personal health with mean scores of 63.9±8.2 and 47.9±5.6 for clients in MBs with IHS and without IHS respectively. About half (47.8%) however, cannot make decisions regarding their personal health without their spouses. Women's roles as caregivers and dependants on their spouses make them prioritize household needs and spouses' decision over their personal health. Enlightening women on the relevance of prioritizing their personal healthcare is recommended to reduce ill health among women..
Key Words:Attitude, Decisions, Integrated Health Services, Microfinance, Personal Healthcare
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Abstract: Nigeria has experienced and is still experiencing varying degrees of both natural and man-made disasters with their adverse effects overtime exceeding the ability of affected societies to cope in the midst of available resources especially in the face of insurgency and terrorism. While intellectual discourses have focused on the effect and consequences of disaster, dearth of information exist on government‟s response and level of preparedness for disaster risk management especially from the analytical point of view. The paper focused on the nature and consequences of disaster, role of government in disaster risk management and problems affecting emergency preparedness..........
Keywords: Natural disaster, Preparedness, Response of Government, State of Emergency
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Abstract: Students as sub-systems of the educationcommunityplay an important role in improvingenvironmentalquality. The purpose of thisstudyis to elaborate on the implementation of outdoorlearningmethods in environmentallearningatuniversities. From the results of interviews thatresearchers have done on lecturers in the subject of environmentalknowledge, the results show thatmoststudents, especiallystudents of biologyeducation, have lowunderstanding and environmental attitudes. The researchsubjectwas 50 studentsat the Biology Education Study Program STKIP MuhammadiyahBonewhotook the EnvironmentalKnowledge course. The outdoorlearning model includesthreematerials, namelyecosystems, naturalresources and pollution...........
Key Words: ecosystems, environment,learning, natural resources, pollution
[1] Stubblefield, J. and Bouma, J.J., 2019. Religious Organizations Bringing Sustainability Closer to Reality: Academic Contributions to Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience that Can Help Faith Leaders Build Communities that Are Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable: Part 1—A Literature Review. In Sustainability and the Humanities (pp. 141-159). Springer, Cham.
[2] Semionova, E., Samal, A., Smirnova, N., Boika, M. and Chaikovskaya, M., 2018. Student-Psychologists' and Conflictologists' Formation of Scientific Research Competence in the Process of Learning at the University. In Handbook of Research on Students' Research Competence in Modern Educational Contexts (pp. 249-264). IGI Global.
[3] Mustapha, S.S., 2018. Building Learning System for Content Knowledge and Social Knowledge. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 13(1), pp.4-22.
[4] Altunoğlu, A., Güler, C., Erdoğdu, E., Menderis, İ.A., Keskin, U. and Beylik, A., 2018. The active participation of subject matter experts in ecourse production: a case study from anadolu university open education system. European Journal of Open Education and E-learning Studies
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Abstract: Every human being has a fundamental right of access to physical education and sport, which are essential for the full development of his personality. The freedom to develop physical, intellectual and moral powers through physical education and sport must be guaranteed both within the educational system and in other aspects of social life. Physical education from long has been recognized as an integral part of the total education process. It is the process through which wholesome development of the every human being is ensured. Physical education is a vital element in a comprehensive, well-balanced curriculum and can be a major contributing factor in the development of an individual in all aspects of life. It is generally acknowledged that physical education helps in the development.........
Key Words: Curriculum, Physical Fitness, Personality development, Privatization
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Abstract: The way public perceived an organisation may impacted on the success or failure of the organisation, depending on the nature of the perception either positive or negative. This was paper was aimed to assess the impact of taxpayers‟ perception of the competence and integrity of tax officials on companies‟ income tax compliance level in Nigeria. The paper relied on the primary source of data, 436 samples were successfully cleaned and analysed. Due to the nature of data observed, ordered logistic regression model was employed to analyse the data. The empirical result obtained revealed a positive relationship between companies income tax compliancepropensity and companies income, positive relationship between companies‟ income tax compliance propensityand........
Key Words: Companies‟ Income Tax, Tax Compliance, Principal Agent Theory, Competence, Integrity and Ordered Logistic Regression. JEL Classifications: C21, C42, C79, D82, H25
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Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore reflective practice among primary school teachers in Lukulu and Mongu districts in Western province in Zambia. The research instruments used in this research included classroom observations, focus group discussion, document analysis, reflective journal and semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed using the inductive approach using constant comparative data analysis as proposed by Maykut and Morehouse (1994) and it was revealed that primary school teachers were not aware of the concept reflective practice either pre-service teachers during their college time or as serving primary school teachers. Additionally, primary school teachers......
Key Words: Primary school teachers, reflective practice, Lukulu, Mongu, perceptions.
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Abstract: The realisation that examination results are used by numerous stakeholders for making life changing decisions regarding the examinees acted as an impetus for the current study. The central focus of the study was to examine the variables which can be manipulated to level the assessment terrain so that examinees stand a better chance of demonstrating their best intellectual prowess. The study was perceived from a psychological point of view with psychological theories such as Bandura's social learning theory, the humanistic theories of Maslow and Rogers and the Yerkes-Dodson law acting as the theoretical framework. The phenomenological research design was used and questionnaires with open-ended items were used as data gathering instruments. A gender balanced sample of 60 respondents comprising university students studying different degree programmes was obtained using the stratified random sampling method. The research participants indicated that a number of factors.......
Key Words: Assessment, examination fairness, examination administration, examination scoring, halo effect
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Abstract: This paper examines the domain of writings and postings on vehicles which communicate moral and ethical values and the possible impact they can have on the readers who constitute the major audience of the vehicle insignia. The paper utilizes the sociolinguistic analytical tool to examine the ways in which vehicle inscriptions and stickers construct what Lawal, et al (1997) refer to as the 'quintessence of a people's collective wisdom …'. In the paper, we discuss the ways in which moral/philosophical messages on vehicles in Southwest Nigeria can impact on the behaviour of the readers of the writings. This study is carried out against the backdrop of the prevalent and widespread moral........
Key Words: Stickers and inscriptions, moral, borders, awareness, ethnography of communication.
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Abstract: Waste problem has become a serious problem in the world including a housing which is the location of the settlement for society. At least, there are three problems resulting from the waste problem, namely global warming, natural resources crisis, and ecosystem crisis. Zero waste is a concept that is used to overcome the waste problem. In order to zero waste can be realized, behaviour from every society is needed. Zero waste behaviour can be influenced by several factors, such as knowledge, attitude, motivation, and commitment. This study aimed to describe environmental knowledge (EK), environmental attitude (EA), environmental motivation (EM), local government commitment (LGC) and zero waste........
Key Words: Knowledge, attitude, motivation, commitment, behaviour, zero waste, environmental
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