ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the causes and consequences of drug abuse and addiction among women drug users in Zanzibar. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying various causes that lead women to start and get into drug use, characterizing the addiction stages that women drug users go through in their living, identifying the consequence of drug abuse and addiction on women who use drugs and eventually, this study investigates how government and other organization tak...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the Effects of Community Members‟ Attitudes and Selfefficacy on Participation in Donor-funded Projects in Tanzania: A Case of Gawaye Grape Irrigation Project in Dodoma. The study used mixed method approach and a Convergent Parallel Design where as both qualitative and quantitative data were concurrently collected and analyzed. Questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data from Gawaye local farmers while interview was used for qualitative data from key ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study wasto assess the performance of solid waste collectors in Zanzibar. Specifically the study examined the existing system on solid waste management, the challenges facing solid waste management system, and the amount paid by the households for solid waste management and the period of payment for solid waste management in Stone Town, Zanzibar. A sample size of 65 respondents was selected for the study. Both primary and secondary data were used during the study...
ABSTRACT The main thrust of this study is to investigate a novel phenomenon in health care delivery at Vane, in the Volta Region of Ghana called the Nazareth Healing Complex (NHC). Designed to provide comprehensive health care at one location, the NHC combines faith, herbal and modern medical systems. The central aim of the NHC multispeciality group practice is to allow an interchange of ideas and consultation among all the health practitioners within the same facility. The assumed advantage...
This thesis is a study of the nature and extent of the pressures - social, economical and political
ABSTRACT Nursing practice is a living body of knowledge derived from different disciplines, i.e. biological, psychological and social. From the social sciences, Sociology of Development is one of the sources of knowledge used in nursing practice. Student nurses in Namibia have been taught Sociology of Development since 1987 at the diploma level. The content of sociology motivates the pivotal role of nurses as resource persons who enhance and promote the social upliftment of the people of Nam...
Abstract The Namibian family has always cared for elderly people, but it is beginning to fail due to modernisation factors. Institutionalisation of elderly people is becoming another form of elderly care in Namibia. The question arises as to what model of institutional care is appropriate for the majority of elderly Namibians. Modernisation factors such as urbanisation and changing family structures, for example nuclearisation of families, weaken the extended family; contribute to changing at...
ABSTRACT There are over 1 million orphans in the country, half of whom live in conditions of extreme poverty. These poverty conditions compromise children’s futures because they cannot afford basic education despite the “Free Primary Education” policy. This study was carried out in Lusaka. 180 orphans and non-orphans were compared to find out whether orphans were more disadvantaged than non-orphans. The study investigated the family structures of orphans, quality of education they recei...
ABSTRACT In latest decades there has been a dramatic growth in the number of single-parent families, the large majority of whom are single mothers. In the fast-changing societies around the world, the incidence of single-mother families continues to grow at a steady rate. Their life situations have been found to be in tatters for most of them. For instance, most of single mothers live in poverty and even many more are vulnerable to poverty. Accordingly, this study has attempted to hub on the ...
ABSTRACT This study entitled “Factors Influencing Youths Unemployment in Dodoma Urban District Tanzania. Three Wards of Makole, Chamwino and Kikuyu with their street were selected. Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. Seventy eight (78) respondents were involved in the study. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 16 and other qualitative technique. Findings from this study have revealed that, (100%) of respondents wer...
ABSTRACT This study had the aim of finding out the contribution of clove production to the small scale farmers‟ livelihoods. The study was guided by three objectives; to explore the importance of clove farming to the small scale farmers‟ livelihoods, to identify challenges facing small scale farmers in the clove production and to suggest measures that may be taken by the government of Zanzibar to minimize challenges facing small scale farmers in the clove production. The sample of the st...
ABSTRACT The HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to spread all over the world and Ghana is no exception. The prevalence rate from sentinel centres across the country in 2001 suggests between 3 to 4 percent of the spread. The study was conducted in Mamobi, New Town and James Town, all suburbs of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is both a qualitative and quantitative study that sets out to describe the youths perceptions of what constitutes risk behaviours in relation to HIV/AIDS, examine the kno...
Abstract Today, corruption is a major concern in nearly all higher education systems across the globe; it is a complex phenomenon, which has become particularly evident within the academic arena involving all the stakeholders. Generally, this thesis sought to explore from the students' perspective, the perceived academic corruption at universities in the region of Accra. The study, specifically, sought to examine the extent to which students, faculty members, and administrators were involved...
ABSTRACT This thesis explores the defecation practices and preferences of the people of Ayikuma, a peri-urban community in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. The community has few social amenities: There is only one public-private toilet facility serving residents but this facility is hardly patronised. The majority of the people practice open defecation. The study was undertaken against the backdrop that understanding local conditions and specific needs of people is nece...
ABSTRACT For the last two decades, HIV/AIDS epidemic has spread all over the Tanzania affecting all segments of life and youth in particular. VCT is one of the important components of HIV prevention which aim at behavior change and ensures HIV/AIDS status of a particular person. The purpose of the study was to determine youth perception and response towards HIV/AIDS and VCT in Higher learning Institutions. For the purpose of this study, University of Dodoma, S.T Johns University and Institute...