The purpose of this study is to find out the level of videogames addiction of Senior High School students during this pandemic and how it affects the factors under time management, physical health, mental health and social interaction. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Is there a significant difference in the level of e-games addiction to Senior High School students before and during this Covid-19 pandemic? Is there a significant difference in the level of e-games addiction to Senior High School stude...
Abstract This thesis studied about the Perception of Household towards Property Losses Due to Fire Accident in the Case of Incidences at Burayu Town Oromiya Special Zone. The general objective of this thesis was to survey the Perception of Household towards Property losses due to fire accidents in Burayu Town. The researcher employed mixed research methodologies .Qualitative data analyzed responded (from in -depth,...
ABSTRACTThis study examines the socio-economic implications of Boko Haram in Yola, Adamawa State. Specifically, the study intends to determine the effect of Boko haram insurgency on the economic activities of people in Yola metropolis; to identifies the effects of Boko Haram insurgency on the household education; to examine the roles of Boko haram insurgency on the religions activities among people; to identifies the effects of Boko haram insurgency on the access to health service, as well as...
This research focuses on the an examination of the cause and implications of prostitution among university students in Nigeria: A study of IBB university Lapai Niger State. The aim and objective of the study is to provide an examination on the causes and implications of of prostitution among university students. Three theories were used to explain implication of prostitution and the theory also explain the reason for the involvement in prostitution (The theories include Strain Anomie theory a...
The study explored youth self-help groups performance in relation to members skill levels. It focuses on the effects of acquired skills through education and training on the performance of youth Self-Help Groups. Although a number of studies have been done on youth groups, little knowledge exist on the relationship between skills acquired and the performance of such youth groups. In Kenya, youth programmes such as Youth Development Fund requires the youth to form groups to access finance...
This study aimed at identifying, documenting and analysing alternative livelihood strategies adopted by Isiria Maasai due to socio-economic changes that made pastoralism vulnerable and unsustainable. It also sought to identify challenges encountered and suggest possible measures of redress. The study was carried out in Lolgorien and Ang’ata Barrikoi wards of Kilgoris Constituency in Narok County. A sample of 160 households and six key informants were selected and data was collected usi...
ABSTRACT The society is increasingly marked by the number of children who are left without parents due to economic disenfranchisement, residential displacement, drug and alcohol addiction, homicide, high rates of incarceration and diseases such as Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The AIDS epidemic has yielded a remarkable generational shift pushing the responsibility for child rearing. The present situation is that grandparents are now taking on parenting roles for which they ...
ABSTRACT Malaria poses a great challenge to countries in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. This disease kills many people despite the interventions that have been put in place. This study explored the influence of definitions of malaria illness on health-seeking behavior in Homabay County, Kenya. The objectives of this study were to document the socio-demographic characteristics of residents of Homabay County, to establish the de...
ABSTRACT The study provides in-depth understanding of human-predator conflict which involves livestock killing by wild animals (lions, leopard, hyena, cheetah and leopards) and the livestock farmer’s kill wild predators to secure their livelihoods. Globally and locally, human-predator conflict efforts to minimize conflicts included compensation for livestock losses, human death / injury and support to social development programs. Whilst acknowledging efforts made to address the human-predat...
ABSTRACT Organizations are primarily designed to achieve some specific goals. The fact remains that workers in every organization have a role to play for the purpose of achieving goals which organizations are designed to achieve. Directly or indirectly, therefore, workers‟ commitment to the realization of organizational goal is a major parameter that can be used to measure the performance of organization. One of the indices of workers commitment to the realization of organizational goal is ...
ABSTRACT The United Nations (UN) and World Bank (2017) indicate that the emerging forms of violent conflicts have tended to be more complex and protracted. They involve more non-state and state agencies and are characterized by substantial loss of lives, displacement of population, destruction of property, social and economic wellbeing. Conflicts in the North Rift Region of Kenya, particularly in Kerio Valley, similarly have had severe effects on the socio-economic wellbeing and livelihoods o...
ABSTRACT Primary health care is essential health care based on practical,scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-determination. Ethnomedicine is widely recognized .as an important element of primary health care. However, there seems...
ABSTRACT Kenya and generally Sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing a severe decline in soil fertility which has resulted in low crop productivity, thereby threatening country’s and the region’s efforts to overcome some of the challenges including food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty, and general unemployment. While efforts have been put in place to improve the declining fertility of soils including development and importation of new soil fertility management (SFM) techniques and tech...
ABSTRACT In an attempt to aid policy formulation towards crime prevention, statistics on different types of crimes committed must be properly gathered and documented. In Ghana, crime statistics gathered from police records and victimization surveys indicate a discrepancy between the two forms of statistics. Using a sample of 16,445 and 203 respondents from the secondary and the primary data sources, respectively, the study sought to establish the level of significance of the “Dark Figure�...
ABSTRACT The Ghana government in 1984 embarked on an economic recovery program where the country’s export crops were diversified and marketing liberalized. The diversification led to expansion in production and export of mango products. There has been a gap in ascertaining the impact of government agricultural policy on mango production and horticultural export crops promotion and agro-processing policy. Another gap is the limited literature on sociological contribution of commercial produ...