ABSTRACT This study was conducted in the Cape-Coast metropolis to investigate the impact training has on job performance. A manufacturing business entity named Ameen Sangari Limited was chosen for the study. An appropriate research design (an interview guide) was used, thus workers were grouped based on their qualifications which allowed for observations and interviews with questions. It was found that generally the employees held the impression that their job performance has increased foll...
ABSTRACT In today’s global market characterized by fierce competition, high dynamism, and high volatility, organizations are trying their best to find the most efficient way to get their message to customers. Integrated marketing has thus become the strategic approach used to coordinate the various activities of marketing communication. The study was conducted to analyze customers’ perception about integrated marketing communication activities at SBC Beverages Limited. The descriptive de...
ABSTRACT There have been continuing debates over the allocation of fewer funds for waste management by most metropolitan/municipal/district assemblies in the country. This work however, examines how waste management affects the economic base of the Assin North Municipal Assembly. The study also finds out; how the assembly generates its revenue, the types and volumes of waste generated, how the assembly funds waste disposal, other alternative means to fund waste disposal and how waste managem...
ABSTRACT Young schizophrenic patients (n = 43), manic controls (n = 32), both groups diagnosed according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria and on remission from acute illness, and 53 normal subjects were given a battery of neuropsychologic tests selected to assess different functional areas in the brain. Compared with normal controls, patient groups showed evidence of impaired functioning of many cortical areas but with the schizophrenics having the worst performance. In addition, schizophr...
ABSTRACT Traditional approaches for understanding environmental governance — such as environmental policy analysis or natural resources management — do not adequately address the gamut of human–natural system interactions within the context of the complex biogeophysical cycles and processes of the planet. This is perhaps more so in the African regional context where the complex relationships between modern and traditional governance systems and global change dynamics are arguably more p...
Abstract Carnival as an annual event has transcended numerous culture. A number of studies have principally investigated the intended economic, entertainment and/or leisure components of carnivals; neglecting the unintended social, moralistic and behavioural consequences it has on society. This study therefore examines the social vices associated with street carnivals in selected neighbourhoods. Major narratives revealed that nudity, sex, gambling, fanaticism, hooliganism, alcohol and drug a...
ABSTRACT There are growing concerns on the proliferation of illegal schools across the world but with less attention given to pre-school facilities which are often not categorised as schools. With abundant evidences in Nigeria, that most of these preschools metamorphose into schools, this study examines the proliferation of illegal and substandard crèche facilities in selected suburbs in Lagos State, Nigeria. Drawing on qualitative data collected from fifteen (15) proprietors and operators o...
ABSTRACT This study examines employees' health care status and provision of health care services under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NILIS) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract The role of adequate and timely immunization in the reduction of infant and childhood mortality cannot be overstated, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This study, anchored in the Health Belief Model and Rational Choice Theory, investigated the sociocultural factors influencing childhood immunization in the rural state of Abia, Nigeria, an area with a high infant mortality rate. A multistage sampling technique involving the random selection of 3 communities in Bende Local Government...
ABSTRACT Fear of HIV infection and its consequences may affect the willingness and capacity of health care workers to provide good quality care for people with HIV/AIDS (PWHAs). The study was founded on the proposition that self-efficacy may mediate the attitudinal disposition of health care workers related to provision of care to PWHAs. Two hundred and ten physicians (n = 103) and nurses (n = 107) sampled from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, responded (48% response rate) to...
ABSTRACT In response to the rapid and unplanned growth that has led to the colocation of residential communities with refuse dumpsites in Lagos, Nigeria, we conducted a cross-sectional investigation of individuals living within the Olusosun community near a refuse dumpsite. Participants were 479 persons (>18 years of age, 52.6% male) who lived within 1 km of a refuse dumpsite. We examined the relationships between perceived quality of life and predictor variables, self-esteem, learned helple...
ABSTRACT The world is aging at an alarming rate and the aged allover the world are facing a lot of health, social and economic problems. It is against this background that the present study examines the impact of NGO 's intervention strategies on social well-being, economic empowerment and health well-being of the aged in Oyo State.
ABSTRACT Research on maternal health was conducted among the residents of the Seme border community in republic of Benin to determine the available maternal health care services in the community and the level of accessibility to residents, to find out the pattern of the maternal health seeking behaviour and to examining the relationships between he socio cultural characteristic and maternal health care seeking behaviour in the area. The major instruments used wed structured questionnaire, key...
ABSTRACT The World Health Organization had recommended the integration of traditional and modern medicine. However traditional medicine as well as traditional bone-setting had received poor recognition in Nigeria. This notwithstanding traditional bone-setters still enjoys patronage from the populace in Ibadan and the practitioners abound in almost every part of the country. This study focused on the causes of fracture and utilization of traditional bone setters in Ibadan under the explanatio...
ABSTRACT This present study investigated the effects of ad presentation frequency on product trial intentions of ad viewers. The study, which has an independent group design, involved 480 undergraduates of a Nigerian university aged between 16 and 34 years. Participants were made up of 240 males and 240 females equally distributed among two independent groups, namely, frequently presented and infrequently presented ad groups. Participants in both groups watched a 24-minute video which contai...