Pub Date : 2019-04-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3160
Sadiat Adewumi Olabode
{"title":"Educators’ Management of the Learning Environment for Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Selected Primary Schools in the East London Education District, South Africa","authors":"Sadiat Adewumi Olabode","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42915348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3142
D. Ayele
Children’s nutritional status has specific impact and health problems in childhood growth and adulthood. This paper attempts to identify the socio-economic, geographic and demographic determinants of malnutrition among under-five children in Ethiopia. The 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey were used for this study. The generalized linear model was adopted for analysis. The Hosmer and Lemeshow test is used to test the goodness of fit of the logistic regression model. The findings and comparison of estimates using logistic regression model with and without complex survey design were presented and then comparison was made using design effects. The results revealed that model that considers the complex nature of the design performs better than model that do not take into account. This study suggests that improving the health status, stable work status and educational level of mothers consequently, can reduce malnourished children in Ethiopia. Address for correspondence: Dawit Getnet Ayele Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Cell: +1 (443) 554 6721 Email: dayele1@jhu.edu, ejigmul@yahoo.com The present paper is extracted from the thesis title "Statistical models to study the BMI of under-five children in Ethiopia" of Ashenafi Argaw Yirga submitted at University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, South Africa under the supervision of Dr. Sileshi Fanta Melesse, Prof. Henry Godwell Mwambi and Dr. Dawit Getnet Ayele. INTRODUCTION Child malnutrition is a very common public health problem in the world, especially in developing countries. The nutritional status of children under the age of five is an important outcome measure of children’s health. This is because, the early days of child life is very important for future growth and development. Therefore, identifying factors that affect the nutritional status of under five children is very important for possible intervention activities. It can also assist policymakers to know and understand the areas that need considerable attention to enhance the planning and evaluation of health policies to prevent the child’s death. For this reason, a national nutrition strategy and program has been developed and implemented by the government of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016). One of the objectives of the 2009 Ethiopian National Nutrition Strategy was to enhance good nutritional practices through health education, and treatment of micronutrients to the most vulnerable groups of the society, especially, for under five children and pregnant and lactating mother. However, the poor nutritional status of children and women has been a severe problem in Ethiopia. In 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS), children’s nutritional status and health data were collected. In this nationally representative sample survey, measurements of children’s weight and height were recorded. The purpose of the
{"title":"The Use of Complex Survey Design Models to Identify Determinants of Malnutrition in Ethiopia","authors":"D. Ayele","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3142","url":null,"abstract":"Children’s nutritional status has specific impact and health problems in childhood growth and adulthood. This paper attempts to identify the socio-economic, geographic and demographic determinants of malnutrition among under-five children in Ethiopia. The 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey were used for this study. The generalized linear model was adopted for analysis. The Hosmer and Lemeshow test is used to test the goodness of fit of the logistic regression model. The findings and comparison of estimates using logistic regression model with and without complex survey design were presented and then comparison was made using design effects. The results revealed that model that considers the complex nature of the design performs better than model that do not take into account. This study suggests that improving the health status, stable work status and educational level of mothers consequently, can reduce malnourished children in Ethiopia. Address for correspondence: Dawit Getnet Ayele Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Cell: +1 (443) 554 6721 Email: dayele1@jhu.edu, ejigmul@yahoo.com The present paper is extracted from the thesis title \"Statistical models to study the BMI of under-five children in Ethiopia\" of Ashenafi Argaw Yirga submitted at University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, South Africa under the supervision of Dr. Sileshi Fanta Melesse, Prof. Henry Godwell Mwambi and Dr. Dawit Getnet Ayele. INTRODUCTION Child malnutrition is a very common public health problem in the world, especially in developing countries. The nutritional status of children under the age of five is an important outcome measure of children’s health. This is because, the early days of child life is very important for future growth and development. Therefore, identifying factors that affect the nutritional status of under five children is very important for possible intervention activities. It can also assist policymakers to know and understand the areas that need considerable attention to enhance the planning and evaluation of health policies to prevent the child’s death. For this reason, a national nutrition strategy and program has been developed and implemented by the government of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016). One of the objectives of the 2009 Ethiopian National Nutrition Strategy was to enhance good nutritional practices through health education, and treatment of micronutrients to the most vulnerable groups of the society, especially, for under five children and pregnant and lactating mother. However, the poor nutritional status of children and women has been a severe problem in Ethiopia. In 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS), children’s nutritional status and health data were collected. In this nationally representative sample survey, measurements of children’s weight and height were recorded. The purpose of the","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43592952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3150
N. Ngibe
{"title":"Turning Pre-service School Experience Challenges into Strengths","authors":"N. Ngibe","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44681839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3135
Manju Sharma
{"title":"Dynamics of Urban Growth in Hisar City of Western Haryana, India","authors":"Manju Sharma","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44326438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3148
P. Tanga
{"title":"Homosexual Students’ Experiences in a Higher Education Institution in South Africa","authors":"P. Tanga","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3148","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46505898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-03-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3143
J. K. Aderibigbe
{"title":"Investigating the Impact of Year of Study, Entrepreneurship In-exposure and Financial Constraints on Entrepreneurial Interest among Some University Students in South Africa","authors":"J. K. Aderibigbe","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/66.1-3.3143","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46853556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3144
T. Guang
{"title":"Environment and Development Issues in China","authors":"T. Guang","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48652734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3136
E. Boon
{"title":"Urban Environmental Health Management Challenges and Prospects in Ghana: A Case Study of the Accra Metropolis","authors":"E. Boon","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44598658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3140
Mathwasa Joyce
{"title":"Promoting Career Guidance and Counselling of Secondary School Learners: Implication for Policy and Practice","authors":"Mathwasa Joyce","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47024561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-08DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3139
B. Chitsamatanga
{"title":"Narratives of Strategies Used by Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities to Overcome Barriers to Career Development","authors":"B. Chitsamatanga","doi":"10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2019/65.1-3.3139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48432551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}