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Uganda Cultural Institutions:
(한국아프리카학회지, 2007)Ugandan kingdoms are ancient institutions which trace their establishment from the Bunyoro-Kitara- the first kingdom. Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom was a cattle-based economy, ruled by the cattle-keeping Babito aristocracy ... -
Effective Test Administration in Schools- Principals & Good Practices for Test Administrators in Uganda
(AJOTE, 2010)To establish academic achievement in any public school, teachers have to construct, administer and score tests or examinations. For a valid and reliable assessment of academic achievement, the tests should yield similar ... -
Peer pressure, academic and social experience of secondary school teenagers in the outskirts of Mbarara municipality, Uganda
(Journal of Educational Sciences and Psychology, 2012)The present study was conducted to get scientific explanation of how teenagers constructively and destructively influence others in academic and social context. Cross-sectional design, qualitative method, and focus group ... -
Academic stress: its causes and results at a Ugandan University
(AJOTE, 2013)The study examined academic stress, study habits and academic performance of 196 (113 males and 83 females) undergraduates of Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda using a cross-sectional survey research ... -
Stigma among HIV/AIDS Patients in Africa: A critical Review
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)By the end of 2011 Africa had 23.5 million HIV infected people and 72% of the new HIV cases globally (UNAIDS, 2012). The mainly sexual transmission of HIV in the African context is associated with stigma especially among ... -
Social and Institutional issues in the Adoption of School-based Technology-aided Sexual Health Education Program
(Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2013)Objective: School-based sexual health education interventions can reach young people of diverse backgrounds and equip them with knowledge and skills for protecting themselves against HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancies, and ... -
Professional impotence: Impact of alcohol abuse on secondary schoolteachers in Uganda
(International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 2013)Aims: We conducted this study to explore the impact of alcohol consumption on teachers’ jobs in Uganda. Specifically, we investigated the types of alcohol consumed by schoolteachers, reasons for alcohol abuse among teachers, ... -
Posttraumatic Cognitions, Avoidance Coping, Suicide, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Adolescent Refugees
(Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)This cross-sectional survey examined posttraumatic cognitions, avoidance coping, suicide and trauma-related disorders of Congolese adolescent refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement. We interviewed 89 adolescents (aged ... -
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
(Journal of personality and social psychology, 2013)This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: Human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). In Study ... -
Posttraumatic Growth, Resilience, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Among Refugees
(Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences,, 2013-06)The study examined posttraumatic growth, resilience and PTSD among a random sample of 426 (mean age: 35 years; 51.6% females) Congolese refugees resident at Nakivale camp, using a cross-sectional survey. Interviews were ... -
Community involvement and development
(International Journal of Social Economics, 2013-11-26)The purpose of this paper is to explore how ISO 26000 inter-marries with millennium development goals (MDGs) with a view to demonstrate and recommend how businesses can successfully use this intermarriage to solve society ... -
Psychoactive Substance Use and School Performance among Adolescents in Public Secondary Schools in Uganda
(Higher Education Studies, 2014)Introduction: Psychoactive substance use among adolescents influences behavioral and cognitive processes and is associated with adolescents’ performance in school. We therefore sought to investigate association of PASU ... -
Bridging the Gap from Data to Evidence-Based HIV Prevention in Uganda
(Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Uganda’s current HIV prevalence rate of 7.2 % shows an increase in the number of new HIV cases (UNAIDS, 2012), with 80% of new infections accounted for by heterosexual transmission (Uganda AIDS Commission, 2012). Risky ... -
Integrating corporate social responsibility into efforts to realize millennium development goals
(World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2014-01-12)The purpose of this paper is to present corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an alternative roadmap to accelerating realization of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Uganda, even after 2015. Design/methodology/approach ... -
Traumatic Experiences and PTSD Among Adolescent Congolese Refugees in Uganda:
(Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2014-05-01)The study examined experienced traumatic events and the related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) amongst a sample of 89 adolescent Congolese refugees (56 females and 33 males) at a refugee camp in Uganda. Data was ... -
Factors and Challenges Affecting Performance of Student-teachers during their Practicum
(Journal of Education, Psychology and Social Sciences, 2015)Teachers’ practicum commonly known as School Practice (SP) forms an integral component of the teacher-training curriculum at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). SP provides the teacher-trainees with the ... -
Students’ perceptions regarding interventions to reduce substance use and its concomitant impact on competence among adolescents in public secondary schools in Uganda
(Journal of Educational Sciences and Psychology, 2015)Background: Psychoactive substance use interventions have been well document to be more effective when participatory rather than prescriptive. Despite many calculable evidences examining PASU prevention, there was paucity ... -
An Exploration of Learning Strategies Employed by Prisoners on Correctional Education in Luzira Prison
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2015)This study aimed at exploring learning strategies employed by prisoners on formal and vocational training in Luzira prisons, Uganda. It adopted across sectional survey design with a mixed methods approach to collect data, ... -
The advent of universal primary education (UPE) in Uganda:
(Journal of Educational Research and Studies, 2015-01)The starting of universal primary education (UPE) in Uganda was not a smooth affair. There was politicization of primary education to the extent that politicians had taken center-stage in policy formulation and monitoring. ... -
Globalization and Higher Education in Africa
(Journal of Modern Education Review,, 2015-01-05)Globalization has rapidly developed into a complex system of circuits of exchange, interactive dynamics, and structures that collectively interact at high levels to produce rapid change affecting most aspects of human ...
