scholarly journals Measuring the effect of interpersonal communication on awareness and knowledge of COVID-19 among rural communities in Eastern Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Ezeah ◽  
Eucharia Okwumba Ogechi ◽  
Nkiru Christiana Ohia ◽  
Gever Verlumun Celestine
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Global Threat

Abstract Awareness and knowledge have been identified as essential requirements to successfully combat the global threat which COVID-19 currently poses. Rural communities are particularly at risk because of their low socio-economic status and high illiteracy level. There is currently uncertainty regarding how to effectively raise awareness about the pandemic and educate rural communities about it. In this study, we tested the effectiveness of interpersonal communication in awareness creation and knowledge about COVID-19 among rural communities in a developing country. We tested three hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The sample size was made up 470 participants. The questionnaire served as the instrument for data collection. In the analysis of data, both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The results demonstrate that interpersonal communication is effective in creating awareness about COVID-19 among rural communities. It was also found that interpersonal communication was effective in improving knowledge about the pandemic among rural communications. We explored the implications of these findings on healthcare delivery.

scholarly journals Relationship of socio-economic status and childhood cancer: an in-hospital cross-sectional study in a developing country

1970 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
BJ Brown ◽  
AO Adeleye
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Burkitt Lymphoma ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviors

Background: Socioeconomic factors are known to affect health quality, disease occurrence as well as health-seeking behaviors in several ways.Objectives: To determine the influence of socio-economic factors on awareness of cancer, healthseeking behaviors among parents of children with cancer in a developing country and occurrence of cancer using Burkitt lymphoma as index malignancy.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that involved children with cancer seen over a 2-year period in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Information was obtained by interview through administration of a questionnaire and retrieval of clinical data from patients’ case notes.Results: The caregivers of 91 children (46 boys, 45 girls) were interviewed including 86 biological parents. Majority (84.6%) of the children belonged to the low socio -economic classes 3-5; 45 of 86 parents (52.3%), more likely in parents from higher socioeconomic classes, were aware of cancer but only 7 (8.1%) knew it could occur in children. There was no association between Burkitt lymphoma and socio-economic class. Twenty-eight (30.8%) parents of the 91 children visited alternate sources of health care, most commonly traditional healers, followed by religious centers. There was no association between visits to such centers and the parents’ socio-economic status or with presentation with metastatic disease.Conclusions: Awareness of childhood cancer is low among this cohort of parents; their socioeconomic status seems to impact on this level of awareness but not on their health-seeking behaviors for their affected children. Focused health education is needed to increase childhood cancer awareness and appropriate healthseeking behavior among the population studied.Key words: socio-economic; childhood; cancer; health-seeking; behaviour; awareness

Bringing home the bacon: Industry, employment, and income in boreal Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike N Patriquin ◽  
John R Parkins ◽  
Richard C Stedman
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Forest Dependence ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Boreal Region ◽  
Statistics Canada

Questions about the contribution of forestry to the socio-economic status of Canadian boreal communities have risen to the fore as debates have emerged about extending areas of protection in the region. Our previous research showed that boreal communities tend to be worse off socio-economically than other Canadian rural communities, and that labour income from the forest industry is relatively small. Because boreal development and protection initiatives are likely to be province-specific, this paper uses 2001 Statistics Canada data to examine the socio-economic status of boreal communities and the relationship between forest dependence and status—by province. We find a generally positive relationship between forest sector employment and employment income across the boreal region, but no such positive relationship between forest employment and unemployment rates, suggesting that the particular indicator chosen to represent wellbeing is a crucial consideration. Further, we see a great deal of inter-provincial variation in the relative importance of resource industries, suggesting the utility of province-specific and joint national initiatives. Finally, although the forest sector looms large in the collective psyche of the boreal region, we find diversified employment: other sectors (i.e., energy, agriculture, and hospitality) make a significant contribution to the economy of boreal communities. Key words: community status, well-being, forest dependence, forest policy, triad land management, boreal forest

scholarly journals Influence of Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Communication and Job Satisfaction on the Job Performance of Staff in Chevron Nigeria Limited, Warri, Delta State Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Jude J. Obiunu ◽  
Jennifer O. Yalaju
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Level Of Significance

This study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication and job satisfaction on the job performance of staff in Chevron Nigeria Limited, Warri. Four null hypotheses guided the study. The correlation research design was adopted in the study. A sample of 400 was selected by the researchers using simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a validated and reliable questionnaire. Regression statistics was used to test the stated null hypotheses, at 0.05 level of significance. The findings in the study showed that the four null hypotheses were rejected which is an indication that there is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, job satisfaction and job performance of staff in Chevron Nigeria Limited.

scholarly journals “Mewah menuju Rahmatullah” : Pengaruh Status Sosial Ekonomi terhadap Persepsi Masyarakat Mengenai Trend Pemakaman Mewah Masyarakat Muslim

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 282
Author(s):  
Masni Erika Firmiana ◽  
Siti Rahmawati ◽  
Rochimah Imawati
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Quantitative Technique ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Minimum Price ◽  
Reasoned Action Theory

<p><em>Abstrak</em> – <strong>Riset ini dilakukan untuk melihat pengaruh Status Sosial Ekonomi (SSE) yang terdiri dari pendidikan, pekerjaan, dan pendapatan terhadap persepsi mengenai trend pemakaman mewah di DKI Jakarta dan sekitarnya. Dengan harga 17 juta - milyaran rupiah per lubang makam (tergantung pengembang/ <em>developer</em>), ternyata peminatnya tidak sedikit, bahkan belakangan muncul pemakaman mewah khusus muslim. Padahal Islam sendiri menganjurkan umatnya untuk hidup dalam kesederhanaan. Teori yang akan digunakan dalam riset ini adalah Persepsi dan Status Sosial Ekonomi. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik kuantitatif, pengumpul data utama adalah kuesioner, dan didukung oleh wawancara. Dengan jumlah responden 63 orang, hasil analisis data dengan regresi berganda menunjukkan Status Sosial Ekonomi berpengaruh sangat signifikan terhadap persepsi responden mengenai trend pemakaman mewah, sebesar 49%.</strong> <strong>Faktor yang paling berpengaruh adalah pekerjaan. Saran penelitian selanjutnya adalah menggunakan Teori Reasoned Action dari Aczjen, untuk melihat intensi (kecenderungan bertingkah laku) melakukan pembelian makam mewah.</strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>K</em></strong><strong><em>ata Kunci </em></strong> – <em>Persepsi, Status Sosial Ekonomi, Pemakaman Mewah</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Abstract</em>. – <strong>This research is conducted  to analyze the effect of socioeconomic status to perceptions about lavish funeral’s  trends at DKI Jakarta and surroundings. For  the minimum price 17 million – billions rupiahs (depends on developer), there is a lot of person who interested to having the lavish funeral. For a couple years ago, there is emerging lavish funeral for moslem, whereas Islam suggesting Moslems to unpretentious live. The theory in this research is perception, and socio economic status. This research using quantitative technique, the prime data collection is questionaire, and interview too.  With N= 63, the data analyzed showed that there is a significant effect of socioeconomic status to perceptions about lavish funeral’s, about 49%.  The most affected factor is occupation.  The researcher suggesting the next research using  The Reasoned Action Theory from Aczjen to asses the intention to buy lavish funeral.</strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong> – <em>Perception, socioeconomic status, lavish funeral</em></p>

scholarly journals Ambulatory monitoring promises equitable personalized healthcare delivery in underrepresented patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 494-510
Author(s):  
Kanchan Kulkarni ◽  
Rahul Kumar Sevakula ◽  
Mohamad B Kassab ◽  
John Nichols ◽  
Jesse D. Roberts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Healthcare Access ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Ambulatory Monitoring ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Essential Components

Abstract The pandemic has brought to everybody’s attention the apparent need of remote monitoring, highlighting hitherto unseen challenges in healthcare. Today, mobile monitoring and real-time data collection, processing and decision-making, can drastically improve the cardiorespiratory–haemodynamic health diagnosis and care, not only in the rural communities, but urban ones with limited healthcare access as well. Disparities in socioeconomic status and geographic variances resulting in regional inequity in access to healthcare delivery, and significant differences in mortality rates between rural and urban communities have been a growing concern. Evolution of wireless devices and smartphones has initiated a new era in medicine. Mobile health technologies have a promising role in equitable delivery of personalized medicine and are becoming essential components in the delivery of healthcare to patients with limited access to in-hospital services. Yet, the utility of portable health monitoring devices has been suboptimal due to the lack of user-friendly and computationally efficient physiological data collection and analysis platforms. We present a comprehensive review of the current cardiac, pulmonary, and haemodynamic telemonitoring technologies. We also propose a novel low-cost smartphone-based system capable of providing complete cardiorespiratory assessment using a single platform for arrhythmia prediction along with detection of underlying ischaemia and sleep apnoea; we believe this system holds significant potential in aiding the diagnosis and treatment of cardiorespiratory diseases, particularly in underserved populations.

Influences of parental socio-economic status on academic achievement: A case study of rural communities in Kailali, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Khagendra Raj Pant
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Teachers And Students

The purpose of this study is to explore and analyze the relationship between the parental socio-economic status and academic achievement of students. The research question of the study was: How does the parental socio-economic status influence on academic achievement of students? This study focused on the interrelated dimensions of parental income, educational status, and its effect on children’s education. The study was conducted with a qualitative case study research design. Altogether 15 informants from parents, teachers, and students were selected by the purposive sampling method. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and observation techniques were followed during data collection. Data were analyzed using thematic narrative analysis. The study found that the majority of students of low socio-economic status have poor academic achievement. Parents of low economic background have been found less interested in the education of their children. Students from low socio-economic status more emphasized on employment rather than further study after secondary education. Such students were found to be pursuing unskilled jobs in labour market. This study recommended conducting free technical and vocational education. Schools and concerned authorities need to conduct parental awareness and education programs.

Life and Folklore of “Nonexistent” Villages

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
Марина Власова ◽  
Marina Vlasova
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Folk Art ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Spiritual Culture ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Research Findings

The paper summarizes the research findings in the project “Folklore of “nonexistent” villages (features and contexts of existence)”. The highlight of the research project is preservation and continuity of folk art, people's memories amidst the radical changes in the traditional way of life in households and the outlook of people from the northern Russian rural communities. The in-depth and complex, connected with diverse areas of folklore, ethnography and history, this study of remote and “unpromising” villages broadens and refines our understanding of the current socio-economic status of Russian northern settlements, the spiritual culture and mentality of one of the indigenous groups – the Pomors.

scholarly journals PENGARUH STATUS SOSIAL EKONOMI ORANG TUA TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR EKONOMI DAN PERILAKU KONSUMSI SISWA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Yahya Reka Wirawan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Economic Study ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Socio Economic Status

This study aimed to analyze the influence of socio-economic status of parents on the learning achievement of economic and consumption behaviors of students. The sample in this study were students majoring in sosial studies in high school Jombang City Year 2013/2014 as many as 155 people with a proportional random sampling technique. The data collection techniques used are questionnaire and documentation. The results showed that the socioeconomic status of the parents have a significant effect on economics learning achievement. Socio-economic status of parents significantly influence consumption behavior of students. So also with the economic study achievement significantly influence consumption behavior of students

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