scholarly journals Tenure Impacts on Livelihood, Income, Forest Condition, and Equity of an Upland Community in Negros Occidental, Philippines

2021 ◽  
pp. 390-404
Author(s):  
Nicole Nacionales ◽  
Dixon Gevaña
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Forest Condition ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Perceived Equity ◽  
Local Livelihood ◽  
Perceived Impacts ◽  
Positive Impacts

This study examined the perceived impacts of the Integrated Social Forestry Program (ISFP) on the biophysical and socio-economic conditions of farmers in Barangay Patag, Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Specifically, it aimed to: (a) assess the perceived impacts of ISFP on local livelihood, income, forest condition, and equity (LIFE); and (b) identify the factors that are associated with perceived equity; and (c) determine the relationships between perceived equity and ISFP goals. Data were gathered through surveys and a focused group discussion. A total of 41 respondents composed the survey, while six key informants comprised the focused discussion group. Key findings showed that ISFP was perceived to have considerable beneficial impacts on livelihood and income sources. It also had positive impacts on forest condition particularly in the perceived increased of forest cover. Some beneficial impacts were likewise noted for equity across dimensions: gender; education; economic status; and membership. Finally, challenges in sustaining the program underscored the need for strategies to further enhance its positive impacts on the local community’s socio-ecological conditions

scholarly journals PERBEDAAN PENERIMAAN DIRI ORANG TUA YANG MEMILIKI ABK BERDASARKAN KEIKUTSERTAAN DALAM KEGIATAN SUPPORT GROUP

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (XIV) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Iriani Indri Hapsari ◽  
Herdiyan Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Support Group ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
The Self ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Religious View ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Statistical Analysis Method ◽  
Acceptance Scale

The aim of this research was to analyse the differences between the self acceptence of parents with handicapped children based on their involvment in the support group compared to those without any involvement. In this research, 64 parents with handicapped children were selected using nonprobability sampling with incidental sampling type. The samples comprised of 32 parents with involvement in support group and the remaining were without any involvement. Adapted Berger Self Acceptance Scale was used for the measurement of the research. Independent sample T-Test was the statistical analysis method used for the research. The result showed that t = 0, 267 with df = 62 ; t < t able (2) and p = 0,79 ; p > 0,05, meaning Ho was accepted and H1 was rejected. The result showed that there is no significance different between self acceptence of parents with handicaped children who join the support group with those who have not joined the group. Discussion of this research concluded there are several factors influencing this finding, such as family, cultural problems, and religious view, beside social and economic status.

scholarly journals Assessment of Climate Change Awareness in the Kakamega-Nandi Forest Complex in the Western Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Wabusya Moses Wetiba ◽  
Mugatsia Tsingalia ◽  
Njira Njira Pili ◽  
Vincent Kakembo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Kakamega Forest ◽  
Ecosystem Complex

Aims: This study assessed the level of climate change awareness among the forest-adjacent communities in the Kakamega-Nandi forest ecosystem complex. Four locations were chosen for the study, Buyangu and Isecheno in the Kakamega forest, Kaptumo in Nandi South and Kipsamoite in Nandi North forest ecosystems. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from primary sources. Structured questionnaires were administered to the residents aged 25years and older within the study area. Place and Duration of Study: The Kakamega, north and south Nandi forest ecosystems in western Kenya between June -December 2019. Methodology: A total of 280 questionnaires were randomly administered to the forest-adjacent respondents with, Kakamega forest 163 respondents, South Nandi forest 60, while North Nandi had 57respondents. A total of 217 questionnaires were filled and returned and the information wherein used in data analysis. Focused Group Discussion and key informants were used to supplement data collects by the questionnaires. Results: Majority of the residents (54%) were less concerned about climate change. In addition, 85% of the respondents had very little knowledge on coping and adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change. Some 40 % and 45% of the respondents got information about climate through televisions and radios, respectively. Further analysis of the results revealed that climate change was responsible for fourteen key impacts. These included an increase in rainfall, prolonged drought, decrease in the quality and quantity of fresh water, decrease in food security, an increase in temperature, a decrease in agricultural resources, an increase in sickness and disease, a decrease in quality of life, flooding, decrease in forest cover, loss of homes, reduction in biodiversity, and rise in storm surge. A Chi test revealed a significant relationship between forest cover decline and changes in rainfall patterns (X2 = 111.86, df =12, p<0.001), increasing temperature (X2 = 80.492, df =12, p<0.001);, drought( (X2 = 204.84, df =16, p<0.001) and storm surges (X2 = 74.34, df =8, p<0.001)]. The respondents' level of education was significantly different from their level of climate change awareness (X2=44.88, df=4, p<0.001). Conclusion: Forest-adjacent communities in the Kakamega-Nandi forest ecosystem complex are vulnerable to climate change as a result of insufficient knowledge about climate change and its impacts. The Kakamega-Nandi forest ecosystem is already experiencing climate change effects such as erratic rainfall and increasing food insecurity.

scholarly journals Fishing Crafts and Gears in Buug, Dumanquillas Bay, Philippines

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Bryan L. Bitantos ◽  
Lovena Grace Amor T. Dela Cruz ◽  
Jay Pril M. Natuil ◽  
Wellmor John R. Sabado
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Illegal Fishing ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Fish Catch ◽  
Key Informant Interview ◽  
Fishing Practices

Dumanquillas Bay is a body of saltwater and the major source of food located in the Southern Mindanao. It has been observed that marine resources and fish catch in the area are declining. This study assumed that fishing practices affect the decline of marine and fish catch in the bay. A study on the documentation of fishing practices in the area is reported here. Key informant interview (KII), focus group discussion, direct observation and document archival were used. Twenty-three (23) fishing practices were observed in the area. Based on R.A. 10654 or the Philippine Fisheries Code, five (5) fishing practices were identified in the bay which are illegal. These are “pahulbot sa lalum”, “pahulbot sa mabaw”, “panubli”, “panguryente” and “troll” that destroys sea grasses, coral reefs and the sea beds. The illegal fishing practices identified poses a threat to the marine resources. It implies weak implementation of fishing policies among the LGU’s and other concerned government institutions and NGA’s. Capacity building, CEPA campaign and committed implementation of the Philippine Fisheries Code (R.A. 10654) should be implemented by the PAMB and stakeholders in the community to manage the remaining coastal marine resources thereby uplifting the socio-economic status of the coastal community and achieve sustainability.

scholarly journals Child Marriage among Maasai Girl Students in Tanzania: The Case of Kilosa District

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-71
Author(s):  
Jonathan Ndaula
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Close Monitoring ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
The Government ◽  
Girl Students

This study explored the reasons for persistence of child marriage among Maasai girl-students in Tanzania. Three research questions guided this study, namely: Why does girl students’ marriage among the Maasai community of Tanzania continue to exist? What is the position of education stakeholders in protecting girls from child marriage? What strategies should be taken to address child marriage in the Maasai community? The study employed qualitative research approach where a case study design was used to explore the problem. It adopted interviews, focus group discussion and observations as research methods. Purposive and snowball sampling strategies were employed to get 39 participants who were involved in this study. Data were analysed qualitatively through thematic analysis strategies. The findings revealed that child marriage is still practiced in the Maasai community where the legible age for marriage of Maasai girls range from 6 to 15 years depending on the number of competing men and the economic status of the family of the boy or girl. Society members employ persuasion and pressure, transfer of students, pregnancy and corruption to enable marriage of Maasai girl students. In addition, the findings revealed that Maasai traditions and customs, fear of early pregnancies, corruption and irresponsibility of leaders, poverty and undervaluing of education are the factors contributing to persistence of child marriage among the Maasai girl students. The study recommends that the government in collaboration with other stakeholders should aggressively implement laws protecting children. A close monitoring of local leaders’ actions by top government leaders to help combating child marriage is also recommended. Moreover, joint efforts are needed to educate society members and girl-students on the negative impact of child marriage and the importance of girls’ education.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Causes of Deforestation in Malawi: A Case of Mwazisi

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Ngwira ◽  
Teiji Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
United States Geological Survey ◽  
Agriculture Expansion ◽  
Customary Land

Deforestation is recognized as a major driver of the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. It also disturbs natural processes such as biogeochemical, hydrological, and ecological cycles. In Malawi, deforestation is estimated to be responsible for the loss of 33,000 hectares per year, and is mainly attributed to agriculture expansion, tobacco growing, and excessive use of biomass. However, little research has been conducted at either the local level or that of forests located on customary land. This research aimed to identify and analyze the underlying driving factors associated with the proximate factors of agriculture expansion, tobacco growing, and brick burning in Mwazisi. Landsat images for 1991, 2004, and 2017 were downloaded from the United States Geological Survey website and used to analyze changes in forest cover. Interviews with households (n = 399) and Natural Resource Committee members, a focus group discussion with key officers, and observations were conducted during field data collection in 2017. The results of the land cover analysis showed that forest covered 66% of the study area in 1991, and by 2017 it had decreased to 45.8%. Most households depend on wood from customary land forests for tobacco curing (69%) and brick burning (68%). Furthermore, 47.6% of the households have expanded their agriculture land by approximately 0.57 hectares during the past 15 years. The interview survey and the focus group discussion identified that the underlying driving factors towards these anthropogenic activities are: (a) population growth, (b) poverty, (c) expensive alternative building materials, (d) lack of awareness, (e) lack of resources, (f) lack of commitment from the tobacco companies, and (g) market system of the cash crops grown in the area. In conclusion, a set of economic, institutional, social, and demographic factors, which are associated with imbalanced relationship between rural and urban areas, underpin agriculture expansion, tobacco growing, and brick burning, and have thereby contributed to the decline of the forest cover in Mwazisi, Malawi.

The appraisal of positive life changes following cancer diagnosis: An interview study

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUE KOMURA ◽  
JOHN R. HEGARTY
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Cancer Support ◽  
Cancer Support Group ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Positive Impacts

Objective: This research examines positive life changes that cancer patients may experience following their diagnosis. Although cancer is often believed to have negative impacts on the life of patients, positive impacts have been also discussed empirically. This study focuses on cancer patients' appraisal of positive life changes following their diagnosis and examines how and in which fields they recognize their lives as positively changed based on the study of Petrie et al. (1999).Methods: A total of eight cancer patients in a cancer support group participated in this research. A group discussion and semistructured interviews were conducted. Content analysis was applied.Results: The content analysis produced insights into the seven types of cancer-related life changes: improved empathy, greater knowledge about health, renewed recognition of life, change in personal life priorities, greater appreciation of health and life, improved close relationships, and healthy lifestyle change. Negative life changes were also reported.Significance of the research: This research showed that cancer patients tended to find and appraise their own positive life changes following cancer. The categorization of positive life changes basically supported that of Petrie et al. (1999), but produced an original category: renewed recognition of life. Positive life changes might be seen as a natural process that encourages patients' adjustment to cancer. Understanding positive impacts of cancer could be important in capturing the life-sized features of cancer patients. Future research could expand the view of the impacts of cancer and demonstrate how people recognize them as benefits.

scholarly journals The Added Value of An Open Narrative in Verbal Autopsies – A Mixed-Methods Evaluation from Malawi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Loh ◽  
Edward Fottrell ◽  
James Beard ◽  
Naor Bar-Zeev ◽  
Tambosi Phiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Added Value ◽  
World Health ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Additional Time

Abstract Background: The World Health Organization’s standardised verbal autopsy (VA) instrument consists of closed questions, ascertaining signs and symptoms of illness preceding death, and an optional open narrative. As VA analyses increasingly use automated algorithms, the inclusion of narratives should be justified. We evaluated the role of open narratives on VA processes, data quality and respondent emotion.Methods: A mixed-methods analysis was conducted using VA process data for deaths of children aged 0–59 months between April 2013 and November 2016 in Mchinji district, Malawi. Deaths were randomised at the point of interview to receive closed questions only or an open narrative followed by closed questions. Upon concluding the VA, interviewers self-completed questions relating to respondent emotions. Logistic regression was conducted to determine associations with visible emotions during VAs. A group discussion with the interviewers was conducted at the project end, to understand field experiences and explore future recommendations. Qualitative data were coded using deductive themes.Results: A total of 2509 VAs were included, with 49.8% (n = 1341) allocated to open narratives. Narratives lasted a median of 7 minutes (range: 1–113 minutes). Interviewers reported improved respondent rapport and felt narratives improved data quality, although there was no difference in the proportion of deaths with an indeterminate cause (5.3% vs. 6.1%). The majority of respondents did not display visible emotions during VA (81%). Those with a narrative had higher, but not statistically significant, odds of displaying emotion (aOR: 1.20; 95% CI: 0.98, 1.47). Factors associated with visible emotions were: infant deaths compared to neonates; deaths at a health centre or en-route to hospital versus home; and higher socio-economic status. Non-parental respondents and increased time between death and interview were associated with lower odds of emotion.Conclusion: Conducting an open narrative at the start of the VA to build rapport, something valued by the interviewers, may outweigh the additional time taken and slight increase in respondents becoming emotional. However, undue burdens associated with narratives may be further justified if the quality and utility of information from the narrative was promoted through standardised recommendations.

scholarly journals Variations in Parental Participation in Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities of University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 239-249
Author(s):  
Tahira Batool ◽  
Jannat Riaz
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Parental Participation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Participation Level ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This research was aims to examine the point of view of university students about parental participation in their curricular and co-curricular activities. It explores the comparisons in parental participation level regarding students gender, socio-economic status in public and private universities. This exploration followed the quantitative research method. The sample for this research consisted of the graduation students (boys and girls) of public and private sector universities which were located in Lahore district. A random sampling procedure was used to collect data from boys and girls studying in different universities. The sample size of this survey was 300 students. The researcher has constructed a questionnaire for finding out the opinions of students about their parental participation in their academics. After the collection of data, the data were analyzed. Findings of the research revealed that parental involvement was different due to gender, education and social status of university students.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF DIFFERENT WELFARE SCHEMES ONSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF FOREST DWELLERS IN MADHYA PRADESH

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 785-793
Author(s):  
Sanjukta Mudgal ◽  
◽  
J.V. Sharmaa
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Agro Ecological Zones ◽  
Positive Impacts

The Parliament, on 29 December 2006, passed a historic legislation called The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, popularly called FRA, 2006, to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs). One of the objectives of the Act is to strengthen the conservation regime of the forests while ensuring livelihood and food security of the forest dwellers. While recognizing and vesting various rights in forest dwelling STs & OTFDs several welfare schemes to improve the productivity of forest land recognized and thereby to uplift the socio-economic status of forest dwellers have been carried out. Besides, the development rights provided under Section 3(2) for creation of infrastructure etc. in the villages also play an important role in this direction. A study was conducted to assess the FRA’s impact on socio-economic status of the forest dwellers in Madhya Pradesh considering that the State has got extensive forest areas, large forest dwelling tribal communities, presence of diverse agro-ecological zones, and being pioneer in the implementation of FRA. Survey was carried out in six districts viz. Chhindwara, Mandla, Badwani, Khargone, Shahdol and Sidhhi and the result reveals that different welfare schemes implemented for the benefits of forest dwellers and recognized forest land have created overall positive impacts on their socio-economic status, post implementation of FRA 2006.

scholarly journals The Representation of Health Literacy Level in Millennial Adolescents Healthy Living Behaviour

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-282
Author(s):  
Indira Irawati ◽  
Laksmi Laksmi
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Health Literacy Level ◽  
Gender Education

The purpose of this study was to identify the level of health literacy among millennial adolescents in Indonesia based on gender, education level, and economic status, and their representation in healthy living behaviors. This research used a quantitative approach with a case study analysis method. Respondents are teenagers from 15-18 years old at high school. The questionnaire was distributed to 655 samples, in February-March 2021. The result showed that millennial adolescents had a habit of looking for health information, especially through electronic media. They explored the disease and medication when there were relatives who get ill. They communicated with medical workers and were likely to be interested in modern health information. They were able to analyze and critique health information although it was a simple one. Adolescents did not manage health information systematically because they did not study it deeper. The millennial adolescents had a literacy rate of functional, interactive, and critical in the good categories, but the value of the coefficient of critical literacy levels was low. The factors that influenced this level were a robust economy, excellent education, and female gender identity. The representation of the level of literacy was manifested in an understanding of disease, medication, and healthy lifestyles, simply limited to their needs as adolescents. The suggestion was the need to increase health information maximally; as well as role models for managing health information so that adolescents could implement health practices independently

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