scholarly journals Women’s Knowledge and Attitudes on Established Breastmilk Bank in Limpopo Province, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Mahlatjie Mantji ◽  
Bopape Makoma ◽  
Mothiba Tebogo
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Healthy Infants ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge

BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is recommended as the best practice which results in normal growth and development of the healthy infants.  In cases where the mother is unable to provide adequate breastmilk due to unavoidable circumstances, pasteurised donated breastmilk from the bank should be considered for hospitalized or preterm babies. OBJECTIVES: To explore and describe women’s knowledge and attitudes related to established breastmilk bank in Mankweng area. METHODS: An explorative descriptive contextual qualitative research was conducted. Data was collected using semi-structured, one-on-one interviews at the rural hospital and a rural clinic in Limpopo province. Purposive sampling method was used to select participants of this study. Adherence to criteria for trustworthiness was aimed at ensuring that the findings become credible, transferable, confirmable and dependable. Ethical standards were adhered to in order to protect identity, dignity, rights and welfare of the study participants. Data was analysed using Tesch’s open coding method. FINDINGS: Women at the hospital have knowledge related to breastmilk bank whilst the ones at the clinic have insufficient knowledge about breastmilk bank. The participants have shown positive attitudes towards donating breastmilk to the bank, whilst on the other hand negative attitudes towards receiving donated breastmilk from the bank were identified due to fears of contracting infections mainly HIV. CONCLUSION: Women at the clinic, have insufficient knowledge and negative attitudes towards the established breastmilk bank. However, they were more willing to donate rather than to accept donated human milk from the bank. On the other hand, women at the hospital are knowledgeable about the breastmilk bank and they revealed positive attitudes towards the established breastmilk bank. It is recommended that the established breastmilk bank should be well promoted and well publicised to the community members in order to utilise the bank effectively and efficiently.

scholarly journals Performances of Myanmar Military in COVID-19 Pandemic Period & Disparities of Public Attitudes on Myanmar Military "Between Before COVID-19 And Present COVID-19 Period"

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 584-598
Author(s):  
Phyoe Marnn ◽  
Thaw Tar Oo ◽  
Phyo Moh Moh Zin ◽  
Nizeyimana Jean Claude
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
National League

COVID-19 is well known as “Global Pandemic” and it is a dreadful disaster on the world. However, on the other hand, COVID-19 pandemic becomes study issues for many researchers and their juniors and followers. Moreover, some negative attitudes of some Myanmar people to Myanmar National Soldiers become positive attitudes of them. Myanmar has many conflicts between some people who stand with NLD (National League for Democracy) and some people who stand with Myanmar Military. On Social Media pages, Myanmar public have quarreled and they are still quarrelling even in public areas and moreover family members become conflicts due to their favorite organization and poor knowledge of politics. Myanmar Tradition was so gentle and polite and polite people of Myanmar never abused other people and they had extremely tolerance each other before social media did not share rumors of Myanmar Military and Government. This conflicts are severe more and more and it is becoming bad situation of unity of Myanmar. Unfortunately, COVID-19 pandemic appeared as global disasters and Myanmar Military was ready to support public by taking their responsibilities. Military Quarantine Centers for public are so systematical and patients and their families don’t need to worry about their medical care services, medicines and their daily meals and moreover for their necessary daily items are ready placed there. COVID-19 is so cruel warfare for every country and on the other hand, this warfare could reform “Unity Damage” of Myanmar. 57% of negative attitudes of some Myanmar people have been decreased. This study aimed to reform “Noble Unity” of Myanmar and some conditions of COVID-19 were recorded to protect fake informations of COVID-19 periods by some social media pages. The researchers hope “Developed Myanmar” with “Noble Unity and Peace”.

scholarly journals Učenici o savjetodavnoj funkciji pedagoga škole

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antun Rozmarić
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge ◽  
Advisory Function

The results of a research done in some elementary schools shows that the advisory function of the pedagogue does not fulfil the expectations of the pupils to the required extent.Pupils, on one hand, are not acquainted and encouraged enough to contact, freely with Ike pedagogue of the school, while, on the other hand, pedagogues are not available sufficiently Io Ihe pupils because of their obligations, and especially because of their insufficient knowledge, relevant for their advisory work.The research was done in 1985/86. in some elementary schools all over Zagreb.

scholarly journals Gambaran Pengetahuan dan Sikap Ibu Hamil dalam Pencegahan Anemia pada Kehamilan di Indonesia

e-CliniC ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delviana Devi ◽  
Anastasia M. Lumentut ◽  
Eddy Suparman
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Sufficient Knowledge ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Anemia During Pregnancy ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract: The level of knowledge and behavior of pregnant women regarding anemia during pregnancy affects how they maintain their pregnancies, therefore, the occurrence of anemia during pregnancy can be prevented. This study was aimed to obtain the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women in preventing anemia in pregnancy in Indonesia. This was a literature review study by using four databases, as follows: Pubmed, ClinicalKey, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. Keywords used were anemia AND pregnant woman AND knowledge OR attitude AND Indonesia in Pubmed, ClinicalKey, and ScienceDirect; and anemia AND pregnant women AND knowledge AND attitudes in Google Scholar. There were 11 literatures selected in this study. According to the knowledge of pregnant women about anemia, five literatures showed that the majority of pregnant women had sufficient knowledge, the other four literatures showed poor knowledge, while good knowledge was obtained in two literatures. According to attitude, seven studies got positive attitudes, three studies got negative attitudes, and one study got the same number of positive and negative attitudes. In conclusion, the majority of pregnant women in several regions in Indonesia have sufficient knowledge about anemia and its prevention, and have a positive attitude towards anemia prevention in pregnancy.Keywords: knowledge, attitudes, pregnant women, anemia. Abstrak: Tingkat pengetahuan dan perilaku ibu hamil mengenai anemia saat kehamilan berpengaruh terhadap cara ibu hamil menjaga kehamilannya sehingga dapat membantu dalam mencegah anemia selama kehamilan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan dan sikap ibu hamil dalam pencegahan anemia pada kehamilan di Indonesia. Jenis penelitian ialah literature review dengan pencarian literatur menggunakan empat database yaitu Pubmed, ClinicalKey, ScienceDirect dan Google Scholar. Kata kunci yang digunakan yaitu anemia AND pregnant woman AND knowledge OR attitude AND Indonesia pada Pubmed, ClinicalKey, dan ScienceDirect, dan menggunakan kata kunci anemia AND ibu hamil AND pengetahuan AND sikap pada Google Scholar. Hasil seleksi mendapatkan 11 literatur yang diteliti. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa menurut pengetahuan ibu hamil mengenai anemia, lima penelitian menunjukkan mayoritas ibu hamil memiliki pengetahuan cukup, empat literatur lainnya menunjukkan hasil pengetahuan buruk, sedangkan hasil pengetahuan baik didapatkan pada dua penelitian. Menurut sikap, tujuh penelitian mendapat hasil sikap positif, tiga penelitian mendapat hasil sikap negatif, dan satu penelitian mendapat hasil yang sama banyak untuk positif dan negatif. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah mayoritas ibu hamil di beberapa daerah di Indonesia memiliki pengetahuan cukup mengenai anemia dan pencegahan, serta memiliki sikap positif terhadap pencegahan anemia pada kehamilan.Kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, ibu hamil, anemia

scholarly journals Innovation in construction firms of different sizes: drivers and strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1210-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhai Meng ◽  
Andrew Brown
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The Other ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Design Firms

Purpose The importance of innovation has been increasingly highlighted in construction as a large and complex industry sector that is more challenging than ever before. To bridge the knowledge gap about how firm size affects innovation in construction, the purpose of this paper is to explore firm-level innovation through an empirical investigation and compare innovation in construction firms of different sizes in terms of drivers and strategies. Design/methodology/approach This research adopts a combination of a literature review, a group of qualitative interviews and a quantitative questionnaire survey. In this research, the questionnaire survey is the main instrument to collect empirical data. Main contractors, subcontractors and specialist contractors as well as suppliers of labor, material and equipment are used in this research to represent construction firms of different sizes. On the other hand, client organizations, design firms and management consultants are not included in this research. Findings This research provides clear evidence for the embrace of innovation in construction. Many forces can drive construction firms to innovate and many strategies can be applied to construction innovation. Innovation drivers can be either internal or external. On the other hand, innovation strategies fall into four categories: technology, resource, marketing and management. For innovation drivers and strategies, both commonalities and differences can be found among construction firms of different sizes. Originality/value The finding of commonalities describes the general trend of innovation development in construction. It also encourages all construction firms to innovate regardless of firm size. On the other hand, the finding of differences enables construction firms of different sizes to realize what forces better drive their innovation and what strategies are more appropriate for their innovation. A thorough understanding of innovation drivers and strategies offers an important framework for construction organizations and practitioners to pursue best practice.

Burgeoning of Islamic Cultures and Lifestyles in Malaysia: Conservatism Revisited

Sains Insani ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Arfah Ab. Majid
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Human Reason ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Promising Development

In Malaysia, the burgeoning of Islamic cultures and lifestyles including the expansion and stringent shariah implementation, Islamic fashions and Islamic programs or events are all associated with deepening conservatism. On one hand, it is perceived as a promising development, but on the other hand it is also presumed as a threat to tolerance and moderate values endorsed by Islam. This is simply because conservatism is often misinterpreted as extreme, exclusive, discriminative and oppressive attitudes and actions. But does conservatism really reflect and promote those detrimental values? How does conservatism as a concept that often used in political and social discourse can be used as a tool to explain religious phenomena? Using content analysis, this paper attempts to uncover the concept of conservatism from the theological and philosophical perspectives and discusses the relevance of conservatism and other existing categories of Islamic thought in Malaysia. This paper proposes that conservatism is a philosophy that is against the idea of autonomy of reason without revelation. Conservatism therefore is known as “philosophy of imperfection.” Any negative attitudes or actions are not caused by conservatism, nevertheless, they are due to the sole dependence on imperfect human reason that is unaided but revelation. This finding has revisited and redefined the existing concept of conservatism and other categories of Islamic thought according to Malaysian context and consequently explains the by-product of the burgeoning of Islamic cultures and lifestyles in Malaysia. Future research should focus on empirical method to assess conservatism and its effects on Malaysian society.Keywords: Islam, cultures, conservatism, thought, Malaysia Abstrak: Di Malaysia, kebangkitan budaya dan gaya hidup Islam termasuklah pengembangan dan pelaksanaan shariah yang ketat, fesyen-fesyen dan program-program atau acara-acara berbentuk keislaman semuanya dikaitkan dengan peningkatan konservatisme. Di satu sudut, ia dilihat sebagai perkembangan yang menggalakkan, namun di satu sudut yang lain ia dilihat sebagai satu ancaman kepada nilai-nilai toleransi dan kesederhanaan yang dianjurkan oleh Islam. Ini adalah kerana konservatisme sering disalahtafsirkan sebagai sikap dan perilaku yang ekstrim, eksklusif, diskriminatif dan opresif. Namun adakah konservatisme benar-benar mencerminkan dan mempromosikan nilai-nilai yang memudaratkan tersebut? Bagaimanakah konservatisme sebagai konsep yang kerap digunapakai dalam wacana politik dan sosial boleh digunakan sebagai alat untuk menerangkan fenomena agama? Dengan menggunakan kaedah analisis kandungan, makalah ini cuba untuk mendedahkan konsep konservatisme daripada perspektif teologi dan falsafah serta membincangkan perkaitan konservatisme dan konsep-konsep pemikiran Islam yang sedia ada di Malaysia. Makalah ini mencadangkan bahawa konservatisme adalah sebuah falsafah yang menentangi kekuasaan akal tanpa bimbingan wahyu. Oleh yang demikian, konservatisme dikenali sebagai “falsafah ketidaksempurnaan.” Sebarang sikap-sikap atau tindakan-tindakan yang negatif bukanlah disebabkan oleh konservatisme, namun ia disebabkan oleh pergantungan semata-mata kepada akal manusia yang tidak sempurna yang tidak dibimbing oleh wahyu. Penemuan ini telah menyemak dan mendefinisi semula konsep konservatisme sedia ada dan kategori-kategori pemikiran Islam yang lain bersesuaian dengan konteks Malaysia dan seterusnya menerangkan kesan tidak langsung peningkatan budaya dan gaya hidup Islam di Malaysia. Kajian akan datang sepatutnya menumpukan pada kaedah empirikal untuk menilai konservatisme dan kesannya ke atas masyarakat Malaysia.Katakunci: Islam, budaya, konservatisme, pemikiran, Malaysia

The Development of Coaching Guidelines for Instilling Passion in Sport

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-104
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Posner ◽  
Travis W. Eiler
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Team Cohesion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Team Environment

The article explains the importance for the athlete of the development of passion in sport. Action research is used to define and further clarify the importance of passion with respect to sport. Passion was found to be useful and important in helping an athlete focus and persist with the effort required to achieve excellence throughout the ups and downs of years of competition. A positive, fun, nurturing, and hardworking team environment was determined to be instrumental in stimulating and maintaining passion. On the other hand, negative attitudes and poor work ethic among teammates, inadequate coaching, poor team cohesion, and a lack of administrative support were found to inhibit the development of passion. Coaching guidelines to instill passion in sport for the athlete are provided based on a literature review as well as from action research.

scholarly journals Encouraging the growth of skills and innovation in the Netherlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 1955-1963
Author(s):  
Frans Pennings
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Training Policy ◽  
Start Ups

This paper describes an example of best practice in the Netherlands with respect to promoting the innovation of enterprises. This policy consists of promoting cooperation between knowledge centres (including universities) and enterprises, enabling the enterprises and start-ups to be located in the neighbourhood of knowledge centres and assisting them in obtaining the required permits, and, if necessary, grant subsidies. This policy has proved to be very successful. Developing a training policy for all sectors of economy, on the other hand, is more difficult. This becomes even more difficult if employers and employees have opposite interests, especially if employers fear that the newly trained worker will leave their job after acquiring the new qualification or if the worker has to reimburse the subsidy. Therefore, the establishment of training funds, made available for all employers and workers who want to qualify for another job, can contribute to the growth of skills.

Knowledge and Attitudes About Ageing: Their Effects on Auditory Rehabilitation Recommendations

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
Elinor Seville ◽  
Fiona M. Alpass ◽  
Nancy Pachana
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Chronic Health Condition ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Appropriate Treatment

As the proportion of the population over age 65 in many countries continues to grow, it becomes increasingly important for health care professionals to have well-grounded knowledge of ageing processes and positive attitudes towards their older clients. In New Zealand the third most limiting chronic health condition for older adults is hearing impairment. In this study, audiologists and hearing therapists in New Zealand were asked to complete measures of knowledge and attitudes towards older adults as well as a vignette measuring treatment options. While it was hypothesised that, due to audiologists' higher overall levels of academic qualifications gained, audiologists would have more knowledge and therefore better attitudes towards older adults, there was no difference between the groups' knowledge levels. Further analyses suggested that attitudes held were in part a function of gender and possibly education, with less educated females having more positive attitudes. While all participants had positive attitudes these did not always result in the most appropriate treatment. It was concluded that a lack of specific gerontological knowledge rather than negative attitudes resulted in less appropriate treatment recommendations for older adults.

scholarly journals A comparative analysis of strengths and weaknesses of corporate governance practices between two jurisdictions; UK and South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
King Costa ◽  
Thelela Ngcetane-Vika
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
The Other ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
The Uk

This paper is an exploration of theoretical aspects underpinning the practice of Corporate Governance (CG) in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Because of several corporate scandals and failures in the twenty and twenty first siècles, Corporate Governance has been a significant and crucial subject and field of study in business schools in recent years. Leadership and Management of business entities and alignment to prescripts that are statutory formulated for prevention of corporate decline and enhancement of sound business principles continue to be highly contentious issues. A theoretical and exploratory narrative synthesis was conducted to unearth the strengths and weaknesses of contextual explication, practice and legal application of Corporate Governance in both the United Kingdom and South Africa. In terms of the UK, the study found out that the CG is designed and benchmarked on international best practice, seamlessly fitting within all the Codes on Key Aspects of Corporate Governance. Secondly, another major element of strengths determination were found to be inherent in the practice of voluntary compliance. However, the greatest criticisms of Corporate Governance theories in the UK was the fact that their focus is largely on public corporations, especially those listed in London stock exchange and thus, leave behind small and medium enterprises. The cultural diversity is also found to be a cause for concern in terms of practice and legal application. On the other hand, in South Africa, the study found out that consideration for diversity is one of the greatest strengths in CG practice and legal application, which is likely to contribute effectively to good and sound decision-making, reflective of all people. Weaknesses continue to be the delay in realisation of board equity in terms of gender while on the other hand, corruption and lack of adherence to retributive prescripts remain problematic.

scholarly journals Association between HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes among African American Undergraduate Students in Jackson, Mississippi

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince Onyekachi Andrew ◽  
Azad R. Bhuiyan ◽  
Jung Hye Sung ◽  
Anthony Mawson ◽  
Mohammad Shahbazi
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Aids Knowledge ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Objective: This study aimed to determine HIV/AIDS knowledge level, attitudes toward individuals living with HIV/AIDS and to explore the relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among African American undergraduates in Jackson, Mississippi. Methods:  A cross-sectional method was used in this study. A total of 400 students were randomly selected from Jackson State University undergraduate students. Data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire on HIV/AIDS knowledge and their attitudes toward individuals living with HIV and AIDS. Results: Most of the students (96.5%) had good knowledge about HIV/AIDS, while some students had some misconceptions about HIV infection transmission. There was no significant difference between male and female students on HIV/AIDS knowledge in this study (χ2 = 3.05; P = 0.08). Most of the study participants (87.8%) showed positive attitudes toward individuals living with HIV/AIDS. However, there were some negative attitudes toward individuals living with HIV/AIDS among participants of this study. Male participants expressed more negative attitudes compared to female participants (19.1% vs. 8.5%, χ2 = 9.6; P < 0.002). HIV/AIDS knowledge was significantly associated with positive attitudes toward people living with the disease (p= 0.019, Pearson’s χ2 = 7.431). Conclusions:  In general, we concluded that most students (96.5%) in this study demonstrated high levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge and positive attitudes (87.8%). There was an association between knowledge of the disease and positive attitudes toward HIV/AIDS patients. However, there were HIV/AIDS knowledge gaps, misconceptions, and intolerant attitudes toward HIV positive patients also identified in this study. Hence, this study calls for more robust and age-appropriate HIV/AIDS awareness education programs geared towards reducing the impacts of negative attitudes toward individuals living with the disease, eliminating the gaps in HIV/AIDS knowledge and misconceptions identified in this study.

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