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Social Capital and its implication on Health Promotion among rural Primary Schools in Botswana
Get PDFThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 1.7 million child and adolescent deaths in 2016. These deaths were due to road injuries, diarrhoeal diseases, consequences of non-communicable diseases and environmental hazards. Whilst most of these deaths are deemed preventable through school health promotion programs, there are challenges with availability of healthcare professionals and resources for health promotion, particularly in rural settings. WHO further estimates a 1.1 million global shortage of healthcare professionals by 2030, further limiting the availability of human resources for school health promotion programs. This study therefore analysed the implications of social capital in health promotion among rural primary schools. The objective was to examine the evidence for what is possible and likely to work in rural social and health capital investment. A qualitative approach, through semi-structured interviews, wasselected to study the beliefs and practices of teachers regarding health promotion. This study found that parental negligence, poor hygiene and lack of in-service and post-service training of teachersin health-related matters were among the major health promotion challenges in a rural district of Botswana. Strengthening social capital could yield positive results in improving inclusive and sustainable health promotion strategies in rural primary schools, where there is a burden of need
Tiadanya Tinta Merah dan Bermisi dalam Dunia yang Tunggang Langgang (The Missing Ink and Being Missional in a Runaway World)
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
From 'Hit Tahun' to 'Al-ala Kit': Identity Construction among the Dawanese in Timor
No full textThis article is a preliminary attempt to examine the construction of identity among the Dawanese, in Timor, Indonesia. The identity construction here is conceptualised as an on-going process of meaning-making through which individuals and groups define who they are and how they live their lives. This meaning-making process characterises also the life-journey of an individual or a people. This article suggests that the identity of Dawanese is constructed based upon the local binary concept of Kase-Meto. Using such a concept, the Dawanese unavoidably develop a way of seeing oneself through the window of an imagined other. In order to reform or even change the way of identity construction that is very closely attached to the binary concept of Kase-Meto, I argue for radical efforts to weaken the polarisation of Kase-Meto on one hand, and to make use of this concept as an opportunity for positive developments, on the other hand, through the development of a more effective educational system.This article is a preliminary attempt to examine the construction of identity among the Dawanese, in Timor, Indonesia. The identity construction here is conceptualised as an on-going process of meaning-making through which individuals and groups define who they are and how they live their lives. This meaning-making process characterises also the life-journey of an individual or a people. This article suggests that the identity of Dawanese is constructed based upon the local binary concept of Kase-Meto. Using such a concept, the Dawanese unavoidably develop a way of seeing oneself through the window of an imagined other. In order to reform or even change the way of identity construction that is very closely attached to the binary concept of Kase-Meto, I argue for radical efforts to weaken the polarisation of Kase-Meto on one hand, and to make use of this concept as an opportunity for positive developments, on the other hand, through the development of a more effective educational system
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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