University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Parent and youth communication patterns on HIV and AIDS, STIs and sexual matters: opportunities and challenges
(OMICS International, www.omicsonline.org/, 2015-04-24)Background: This paper describes communication patterns of parents and their adolescent children with regard to sexual matters, HIV and AIDS and other STIs from the perspectives of parents, youth and key informants. ... -
Physical violence against health staff by mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital in Botswana
(BioMed Central, www.biomedcentral.com, 2018-05-11)Background: Workplace violence is worrisome in the mental health sector. Little is understood about it in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, we decided to investigate the prevalence, related factors, and the available sources ... -
Early-onset psychosis in an adolescent with DiGeorge syndrome: a case report
(AOSIS, http://aosis.co.za/, 2018-02-21)DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) was first described in 1829 by Dr Angelo DiGeorge. DGS is a cluster of symptoms because of a defect in the development of the pharyngeal pouch. Evidence from cytogenetic studies has linked the ... -
An innovative educational approach to professional development of medical laboratory scientists in Botswana
(Dove Medical Press, https://www.dovepress.com/, 2014-04-11)Purpose: To address the shortage of laboratory scientists in Botswana, an innovative, one-year academic bridging program was initiated at the University of Botswana, to advance diploma-holding laboratory technicians towards ... -
Shaping the role of sub-Saharan African Nurses and Midwives: stakeholder’s perceptions of the Nurses’ and Midwives’ tasks and roles
(AOSIS, http://aosis.co.za/, 2013-05-31)To explore the role expectations of different stakeholders in the health care system on the roles and tasks that nurses and midwives perform, in order to clarify and strengthen these roles and shape the future of nursing ... -
Impediments for the uptake of the Botswana Government’s male circumcision initiative for HIV prevention
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, https://www.hindawi.com/, 2013)Botswana remains one of the countries with high prevalence of HIV infection with a population prevalence rate of 17.6 in 2008. In 2009, the Ministry of Health launched male circumcision as an additional strategy to the ... -
Scenarios in HIV/AIDS prevention research: insights from literature and research in Botswana
(Scientific Research,www.scirp.org/, 2013)The difficulties in communication about sexuality- related matters in HIV prevention require appropri- ate research approaches. Scenarios can be useful in qualitative, quantitative research methods and inter- ventions ... -
Partnering with Batswana youth and families for HIV and AIDS prevention
(Scientific Research,www.scirp.org/, 2013)Introduction: This qualitative study triangulated data from adolescents, parents, and key informants in Gaborone, Botswana on adolescents’ risks for HIV infection, STIs and pregnancy, the types of relationships they get ... -
The meaning, lived experiences and intentions for safer sex communication among young Batswana women in dyadic relationships
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2012)Increased heterosexual transmission of HIV among young women and their difficulties with safer sex com- munication calls for women-focused research. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the mean- ing and lived ... -
Non-communicable diseases in antiretroviral therapy recipients in Kagera Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
(African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET); www.afenet.net/, 2013-11-06)Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe the extent of self-reported non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) recipients in Kagera region in Tanzania and their effect ... -
Antibacterial and antioxidant potential of Albizia anthelmintica as a medicinal plant on pathogenic veterinary isolates
(Academic Journals, https://academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR, 2018-11-10)Albizia anthelmintica is a medicinal plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is widely used by smallholder farmers and pastoralists to treat internal parasites in their livestock. This study aimed to determine the ... -
Knowledge of computer vision syndrome among computer users in the workplace in Abuja, Nigeria
(Academic Journals; www.academicjournals.org, 2013-09)Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge and extent of computer vision syndrome (CVS) among computer users at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Abuja, ... -
Respiratory physiology training in Tanzania: need to focus on primary respiratory care
(Academic Journals; www.academicjournals.org, 2011-05)Effective management of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by General Practitioners is likely to be compromised by respiratory physiology training that has main focus on acute respiratory diseases with high ... -
An 80 year old hermaphroditic with HughBrenner Brenner tumor: A rare case report and review of literature
(African Journal of Urology; https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aju, 2018-03-09)Introduction: Hermaphroditism is a general term used to describe a sexual development disorder usually diagnosed at an early stage in sexual development. However, this is a report of an 80 year old sexual ambiguity patient ... -
A case for the promotion of indigenous knowledge for entrepreneurship development in developing countries: The case of Botswana
(Office of Research and Development, University of Botswana. http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/pula/index, 2017)The past decade has experienced economic recession which has manifested itself in higher unemployment figures, especially among the youth including university graduates. For those countries endowed with indigenous knowledge ... -
Analysis of rainfall and temperature time series to detect long-term climatic trends and variability over semi-arid Botswana
(Indian Academy of Sciences, https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Journal_of_Earth_System_Science/, 2018-03)Arid and semi-arid environments have been identified with locations prone to impacts of climate variability and change. Investigating long-term trends is one way of tracing climate change impacts. This study investigates ... -
Impact of bias‐corrected reanalysis‐derived lateral boundary conditions on WRF simulations
(American Geophysical Union, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19422466, 2017-07-13)Lateral and lower boundary conditions derived from a suitable global reanalysis data set form the basis for deriving a dynamically consistent finer resolution downscaled product for climate and hydrological assessment ... -
Sustainability management and tourism impacts on communities: Residents’ attitudes in Maun and Tshabong, Botswana
(AfricaJournals, https://www.ajhtl.com/, 2017)Sustainability management and especially socio-cultural sustainability of tourism is premised on community awareness, participation and deriving socio-economic benefits from tourism. The purpose of the study was to ... -
Potential effects of prolonged ultraviolet radiation exposure in plants: chloroplast DNA analysis
(IDOSI Publications, http://idosi.org/, 2007)The present study on the Namaqualand daisy, Dimorphotheca sinuata sought to address two main questions: - first whether the natural populations show any evidence of variation in the chloroplast genome, and secondly if the ... -
Sustainable development: energy matters
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2010-03-31)The lecture deals with the role of energy in sustainable development of human society, and related energy issues. Social, cultural and technological development of human society is intertwined with the discovery and ...