Browsing by Author "Haoses-Gorases, Lischen"

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    The link between routine diet, attention span and scholastic performance among grade 2 scholars in circuit one in Khomas Region, Namibia
    (2015) Tjituri, Elsie; Amukugo, Hans J.; Haoses-Gorases, Lischen
    In Namibia, almost one out of every three children under the age of five is undernourished while one out of every 20 is obese. Thus, the concerns are nature and quality of Grade 2 scholars’ routine diet; ability for sustained attention within a classroom setting should their routine diet fail to adequately provide sustained glucose and scholastic performance that may result from attention deficits due to presumed poor quality of routine diet. The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the link between routine diets, capacity for sustained attention span and scholastic performance among Grade 2 scholars in circuit one in Khomas region. The sampled population consisted of fifty seven (57) grade 2 scholars aged between 7-9 years from both Primary schools. The results showed no significant correlation as well as weak positive linear correlation between BMI percentile and likelihood of scholars giving attention in class r(N=57) =0.116 p=0.389. There was significant correlation as well as negative weak linear correlation between BMI percentile and arithmetic skill, r(57)= -0.274, p=0.039. Comparing scholars BMI percentile and reading skills showed no significant correlation as well as negative correlation between the scholars BMI percentile and reading skills, r(57)=-0.025, p=0.851. Comparing attention span and reading showed a significant and a moderate strong linear relationship between scholars’ attention span and reading skills, r(57) = 0.59, p<0.001. Whilst, there is significant and positive linear relationship between the scholars attention span and arithmetic skills, r(57)=0.34, p=0.009. Most scholars who participated in the study academically performed poorly in reading, arithmetic and psychometric tests despite majority of them having normal nutritional status. In conclusion, impairment of attention during lessons in classroom significantly contributed to poor performance in class and another contributing factor to poor academic performance can be associated with the classroom didactic).
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    Nursing and radiography students' perceptions of their learning climate at the School of Nursing, University of Namibia
    (2017) Small, Louis F.; Pretorius, Louise; Kuugongelwa, S.; Brinkman, C.; Bampton, Elizabeth L.; Anyolo, Epafras; Haoses-Gorases, Lischen; Amakali, Kristofina
    An effective learning climate is described as being humanistic, authentic, supportive and caring. Both the nurse educators and the institution alike therefore have a key responsibility to provide a caring environment that offers optimal learning opportunities for their students. Nevertheless, in biannual student forums anecdotal comments from the students, sometimes emotion laden and without specific detail, challenges have been identified regarding the learning climate. It was thus evident that problems relating to the learning climate existed among students and that these problems needed to be investigated and documented. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of Nursing and Radiography students about their learning climate during the course of their studies at the School of Nursing on the Windhoek campus of the University of Namibia. A quantitative, descriptive and analytical study was conducted during October 2013. The population included all the Nursing and Radiography students enrolled for that academic year at the School of Nursing. A questionnaire that focused on various aspects of the learning climate and support was used after pilot test. Ethical considerations were adhered to. Six of the eleven items discussed obtained a median score of less than 2.5 out of a possible 5, which is regarded as less than average. Suitable recommendations were subsequently submitted
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    Tobacco smoking among University of Namibia students: Behaviors, reasons, attitudes, awareness and knowledge of associated health risks
    (2013) Amakali, Kristofina; Haoses-Gorases, Lischen; Taukuheke, Letha
    The purpose of the study was to establish tobacco smoking as a behavior, and to recommend measures to protect and discourage tobacco smoking among students at the University of Namibia. A cross sectional study was conducted among students at the University of Namibia, to assess the determinants of tobacco smoking and smoking as a behavior. Two mixed methods, namely, quantitative and qualitative design were used for gathering the data for this survey. A probability sampling method was used and a sample of 996 out of about 10,000 students registered at the University of Namibia for the academic year 2002 were selected. Demographical data, reasons, attitudes towards and the knowledge of health risk from tobacco smoking as the determinants of tobacco smoking (independent variables) and smoking of tobacco as a function thereof (dependent variable) were analyzed. The results indicated that 169 of the participants, which translates to 17% of the then student population at the University of Namibia aged 15-35 years smoked different types of tobacco such as cigarettes, cigar and, even the dagga. The results demonstrated a significant relationship between demographical data of gender and age and smoking. Male students smoked more than female students (OR 4:1). Furthermore, the results indicated that male and female students of age 15 -19 smoked tobacco the most (32% of 12% respectively). The need to cope with the life experiences and subjective norms to peer pressure were some of the reasons for tobacco smoking among the students. In conclusion, the findings demonstrated a significant trend of tobacco smoking among the students at the University of Namibia. In that regards, a declaration of all university campuses as tobacco -free environment to protect students from being exposed to the cues to tobacco smoking and complemented with teaching health risks from tobacco smoking and the skills that are necessary to protect the students from being lured into the use of tobacco were recommendable.