IOSR-JHSS   Volume-6 ~ Issue-6 ~ Jan-Feb-2013

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Accessibility, Usage of Reproductive Health Information and Attitude towards Reproductive Health Practices of Female Adolescents with Hearing Impairment in Lagos and Oyo States, Nigeria
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Oyewumi, Adebomi, Adigun Olufemi
	:	10.9790/0837-0660107

Abstract:The study investigated the accessibility and usability of reproductive health information and the attitude of female adolescents with hearing impairment towards reproductive health practices. A survey research design and multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 155 female adolescents with hearing impaired in Oyo and Lagos state respectively. Two research questions and two hypotheses were generated for the study. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.71. Communication barrier, cost, and resources and negative societal attitude were found to influence accessibility and usability of reproductive health information by female adolescents with hearing impairment also; accessibility of reproductive health information has significant relative influence on the attitude towards reproductive health practices. The composite effect of accessibility and usability of reproductive health information was found to be significant with attitude towards reproductive health practice of female adolescents with hearing impairment. The study therefore concluded that access to and usage of reproductive health information could lead to healthy reproductive lifestyle. Based on the findings, female adolescents with hearing impairment should be given equal access to adequate reproductive health information and professionals should make concerted effort to develop a positive attitude towards persons with special needs.
Keywords: Accessibility, hearing impairment, information, usage, reproductive health

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Abstract: Whether we like or not, globalization is changing the way we work and live. We are increasingly faced with complexities and to be successful in this environment, we need good communicative skills that can help us make reliable decisions and acquire new knowledge. But what do we mean by good communicative skills? Basically it comes down to one single concept - \'linguistic competence\'. Since language is an integral part of globalization, competence in one common language, i.e. English, has become even more crucial than before. Thousands of researches have been done on different approaches, methods and their effectiveness in ELT. Language Lab based ELT is not a new concept either. This paper aims at sharing some experiences with the readers and ELT practitioners about the actual effectiveness observed by the author being the instructor/\'mediator\' of English language classes in the language lab.
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Abstract:Kamala Das belongs to the first generation of modern English poets who evolved a new poetics for themselves and made a new start both in theme and technique around 1960's. The first phase of Indo-Anglican poetry ended in 1950's. To the poets of this period the spirit of modernism was almost alien. Their main preoccupation was the spirit of nationalism and the war of independence, partition of country. It was only in the sixtees that things began to take a new dimension where a new generation of young poets took control of the Indo-Anglican poetic realm. Kamala Das is one of the most powerful voices of this post-colonial era. In Kamala Das's poetry we find the best expression of feminine sensibility, its suppression in a male dominated society. So her poetry is confessional and auto-biographical to a great extent, but at times she universalizes what is personal. This research paper would unfold how she rebels against the conventional restraints of society which are meant to exploit women in this man made world. "An Introduction" and "Stone Age" are two of her best known poems where she is intensely conscious of herself as woman, and through writing about the self she challenges the accepted notions of the female and redraft general opinion of the feminine mystique.
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Abstract:Data Mining is used to extract meaningful information and to developed significant relationship among variables stored in large data warehouse [1]. "Educational data mining is an emerging discipline concern with developing methods for exploring the unique type of data that come from educational setting and using those methods to better understand students and the setting which they learn in" as defined by the educational data mining community [2] . Education is an essential element for the progress of country. Mining in educational environment is called educational data mining. It is concerned with developing new methods to discover knowledge from educational database [3]. Educational data mining provides a set of techniques, which can help the educational system to overcome these issues [4]. The objective of this research is to introduce educational data mining by describing step by step process using technique of K-means (Clustering Methods). The student evaluation factors like mid-term and final exam assignment are studied. This study will help the teacher to reduced drop-out ratio to a significant level and improve the performance of students.
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