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HIV disclosure and nondisclosure may have positive and negative impact on HIV positive clients and their sexual partners, family, and friends but very little was known in Zambia on the types of disclosure and its determinants. This study sought to answer two research questions; what risks or...

Scholars such as Hornby (1994), have proposed that the parents of disabled children go through a series of emotional adjustments which lead to the final state of acceptance of the child's condition. Based on Hornby's adaptation model, this study set out to establish the emotional adjustments made...

This study investigated knowledge and attitudes towards male circumcision in three residential areas of Lusaka. Using non-probability sampling technique, a total of 120 men were captured to whom a pre-tested questionnaire was administered. The analysis of study findings indicate that a...

Musculoskeletal conditions are a common cause of long-term pain and physical disability affecting many people worldwide. Additionally, these conditions have an enormous economic and social impact on the individual, society and national health systems. Although the burden of disease due to...

Later in the 1990s, the Community Based Therapeutic Care (CTC) program was introduced first in emergency areas (refugee camps, disaster areas), and later expanded to other locations where severe malnutrition existed. The program has several components including Out-Patient Therapeutic Care...

The Government of the Republic of Zambia together with Non-Governmental Organizations have been informing the nation about the dangers of HIV and AIDS since the 1990s. Although the HIV and AIDS pandemic has affected all age groups in society,the most vulnerable groups are women and young people...

Occupational stress has been described as an epidemic in that it is affecting every occupation, profession and work place around the globe (UNReport, 1998). The sources, patterns and other issues pertaining to occupational stress in organisations and work environments have recently attracted the...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that contributed to poor status of physical education in selected Basic schools in Chongwe District. To obtain primary data, a questionnaire with open and closed ended items was used. The observation method was also used to capture...

This study looked at the effects of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through School Programmes for In -Service for the Term (SPRINT) on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes. The purpose of the study was to find out if SPRINT had any effect on teacher classroom...