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The usage of Kiswahili in blog discourse and the effect on its development
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013)
Online communication is rapidly changing how language is being used. With the increasing number of social networks people are engaging in various discourses using various languages. Kiswahili is one of the languages being ...
Biting the Conservative Bullet in Kenya! The Quagmire of Sexually Explicit and Scary Pictorial Metaphors in AIDS Posters
(2013)
AIDS as an incurable ailment is no stranger to humankind. Most healthconscious watchdogs, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS, have lobbied for aggressive AIDS campaigns to sensitize populations within ...
Biting the Conservative Bullet in Kenya!
(Semantic Scholar, 2013)
AIDS prevention interventions (Doka 1997; Sontag 1988).This paper examines the cognitive effects of metaphors and metonymies emerging from sexually explicit images and scary pictorial representations in AIDS posters among ...
Distinguishing social and cultural features of cholera in urban and rural areas of Western Kenya: Implications for public health
(Routledge, 2013-05-01)
Urban and rural areas have distinctive health problems, which require consideration. To examine sociocultural features of cholera and its community context, a semi-structured explanatory model interview based on vignettes ...
Child physical abuse and neglect in Kenya, Zambia and the Netherlands: A cross‐cultural comparison of prevalence, psychopathological sequelae and mediation b...
(2013-04-01)
This study compared the prevalence of self‐reported childhood physical abuse and neglect and the associated psychopathological sequelae among Kenyan, Zambian, and Dutch university students. In addition, we sought to find ...
Challenges on implementation of art and design curriculum in secondary schools in Kenya
(Academic Research International, 2013)
Art and Design Curriculum contributes immensely in all areas of the society such as
Social/cultural, Economic, Political, Utilitarian, Communication and Personal
expression. This subject interlocks strongly within the ...
An Assessment of Ethical Issues in Social and Science Research
(The journal of psychology and behavioral sciences, 2013)
Ethical behavior is important in all aspect of life. This is certainly true of social research and Research in hard Sciences. The best way to think about ethical behavior is to ask how you would expect to be treated if ...
Publish or perish: challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing in institutions of higher learning in Kenya
(Routledge, 2013-04-01)
This article examines the challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing at two public universities in Kenya. Specifically, it interrogates the advances and bottlenecks of academic research and publishing ...
An exposition of some adapted lexemes in Dholuo
(Horizon Research Publishing, 2013)
The paper gives an exposition of some adapted
English lexemes into Dholuo. The work relied on a
descriptive design. Total purposive sampling technique was
incorporated in collecting secondary data to saturation level.
All ...
An Assessment of Ethical Issues in Social and Science Research
(International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)
Ethical behavior is important in all aspect of life. This is certainly true of social research and Research in
hard Sciences. The best way to think about ethical behavior is to ask how you would expect to be treated if ...