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The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SEACMEQ) is a consortium of 15 ministries of education in Southern and Eastern Africa that undertakes integrated research and training activities to monitor and evaluate the quality of basic education and generate information decision-makers can use to plan and ...
Some have hypothesized that this is due to their inferior positions in the culture, in which they may experience domestic violence, poverty, and inequality that can greatly contribute to depression. [4] [6] Moreover, research conducted in the United States, Chile and Spain found that cultural differences on the expectations of individuals based ...
The Poor White Problem in South Africa: Report of the Carnegie Commission" (1932) was a study of poverty among white South Africans that made recommendations about segregation that some have argued would later serve as a blueprint for Apartheid. [1]
The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) is Africa's largest mental health support and advocacy group and is involved in counseling, outreach and capacity building work throughout South Africa. [3] Since 1997, SADAG has initiated rural development projects in communities where there are little or no mental health care services ...
Mental health in education is the impact that mental health (including emotional, psychological, and social well-being) has on educational performance.Mental health often viewed as an adult issue, but in fact, almost half of adolescents in the United States are affected by mental disorders, and about 20% of these are categorized as “severe.” [1] Mental health issues can pose a huge problem ...
Research has shown African American youth are more likely to use stronger language to describe their symptoms of depression when compared to white youth. As a result, clinicians often misunderstand the language used by African American youths to express depression, mistaking it for aggression and irritability instead of recognizing signs of ...
Journal of Higher Education in Africa; Africa Review of Books (started 2005, ISSN 0851-7592) The ARB (Revue Africaine de Livres) is published twice yearly in English and in French. [17] It is piloted by both the Forum for Social Studies (FSS), and the National centre of research in social and cultural anthropology (CRASC). Africa Media Review
A meta-analysis of U.S.- and UK-based studies on the impact of ageism found associations with poorer mental health, well-being, physical and cognitive functioning, and survival chances. Research also finds that exposure to ageist stereotypes reduces memory performance, self-efficacy, and willingness to live and increases cardiovascular reactivity.