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Discipline, academic stress, and aggression among secondary school adolescents in Mbarara City, Uganda
(AJPO Journals, 2025-06-10) Mujuni, Mbiire Batwine Perez; Kihembo, Catherine
The purpose of this study was to examine the associations among discipline, academic stress, and aggression among adolescent secondary school students in Mbarara City, Uganda. In this study, across-sectional research design and quantitative approach was used. Data was collected from adolescent secondary school students (N= 384) using a structured questionnaire. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and linear regression were ran to establish the associations among the variables. The findings found out that the majority of the secondary school adolescents 342 (89%) reported use of positive methods of discipline by school authorities. There was generally high level of academic stress (M = 42.2, SD = 8.2), and students exhibited low levels of aggression among themselves (M = 46.50, SD = 14.54). Further, the results revealed that increase in academic stress and use of negative methods of discipline increases the likelihood of the occurrence of aggressive behaviour (β = .251,p< .001 andβ = .237, p< .001), respectively. It was therefore recommended that schools been couraged to use positive methods of discipline instead of negative methods, and that they further regulate academic programmes to include co-curricular activities in order to reduce academic stress. In addition, there is an urgent need for psychologists to be employed in all schools for further psychological interventions, besides the regular teacher interventions which are limited to purely aiding classroom instruction.
Teachers’ welfare: a “major predictor” of government-aided primary schools’ performance in South Western Uganda, Isingiro District, using hierarchical multiple regression approach”
(AJPO Journals, 2025-09-13) Mujuni, Mbiire Batwine Perez
The purpose of this research was to find out the impact of teachers’ welfare on performance of government aided primary schools in South Western Uganda, Isingiro district. Across sectional research design and post-positivist paradigm were used to collect datafrom 118 government aided primary schools in South Western Uganda, Isingiro District, where 475 respondents participated in the study. The study used closed-ended questionnaires, interview guide, and checklists. The schools to be included were selected using simple random sampling and were considered as unit of analysis while the respondents who included District officials, head teachers, teachers and school management committee members formed the unit of enquiry, these were selected purposively based on the knowledge they had on the subject matter. Each school selected, provided the information from the respondents, who in this case were the head teacher, two (2) teachers and a chairperson of school management committee member. The research was guided by the null hypothesis, Ho1: Teachers’ welfare has no significant relationship with performance of government-aided primary schools in Southwestern Uganda, Isingiro District. The findings of the study revealed a positive significant relationship between teachers’ welfare and performance of government aided performance primary school at 99% level of confidence (r=.546, p<.01), thus rejecting the null hypothesis (Ho1). The results signify that increase in teachers’ welfare, is highly associated with good performance of government aided primary schools in South Western Uganda, Isingiro District. The Unique contribution of this studywas, to suggest to the government through the Ministry of Education & Sports that, since teachers’welfareis the most importantpredictor of performance for government aided primary school, it is advisable that it should impose the minimum-wage law for government aided primary school teachers’ pay which possibly caters for teachers’ motivation when given some due care and attention. In addition, the Ministry of Education & Sports should create social benefits for government aided primary school teachers as a means to enhance their well-being and motivate them. Moreover, it is also recommended that government aided primary schools’ teachers be given some allowances such as rental, medical care and transport to motivate them.
Treatment actions in home management of malaria in children under five years in Kashari County, Mbarara District, South Western Uganda
(AJPO Journals, 2025-06-09) Mujuni, Mbiire Batwine Perez
The purpose of this study was to describe treatment actions in home management of malaria in children under-five years in Kashari County, Mbarara District, Uganda. This was a household survey employing quantitative methods of data collection. The study was conducted in Kashari County, Mbarara District, in Southwestern Uganda. Four hundred thirty two caretakers of children under five years who had a fever in the two (2) weeks preceding the survey were randomly selected from 23 villages (Lc1’s). Caretakers were interviewed on treatment actions during the most recent episode of fever, perceptions about malaria, socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics. The findings found out that, 66% of the caretakers had good knowledge of the cause of malaria and reported mosquitoes as the cause and knowledge of the danger signs was generally low. 58% of the caretakers did not know the cause of convulsions and more than 6 in 10 (68%) of caretakers whose children had ever had convulsions, treated the convulsing children with herbs. More than eight in ten (85%) respondents took the first treatment action within 24 hours of recognition of fever but only 57% of the caretakers took appropriate treatment action. More than five in ten caretakers first obtained treatment from private health care provider. Less than three in ten (26%) obtained treatment from a government health unit. Only 22% of the caretakers took a second treatment action. Choice of first treatment was mainly based on severity of illness and availability of money. The reason for taking the second treatment action was mainly failure of the first treatment. First treatment action was associated with perception of the of the child’s illness (OR=3.968, p=0.000) and age of the child (OR=2.353, p=0.020). Taking prompt and appropriate action was associated with distances to the nearest health facility (OR=4.167, p=0.000), household income (OR=3.800, p=0.000), politeness of health workers at the nearest health facility (OR=1.416, p=0.022) and perception of cause of malaria(OR=1.767, p=0.020). Less than three in ten caretakers take their children with malaria to a government health facilityas the first treatment action. Private health care providers play a major role in treatment of malaria in children in Kashari County and the perceived quality and accessibility of health services contribute to choice of treatment options and promptness. It was therefore recommended that, the Ministry of Health should invest in more strategies that improve caretaker’s choice of government health units as first treatment option. The health workers should therefore tell, educate and sensitize the caretakers the names and dangers of giving the sick children the drugs they don’t know the names. Government should make sure that anti-malarial drugs are availed in the government health units.