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    The Effect of Poor Health on Academic Performance: A Case Study Of Mbita west Division, Mbita District, Nyanza Province
    (Kampala International University, bachelors degree of education, 2011-04) Carren, Ochieng A
    The study investigated the effect of poor heath on academic performance. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; identifying the cause of poor health, the effects of poor performance on academic performance and the relationship between poor health and academic performance. The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where purposive sampling was used to select population. It employed 50 respondents. Data were analyzed and presented using frequencies and percentages and were tabulated. The major findings of the study were; most of the respondents were males, causes of unemployment were technological advancement, solutions to the causes were poverty, drought. Effects are mental agility, mental disorders, and illness. And the relationship included daily attendance and negative relationship.