Browsing by Author "Kibs, Muhanguzi"

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    Counseled and Non Counseled Employees’ Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: Revelations from Police Force, Uganda;approved for oral presentation: Bugema International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, September 28-29, 2015
    (Kampala International University, 2015) Katushabe, Scovia; Sumil, Manuel; Kibs, Muhanguzi; Nakimuli, Amina; Mwebesa, Edson
    Many facets of work do not necessarily impact on employees’ core life needs. This cannot be said for well-being and life threatening issues, whose implications run very deeply indeed in employees mind, body and soul. The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in psychological well-being between counseled and non-counseled employees. The study utilized a comparative research and the population comprised of counseled and non-counseled employees of Uganda Police Force (Nsambya Barracks). The purposive sampling strategy was used to select 141 respondents of whom 66 were non-counseled and 75 were counseled employees. Questionnaires were used to collect data with acceptable validity and reliability results at 0.89 and 0.93 respectively. The t-test was used to establish a comparison in psychological well-being between counseled and non-counseled employees. The results indicated that there was a significant difference in psychological well-being between counseled and non-counseled employees (t=6.543, p< 0.05). It was recommended that employers should recognize the need to provide professional counseling services to employees because this will improve employees’ psychological well-being.
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    Trend, Levels and Differences for Under-Five Mortality Rate in Uganda (U5MR): Is Uganda on Track in Achieving the Millennium Development Goal 4?;approved for oral presentation: Bugema International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, September 28-29, 2015.
    (Kampala Internatinal University. Institute for Social Research, 2015) Mwebesa, Edson; Sumil, Novembrieta; Katushabe, Scovia; Sumil, Manuel; Kibs, Muhanguzi
    This study employed the analytic induction from the statistical phenomenon on U5MR in Uganda to arrive at the trend, levels and sex differences related to U5MR. The study followed a quantitative research paradigm which was particularly descriptive, longitudinal panel research. It was found out that the trend of U5MR was generally declining and that there was a significant difference between the U5MR of male and female children. The 2013 annual average reduction rate (AARR) was 4.3%, just 0.1% less than the required 4.4% for Uganda to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4. Based on the findings, it was concluded that there exists higher chances for Uganda to achieve the MDG4, considering the recent trend of U5MR in Uganda.