Masters of Social Work and Social Administration

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    Community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with disabilities: a case study of Hargeisa, Somaliland
    (Kampala International University, Colleges of Humanities and Social sciences, 2015-11) Mohamoud, Abdillahi Ibrahim
    The study sought to establish the relationship between community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with- disabilities: a case study of Hargeisa, Somaliland. The study objectives were; to find out the level of community attitude towards access to education opportunities by children with disabilities in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to determine the trend of access to education opportunities 9-year-old children with disabilities in Hargeisa, Somaliland and to establish the relationship between community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with disabilities. In problem statement, it was noted that despite several encouragement and teachings from many NGOs and international organizations and communities which aim at protecting -the rights of children with disabilities, A cross sectional survey was used In the course or the study. Both qualitative and quantitative data was gathered in order to establish the relationship between the independent and dependent variables, so as to examine the relationship between community attitude and access to education opportunities by children with disabilities. The target population of 240 was selected and it comprised of (37) teachers, (63) students and (50) community leaders. Out of 240 respondents, iSO were sampled in the study. Simple random approach was used during the study. Purposive sampling was also used to select only respondents for the researcher to attain the purpose of the study. Data was collected from primary and secondary sources using questionnaires and Interviews, after collecting data, the researcher organized well-answered questionnaire, data was edited and sorted for the next stage. The data was presented in tabular form with frequencies and percentages. The researcher used Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the relationship between the variables under study, In summary, the study also found out that the level of community attitude towards access to education opportunities by children with disabilities in Hargeisa was poor with an average mean of 2.3i equivalent to poor on the Likert Seale, In regard to the trend of access to education opportunities by children with disabilities in local government under community, it also revealed that the level Was poor with a mean average of 2.46 an equivalent of poor on the Likert scale. In conclusion, it was also revealed that community attitudes vary according to the type of disability. Attitude research shows many people are uncomfortable with mental illness, but less so with physical disability. Changing attitudes towards particular groups of people with disability requires additional information for people to understand the specific experiences associated with these disabilities (ACT DAC 2007; Wallace 2004). The study recommended that there is need for organizational-level polities attempt to change attitudes in particular life domains. The policies address the attitudes of people who have relationships with children with disability within lite domains that affect their social and economic rights, whether those relationship include authority or competition, or whether they simply involve personal contact.
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    Social Support, Stress and Coping Styles of Caregivers of Children with Sickle Cell Disease. A Study of Mulago Hospital Kampala District –Uganda
    (Kampala International University, 2023-10-12) Shamirah, Nassiwa
    The study was set to investigate the relationship between social support, stress and coping of care givers of children with sickle cell disease of Mulago Hospital Kampala Uganda. The objectives of the study were: i) to establish whether there a significant relationship between social support and coping of caregivers of children with sickle cell disease. ii) to examine whether there is a significant relationship between social support and stress among caregivers of children with sickle cell disease at Mulago hospital Kampala Uganda. iii) to examine whether there is a significant relationship between stress and coping among caregivers of children with sickle cell disease at Mulago hospital Kampala Uganda. iv) to examine whether there are significant gender differences among caregivers of children with sickle cell disease at Mulago hospital Kampala Uganda. The study was quantitative which used both correlational and causal comparative designs. The multi-dimensional scale of perceived social support, the perceived stress scale and the coping scale were the instruments used in data collection from 146 participants who consented to be part of the study. Eligible participants were randomly selected. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. was used in data entry and analysis .Descriptive results indicated that majority of the respondents were female at 61.64 % compared to their male counter parts at 38.4 % , Social support was rated high with an average mean of 2.57. Results also indicated high levels of stress by an average mean of 2.78. Coping was also rated high with an average of 2.66. Pearson Linear Correlation coefficients revealed that social support had no significant relationship with problem focused coping with a sig value =.830>0.05 level of significance, also results indicated no significant relationship social support and emotional focused coping at sig value =.007 >0.05 and also no relationship between social support and avoidance focused coping at sig.value =.373 >0.05. Findings also indicated a positive significant relationship between social support and stress revealed by an r.value=.356** and p.value=0.000. Results also indicated that stress has a significant relationship with problem focused coping with a sig.value=0.001< 0.005 level of significance, results further revealed that there is no significant relationship between stress and emotional focused coping by a sig.value=0.124>0.05 and finally stress having a significant correlation with Avoidance focused coping at sig.value=0.003<0.05 level of significance. Independent t-test results further revealed that there are no significant gender differences in engaging different coping styles. Hence implying that the levels of coping are almost the same among male and female caregivers. Conclusions were that social networks can provide the caregiver with mental and physical resources to aid in his or her capacity to deal with stress and make life easier for the patients being cared for. Hospital should encourage caregivers to seek social support from family, friends, and community