Community Education Challenges in Young Adults of South Western Uganda
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2015-02
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Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the major challenges to community education and any health
problem in Bushenyi district of South Western Uganda. Data collection was done through questionnaire
and participants were randomly selected. This was a cross-sectional study carried out
for a period of three months in 2012. A questionnaire was used to collect data and using onsite
observations the responses were validated. A total of 260 participants from 65 homesteads were
included in the study from 52 households. 144 were females and 116 males, of which 52.4% of the
children were female and the rest male. The mean ± SEM age of females and males was 36 ± 8.6
and 29 ± 8.6 years respectively. In all the homesteads, 71% were headed by an adult male and only
29% were found to be headed by an adult female while none was headed by children. Inferential
analysis showed (P = 0.02) that there are more females than male in the homesteads. Majority of
the homesteads are being taken care of by women instead of men probably as a result of the high
mortalities due to HIV/AIDS in the past decade and above all the movement of most men to urban
centers in search of better sources of employment to support their families. Among school going
age participant’s i.e. children and adolescents, only 59.6% were found to be attending school.
There was no statistical significance (P = 0.16) between school attendance and age. Family responsibilities
such as cooking for younger siblings by female participants, obligations on open market days are thought to be secondary limiting factors for community development and livelihood among young persons; thus a follow up study would be conducted to assess their associations
in this community as this would raise major child abuse concerns which would need to be
reported to the legal authorities for follow up.
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Keywords
Community Education in Uganda, Uganda, Children Education in Sub-Saharan Uganda, Medical Students Rural Education,, Rural Public Health
Citation
Kasozi, K.I., Echoru, I., Mbiydzenyuy, E.N., Kimwise, A., Nansunga, M., Semuyaba, I., Kalange, M., Ninsiima, H.I., Muggaga, K. and Emorut, S.P. (2015) Community Education Challenges in Young Adults of South Western Uganda. Open Journal of Epidemiology, 5, 65-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojepi.2015.51009