Health Without Gaps continues to support our vulnerable population.

Application: Applying Theories to Global Occupational and Environmental Health—Tobacco Smoking

Abubakar Binji               Environmental hazard is an ingredient or episode, which has the possible to impend the neighboring natural location and /or adversely affect population’s health. Tobacco smoking is an example of health hazard, a part of an environmental hazards. The Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) is a convenient framework for assessing where a person is in the […]

Diabetes, Research and Theories

           Trans-theoretical Model of Change (TMC) has its limitation on individual’s behavior of change. Additionally, this stage model may not necessarily explain significant change process on how diabetic patients can stop eating high-fatty foods leading to diabetes. This is unlike the Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM), which can explain design process for health promotion strategies […]

Community Health Assessment Program in Decreasing the Number of People Who Have High Risk of Evolving Diabetes in Manila, Philippines

Introduction and Objectives To assess community members’ knowledge about diabetes and its proper management. To allow community members of age 40 years and above who are willing and able to participate in a diabetes questionnaire. To identify many factors contributing to the widespread of diabetes in Manila. To find out how community intervention on diabetes […]

Multiple Regression in Practice-SPSS

Variables Entered/Removeda Model Variables Entered Variables Removed Method 1 AGE OF RESPONDENT, HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETEDb . Enter a. Dependent Variable: R’s socioeconomic index (2010) b. All requested variables entered. Model Summaryb Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate Durbin-Watson 1 .599a .359 .358 17.9504 1.955 a. Predictors: (Constant), […]

Gender-Interventions and Cultural Competence

These gender-specific interventions will focus on educating more men about the important of cultural competence. It will also focus on a community-wide expansion of understanding what the set of likeminded conducts, approaches and policies are that come together in a scheme or specialization, and enable that structure or agency to work effectively in cross-cultural circumstances. […]

EVALUATING SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: Sample Sizes, P-Value and Probability in Statistics

  Sample size helps determine the size and probability of obtaining better statistical significance given the value of P of less or equal to the rationally set value. Since sample size represents the denominator of the equation for stemming statistical significance, lesser sample size requires higher effect than when the sample is large to finalize similar […]

EVALUATING SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: Statistical Significance and Sample T-test

An independent samples t test was conducted to determine whether differences exist between men and women on cultural competency scores. The samples consisted of 663 women and 650 men taken from a convenience sample of public, private, and non-profit organizations. Each participant was administered an instrument that measured his or her current levels of cultural […]

Afrobarometer Dataset

           Afrobarometer is an African-based research system that examines public surveys of different issues relating to and across many African nations (Afrobarometer, n.d.). Some of these issues may range from economic, governance, environmental, health and social change demography. According to the analyses from Afrobarometer dataset, we can clearly see descriptions of what each measured variables. […]

Testing Hypotheses for Means Part 1

Africa is often looked at as a country rather than a continent (The Guardian, n.d.). Many Africans have been on the brink about level of satisfaction in their political system. Current level of democracy in African is of interest to many international development researchers. The African citizens’ views about their current political system are also […]