BACKGROUND South Africa is undergoing epidemiological and nutrition transitions with associated increases in the incidence of overweight, obesity and diet-related chronic diseases. With the emergence of the nutrition transition in South Africa, there is an urgent need for interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children and adolescents as risk factors for chronic diseases in adolesce...

This study investigates ecocultural discourses and practices among the Gedeo in southern Ethiopia within the contexts of globalizing commodification of nature, successive governmental extractivist and conservationist discourses, and increasingly influential colonial present religious systems. Our analysis illustrates ways in which indigenous Gedeo understandings of reciprocal ecological coexist...

BACKGROUND The increasing trend of premarital sexual experience and unintended pregnancies in Malaysia warrants sustained and serious attention. The sensitivities of sex-related issues in a Muslim-majority country create various types of barriers to sexual and reproductive health information, support and practices. This study aims to gain understanding of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of ...

Presents results of free-recall experiments conducted in France, Gabon and Nepal, to test predictions of a cognitive model of religious concepts. The world over, these concepts include violations of conceptual expectations at the level of domain knowledge (e.g., about ‘animal’ or ‘artifact’ or ‘person’) rather than at the basic level. In five studies we used narratives to test the hypothesis th...

The study of the implementation multiculturalism in higher education implies an investigation ideologies adopted and strategies applied promoting equality. In analyzing for realizing institutions Indonesia, this explores them through epistemological analysis focusing on sources methods knowledge. This qualitative that collected data interviews, document analysis, observations found knowledge us...

In the 21st century, there has been a recurring discussion about social realism in educational research: idea that subject knowledge derived from academic disciplines should constitute heart of school curriculum. The argument is this knowledge, because it produced according to specific standards, powerful and better claims truth more valid than gained students’ everyday experiences. Because its...