Partner violence is a serious public health problem affecting mostly women. This qualitative study assessed the perceptions of rural Igbo women of Nigeria of intimate partner violence. Information was elicited using in-depth interviews and focus group discussion. Women of childbearing age were selected from the various women age grades in Ozubulu, Anambra State, Nigeria. Findings revealed that ...

This research explored the acquisition of Italian singleton stops by Igbo speakers. The voiceless and voiced stop phonemes /p t k/ /b d g/ are present in both languages. creates a perfect condition to check learning strategies implemented L2. theoretical framework taken up this study was Speech Learning Model. According approach, sounds L2 can be perceived learners as same, similar or new compa...

Objective We describe the development, translation and validation of epilepsy-screening questionnaires in three most popular Nigerian languages: Hausa, Igbo Yoruba. Methods A 9-item questionnaire was developed by modifying previously validated English language questionnaires. Separate multilingual experts forward- back-translated them to target languages. Translations were discussed with fieldw...

A research was conducted to evaluate cassava production by women farmers in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty smallholder female cassava farmers were selected using multi-stage sampling. Data were collected from the respondents using questionnaire and interview schedule. Then descriptive statistics (mean, frequency and percentage) were used in ...