Authors:Raqota Berger First page: 1 Abstract: This project investigated the beliefs that people have about the connections between alcohol and drug use/abuse, addiction, criminal behavior, and sadipathic offending. Data were collected from 605 respondents via a quantitative survey. Overall, the respondents tended to lean in the direction that alcohol and drug use/abuse and addiction were associated with crime, violence, and victimizing others. Those from certain ethnic/racial groups were the most likely to state there are connections (e.g., Hispanic, Asian, White). Women were more likely to discern a connection between sadipathy and substance use/abuse, addiction, and victimizing others. Reliability analysis demonstrated a high level of internal consistency across the scaled items (' = .848). The findings support the extant literature showing that substance use/abuse and addiction are associated with criminal behavior and sadipathic offending. PubDate: 2022-07-11 DOI: 10.22158/wjssr.v9n3p1 Issue No:Vol. 9, No. 3 (2022)
Authors:Olga Gurjanova, Marelle Grunthal-Drell, Irma Nool First page: 14 Abstract: When it comes to students who have special dietary needs in relation to the provision of school catering, their nutritional requirements should be taken into account. As the incidence of chronic diseases in children is on the rise, the role of school nurses in student catering is becoming ever more important. This qualitative study describes the school nursing support of students who have special dietary needs. The final targeted sample consisted of fifty-seven school nurses who were working in general education schools. Findings show that the responsibilities of these school nurses are multifaceted when they are tasked with supporting students who have special dietary needs. The participation of school nurses in terms of being able to provide advice for the provision of school catering for students who have special dietary needs tends to vary greatly in schools, and participation levels are generally low. The research revealed that the workload of school nurses is uneven across schools. The more students there are in the school, the less nutritional counselling is provided. The results point to the potential health risks which can be associated with providing unsuitable food to students. The necessary competence of a school nurse in the field of nutrition should not be underestimated. PubDate: 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.22158/wjssr.v9n3p14 Issue No:Vol. 9, No. 3 (2022)
Authors:Ngeh Ernestilia Dzekem First page: 25 Abstract: This study investigates the relevance of oral performance in addressing social concerns within the context of the three oral communities under study. It contends that the oral literature of the Nso and Mbum people of the North West region of Cameroon and Iyamho people of Edo state, Nigeria lodge cherished African values that are still significant to the people’s conception of development in this evolving society. Every community strives to reinforce positive values in order to enhance development. The paper considers the collection and documentation of proverbs that are on the lips of Nso, Mbum and Iyamho people relevant because this cultural heritage that habours their valuable mores, lores and customs are threatened by globalization. Many have thought that oral literature is outdated and that given its mode of transmission which is by word of mouth, it cannot address serious contemporary social issues. Through the participant observation method and interviews with members of the communities under study, the findings tentatively reveal that orature which generally consists of material that is several generations old and is transmitted orally contains local knowledge systems that can be useful in the discussion in addressing social concerns to enhance sustainable development within the various communities under reference. Considering the crucial position of context in oral literature, new historicism, interpretative cultural translation and pragmatic functionalism theories guided the analysis, and revealed, that since all successful development efforts begin with the right decision which is anchored on good human qualities and resources, the indigenous knowledge system expressed in Nso, Mbum and Iyamho proverbs can be exploited and applied alongside some innovative methods to foster development. The study therefore assumes that since sustainable development anchors on the quality of the mind, we need to conceive our projects locally and think globally. PubDate: 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.22158/wjssr.v9n3p25 Issue No:Vol. 9, No. 3 (2022)
Authors:Chengkun Xie First page: 41 Abstract: Meteorological education and training is an important way for the growth of meteorological talents. Exploring and studying how to build a meteorological higher talent education and training system that meets the needs of lifelong education is of great significance to solve the talent guarantee for the sustainable development of meteorological undertakings and promote the construction of meteorological modernization. By analyzing the situation faced by the education of meteorological higher talents, this paper expounds the necessity and feasibility of constructing the training system of meteorological higher talents, puts forward the construction method, scientific connotation and key tasks of the training system of meteorological higher talents, and provides a scientific basis for how to construct the education and training system of meteorological higher talents and improve the core ability of meteorological education and training. PubDate: 2022-08-18 DOI: 10.22158/wjssr.v9n3p41 Issue No:Vol. 9, No. 3 (2022)
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