LECTURE NOTES For Health Science Students Research Methodology Getu Degu Tegbar Yigzaw University of Gondar In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education 2006 Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia
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Human Development 13 CHAPTER conomic growth though important cannot be an end in itself. Higher standards of living as well as of development opportunities for all‚ stemming from the greater resources generated by economic growth‚ are the ultimate aim of development policy. This implies the need to bridge regional‚ social and economic disparities‚ as well as the empowerment of the poor and marginalized‚ especially women‚ to make the entire development process more inclusive. The draft Twelfth
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World’s Biggest Trees Are Dying Many of the world’s oldest trees‚ that are 100-300 years old‚ are dying. This is a trend happening worldwide. It’s happening in forests‚ savannahs‚ woods‚ mountains‚ cities‚ etc. The cause is human domination. We’ve been killing off these trees with pollution‚ deforestation‚ and other causes. This could really affect the world because other plants and animals depend on these trees for life‚ whether it be for food‚ shelter‚ or other needs. Large‚ old trees provide
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People can perform everyday tasks‚ such as shopping and banking as well as business transactions‚ without meeting other people face-to-face. What are the effects of this on an individual and the society as a whole? It is irrefutable that modern devices and tools of communications like Fax machines‚ telephone‚ interactive TV and computer have revolutionised each and every aspect of life. Thanks to telecommunications‚ daily tasks and business transactions can be performed without meeting other people
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Jan 2009 (a) Explain what is meant by the ‘expressive role’ (Item 2A‚ line 5). (2 marks) (b) Suggest two ways in which ‘family life may have a harmful effect on women’ (Item 2A‚ lines 6 – 7). (4 marks) (c) Suggest three reasons for the decrease in the death rate since 1900. (6 marks) (d) Examine the ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed. (24 marks) (e) Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm. (24
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Chapter Discussion Questions #2 1. Compare and contrast conflict theory with structural functionalism. Pay special attention to the way that each theory treats the origin of social change. When it comes to the origin of social change the conflict theory and structural functionalism differ in many ways. Structural Functionalism stresses that society as whole‚ including the individuals‚ families‚ educational system‚ politics‚ and the economy come together to create a functioning society. But‚ if
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3 FIELDWORK AND ITS INTERPRETATION Theory without data is empty‚ but data without theory are blind. — C. Wright Mills FIELDWORK Anthropology distinguishes itself from the other social sciences through the great emphasis placed on ethnographic fieldwork as the most important source of new knowledge about society and culture. A field study may last for a few months ‚ a year‚ or even two years or more‚ and it aims at developing as intimate an understanding as possible of the phenomena investigated
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. Functionalism Functionalists see shared norms and values as being fundamental to society. They focus on social order based on understood agreements and view social change as occurring in a slow and orderly fashion. Their primary concern is with large-scale social structures and institutions of society‚ their interrelationships and their constraining effects on actors. Functionalism assumes that society is a system whose various sections work together to encourage balance. It assumes that all
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Youngblood Nationalism redefined By Bobbie Reyes Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:20:00 07/23/2009 Almost a year ago‚ I found myself on a plane to New York City. I wasn’t going on vacation or visiting relatives. I was starting my first year at Sarah Lawrence College‚ a liberal arts school renowned for its writing program.The first of my family to leave the country‚ I was terrified. Doubts filled my mind during the 18-hour trip. But one question kept coming back: Am I performing an act of
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‘’Children require only culture to become fully human‚ genes mean nothing’’. How far do you agree with this statement?. Culture is a certain type of civilisation of shared meanings‚ norms‚ values and roles of a society or group of a certain race or nation. Culture is in support of the nurture side of the nature-nurture argument. The nurture side of the debate states that people are influenced with how they dress‚ to even their actions by the surroundings they are brought up in as well as the people
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