Worldviews on erectile dysfunction: perspectives in knowledge systems and development
- Akanle, Olayinka, Oyindamola, Yusuf Qudus, Ademuson, Adefolake Olusola, Adegoke, Olufunke Olufunso
- Authors: Akanle, Olayinka , Oyindamola, Yusuf Qudus , Ademuson, Adefolake Olusola , Adegoke, Olufunke Olufunso
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Sustainable development , African development , African knowledge system
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/407187 , uj:34264 , Citation: Akanle, O. et al. 2019: Worldviews on erectile dysfunction: perspectives in knowledge systems and development.
- Description: Abstract: In a bid to achieve sustainable development, there is a need for a connection and integration of knowledge system and western knowledge (medicine). More specifically is in the area of health care for sustainable development. In a bid to achieve sustainable development in the health care system, there is a need for deeper understanding of diseases in terms of its worldview by key actors especially in indigenous settings based on peoples’ contextual knowledge. It is against this background that erectile dysfunction, known as Idakole in Yoruba indigenous knowledge systems was examined. This article investigates the knowledge gap relative to worldviews of erectile dysfunction in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. The interpretation of Idakole in western medicine is erectile dysfunction. The research that informed this article was conducted in 2018 and it adopted quantitative methodology. Very useful findings were made with implications for policy and scholarship.
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- Authors: Akanle, Olayinka , Oyindamola, Yusuf Qudus , Ademuson, Adefolake Olusola , Adegoke, Olufunke Olufunso
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Sustainable development , African development , African knowledge system
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/407187 , uj:34264 , Citation: Akanle, O. et al. 2019: Worldviews on erectile dysfunction: perspectives in knowledge systems and development.
- Description: Abstract: In a bid to achieve sustainable development, there is a need for a connection and integration of knowledge system and western knowledge (medicine). More specifically is in the area of health care for sustainable development. In a bid to achieve sustainable development in the health care system, there is a need for deeper understanding of diseases in terms of its worldview by key actors especially in indigenous settings based on peoples’ contextual knowledge. It is against this background that erectile dysfunction, known as Idakole in Yoruba indigenous knowledge systems was examined. This article investigates the knowledge gap relative to worldviews of erectile dysfunction in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. The interpretation of Idakole in western medicine is erectile dysfunction. The research that informed this article was conducted in 2018 and it adopted quantitative methodology. Very useful findings were made with implications for policy and scholarship.
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Impact of effective management of natural disaster for Africa’s development
- Edoun, Emmanuel Innocents, Azibo, Balgah Roland, Mbohwa, Charles
- Authors: Edoun, Emmanuel Innocents , Azibo, Balgah Roland , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Natural disasters , Formal and informal responses , African development , Multi-sector framework
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/91737 , uj:20139 , Citation: , Citation: Edoun, E.I., Azibo, B.R. & Mbohwa, C. 2016. Impact of effective management of natural disaster for Africa’s development.
- Description: Abstract: The escalation of natural disasters in the last two decades or so and their devastating effects on developing countries in general and Africa in particular, has been frequently mentioned in the topical literature. Devastating impacts in African and other developing countries have often been attributed to failure of formal (state and market) institutions for risk management, frequent in these countries. While the predominance of informal response mechanisms has been acknowledged in these countries, they are presumed to disintegrate in the face of covariate shocks. This paper argues that an overly ambitious emphasis on states and markets and a negligence of the role of informal, socially embedded institutions in the effective management of natural disasters is grossly responsible for the negative effects of natural disasters and their perverse implications on Africa’s development. A multi-sector framework that can be used for modeling natural disaster management in Africa which has the potential of reducing the negative consequences of disasters is suggested. This is based on the premise that natural shocks must be perceived as social phenomena that are best managed with the participation of those involved. Empirical evidence is included, and the implications of a multi-stakeholder approach to managing disasters to enhance development in Africa are discussed.
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- Authors: Edoun, Emmanuel Innocents , Azibo, Balgah Roland , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Natural disasters , Formal and informal responses , African development , Multi-sector framework
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/91737 , uj:20139 , Citation: , Citation: Edoun, E.I., Azibo, B.R. & Mbohwa, C. 2016. Impact of effective management of natural disaster for Africa’s development.
- Description: Abstract: The escalation of natural disasters in the last two decades or so and their devastating effects on developing countries in general and Africa in particular, has been frequently mentioned in the topical literature. Devastating impacts in African and other developing countries have often been attributed to failure of formal (state and market) institutions for risk management, frequent in these countries. While the predominance of informal response mechanisms has been acknowledged in these countries, they are presumed to disintegrate in the face of covariate shocks. This paper argues that an overly ambitious emphasis on states and markets and a negligence of the role of informal, socially embedded institutions in the effective management of natural disasters is grossly responsible for the negative effects of natural disasters and their perverse implications on Africa’s development. A multi-sector framework that can be used for modeling natural disaster management in Africa which has the potential of reducing the negative consequences of disasters is suggested. This is based on the premise that natural shocks must be perceived as social phenomena that are best managed with the participation of those involved. Empirical evidence is included, and the implications of a multi-stakeholder approach to managing disasters to enhance development in Africa are discussed.
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