iosr-jmr   Volume-2 ~ Issue-6 ~ Nov. – Dec. 2025

ABSTRACT: Ultrasound technology has emerged as an effective clinical diagnostic tool for addressing primary health care (PHC) quality healthcare concerns in Kenya. However, the application of ultrasound technology in Kenya is characterized by low quality of work output, which risks the patients’ life and undermines the gains made by the ultrasound technology. The low quality of work output can be traced back to the sonographers’ training, where concerns are being raised over the failing standards of training. Therefore, the study sought to establish how students’ attitudes.......

Keywords: Ultrasound Technology, Students’ Attitudes, Institutional Factors, Ultrasonography Training

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ABSTRACT: The article shows that the schemes in practical medicine, in particular in general surgery, over a given period of time, are suitable for managerial applications. The case study in the article shows that from a managerial point of view, in fact, surgery can become limiting when it is dependent on a single person (surgeon, specialist) or mixes excessively with other specialties, which become dominant. Due to the pre-established and assumed surgical procedures (protocols, schemes) a quasi-infinite number of surgical interventions of the "medical work" type can be applied. As such, there is a need to organize the surgical memory, the operational procedures considered good practices. The paper, as a case study, presents managerial aspects related to surgery and the characterization of its disciplinary....

Keywords management, disciplinary management, surgical trans-information, medical discipline, medical specialty, surgical memory

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ABSTRACT: Objectives: To synthesize existing evidence on behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and examine behaviour change communication strategies for NCD prevention and control in Nigeria. Methods: Following PRISMA systematic review guidelines, this review analysed studies on NCD behavioural risk factors and prevention strategies in Nigeria. Documentary evidence from peer-reviewed studies published between 2017...

Keywords behaviour change communication, non-communicable diseases, NCDs prevention, behavioural risk factors, health education, life-course approach, Nigeria

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ABSTRACT: The development of a national Blue Economy (BE) framework is a complex socio-political process that promotes sustainable use of marine resources for economic diversification, but its governance often reflects sectoral interests competing for influence. This study examined the relationship between stakeholders' sectoral priorities and their perception of the development of Nigeria's BE framework. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey was administered to 146 stakeholders in Lagos’s coastal and marine sectors from government, private sector, local communities, and academia. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression to evaluate the relationship....

Keywords Blue Economy, Framework Development, Sectoral Priorities, Stakeholder Perception

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