A critical review of the effectiveness of educational interventions applied in HIV/AIDS prevention.

Objective: A critical review of issues around the effectiveness of educational approaches applied in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention.

Methods: Published papers, systematic reviews and technical reports were reviewed.

Results: The review has identified the large gap between the current state of the art and the ultimate goal of the education-based approaches contributing to the reduction of HIV incidence rates.

Detecting maternal depression in a low-income country: comparison of the self-reporting questionnaire and the edinburgh postnatal depression scale.

Objective: To validate the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) against the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised (CIS-R).

Design: Two-phase design.

Subjects And Methods: 664 mothers were approached, 601 of them completed the EPDS and SRQ questionnaires.

Six rapid assessments of alcohol and other substance use in populations displaced by conflict.

Background: Substance use among populations displaced by conflict is a neglected area of public health. Alcohol, khat, benzodiazepine, opiate, and other substance use have been documented among a range of displaced populations, with wide-reaching health and social impacts. Changing agendas in humanitarian response-including increased prominence of mental health and chronic illness-have so far failed to be translated into meaningful interventions for substance use.

Sexual dysfunction among secondary school teachers in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Introduction: There is an increasing emphasis on human sexuality, which may reflect cultural and scientific development in recent years.

Aim: To determine the prevalence, pattern of sexual dysfunction, and its associated factors among secondary school teachers in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Methods: Four hundred fifty consenting teachers were invited to complete an anonymous self administered questionnaire on demography as well as two to three other instruments for the assessment of human sexuality and general mental health status.

Family participation in treatment, post-discharge appointment and medication adherence at a Nigerian psychiatric hospital.

In low-income countries, clinicians must seek strategies to improve treatment adherence that are non-resource intensive and easily integrated into existing treatment structures. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study to investigate the relationship of family engagement in treatment during hospitalisation with post-discharge appointment and medication adherence in 81 patients from a Nigerian psychiatric hospital. After controlling for gender, diagnosis, mental state at discharge, and marital status, family involvement was significantly associated with appointment (P=0.