Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is exerting enormous public health and economic burden on many countries. To reduce these effects, the World Health Organization is urging countries, especially those in Africa,...Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is exerting enormous public health and economic burden on many countries. To reduce these effects, the World Health Organization is urging countries, especially those in Africa, to increase public awareness of this disease. This study accessed whether public servants in Tamale, Ghana possess adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards SCD. Method: A total of 320 public servants within the Tamale Metropolis were invited to complete a questionnaire in a cross-sectional study. Data were analyzed using GraphPad 5.01. Association between different variables was tested. Results: The media was the main source of information for a majority of the 94.2% of respondents who had ever heard of SCD. Knowledge of respondents on transmission and testing of SCD was above 70% but they recorded less than 40% in SCD’s incurability, prevalence, effect of SCD on life span and pregnancy. The mean knowledge score of respondents was (11.1 ± 5.11)/22 or 50.7%. Only about a quarter knew their sickling status or that of their spouses before marriage or first child. Although 78.0% of respondents would call off marriages if they became aware of genetic incompatibility, the overall mean attitude, (2.857 ± 1.97)/ 7.0% or 40.8% was poor. There was a positive and significant correlation between the knowledge of respondents and their attitude towards SCD (r = 0.494, p < 0.0001) hence respondents working in the health sector and those with tertiary level education had better attitudes towards SCD. Conclusion: Public servants in Ghana have moderate knowledge of SCD but their attitude towards the disease was poor. Public servants least considered genetic incompatibility before entering conjugal relationships. This poor attitude means the campaign for the reduction of sickle cell gene transmission must be intensified. Governments need to increase their investment on educational campaigns aimed at changing attitude of persons through provision of more knowledge about SCD.展开更多
The greatest characteristic of Robert Frost's poetry is that complex and delicate subjects are embodied in narrative description which seems rather simple. Frost achieves a distinctive grace by combining unique st...The greatest characteristic of Robert Frost's poetry is that complex and delicate subjects are embodied in narrative description which seems rather simple. Frost achieves a distinctive grace by combining unique structure and profound meaning together. This thesis explores Robert Frost's"A Servant to Servants"from the point of view on narratology finds out the careful arrangement and unique perspective. The present study concludes that while this narrative poem appears to have a simple organization and to limit itself to colloquial language, at a deeper level it has careful arrangement and expresses profound meaning. While enjoying the poem's vivid narrate, the reader also comes to realize the truth that"A Servant to Servants".展开更多
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health literacy(MHL)and workplace well-being(WWB)of Chinese grassroots civil servants,with regulatory emotional self-efficacy(RESE)and resilience as media...This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health literacy(MHL)and workplace well-being(WWB)of Chinese grassroots civil servants,with regulatory emotional self-efficacy(RESE)and resilience as mediating variables.A questionnaire survey was conducted among Chinese grassroots civil servants,with a valid sample size of 2673 after excluding missing values and conducting relevant data processing.The PROCESS was used to examine the relationship between MHL,RESE,resilience,and WWB.The study found that MHL among grassroots civil servants was positively and significantly correlated with WWB(r=0.73,p<0.01).RESE partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.25,95%CI[0.22,0.28]).Resilience partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.22,95%CI[0.19,0.26]).MHL had a positive effect on WWB through the chain mediating effect of RESE and resilience(β=0.05,95%CI[0.03,0.07]).There is a close relationship between MHL and WWB,where Chinese grassroots civil servants with higher levels of MHL can develop stronger RESE and resilience,leading to higher WWB.The results of this study remind organizational institutions of Chinese grassroots civil servants that enhancing MHL,RESE,and resilience is an important pathway to promoting their WWB.展开更多
Since the 1980s, people＇ s material and spiritual life are constantly enriched and improved. People＇ s values are constantly changing, more and more people realize that participate in physical exercise for their own...Since the 1980s, people＇ s material and spiritual life are constantly enriched and improved. People＇ s values are constantly changing, more and more people realize that participate in physical exercise for their own importance in sports. The status of people＇ s lives has been greatly improved, for most residents; they participate in physical activity and have gradually become a richer cultural life, and they enhance the basic needs of physical, mental lifelong sports have gradually deep heart. While people continue to enhance the sports consciousness exercise, we also see some potential problems, such as the rapid development of science and technology is to bring more and more problems to people. As people, enjoy the level of automation in the material aspects of life. They gradually have cars, telephones, washing machines, refrigerators, microwave ovens, rice cookers. And the household products go into our lives, we enjoy the material on those by making more and more people gradually reduce the daily activities. And the most prominent is the elevators and cars, reducing active time and the amount of activity, a lot of heat stored in the human body is causing various diseases, from the results of medical research over the past decade. Various diseases associated with obesity have been become the most important factor in human deaths worldwide, the rapid emergence of this disease and the rapid development of social science and technology form a clear lack of coordination, for which many experts at home and abroad for such issues of deep study and research.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to explore the reliability and validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale(WEMWBS)among Chinese civil servants,thus establishing a useful tool for assessing the mental healt...The purpose of this study was to explore the reliability and validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale(WEMWBS)among Chinese civil servants,thus establishing a useful tool for assessing the mental health of individuals in this occupation.The WEMWBS,Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS),and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21(DASS-21)were administered to a sample of 2,624 civil servants(42.860±9.690 years)in a city located within Shandong Province,China.Thefindings revealed significant differences between groups with high and low scores on each item of the WEMWBS(t=48.127–78.308,all p<0.01).The item-total correlation of WEMWBS ranged from 0.752 to 0.911(all p<0.01).Scree plot and parallel analysis results suggested a one-factor solution with factor loadings ranging from 0.762–0.918,accounting for 73.16%of the total variance.Confirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor model of the Chinese version of the WEMWBS(CFI=0.997,TLI=0.996,RMSEA=0.0330).The Chinese version of the WEMWBS was positively correlated with the SWLS(r=0.710,both p<0.01)and negatively correlated with depression,anxiety,stress,and total DASS-21 score(r=-0.512,-0.437,-0.488,-0.497,all p<0.01).The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Guttman split-half coefficient of the Chinese version of the WEMWBS were 0.970 and 0.953,respectively.In conclusion,the 14-item Chinese version of the WEMWBS demonstrated strong reliability and validity,establishing its utility as a precise tool for measuring and assessing the mental health status of civil servants in China.展开更多
China＇s civil service, dubbed the ＂iron rice bowl,＂ is no longer viewed as a dream job by job hunters. During this year＇s recruitment season from February to mid-March, more than 10,000 civil servants switched to ...China＇s civil service, dubbed the ＂iron rice bowl,＂ is no longer viewed as a dream job by job hunters. During this year＇s recruitment season from February to mid-March, more than 10,000 civil servants switched to the private sector, a 34-percent increase over last year, according to a report on the flow of professionals between different sectors. The report by Zhaopin.com, a major employment website in China, says following the Spring Festival in February,展开更多
During the period of the Japanese occupation,ordinary civil servants were the main force keeping the puppet municipal government of Tianjin functioning.In the first years of the occupation,the puppet municipal governm...During the period of the Japanese occupation,ordinary civil servants were the main force keeping the puppet municipal government of Tianjin functioning.In the first years of the occupation,the puppet municipal government mainly hired former civil servants who had served under the Nanjing National Government.After the situation was stable,the puppet municipal government also recruited civil servants by civil service examinations.The ranks of civil servants and the rules and regulations they observed were basically the same as those of the former National Government.Most ordinary civil servants came from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,and were relatively young and well educated.They mainly relied on their salaries for their livelihood.For the first three years of the Japanese occupation they lived comfortably,because of their relatively high and stable incomes and the slow rate of inflation.After that,inflation soared,but their salaries did not increase correspondingly,therefore the living conditions of civil servants declined constantly.The Japanese puppet government exercised strict control over civil servants,physically and psychologically,and forced them to receive enslaving education.In short,they were in a distorted and struggling state both in their material life and their spiritual world.展开更多
In order to prevent public hearings from becoming a farce,the city of Guangzhou,capital of south China’s Guangdong Province,enacted trial regulations to ensure more fairness and justice at public hearings,which are o...In order to prevent public hearings from becoming a farce,the city of Guangzhou,capital of south China’s Guangdong Province,enacted trial regulations to ensure more fairness and justice at public hearings,which are organized when local residents have major disagreements on important city issues.展开更多
In order to promote good service from civil servants, Anqiu City in Shandong Province recently issued the Appraisal Methods for Best-and Worst-Performing Civil Servants. Based on the regulation, the city
The 2012 Nationwide Civil Servants’ Recruitment Exam will put more emphasis on evaluating the virtue of the examtakers, says the State Administration of Civil Service. For future
It wasn’t too long ago that the vast majority of Chinese wore nondescript Mao-style coats and caps in muted grays and blues-bringing uniformity to a population where individual dress styles were frowned upon. Tim...It wasn’t too long ago that the vast majority of Chinese wore nondescript Mao-style coats and caps in muted grays and blues-bringing uniformity to a population where individual dress styles were frowned upon. Times and tastes have changed. Today展开更多
<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Worldwide, the burden of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors is rising with devastating impacts on the productive workforce. In ...<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Worldwide, the burden of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors is rising with devastating impacts on the productive workforce. In developing nations, it has further led to an unstable population pyramid as a result of premature deaths of her workforce leading to the continued tapering of the pyramidal apex. Inspite of this, many studies were conducted among the general population neglecting the local government civil servants who are seen as policy implementers. Therefore, the study assessed the pattern of CV risk factors in South-western Nigeria.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A cross-sectional study was conducted among 260 local government workers selected by multistage sampling technique from July to September 2017. A pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to obtain socio-demographic and behavioural information. Lipid analysis, anthropometric, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose measurements were done according to protocols. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25;bivariate analysis was done using Chi-square. Level of significance was at 5%. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The mean age of respondents was 46.0 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 6.7 years. The proportion of participants with good knowledge of risk factors was 57.7%. The proportion of respondent with hypertension, visceral obesity, general obesity, diabetes, smoking and physical inactivity was 40.4%, 35.0%, 52.2%, 38.2%, 5.8% and 75.8% respectively. The prevalence of elevated total cholesterol (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TC)</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, raised low-density lipoprotein (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">LDLc), low high-density lipoprotein (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↓</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HDLc) and elevated triglycerides (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TGs) w</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 55.4%, 85.0%, 70.4% and 3.1% respectively. There was a higher proportion of elevated total cholesterol (TC) and LDLc among female respondents (p = 0.002;p = 0.009). Senior cadre staff had a higher proportion of respondents with raised </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↓</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HDLc and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TGs (p =</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.031;p = 0.036). Age was associated with hypertension and was highest among respondents in 45 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 54 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">years </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">age category (p < 0.001).</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The prevalence of CV risk factors was higher compared with other studies in Nigeria and Africa. The findings illuminated a poor response to the rising burden of CV risk factors despite interventions put in place. This underscores the need for holistic preventive and control strategies with a view to reduc</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ing</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Nigeria.</span>展开更多
Nowadays, the public sector plays an important role when it comes to economic development and growth of a country. The most important chapter is ＂the evaluation of public servants＂. The analysis for the evaluation a...Nowadays, the public sector plays an important role when it comes to economic development and growth of a country. The most important chapter is ＂the evaluation of public servants＂. The analysis for the evaluation and subsequently the personal development and career planning of human resources based on both academic theories and their practical implementation. The new model is based on proportionality and administrative Europeanization, which creates formal and informal rules, modern processes of public policy that will shape common beliefs and values incorporated in the specific national policies. Performance appraisal is the process by which organizations evaluate job performance. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive narration for the performance management in modem public sector, to explain the uses of performance appraisals, to describe the methods of the evaluation and to analyze the role of evaluation.展开更多
This research analyzes the role of public service in the political networks. The status of civil servants in these networks is not obvious. On the one hand, the officials are surrounded by strict framework of regulati...This research analyzes the role of public service in the political networks. The status of civil servants in these networks is not obvious. On the one hand, the officials are surrounded by strict framework of regulations and law. They are not independent subjects of political decisions, but at the same time, they are the main sources of information needed for making political decisions. On the other hand, they actively interact with other actors of the political networks, including under informal conditions. In addition, high professional requirements for officials lead to the need of recruiting them into the elitist environment. Therefore, there often arises a conflict of interest due to their personal connections. Activating these links, officials are building patron-client relations, behaving as patrons for those who need to receive confidential information and as clients for the higher heads. Thus, civil servants use personal networks for carrying out their functions, and simultaneously use available official information for private gain.展开更多
The extensive research on public ethics in the local administration is more than necessary. This paper identifies the basic values of and the challenges to Macedonian Legal System in this area, and explains the key et...The extensive research on public ethics in the local administration is more than necessary. This paper identifies the basic values of and the challenges to Macedonian Legal System in this area, and explains the key ethical aspects, which should be implemented in practice by civil servants, who increasingly have to learn how to perform in accordance with ethical values. In this paper I will analyze the ethical values of civil servants laid down by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development （OECD） and the Civil Servants Agency in Macedonia, upon which the ethical principles for civil servants in the local administration units are intended to be set. This paper deals with the ethics of civil servants, assessment of best practices, and evaluation of positive and negative indicators. The paper concludes with a few recommendations for the next steps in this process; and some criteria for the consideration of future developments are suggested.展开更多
Service standards communication and servant leadership are both important mechanisms to improve an organization＇s service process. Therefore, they are likely to affect strategic competence and customer orientation sk...Service standards communication and servant leadership are both important mechanisms to improve an organization＇s service process. Therefore, they are likely to affect strategic competence and customer orientation skills of organizations. In this research, customer orientation and strategic competence are undertaken in relation with servant leadership and service standards communication, using a sample of 106 Turkish firms＇ executive assistants. The results prove that service standards communication and servant leadership have a strong positive relationship with both strategic competence and customer orientation.展开更多
文摘Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is exerting enormous public health and economic burden on many countries. To reduce these effects, the World Health Organization is urging countries, especially those in Africa, to increase public awareness of this disease. This study accessed whether public servants in Tamale, Ghana possess adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards SCD. Method: A total of 320 public servants within the Tamale Metropolis were invited to complete a questionnaire in a cross-sectional study. Data were analyzed using GraphPad 5.01. Association between different variables was tested. Results: The media was the main source of information for a majority of the 94.2% of respondents who had ever heard of SCD. Knowledge of respondents on transmission and testing of SCD was above 70% but they recorded less than 40% in SCD’s incurability, prevalence, effect of SCD on life span and pregnancy. The mean knowledge score of respondents was (11.1 ± 5.11)/22 or 50.7%. Only about a quarter knew their sickling status or that of their spouses before marriage or first child. Although 78.0% of respondents would call off marriages if they became aware of genetic incompatibility, the overall mean attitude, (2.857 ± 1.97)/ 7.0% or 40.8% was poor. There was a positive and significant correlation between the knowledge of respondents and their attitude towards SCD (r = 0.494, p < 0.0001) hence respondents working in the health sector and those with tertiary level education had better attitudes towards SCD. Conclusion: Public servants in Ghana have moderate knowledge of SCD but their attitude towards the disease was poor. Public servants least considered genetic incompatibility before entering conjugal relationships. This poor attitude means the campaign for the reduction of sickle cell gene transmission must be intensified. Governments need to increase their investment on educational campaigns aimed at changing attitude of persons through provision of more knowledge about SCD.
文摘The greatest characteristic of Robert Frost's poetry is that complex and delicate subjects are embodied in narrative description which seems rather simple. Frost achieves a distinctive grace by combining unique structure and profound meaning together. This thesis explores Robert Frost's"A Servant to Servants"from the point of view on narratology finds out the careful arrangement and unique perspective. The present study concludes that while this narrative poem appears to have a simple organization and to limit itself to colloquial language, at a deeper level it has careful arrangement and expresses profound meaning. While enjoying the poem's vivid narrate, the reader also comes to realize the truth that"A Servant to Servants".
基金supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21XDJ002).
文摘This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health literacy(MHL)and workplace well-being(WWB)of Chinese grassroots civil servants,with regulatory emotional self-efficacy(RESE)and resilience as mediating variables.A questionnaire survey was conducted among Chinese grassroots civil servants,with a valid sample size of 2673 after excluding missing values and conducting relevant data processing.The PROCESS was used to examine the relationship between MHL,RESE,resilience,and WWB.The study found that MHL among grassroots civil servants was positively and significantly correlated with WWB(r=0.73,p<0.01).RESE partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.25,95%CI[0.22,0.28]).Resilience partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.22,95%CI[0.19,0.26]).MHL had a positive effect on WWB through the chain mediating effect of RESE and resilience(β=0.05,95%CI[0.03,0.07]).There is a close relationship between MHL and WWB,where Chinese grassroots civil servants with higher levels of MHL can develop stronger RESE and resilience,leading to higher WWB.The results of this study remind organizational institutions of Chinese grassroots civil servants that enhancing MHL,RESE,and resilience is an important pathway to promoting their WWB.
文摘Since the 1980s, people＇ s material and spiritual life are constantly enriched and improved. People＇ s values are constantly changing, more and more people realize that participate in physical exercise for their own importance in sports. The status of people＇ s lives has been greatly improved, for most residents; they participate in physical activity and have gradually become a richer cultural life, and they enhance the basic needs of physical, mental lifelong sports have gradually deep heart. While people continue to enhance the sports consciousness exercise, we also see some potential problems, such as the rapid development of science and technology is to bring more and more problems to people. As people, enjoy the level of automation in the material aspects of life. They gradually have cars, telephones, washing machines, refrigerators, microwave ovens, rice cookers. And the household products go into our lives, we enjoy the material on those by making more and more people gradually reduce the daily activities. And the most prominent is the elevators and cars, reducing active time and the amount of activity, a lot of heat stored in the human body is causing various diseases, from the results of medical research over the past decade. Various diseases associated with obesity have been become the most important factor in human deaths worldwide, the rapid emergence of this disease and the rapid development of social science and technology form a clear lack of coordination, for which many experts at home and abroad for such issues of deep study and research.
基金supported by the Institute of Psychology,Chinese Academy of Sciences:Development and Demonstration of Mental Health Assessment Model and Training System for Grassroots Government Employees,Survey of Mental Health Literacy and Mental Health Level of Government Employees.
文摘The purpose of this study was to explore the reliability and validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale(WEMWBS)among Chinese civil servants,thus establishing a useful tool for assessing the mental health of individuals in this occupation.The WEMWBS,Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS),and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21(DASS-21)were administered to a sample of 2,624 civil servants(42.860±9.690 years)in a city located within Shandong Province,China.Thefindings revealed significant differences between groups with high and low scores on each item of the WEMWBS(t=48.127–78.308,all p<0.01).The item-total correlation of WEMWBS ranged from 0.752 to 0.911(all p<0.01).Scree plot and parallel analysis results suggested a one-factor solution with factor loadings ranging from 0.762–0.918,accounting for 73.16%of the total variance.Confirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor model of the Chinese version of the WEMWBS(CFI=0.997,TLI=0.996,RMSEA=0.0330).The Chinese version of the WEMWBS was positively correlated with the SWLS(r=0.710,both p<0.01)and negatively correlated with depression,anxiety,stress,and total DASS-21 score(r=-0.512,-0.437,-0.488,-0.497,all p<0.01).The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Guttman split-half coefficient of the Chinese version of the WEMWBS were 0.970 and 0.953,respectively.In conclusion,the 14-item Chinese version of the WEMWBS demonstrated strong reliability and validity,establishing its utility as a precise tool for measuring and assessing the mental health status of civil servants in China.
文摘China＇s civil service, dubbed the ＂iron rice bowl,＂ is no longer viewed as a dream job by job hunters. During this year＇s recruitment season from February to mid-March, more than 10,000 civil servants switched to the private sector, a 34-percent increase over last year, according to a report on the flow of professionals between different sectors. The report by Zhaopin.com, a major employment website in China, says following the Spring Festival in February,
文摘During the period of the Japanese occupation,ordinary civil servants were the main force keeping the puppet municipal government of Tianjin functioning.In the first years of the occupation,the puppet municipal government mainly hired former civil servants who had served under the Nanjing National Government.After the situation was stable,the puppet municipal government also recruited civil servants by civil service examinations.The ranks of civil servants and the rules and regulations they observed were basically the same as those of the former National Government.Most ordinary civil servants came from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,and were relatively young and well educated.They mainly relied on their salaries for their livelihood.For the first three years of the Japanese occupation they lived comfortably,because of their relatively high and stable incomes and the slow rate of inflation.After that,inflation soared,but their salaries did not increase correspondingly,therefore the living conditions of civil servants declined constantly.The Japanese puppet government exercised strict control over civil servants,physically and psychologically,and forced them to receive enslaving education.In short,they were in a distorted and struggling state both in their material life and their spiritual world.
文摘In order to prevent public hearings from becoming a farce,the city of Guangzhou,capital of south China’s Guangdong Province,enacted trial regulations to ensure more fairness and justice at public hearings,which are organized when local residents have major disagreements on important city issues.
文摘In order to promote good service from civil servants, Anqiu City in Shandong Province recently issued the Appraisal Methods for Best-and Worst-Performing Civil Servants. Based on the regulation, the city
文摘The 2012 Nationwide Civil Servants’ Recruitment Exam will put more emphasis on evaluating the virtue of the examtakers, says the State Administration of Civil Service. For future
文摘It wasn’t too long ago that the vast majority of Chinese wore nondescript Mao-style coats and caps in muted grays and blues-bringing uniformity to a population where individual dress styles were frowned upon. Times and tastes have changed. Today
文摘<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Worldwide, the burden of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors is rising with devastating impacts on the productive workforce. In developing nations, it has further led to an unstable population pyramid as a result of premature deaths of her workforce leading to the continued tapering of the pyramidal apex. Inspite of this, many studies were conducted among the general population neglecting the local government civil servants who are seen as policy implementers. Therefore, the study assessed the pattern of CV risk factors in South-western Nigeria.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A cross-sectional study was conducted among 260 local government workers selected by multistage sampling technique from July to September 2017. A pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to obtain socio-demographic and behavioural information. Lipid analysis, anthropometric, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose measurements were done according to protocols. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25;bivariate analysis was done using Chi-square. Level of significance was at 5%. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The mean age of respondents was 46.0 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 6.7 years. The proportion of participants with good knowledge of risk factors was 57.7%. The proportion of respondent with hypertension, visceral obesity, general obesity, diabetes, smoking and physical inactivity was 40.4%, 35.0%, 52.2%, 38.2%, 5.8% and 75.8% respectively. The prevalence of elevated total cholesterol (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TC)</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, raised low-density lipoprotein (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">LDLc), low high-density lipoprotein (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↓</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HDLc) and elevated triglycerides (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TGs) w</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 55.4%, 85.0%, 70.4% and 3.1% respectively. There was a higher proportion of elevated total cholesterol (TC) and LDLc among female respondents (p = 0.002;p = 0.009). Senior cadre staff had a higher proportion of respondents with raised </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↓</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HDLc and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TGs (p =</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.031;p = 0.036). Age was associated with hypertension and was highest among respondents in 45 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 54 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">years </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">age category (p < 0.001).</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The prevalence of CV risk factors was higher compared with other studies in Nigeria and Africa. The findings illuminated a poor response to the rising burden of CV risk factors despite interventions put in place. This underscores the need for holistic preventive and control strategies with a view to reduc</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ing</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Nigeria.</span>
文摘Nowadays, the public sector plays an important role when it comes to economic development and growth of a country. The most important chapter is ＂the evaluation of public servants＂. The analysis for the evaluation and subsequently the personal development and career planning of human resources based on both academic theories and their practical implementation. The new model is based on proportionality and administrative Europeanization, which creates formal and informal rules, modern processes of public policy that will shape common beliefs and values incorporated in the specific national policies. Performance appraisal is the process by which organizations evaluate job performance. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive narration for the performance management in modem public sector, to explain the uses of performance appraisals, to describe the methods of the evaluation and to analyze the role of evaluation.
文摘This research analyzes the role of public service in the political networks. The status of civil servants in these networks is not obvious. On the one hand, the officials are surrounded by strict framework of regulations and law. They are not independent subjects of political decisions, but at the same time, they are the main sources of information needed for making political decisions. On the other hand, they actively interact with other actors of the political networks, including under informal conditions. In addition, high professional requirements for officials lead to the need of recruiting them into the elitist environment. Therefore, there often arises a conflict of interest due to their personal connections. Activating these links, officials are building patron-client relations, behaving as patrons for those who need to receive confidential information and as clients for the higher heads. Thus, civil servants use personal networks for carrying out their functions, and simultaneously use available official information for private gain.
文摘The extensive research on public ethics in the local administration is more than necessary. This paper identifies the basic values of and the challenges to Macedonian Legal System in this area, and explains the key ethical aspects, which should be implemented in practice by civil servants, who increasingly have to learn how to perform in accordance with ethical values. In this paper I will analyze the ethical values of civil servants laid down by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development （OECD） and the Civil Servants Agency in Macedonia, upon which the ethical principles for civil servants in the local administration units are intended to be set. This paper deals with the ethics of civil servants, assessment of best practices, and evaluation of positive and negative indicators. The paper concludes with a few recommendations for the next steps in this process; and some criteria for the consideration of future developments are suggested.
文摘Service standards communication and servant leadership are both important mechanisms to improve an organization＇s service process. Therefore, they are likely to affect strategic competence and customer orientation skills of organizations. In this research, customer orientation and strategic competence are undertaken in relation with servant leadership and service standards communication, using a sample of 106 Turkish firms＇ executive assistants. The results prove that service standards communication and servant leadership have a strong positive relationship with both strategic competence and customer orientation.
