Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: From novice to expert: agroecological competences of children orphaned by AIDS compared to non-orphans in Benin. | JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE From novice to expert agroecological competences of children orphaned by AIDS compared to non-orphans in Benin Fagbemissi and Price Fagbemissi and Price Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 4 http content 7 1 4 10 January 2011 BioMed Central Fagbemissi and Price Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 4 http content 7 1 4 7k JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY 5R And ethnomedicine RESEARCH Open Access From novice to expert agroecological competences of children orphaned by AIDS compared to non-orphans in Benin Rose C Fagbemissi Lisa L Price Abstract Background AIDS has created new vulnerabilities for rural African households due to prime-age adult mortality and is assumed to lead to impairment of the intergenerational transfer of farming knowledge. There has been scant research to date however on the impacts of parental death on farming knowledge of children made orphans by AIDS. The question we investigate is if there is a difference in agricultural expertise between AIDS affected and non-affected adults and children. Methods The research was carried out in rural Benin with 77 informants randomly selected according to their AIDS status 13 affected and 13 non-affected adults 13 paternal 13 maternal and 13 double orphans and 12 nonorphan children. Informants descriptions from pile sorting exercises of maize and cowpea pests were categorized and then aggregated into descriptions based form morphology and function utility and used to determine whether the moving from novice to expert is impaired by children orphaned by AIDS. Differences and similarities in responses were determined using the Fischer exact test and the Cochran-Mantzel-Haenszel test. Results No significant differences were found between AIDS affected and non-affected adults. Results of the study do reveal differences in the use of form and function descriptors among the children. There is a statistically .
