@article{Obi-Nwosu_Balageul_Nwafor_2019, title={ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC WELLBEING OF PEOPLE LIVING IN BLACKFLY AND OTHER VECTOR INFESTED AREAS OF CAMEROON}, volume={2}, url={https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/ZJMR/article/view/946}, abstractNote={<p>This study on the assessment of psychological and socioeconomic wellbeing of inhabitants of<br>vector infested areas of Cameroon was informed by observed adverse conditions: significantly<br>increased economic, health, and social down turns, as well as to establish base line data for<br>environmental impact assessment. A total number of 400 persons from the infested areas<br>(Ndonakem 100, Bafia 145, Massock 55, and Edea 100), comprising 271 males (68%), and 129<br>females (32%), aged between 15 and 60 (mean 36.47) participated in the study. Two<br>Instruments used in this study were the Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB), and the<br>Interviewer Rated Multivariate Socioeconomic Wellbeing Assessment Scale (IRMSEWAS).<br>Potgieter (2004), reported alpha-coefficient of 0.9 in a study with South African adults for PWB,<br>and for this study, a full scale Cronbach alpha of 0.67 was obtained in a pilot test with adult<br>Cameroonians in Younde. The reliability coefficient for the IRMSEWAS) was 0.68. Descriptive<br>statistics were used to analyse the cross sectional data to answer the questions: 1.What is the<br>psychological well-being profile of Cameroonians living in the Vector Infested Areas? 2. What is<br>the socioeconomic well-being profile of Cameroonians living in the Vector Infested Areas? 3.<br>What kind of relationship exists between psychological well-being, and socioeconomic wellbeing<br>among residents in the infested areas? Data analyses indicate that in practical terms none<br>of the respondents was enjoying psychological wellbeing. Also, none of the respondents met the<br>criteria for high socioeconomic wellbeing. 3.75% were in the medium/middle socioeconomic<br>wellbeing rating, while 96.25% rated low in socioeconomic wellbeing. People living in the<br>studied areas were practically socioeconomically disadvantaged, and distressed. There is urgent<br>need to improve on the psychological and socioeconomic wellbeing of inhabitants of these areas<br>of Cameroon to forestall possible security challenges to the Country, as well as deepening<br>poverty and its associated health and social pathological concomitants.</p>}, number={1}, journal={ZIK JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH}, author={Obi-Nwosu, Harry and Balageul, Nkot and Nwafor, Edwin}, year={2019}, month={Aug.} }