Abstract:
The study was on sleep among students in public and private universities in Uganda. It was conducted in urban public and private universities in Uganda. Students were the unit of analysis. Informants were studied for some good period of time. The study was of Qualitative in nature and used a Positivism philosophy backed with Health Belief Model (HBM) by Rosen stock, supported by the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) which was proposed in 1975 by Martin Fishbein. The study used a sample size of 375 participants (students). 306 students and 69 personnel for secondary data. It involved a total of 63 participants from each university participated in the study. Health Belief Model (HBM) was used in studying related literature, designing research instruments, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting it. The study found out that: A big number of students do sleep a lot during their time at the university. Almost every student is enjoying life, as they term it. Students care less about studies. Some students negligently miss lectures or even exams because of over sleeping. The majority of students fail to get good grades and do get retakes. More than half of the admitted students don't complete their courses successfully. Some students quit courses completely. The following recommendations were made; Students should always control their sleep behavior. They should practice physical activities improve their health and remain active. Students should always go for medical checkups. Institutions should provide convenient environment that doesn't scare away students from campus premises. Incentives should be provided to entice and motivate students to participate in university activities like Music, Dance and Drama. Online learning system should be emphasized such that students can learn using their personal gargets when at the places of residence instead of over sleeping.
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