Browsing by Author "Bimerew, Million"
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Developing strategies to improve support for grandparents caring for aids orphans in the western cape
Akimanimpaye, Furaha (University of Western Cape, 2021)Literature evidence on challenges facing the grandparents caring for AIDS orphaned children has shown inaccessibility to health care services, inability to afford basic needs, absence of social security provisions (with ... -
Developing strategy to improve the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education policy in Oyo state secondary schools in Nigeria
Yinyinola, Makinde Olufemi (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Sexuality education is a globally emerging social issue leading to discourse among stakeholders in the school system and public health arena. Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has emerged as an effective method of ... -
Development of a protocol for nurses to reduce stigma towards mental health care users at primary health care services in the Western Cape
John James Musafiri (2023)Background: Nearly one in eight individuals across the world lives with a mental disorder. Mental disorders contribute to the global burden of disease, and are the third largest contributor to the overall disease burden ... -
Exploring the coping strategies of mothers with preterm babies admitted to a Neonatal Care Unit in one hospital in Cape Town
Awah, Delphine Sih (University of the Western Cape, 2017)Most pregnant women have uncomplicated pregnancies. In South Africa mothers with uncomplicated pregnancies are able to deliver at community-based health facilities called Midwife Obstetric Units. However, due to complications ... -
Exploring the sexual and reproductive health information needs and barriers of teenage girls at a high school in the Western Cape
Holtman, Natheerah (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The sexual reproductive health information needs of teenage girls are unmet in developing countries. This coupled with poor information-seeking behaviour to acquire appropriate SRH information and understanding of how ... -
Factors influencing nursing students’ persistence at a higher education institution in the Western Cape
Mapfuranewe, Eggesta (University of the Western Cape, 2023)Background: Persistence of undergraduate nursing students at institutions of higher learning is mainly hampered by high attrition rates. High attrition rates are a global problem, attributed to a myriad of challenges that ... -
Investigating the knowledge and attitudes of nurses on the benefit of the quality of patient record-keeping in selected hospitals in Burundi
Bizimana, Edison (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: Complete recording of information is the foundation of continuity of care. However, the quality of patient information recording is a major problem being experienced by health services institutions in many ... -
Investigating the reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices among student nurses at a selected private nursing college in South Africa
Forsyth, Patricia Eileen (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: The changes in sexual and reproductive behaviour of young people as they become students, has been widely documented. International and local studies promote the development of student-centred, comprehensive ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses towards hand washing at a selected Psychiatric Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
Muhawenimana, Feza (University of Western Cape, 2020)Studies have shown that no great emphasis has been put on hand washing practices in psychiatric health facilities, despite the fact that nosocomial infection outbreaks have been reported for decades. Most studies have ... -
Knowledge, perceived skills and attitude of nurses regarding the use of electronic health records in selected primary health care facilities in the Western Cape
Tengeh, Laura Ngweh (University of Western Cape, 2020)The implementation, adoption and the use of EHR globally has been proven a challenge, despite the numerous advantages that have been noted with the use of an electronic health recording system to improve health care ... -
A training programme for nurses on the management of preoperative anxiety and information needs of patients in Ashanti region, Ghana
Dankyi, Sawan (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Studies reveal that preoperative information hastens recovery, reduces postoperative complications and improves patients’ satisfaction. It is expedient to explore the preoperative information needs of patients as assumptions ... -
Undergraduate midwifery students’ perceived readiness to conduct fetal surveillance at a University in the Western Cape
Nso, Blasius Anye (University of Western Cape, 2021)Fetal surveillance (FS) helps midwives to predict the well-being of the fetus during labour and its relationship with uterine contractions as labour progresses. Incorrect use of surveillance apparatus and wrong interpretation ... -
Undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices toward HIV and AIDS in a higher education institution
Nongalaza, Duduzile Nontuthuzelo Cynthia (University of Western Cape, 2020)South Africa has the highest rate of HIV epidemic in the world, with the total number of PLWHA estimated at approximately 7. 97 million in 2019. Learning outcomes related to HIV and AIDS are embedded in the four-year ...