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Empowering community health workers to improve their health behaviours using a self-management approach
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa and the Western Cape Province are under severe strain with an increasing quadruple burden of disease, and a deficit in the number of professionally trained healthcare workers available to meet the health needs ...
Self-management strategies employed by stroke survivors in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Ischaemic heart disease and stroke were the leading causes of death and disability globally,
accounting for a combined 15 million deaths. Disability following a stroke is complex and
multidimensional. Disability and ...
Perceptions of healthcare professionals and stroke patients regarding self-management.
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. Stroke patients often place significant cost on the health care systems, due to long periods of care. Health care professionals play a key role in ...