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Development, implementation and evaluation of youth development programmes to address health risk behaviour among grade 8 to grade 10 learners in selected schools in the Paarl area.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Background: There is consensus internationally and among South African researchers that engagement in health risk behaviours amongst the youth is a concern from a public health perspective. It is evident that much health ...
A model development for an interdisciplinary approach to patient care: a case for curriculum development
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The complexity of human health and its determinants has been developing gradually and the means to attend to them has gone beyond the scope of a specific health discipline. Advocacy is underway by health stakeholders such ...
An intervention programme for management of overweight and obese Nigerians in Lagos State, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Over the past decades there has been a global increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity leads to surging of associated co-morbidities of overweight and ...
Evidence to inform the development of physiotherapy guidelines for HIV-infected and HIV non-infected women following obstetric and gynaecological surgery
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Methods to improve women’s health have become an urgent global priority. Development of clinical guidelines is viewed as a way of improving the quality of health care in South Africa. At present there are no physiotherapy ...
Exploring the challenges and experiences of stroke patients and their spouses in Blantyre, Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Stroke is the second leading cause of disability worldwide. Up to 60% of the survivors remain severely disabled. These people experience various challenges in such areas as self-care, mobility, accessing medical and ...
Work-related lower back pain among primary school teachers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common work-related health problems in economically developed countries and the most prevailing musculoskeletal condition that causes disability in the developing nations. School ...
Implementation and evaluation of a health education programme on chronic diseases of lifestyle in high schools learners in the Northern Cape
(2013)
Non-communicable disease (NCD’s) accounts for 80% of the deaths in low and middle socio-economic countries. Emphasis should be placed on the prevention of behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases like alcohol consumption, ...
Building a health-promoting schools conceptual framework model as a strategy to address barriers to learning and to promote healthy development of school-aged children
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
After suffering almost total collapse. Rwanda has made impressive post-genocide progress. Many children of school going age are now attending school, but regrettably, only half complete primary school. High numbers of ...
Health professionals' perceptions of rehabilitation care workers
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
People with disabilities (PWD) often come from disadvantaged communities and struggle to access health and rehabilitation, education and employment. This leads to poorer health outcomes, lower education achievements, and ...
The correlation of the self-reported Leeds assessment of neuropathic symptoms and signs score, clinical neurological examination findings and magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with Lumbo-sacral radiculopathy
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Lumbo-sacral radiculopathy (LSR) is clinically defined as low back and referred leg symptoms accompanied by an objective sensory and/or motor deficit due to nerve root compromise. LSR is a common condition encountered by ...