Magister Public Health - MPH (Public Health)

Factors influencing utilization of Oral Health Services in Lesotho

Linjewile-Marealle, Navoneiwa (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

The oral health programme in Lesotho aims to offer curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative oral health services. However, observations as well as annual reports suggest that oral health service utilization is ...

Factors influencing teenage pregnancy in Heidedal location, Mangaung district

Qolesa, Sandra Kegomodicwe (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

Teenage pregnancy remains a complex issue globally. According to the World Health Organisation (2014), the average global birth rate of girls aged 15-19 years was 49 per 1000 births reported globally. In South Africa, ...

Factors affecting health care workers' acceptance and use of Telehealth in hospitals in Kwazulu-Natal

Prinsloo, Celeste Jo-Ann (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

Background and rationale: Telehealth is a collection of methods for enhancing health care, public health, and health education delivery and support using telecommunications technologies. Despite the many reported benefits ...

Contraceptive use and fertility intentions of HIV-positive women in two health districts in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Amaah, Penn (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

HIV-positive women may desire to have children, plan their family size or avoid becoming pregnant. The choice to use or not to use a contraceptive method depends on this desire which is influenced by their fertility ...

Quality of Care of Patients Presenting Prescriptions at Community Pharmacies in a Region of Ghana

Essilfie-Essel, Gabriel K.N.

Quality of patient care may be assessed through rational use of medicine indicators initially developed in collaboration with WHO. These assessments have been carried out in primary level government clinics and hospital settings ...

An exploration of the perceptions of nurses in caring for psychiatric patients in a rural district hospital in Northern Cape, South Africa.

Matsoso, Tsietsi Martin (University of Western Cape, 2017)

Caring for psychiatric patients in the medical wards of rural district hospitals is of concern, as the hospitals are not designed to make provision for these patients. Psychiatric patients, especially those diagnosed with ...

Barriers to accessibility to Antiviral treatment for Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis C in Egypt

Serag, Hani (University of Western Cape, 2014)

Egypt has the highest burden of Hepatitis C Viral infection (HCV) in the world with 10% between 15- 60 years old having HCV antibodies and 7% having chronic HCV infection. HCV is more concentrated among rural, aged, less ...

Determinants of TB treatment adherence among patients on Anti-TB treatment in Tororo District, Uganda

Wanyama, Barasa Alex (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

To address this challenge, our study was to ascertain the extent of poor adherence to anti-TB treatment, to describe the demographic factors of patients on anti-TB treatment, to investigate the factors associated with ...

Factors relating to poor glycaemic control amongst diabetic patients attending Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre

Kariem, Abdul Khalied

Diabetes is a serious public health problem accounting for the second highest cause of death in South Africa in 2015. Poor diabetic control causes various micro- and macro-vascular conditions of which management is ...

Access and utilization of reproductive health services among adolescents in Kaduna North local governemnt, Kaduna State North-West, Nigeria

Nmadu, Awawu Grace (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

A considerable proportion of adolescents in Nigeria are sexually active and involved in unprotected sexual activities with multiple partners. Consequently, these adolescents suffer high rates of sexually transmitted ...

Understanding the attitudes, perceptions and practices towards condom use in preventing HIV among university students: A qualitative exploratory study at a tertiary institution, Cape Metropole, Western Cape.

Kola, Beauty Nontuthuzelo (University of the Western Cape, 2018)

HIV prevalence in South African youth aged 15-24 years was 7.1% in 2012, and is considered high (Shisana et al., 2014), suggesting that this population is highly vulnerable to HIV infection. Most students at the Higher ...

Evaluation of the effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Interventions in two selected health facilities in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Itiola, Ademola Joshua (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

Most (90%) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive children are infected through mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT). Without any interventions the risk of MTCT is between 20% and 45% at the final endpoint of ...

Risk factors for adolescent pregnancy and HIV in Bafoussam, Cameroon

Che Gilbert, Ambe (University of the Western Cape, 2018)

Adolescent pregnancies contribute significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality accounting for 23% of the overall burden of disease due to pregnancy and childbirth among women of all ages. Pregnancy in adolescence is ...

An investigation on food safety of the National School Nutrition Programme in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Dlova, Zoe Nomakhushe (University of the Western Cape, 2018)

The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) focuses on provision of nutritious supplementary meals to learners in order to improve temporary hunger, learner's school attendance and punctuality. Food served through this ...

Exploring the perceptions of interprofessional teamwork and the barriers and facilitators there of in, in-patient management at a tertiary hospital

Arends, Nicole Erin (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

Quality, patient-centered care are recognised standards for providing health care. Since the landscape of health has changed dramatically, with the unprecedented rise in the burden of disease, South African tertiary ...

Assessing the implementation of Focused Antenatal Care and factors influencing its implementation across health facilities in Jinja District, Uganda

Nabwire, Juliana (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

The World Health Organization recommends focused antenatal care (FANC) to limit the number of times a pregnant woman makes visits to the health facility (if there is no other need) to four while ensuring that she receives ...

The Prevalence of immunization and the factors associated with low immunization prevalence in an urban community in the Western Cape

Williams, Michelle Kay (University of the Western Cape, 2017)

In 2013/2014 the fully immunized child immunization prevalence in South Africa was 80% is below the national target of 90%. A review of Western Cape Government (WCG): Health immunization data indicated that 87.7% of children ...