Browsing Magister Public Health - MPH (Public Health) by Title
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Delayed disclosure of sexual violence incidents among victims in Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with reporting incidents of sexual violence after seventy-two hours at the sexual assault service centre in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. This descriptive study was based ... -
Depression literacy, attitudes, and help-seeking preferences: A cross-sectional survey of undergraduate students at a university in Western Cape Province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Mental disorders are a wide range of conditions characterized by occasional or chronic changes in thinking, emotion, or behaviour. They have become a global public health concern due to their widespread occurrences and ... -
A description of the insights and attitudes of undergraduate health sciences students in the Interprofessional Education Programme at the University of the Western Cape: experiences of community and health sciences students
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Interprofessional Education (IPE) for the undergraduate health sciences students has been seen as a vehicle that could prepare health professionals for improved collaboration in health care (Reeves, 2000). Early health ... -
A description of the insights and attitudes of undergraduate health sciences students in the Interprofessional Education Programme at the University of the Western Cape: Experiences of community and health sciences students
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Interprofessional Education (IPE) for the undergraduate health sciences students has been seen as a vehicle that could prepare health professionals for improved collaboration in health care (Reeves, 2000). Early health ... -
A description of the perceptions and barriers that influence initial and consistent use of condoms amongst a sample of male and female students of the Polytechnic in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)The purpose of this study is to gain a greater understanding of the perceptions and barriers that influence condom use amongst male and female students at the Polytechnic of Namibia (Technical Vocational Education & ... -
A descriptive analysis of the role of a WhatsApp clinical discussion group as a forum for continuous medical education in the management of complicated HIV/TB clinical cases in a group of doctors in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: As South Africa’s HIV programme increases in size, increasingly complex HIV/TB cases occur that are often beyond the clinical scope of primary health care clinicians. In the Eastern Cape (EC) province, health ... -
A descriptive analysis of the role of a WhatsApp clinical discussion group as a forum for Continuous Medical Education in the management of complicated HIV/TB clinical cases in a group of doctors in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: As South Africa’s HIV programme increases in size, increasingly complex HIV/TB cases occur that are often beyond the clinical scope of primary health care clinicians. In the Eastern Cape (EC) province, health ... -
Designing, developing and evaluating a management information system for vitamin a supplementation programme managers in the Eastern Cape through action research
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)Periodic high doses of vitamin A supplementation has been demonstrated to have a dramatic impact on vitamin A status and general health of children, significantly improving child survival. The Eastern Cape Department of ... -
The determinants of adherence to ART medication refill pick up in the regional hospital HIV clinics at the Sekhukhune district, Limpopo province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)South Africa has been reported to have high burden of HIV and is currently running the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme globally which incorporates the test and treat policy. However, adherence to ART is ... -
Determinants of adherence to tuberculosis therapy among patients receiving Directly Observed Treatment from a district hospital in Pretoria, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Background: The incidence of tuberculosis in South Africa last measured at 834 in 2015 as reported by the World Bank. Out of these cases, only 54% cured and 13% of patients stop taking treatment. In Pretoria, Gauteng, ... -
Determinants of compliance behaviour among patients living with diabetes referred for diabetic retinopathy treatment in a government health care facility in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Untreated and unmonitored diabetic retinopathy (DR) can lead to vision loss. This may have many negative implications on society. Currently, there is a dearth of evidence regarding the factors that influence compliance ... -
Determinants of long term survival of patients initiated on HAART at the AIDS support organization, Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)It is well documented that mortality rates have decreased and the survival of HIV and AIDS patients has been prolonged since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996. Although HAART has ... -
Determinants of TB treatment adherence among patients on anti-TB treatment in Tororo District, Uganda
(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 ... -
Determinants of viral suppression among adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State province, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)In 2018, it was estimated that 33,000 adolescent girls and 4,200 adolescent boys were HIV-positive in South Africa. The Free State province reports that 89% of people living with HIV are diagnosed; 72% of those diagnosed ... -
Determinants of viral suppression among adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in the Sedibeng District, Gauteng province
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Approximately 1.75 million adolescents (10-19 years old) globally were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2020, with the Eastern and Southern African regions the most affected by HIV. Progress has been made ... -
Determining food and nutrition literacy of community health workers in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Obesity is one of the critical problems that threatens not only health, but the economy at a global level. Among the factors associated with obesity is less than optimum level of nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy ... -
Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)There is growing awareness that drinking water can become contaminated following its collection from safe communal sources such as boreholes, as well as during transportation and storage in the house. Drinking water is the ... -
Determining the level of non-booking for antenatal care and associated barriers as well as risk for mother to child transmission of HIV among pregnant women in Chitungwiza city, Zimbabwe
(University of Western Cape, 2020)PMTCT is an effective strategy in preventing paediatric HIV infection. In Zimbabwe the success of PMTCT is entirely dependent on pregnant women accessing antenatal care services and through that, getting linked to PMTCT. ... -
Determining the risk of non-communicable diseases amongst the mentally ill patients attending psychiatric out-patient clinic at the federal neuropsychiatric hospital Kware Sokoto in Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Introduction: People with mental illness (PMI) are likely to die of chronic diseases, primarily cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory diseases at a younger age compared with the general population. The side-effects ... -
The development of a tool to evaluate the quality of prevention of mother to child transmission programmes offered to the hiv exposed infants in a primary health care facility setting in Cape Town
(2012)Introduction Mother to Child Transmission is a significant route of HIV infection in children and in South Africa (SA) the median HIV prevalence rate among pregnant women is 30, 2% and in the Western Cape Province (WCP) ...