Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Title
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An exploration of the knowledge of and involvement of fathers in the practice of complementary feeding of infants and young children in Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The first 1000 days of life represents the period from conception right up to a child’s second birthday. Over the years, there has been a growing body of evidence focusing on the importance of nutrition during this period; ... -
The exploration of the management strategies used by educators working with learners presenting with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms in mainstream schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The inclusive education system in South Africa is one that accepts children with many types of barriers to learning, whether these are physical, emotional or cognitive in nature. In 2001, the Department of Education published ... -
An exploration of the management systems supporting learners affected by HIVAIDS in schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Learners affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), are particularly vulnerable to poor nutrition, mental and physical health abuse, and poverty. This negatively impacts ... -
Exploration of the most valued constructs of quality of life among persons living with spinal cord injury in a Tanzania rural area
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)A spinal cord injury causes a major impact on the life of individuals who experience it. From the impact of the accident or disease causing spinal cord damage, one is left immobile, insensitive to touch and dysfunction of ... -
An exploration of the perceived extent and quality of clinical and academic support provided to junior doctors working in peripheral hospitals in the Amathole Health district in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)By the end of 2022, approximately 2 500 South African doctors, having freshly completed their intern years, will have been allocated to hospitals across the country for 2023 so as to complete their compulsory year of ... -
An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV/AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. ... -
An exploration of the perceptions and experiences of community members on acceptability and feasibility of HIV Self-Testing Oral Fluid Test in Neta ward Mberengwa District, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: The identification of undiagnosed HIV positive individuals through HIV testing services is one of the key measures in ensuring that the UNAIDS/ WHO 90 90 90 targets are achieved by the year 2020. The identification ... -
An exploration of the prevailing perceptions on the role and skills of environmental health officers regarding the prevention of Cholera outbreaks in Lusaka district
(2009)Background:cholera outbreaks have almost become a norm in Lusaka district with the onset of rains.The disease forms part of the preventable diarrhea diseases that have greatly contributed to the high morbidity and mortality ... -
An exploration of the reasons for defaulting amongst Tuberculosis patients on the Community Based Directly-Observed Treatment Programme in the Siyanda district, Northern Cape Province
(UWC, 2009)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) poses a major public health challenge in South Africa and in the Northern Cape Province. The province has the third highest in TB incidence rate in the country. Poor adherence to TB treatment ... -
An exploration of the reasons for late presentation of pregnant women for antenatal care in Worcester, Cape Winelands District
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: Antenatal Care (ANC) is a key strategy in achieving positive maternal health outcomes. ANC is an important entry point into formal health care services. ANC is very low in cost and among the most effective ... -
An exploration of the reasons for self-sabotage by survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) during various stages of an intervention programme from a selected women’s shelter in the Cape Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Shelters for battered women serve as a place of refuge and provide protection. Shelters interrupt the violence against women and their children and act as places of reflection and support and provide women with a bridge ... -
An exploration of the role of families in providing primary healthcare for children
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Families remain a major social support system that plays a key role in the provision of primary healthcare (PHC) for children, and this role is especially important as PHC would normally take place before a child is taken ... -
An exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of the referral and counter-referral system for maternal and neonatal health services between primary level health facilities and a tertiary hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Introduction: Despite the progress that Zambia has made in reducing its maternal mortality ratio from 649 to 398 per 100,000 live births between 1996 and 2013/14, the country did not meet the Millennium Development Goal ... -
An exploration of the subjective lived experiences of pregnant survivors of cyber intimate partner violence
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Focussing on interpersonal relations, this research project aimed to investigate subjective lived experiences of the newer form of gender-based violence (GBV), that is cyber intimate partner violence (cyber IPV) in the ... -
An exploration of the traumatic experiences associated with refugee status in a sample of Congolese refugees in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2008)There has been an influx of refugees from African countries into South Africa as a result of having been displaced by war. Starting in 1994, the genocide in the Great Lakes region exacerbated existing ethnic and political ... -
An exploration of timing of disclosure to male partners by HIV positive women attending a health care centre in Lusaka, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Disclosure of HIV positive status to male partners is well established as a key element in the success of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, as it helps improve adherence to ARVs by the women ... -
An exploration of undergraduate Occupational therapy students’ perspectives on occupational balance
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Occupational justice empowers individuals, especially the previously disadvantaged, to have their basic needs met, as well as turn their potential into reality, through human rights and labour legislation, which provides ... -
An exploration of women's attitudes towards routine screening for domestic violence in a healthcare setting
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)South Africa has the highest statistics for violence against women in the world. The focus of this study was on domestic violence, or violence against women by their intimate partners. The World Health Organisation has ... -
An exploration of women's experiences regarding their weight status within a feminist and social constructionist framework
(University of Western Cape, 2004)The phenomenon of obesity is widespread and the obese are increasingly making use of weight loss programmes specifically focused on addressing this population group' s needs. With the increase in statistics regarding ... -
An exploration of youth offenders' subjective experiences of the rehabilitation programme at a South African reform school
(1997)The institution in which the study was conducted is a closed, residential, single sex reform school in Cape Town. Male youths between the ages of 13 and 21 are committed via the judicial system for offenses which range ...