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The role of international partnerships in building the capacity of health professional programs in Kenyan and Tanzanian universities
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
International interuniversity partnerships are recommended for increasing the
capacity of sub-Saharan African universities. Numerous case studies of individual
partnerships exist, as do tools for guiding collaborations, ...
An evaluation of the effect of essential newborn care group motivational interviewing health education delivered in a maternity waiting home setting on the mothers' knowledge and practice and on early neonatal morbidity in rural eastern province of Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The study assesses the effect of the Essential Newborn Care family package
health education messages delivered to pregnant mothers and their caregivers by
the Safe Motherhood Action Groups members (SMAGs) in a Maternity ...
Employment and employability profiles of postgraduate psychology alumni from a historically disadvantaged university
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The present study aimed to determine the employment and employability profiles of alumni
from structured professional Masters programmes in psychology. Issues of low enrolment
rates and high attrition rates are at the fore ...
The perceptions, attitudes and health seeking behaviour of nursing students at a university in the Western Cape regarding influenza
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
According to Brown (2010), influenza kills and hospitalises thousands of people every year,
about thirty-five thousand and two hundred thousand respectively. Some studies have shown that
one of the major reasons that ...
Prevalence of burnout among nurses working at a selected psychiatric hospital in Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Research studies allude to the escalation of work related stress, which leads to
burnout among mental health nurses, internationally. Mental health nursing is stressful because
it is a helping profession that involves close ...
A model for the integration of spiritual care into the nursing curriculum in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Man is a bio-psycho-social-spiritual being, and his needs are informed by all these elements.
The need for spiritual care in nursing education and practice is no longer a new concept in
developed countries, nor even in ...
Investigating item bias in some of the scales of the English version of the South African Substance Use Contextual Risk Instrument (SASUCRI) across a sample of English and isiXhosa mother-tongue learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Substance abuse is a global concern, particularly amongst adolescents. Research shows that
secondary school learners in the Western Cape are susceptible to substance use due to the
ease of access to and constant use of ...
The effect of parental involvement on the identity styles of adolescents
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Adolescence is a phase when youth engage in risk-taking behaviour, which could result in poor physical and psychological adjustment. Risk behaviour is a result of poor decision- making. Decision-making is associated with ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of tuberculosis management among clinicians working at primary health care facilities in the Northern Tygerberg Sub-structure, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most infectious diseases globally and is a huge public health concern. In 2016, the Western Cape Province had the fourth highest incidence of TB in South Africa, with 728 new ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses in a tertiary hospital in South West Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: Healthcare providers are critical to collecting information on drug safety and successful adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting. The roles of doctors and pharmacists have been recognized as important to voluntary ...