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Physical activity after spinal cord injury: exploring experiences in the Cape Metropolitan area
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is an acquired injury, by which damage to the spinal cord
causes complete or partial neurological impairment. The major causes of premature death
after a spinal cord injury have been documented ...
A conceptual framework for nurse educationalists and professional nurses to facilitate professionalism among undergraduate learner nurses for nursing practice in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2017)
Learner nurses are socialised into the professional nursing culture through a formal
undergraduate nursing programme, where the professional values of nursing are instilled in them
throughout their four-year training. ...
Exploring perceived reasons and risk factors for illicit drug use among youth in the Western Cape: implications for primary prevention
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Globally, drug abuse among youth is recognised as one of our greatest health
and social problems and, as in other countries, South Africa is battling with this phenomenon.
Drug abuse among youth (including children and ...
Adjustment of first year university students and the effect of a psychosocial intervention on their mental health and adjustment over an interrupted time series
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
First-year students face an array of challenges, ranging from financial, to academic and
psychosocial problems. Research suggests that first-year students require student support
structures to enable student retention. ...
Exploring perceived reasons ands risk factors for illicit drug use among youth in the Western Cape: Implications for primary prevention
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Globally, drug abuse among youth is recognised as one of our greatest health
and social problems and, as in other countries, South Africa is battling with this phenomenon.
Drug abuse among youth (including children and ...
An exploration of fathers' subjective experiences of parenting a child that presents with Dyspraxia during middle childhood
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Confronting the realisation that one's child may have a developmental disability presents a
major challenge for any parent. The body of scholarship in this area however, focused mainly
on the role that mothers play ...
The perceptions of health care professionals regarding the role of physiotherapy in management of upper limb fractures in children at Solwezi General Hospital in Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Upper limb fractures occur in a population of different age groups but are more
common in children. According to literature, upper limb fractures are mainly caused by a fall on
an outstretched hand, and if not managed ...
The effect of a four-week, web-based visual skills training program on attention, timing and eye-hand coordination in 13 to 15-year-old adolescents
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
There is a rising concern that more and more children struggle to pay attention
and to concentrate in school. The ability to concentrate on a task, switching
attention between different tasks and inhibiting impulsive ...
The support of nurse managers to midwives in implementing HIV testing and counselling within protocol at an antenatal clinic in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Midwives are expected to encourage pregnant women to undertake, continue and adhere to
the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) program.It should be a norm that ...
Factors that motivate students to succeed at a nursing college in the Western Cape
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The role of nursing education is to strengthen and develop human values and feelings in nursing
students, aiming to make them intellectuals, as well as skilled persons. The nurse educator and
nursing institutions are ...