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The affordances of mobile learning for an undergraduate nursing programme: A design-based study
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The global use of mobile devices, and their connectivity capacity, integrated with the affordances of social media networks, provides a resource-rich platform for innovative student-directed learning experiences. Technology ...
Physical activity behaviours of persons with HIV and AIDS in low-income populations: The design of a context-sensitive randomised control trial
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are serious health issues that continue to affect many nations. Specifically, the sub-Saharan African region has the highest prevalence ...
Exploring factors associated with substance use among pregnant women in a Cape Town community
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Substance use among pregnant women is a perennial problem in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. There are many influential factors are associated with substance use among women of childbearing-age. The study explored ...
Acceptability of a home-based antiretroviral therapy delivery model among HIV patients in Lusaka district
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: The Zambian anti-retroviral therapy (ART) program has successfully enrolled
over 770, 000 people living with HIV (PLWH), out of a population of 1.2 million PLWH.
This tremendous success has overburdened the ...
Health promotion for non-communicable diseases: Perceptions of physiotherapy and general practitioners in the southern province of Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The increasing spread of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially in the lowand
middle-income countries calls for a more holistic and cost-effective measure to
reduce its impact on society. One of the methods advocated ...
Accessibility of tertiary education to students with learning disabilities in all the faculties of the University of Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
People with disabilities do not face the same circumstances, in their journey through tertiary
education, as do people without disabilities. Studies have revealed that learning disabilities
are often invisible and not ...
The adaptation and contextualization of the bridges stroke self-management intervention for patients living with stroke in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: Many patients with stroke feel ill-prepared for discharge from stroke rehabilitation, despite having undergone extensive periods of therapy. From the available research, there is clear evidence that disease ...
Pretesting the revised version of the South African Substance Use Contextual Risk Instrument (SASUCRI)
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Substance use is a major problem in South Africa, particularly within the Western Cape. The problem of substance use is prominent amongst adolescents in low socio-economic-status communities, and these prevalence rates are ...
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 ...
Hearing loss amongst DR-TB patients that have received extended high-frequency pure tone audiometry monitoring (KUDUwave) at three DR-TB decentralized sites in Kwazulu Natal
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Ototoxic induced hearing loss is a common adverse event related to aminoglycosides used in Multi Drug Resistant -Tuberculosis treatment. Exposure to ototoxic drugs damages the structures of the inner ear. Symptomatic hearing ...