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Developing a model for integration of core competencies related to HIV and AIDS into undergraduate nursing curriculum at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The HIV epidemic is in its third decade, and there is still neither a cure nor an effective vaccine in sight. Although the number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths has decreased since the early 2000s, the number ...
Development of a framework for health care professionals to lead youth victims of violence towards wellness in the Genadendal community of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The Wellness Leadership White Paper states that leadership is needed in a supportive environment with the purpose of guiding clients to lasting wellness. Wellness can be defined as an active process that enables an individual ...
The development of a model of emotional support for undergraduate nursing students working in mental health care settings
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
The mental health care environment is a stressful environment because of the
environment, perceived unpreparedness of students and the emotional demands
placed on the students which are inherent in the nature of the work. ...
Developing a framework for a district-based information management system for mental health care in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
A review of the literature has shown that there is a lack of mental health information on
which to base planning of mental health services and decisions concerning programme
development for mental health services. Several ...
Development of a patient-centred in-service training programme for midwives to increase client satisfaction with child-birth care in Kumasi, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: Satisfaction with the care mothers receive during child-birth is known to have a very strong influence on their future use of facility-based care during child-birth. Women and children continue to die from ...
Acceptance and commitment therapy in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV program among pregnant women living with HIV in South Western States of Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The objective of this study was to determine if introducing acceptance and
commitment therapy in the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT)
program using weekly mobile phone messages would result in ...
Development of a clinical nursing education model for Nigerian universities
(University of Western Cape, 2017)
Globally, nursing education has moved from a hospital-based education to a university-based
education. Though this change resulted in the improvement of the quality of nurses it has also
presented its own challenges. ...
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. ...
Nigeria developing strategies to enhance implementation of early Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The number of healthcare institutions that has embraced Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as an
effective and efficient method of neonatal care especially in Edo State, Nigeria has not
multiplied even after more than a decade ...
Integrated mobile phone interventions for adherence to antiretroviral treatment in clients with HIV infection in Accra, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Mobile phone interventions such as text messaging have been used to improve
treatment adherence globally and in sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, integrated
mobile phone intervention for adherence support in Ghana, has ...