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The effect of a youth development programme combatting engagement in health risk behaviours amongst grade 8 learners in a selected high school in the Paarl area
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: Health risk behaviours can directly affect health outcomes. Healthy behaviours such as exercising and eating sensibly can lower the risk of conditions like heart disease and diabetes, while unhealthy behaviours ...
Factors inhibiting equalization of opportunities towards persons with physical disabilities in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Background: Persons with physical disabilities experience unfavorable conditions in health care, education, employment infrastructure and recreational facilities. Persons with physical disabilities have encountered challenges ...
The role of physiotherapy in inclusive education
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The education system in South Africa has been on a path of change since 1994, in an effort to correct the injustices and inequalities of our apartheid past. In 2001 Education White Paper Six and the inclusive education ...
The prevalence and management of low back pain among high school children in Nyamasheke District, Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Low back pain among high school children is perceived to be uncommon in the clinic setting. However, previous studies have suggested that it may be an important and increasing problem to be managed in this age group. The ...
Rehabilitation services of persons with disabilities : experiences of patients and service providers in a rehabilitation centre in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Rehabilitation is important for persons living with disabilities as it contributes to their sense of autonomy, self-worth, social participation and improving their quality of life. Improving the quality of rehabilitation ...
Social support and participation restrictions in patients living with stroke in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Cerebro-vascular accidents or stroke remain a leading cause of death worldwide accounting for 5.5 million deaths, leaving individuals disabled in many aspects of functioning. The International Classification of Functioning, ...
Exploration and determination of the process of care of stroke in Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Zambia is undergoing epidemiological changes from communicable diseases to NCDs as a result of demographic transition and hence Stroke is an emerging NCD in the country. The process of care of stroke in Zambia as country ...
The management of Bell’s palsy at selected community health centres in the Cape Metropolitan District of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Bell’s palsy (BP), a fairly common disorder predominantly prevalent in the adult age group, affects nerves and muscles in the face causing paralysis or dropping of one side of the face. Clients with Bell’s palsy face many ...
Physiotherapists’ perceptions on stroke rehabilitation with focus on palliative care in Lusaka, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Palliative care is a vague and often confusing term used to describe a type of treatment model for chronic and life-threatening illnesses. WHO describes palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of ...
Profile of, and challenges experienced by, stroke patients admitted at Haydom Lutheran hospital, Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Background and aim: Despite the high number of strokes globally, and among people of African origin in particular, there are few available data on stroke in most countries of sub-Saharan African (SSA), including Tanzania. ...