Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Adejumo, Oluyinka"
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Assessment of common perinatal mental disorders in a selected district hospital of the Eastern Province in Rwanda
Umuziga, Marie Providence (University of the Western Cape, 2014)Common perinatal mental disorders (CPMDs) are increasingly being recognised as an important public health issue including depression and anxiety. In low and middle income countries such as Rwanda, CPMDs are prevalent among ... -
Barriers to utilisation of out-patient mental health services at a children’s hospital in Cape Town
Mokitimi, Stella (2013)This mini-thesis is an investigation of the barriers (if any) to utilisation of child and adolescent out-patient mental health services in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at a children’s hospital in Cape ... -
Developing a framework for a district-based information management system for mental health care in the Western Cape
Bimerew, Million S (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 ... -
Developing a model for integration of core competencies related to HIV and AIDS into undergraduate nursing curriculum at the University of the Western Cape
Modeste, Regis Rugira Marie (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 ... -
The development of an implementation framework for service-learning in the undergraduate nursing programme in the Western Cape
Julie, Hester (University of the Western Cape, 2014)In this doctoral thesis, I explored how the national guidelines for higher education to institutionalise service-learning as a particular type of community engagement were implemented in South African higher education ... -
Development of neonatal nursing care clinical competency-based assessment tool for Nurse-midwife technicians in CHAM nursing colleges, Malawi
Phuma, Ellemes Everret (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Literature has shown that Malawi is experiencing a shortage of qualified healthcare providers, with the greatest burden on maternal and neonatal health. The majority of health service providers are Nurse-Midwife Technicians ... -
Lived experiences of nurses caring for adolescents with mental health problems in a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape Province
Satani, Patricia Nomasizakhe (2013)Mental health care for adolescents is currently provided in a range of settings world-wide. These include the pediatrics units, general hospitals and specialized in-patient units for adolescents. However, care in these ... -
Patients' experiences of being nursed by student nurses at a teaching hospital in the Western Cape
Mukumbang, Ferdinand C. (University of the Western Cape, 2013)Patients' experiences of being nursed by student nurses at a teaching hospital in the Western Cape. Results: Three main themes were discovered after the data analysis; methods of identification of student-nurses by ... -
Professional nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards the mentally ill in an associated psychiatric hospital
Basson, Marina (University of Western Cape, 2012)Professional nurses, with additional training in mental health, report attitudes and perceptions of mental health nursing that are more positive, whilst those with less training report more negative attitudes and perceptions ... -
Reflective practice in portfolio development: Perceptions of fourth-year nursing students at the University of the Western Cape
Ticha, Victoire (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Background: At the School of Nursing (SoN) of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) students (usually across all levels) carry out reflective practice when they compile a portfolio of evidence (PoE) to be submitted at ... -
The use of information and communication technologies by nurse educators for teaching and learning in edo state, Nigeria
Esewe, Roselynd Ejakhianghe (2013)Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are for information storage, retrieval, display and transmission through electronic means in our day-to-day life. The use of technology in education has made both learners ...