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The support of professional nurses to youth victims of physical violence at a community health centre in the Cape Flats
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Western Cape Province of South Africa has the worst multifactorial crime problem in the country. It has the fastest growing crime rate in many crime categories, such as rape and gun related incidents. The youth in the ...
Factors associated with adherence to anti-retroviral therapy in Katima Mulilo hospital, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Namibia is one of the countries in the world most affected by HIV/AIDS with the national prevalence of 18.8% in 2010. In 2010, it was reported that an estimated 180,000 Namibians were living with HIV/AIDS; of which 95,000 ...
Factors affecting antenatal point of care testing for syphilis, anaemia and HIV in primary health care centres in Sedibeng district, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Background: Point of Care Testing (POCT) refers to qualitative or quantitative tests done in health facilities where the patient is being attended to (on-site), and not in the conventional hospital laboratory setting. As ...
Functioning, disability and health in people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The study aimed to explore the need for and nature of care that PLWH living in Rwanda receive from their health care providers using a bio-psychosocial framework. A further aim was to determine if the Kinyawanda version ...
Knowledge of nurses regarding dysphagia in patients with stroke, in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Dysphagia is commonly known as a swallowing disorder associated with stroke patients. Between 37% - 78% of stroke patients suffer from it initially. Complications of dysphagia include aspiration leading to chest infection ...
Development, implementation and evaluation of youth development programmes to address health risk behaviour among grade 8 to grade 10 learners in selected schools in the Paarl area.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Background: There is consensus internationally and among South African researchers that engagement in health risk behaviours amongst the youth is a concern from a public health perspective. It is evident that much health ...
A model development for an interdisciplinary approach to patient care: a case for curriculum development
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The complexity of human health and its determinants has been developing gradually and the means to attend to them has gone beyond the scope of a specific health discipline. Advocacy is underway by health stakeholders such ...
Meeting the occupational needs of recovering drug addicted adolescents
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The growing phenomenon of drug abuse has alerted the attention of health professionals, addiction counsellors, school educators, the media and community members. Susceptible sub groups of the population such as adolescents ...
An intervention programme for management of overweight and obese Nigerians in Lagos State, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Over the past decades there has been a global increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity leads to surging of associated co-morbidities of overweight and ...
Evidence to inform the development of physiotherapy guidelines for HIV-infected and HIV non-infected women following obstetric and gynaecological surgery
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Methods to improve women’s health have become an urgent global priority. Development of clinical guidelines is viewed as a way of improving the quality of health care in South Africa. At present there are no physiotherapy ...