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Investigating the reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices among student nurses at a selected private nursing college in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: The changes in sexual and reproductive behaviour of young people as they become students, has been widely documented. International and local studies promote the development of student-centred, comprehensive ...
Perception of stigma experienced by people living with HIV at a health facility in Khayelitsha sub-district, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
HIV stigma is still affecting People Living with HIV (PLHIV) despite biomedical and structural interventions to reduce this phenomenon. Stigma, particularly health facility related stigma, experienced by PLHIV is reported ...
Parents’ perception of nursing support in neonatal intensive care units in private hospitals in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Parents undergo negative experiences that include parental anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress when their new-born babies are hospitalised in neonatal intensive care unit. During this stressful period, parents ...
Analysis of depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment in residents using the interRAI-LTCF in a long-term care facility in the Cape metropole in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Worldwide concerns have been raised about the presence and association of depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, and dementia in older adults (60 years and older), which are often unrecognised and untreated in long-term ...
The perceptions, attitudes and health seeking behaviour of nursing students at a university in the Western Cape regarding influenza
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
According to Brown (2010), influenza kills and hospitalises thousands of people every year,
about thirty-five thousand and two hundred thousand respectively. Some studies have shown that
one of the major reasons that ...
Prevalence of burnout among nurses working at a selected psychiatric hospital in Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Research studies allude to the escalation of work related stress, which leads to
burnout among mental health nurses, internationally. Mental health nursing is stressful because
it is a helping profession that involves close ...
Quality care during childbirth at a midwife obstetric unit in Cape Town, Western Cape: Women and midwives’ perceptions
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Globally, there has been significant progress in reducing preventable maternal deaths and disability, and growing attention on improving the quality of care in maternal health care facilities.
The World Health ...
A systematic review of best practices in the acute management of postpartum haemorrhage in primary maternity care settings
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the most preventable causes of maternal death, yet it still ranks as one of the main conditions responsible for maternal mortality. PPH occurs at a stage when a mother is ...
Assessing HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitude and perceived risks of professional nurses in a psychiatric hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
As South Africa continues to experience the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS globally, co-occurring mental illness poses challenges for public health. Mental illness has increased among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), ...
Knowledge about ageing and attitudes towards caring for older people among undergraduate nursing students in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Studies have indicated that the global population of older people will reach 1.53 billion by 2050. The ageing population is a large consumer of health-care services and this remains a global concern due to the impact on ...