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dc.contributor.advisorPuoane, Thandi
dc.contributor.authorNavaratnarajah, Paramalingam Kandasamy
dc.contributor.otherSchool of Public Health
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Community and Health Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-18T07:24:00Z
dc.date.available2007/04/18 13:30
dc.date.available2007/04/18
dc.date.available2013-06-18T07:24:00Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/1445
dc.descriptionMaster of Public Health - MPHen_US
dc.description.abstractThe case fatality rate for malnutrition at St Barnabas Hospital over the past years has been around 38%. The rates in other district hospitals in the Eastern Cape province were found to be in excess of 30%. In June 2000, the Eastern Cape Department of Health introduced a protocol for in-patient management of children with severe malnutrition, with the aim of reducing case fatality rate below 10%. St Barnabas Hospital introduced the Eastern Cape protocol in August 2003. An evaluation was done in November 2003 to assess the protocol's impact on the case fatality rate. The rate remained high, at 37.5%. This study descibed the current practices and attitudes of the nurses as St Barnabas Hospital paediatric ward, in the management of severely malnourished childen.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectMalnutrition in childrenen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectTreatmenten_US
dc.subjectNutrition disorders in childrenen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectMortalityen_US
dc.titleChild malnutrition mortality at St Barnabas Hospital is high - is it due to practices and attitudes of staff?: a study in a rural district hospitalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa


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