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Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult patients in a rural hospital in the Eastern Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the quality of lives of people living with HIV/AIDS by suppressing HIV replication and improving the patient’s immunity. An improved immunity will help prevent patients from contracting ...
Perceptions, attitudes and challenges about obesity and adopting a healthy lifestyle among health workers in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The prevalence of obesity is reported to be high among health workers both in high-income and low-income countries. This is alarming, as health workers not only serve the community’s health needs, but should also serve as ...
The perceived and experienced barriers and reported consequences of Hiv positive status disclosure by people living with Hiv to their partners and family members in Djibouti
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This was a descriptive qualitative study. Eight people living with HIV, four of which had disclosed their status, were individually interviewed. Two focus group discussions (each comprising 6 participants) were also conducted ...
Resilience and coping among nurses working at a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Background: Resilience in nurses plays an important role in caring for mental health care
users admitted to psychiatric hospitals, given that the working environment is stressful. Nurses
are faced with various challenges ...
The health workers’ uptake of continuing professional education in selected Provincial Hospitals in Zimbabwe.
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
Health institutions in Zimbabwe often cannot fulfill their health care mandate due to lack of
specialist health workers in different fields. Despite the effort by the Ministry in providing CPE
opportunities, there is ...
Factors influencing the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding among health workers in Lagos state primary health care centres
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
Globally, health workers play a critical role in the establishment and sustenance of
breastfeeding due to their frequent contacts with mothers at the antenatal clinics, maternity/birthing
units, Primary Health Care Centres ...