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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors among administrative staff at a higher education institution in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) continue to rise globally, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Low and medium-income countries (LMIC) such as South Africa are the worst affected because of an existing burden of ...
Experiences of undergraduate nursing students in a mental health clinical learning environment at a university in the Cape Town metropole
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Learning in clinical practice is an essential component of nursing education,
considering that nursing is a practice-based profession. Over the years, nursing education has
evolved from clinical apprenticeships in hospitals ...
Exploring challenges experienced by female footballers in a higher education institution in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Sport activities are important and helpful for the general development of its participants without unfairness. Women have the same right as men to take part in the sports activities, but women face challenges of inequality ...
Identifying barriers and facilitators of reasonable accommodation for students with ADHD at a tertiary institution in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The inception of the democratic government in 1994 was accompanied by the promulgation of progressive legislature. Chapter Two of the Constitution makes provision for reasonable accommodation for those who are differently-abled ...
An exploratory study of the subjective experiences of supportive and challenging factors among first-generation, professional clinical psychology masters students at a South African university
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Transformations in education policy following the establishment of a democratic South Africa have resulted in a marked increase in first-generation students in the country’s higher education institutions. While broadening ...
The development of design principles to guide the development of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy education
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Clinical reasoning is enigmatic; however, students need to learn how to do it, educators need to be able to develop it, and experts need to explain how they do it. Health professions educators have described clinical ...
Psychology masters students’ perceptions of developing identities as researchers
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Research training is attracting more inspection as research itself is viewed as having greater importance in the global knowledge economy. Students in the social sciences particularly struggle with the research component ...
Undergraduate midwifery students’ perceived readiness to conduct fetal surveillance at a University in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Fetal surveillance (FS) helps midwives to predict the well-being of the fetus during labour and its relationship with uterine contractions as labour progresses. Incorrect use of surveillance apparatus and wrong interpretation ...
The psychological impact of Covid-19 on university students in the Global South: A scoping review
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an outbreak of the highly transmittable virus, coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Given the rapid increase of infection amongst the global population, countries implemented ...