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An exploration of barriers associated with low voluntary counselling and testing uptake by adult tuberculosis patients attending primary health care clinics, buffalo city municipality, Eastern Cape
(2008)
The aim of the study is to explore the barriers associated with low VCT uptake by the TB patients attending primary health care clinics within the Buffalo City municipality. The study population was drawn from TB patients ...
A systematic review of post-breast cancer lymphoedema and its treatment with natural medicine
(2009)
In this minithesis a systematic review of all of the available contemporary literature on post-breast cancer lymphoedema was undertaken. The purpose of this systematic review was to search for, collate, synthesize and ...
Perceptions and attitudes of employees toward voluntary HIV/AIDS testing: a South African case study
(University of Western Cape, 2006)
The aim of the study was to establish what the perceptions and attitudes are of employees at different levels of the organisation with regard to HIV/AIDS testing. A further aim was to identify possible reasons for the poor ...
An exploration of the traumatic experiences associated with refugee status in a sample of Congolese refugees in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2008)
There has been an influx of refugees from African countries into South Africa as a result of having been displaced by war. Starting in 1994, the genocide in the Great Lakes region exacerbated existing ethnic and political ...
A qualitative exploratory study on creativity in human resource development
(University of Western Cape, 2002)
This was an exploratory study on the perceptions and experiences of the service providers at the TRAUMA Centre on creativity in human resource development and its contribution towards organisational sustainability. The ...
Life stories of perpetrators of child sexual offences in a community - based treatment programme in the Western Cape
(2009)
In this thesis, the researcher explored the life stories of male perpetrators of child
sexual offences. It is argued that this is an area that needs to be addressed because sexual abuse of children has become a global ...
Factors promoting resilience in high risk youth
(2009)
The following study aimed to explore the development of resilience within male youth, despite exposure to numerous factors traditionally classified as high-risk. The research focussed on the developmental process of six ...
Nursing students’ beliefs and perceptions toward routine universal screening for intimate partner violence
(2009)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has reached epidemic proportions in South Africa, prompting the government to pass the Domestic Violence Act 116 (1998). However, numerous scholars still believe that legislation is lacking ...
The effect of an injury prevention programme on the lower limb soft tissues in fast bowlers an intervention study
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of astatic stretching programme on injury prevention. Educational pamphlets and a static stretching regime were implemented to the experimental group.
Patient waiting time at a HIV Clinic in a Regional Hospital in Swaziland
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The aim of the study was to measure patient waiting and service times, describe the causes of high waiting time as well as to determine staff and patient derived norms on waiting times at the Manzini Regional Hospital HIV ...