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How the experiences of Infertility and In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer (IVF -ET) are understood by South African women attending fertility clinics
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
Infertility is currently a serious problem that is escalating, not only in South Africa, but also worldwide. In Cape Town, a culturally diverse, urban community of approximately 1000 couples are referred to the Groote ...
Body Image: Society's Secret Obsession
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Women and their bodies are at the very centre of a prevailing cultural obsession regarding strict standards of body weight, shape and image. The pressure to achieve unattainable body-beautiful standards has given rise to ...
Information needs of health researchers in developing countries : A survey of development country participants in Cochrane collaboration.
(University of Western Cape, 2004)
One hundred and fifty two (152) countries in the world can be classified as developing or low-resourced countries (LR Cs) according to the World Bank. 1 In the majority of these countries the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...
Diarrhoea management in primary health care facilities in the Cape metropole region: the caregivers' perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
This mini-thesis, assessed the use of ORT as a treatment for childhood diarrhoea in
primary health care facilities in the Cape Metropole from the caregivers' perspective. Awareness and knowledge of oral rehydration therapy ...
The perceptions of boys regarding substance abuse amongst adolescents
(University of Western Cape, 2009)
South Africa is overwhelmed by the increase of substance abuse among adolescents. Having
consulted the literature, South Africa is not the only country faced with this problem. It raises
concerns with regard to the social ...
An examination of the role that self-appraisal, support Appraisal and family appraisal play in coping with Adjustment to university
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
In this study the role played by self-appraisal, support appraisal and family appraisal in
coping with adjustment to university was examined. The transition from high school to
university is a change that many students ...
An investigation of the coping strategies of caregivers providing home' based care for people with advanced HIV/AIDS infection.
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The main aim of this exploratory pilot survey is firstly, to provide descriptive statistics for the Ways of Coping Questionnaire for a group of home-based caregivers within the South African HIV/AIDS home-based care context. ...
Assessment of sexual behaviour and knowledge of HIV amongst adolescent schoolgirls in a rural district in Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Adolescents' sexual activity is associated with maternal and child health problems, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. The aim of this study was to assess the sexual behaviour patterns of adolescent ...
Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted infections in Selected Primary Health Care Centres in the Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
An epidemiological study was conducted with the main goal of describing the occurrences of the various STIs in the Eastern Cape province as well as biographical factors such as age, gender, and geographical location ...
An assessment of the knowledge and practice of registered midwives regarding policy guidelines for routine episiotomies at two academic, state tertiary hospitals in the Western Cape.
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
An episiotomy is the surgical incision of the perineum. As far is known, was
this procedure was done as early as 17 41. Sir Fielding Quid, was the first
person to describe this procedure in his "Treatise of Midwifery in ...