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Developing a culturally congruent continuous labour support framework for women in South-West Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Childbirth is a multifaceted experience that is usually influenced by several factors that could result in an unsatisfactory or satisfactory childbirth experience. These factors include quality of support during labour of ...
Development of a training programme for school health nurses on guiding adolescents in their decision-making about reproductive health in Ijebu Ode local government area of Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This study focused on developing an intervention programme for school health nurses on guiding adolescents in their decision-making on reproductive health. A review of literature shows that this role is necessary, as there ...
Development of a patient-centred in-service training programme for midwives to increase client satisfaction with child-birth care in Kumasi, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: Satisfaction with the care mothers receive during child-birth is known to have a very strong influence on their future use of facility-based care during child-birth. Women and children continue to die from ...
Acceptance and commitment therapy in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV program among pregnant women living with HIV in South Western States of Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The objective of this study was to determine if introducing acceptance and
commitment therapy in the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT)
program using weekly mobile phone messages would result in ...
Development of a clinical nursing education model for Nigerian universities
(University of Western Cape, 2017)
Globally, nursing education has moved from a hospital-based education to a university-based
education. Though this change resulted in the improvement of the quality of nurses it has also
presented its own challenges. ...
A conceptual framework for nurse educationalists and professional nurses to facilitate professionalism among undergraduate learner nurses for nursing practice in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2017)
Learner nurses are socialised into the professional nursing culture through a formal
undergraduate nursing programme, where the professional values of nursing are instilled in them
throughout their four-year training. ...
Nigeria developing strategies to enhance implementation of early Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The number of healthcare institutions that has embraced Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as an
effective and efficient method of neonatal care especially in Edo State, Nigeria has not
multiplied even after more than a decade ...
Integrated mobile phone interventions for adherence to antiretroviral treatment in clients with HIV infection in Accra, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Mobile phone interventions such as text messaging have been used to improve
treatment adherence globally and in sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, integrated
mobile phone intervention for adherence support in Ghana, has ...
Development of a screening protocol for depresion in antenatal clinics in Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Depression is a source of significant disease burden of pregnant women although
protocols for screening antenatal depression are lacking in Malawi. This research study
aimed at developing a screening protocol for depression ...
The development of a community-based model for promotion of cervical cancer prevention for Yoruba women in Ibadan Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. The global
disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality between wealthy and poor countries are
likely related to lack of prevention and ...