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A participatory approach to the design of a child-health community-based information system for the care of vulnerable children
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The existing District Health Information System in South Africa can be described as a facility based Information System, focusing on the clinics and hospitals and not on the community. Consequently, only those who access ... -
Participatory decision-making to democratize school, Governance: the role of the parent-teacher-student association
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This mini-thesis is an attempt to investigate how the Parent- Teacher-Student Association of one high school goes about its aim of democratising school governance. It attempts to identify the influences and constraints ... -
Participatory development in social funds: a case study of the Peruvian Social Fund
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This research aims to assess the role of Social Funds' organizational and institutional characteristics for community participation processes in development projects. The research is based on a case study of the Peruvian ... -
Participatory monitoring and evaluation for improved service delivery: The case Of C3 notification system in site C Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Participatory monitoring and evaluation today, gives a whole new approach to participation. Local communities can now fully participate and be involved from the initiation of a project or from the beginning of a project, ... -
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation in the provision of sanitation services in a South African Informal Settlement: A Case study of Isiqalo Area, in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The study investigates the efficacy of participatory monitoring and evaluation about sanitation service delivery rendered by the City of Cape Town in the Isiqalo informal settlement. The problem is that though the ... -
The partitioning of evapotranspiration in apple orchards from planting until full-bearing age and implications for water resources management
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Orchard evapotranspiration (ET) is a complex flux which has been the subject of many studies. It often includes transpiration from the trees, cover crops and weeds, evaporation from the soil, mulches, and other orchard ... -
Partnership in mission: mismeeting in Jesus' name
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)The focus of this study on partnership came out of experiences of living, working and growing up, in a missionary family, in and "between" South Africa and the United States. In the 1980sI was placeda s a pastor in the ... -
Partnerships between faith-based organizations in Elsies river and the Western Cape government: a critical assessment
(University of Western Cape, 2020)With the National Development Plan vision 2030, the South African government has charted a path to ensure that through social development, poverty, inequality and unemployment will be eradicated in post-apartheid South ... -
"Passing women": gender and hybridity in the fiction of three female South African authors
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)A key aim of this study is to shed light on the representation of coloured women with reference to racial passing, using fictive characters depicted in Sarah Gertrude Millin’s (1924) God's Stepchildren, Zoë Wicomb's (2006) ... -
Passive versus active applications of industry exchange traded funds (ETFs) : an empirical investigation on the S&P Global 1200 Index
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The notion of market efficiency posits that stock prices fully reflect all available information in a timely manner. The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) proposed by Fama (1970) systematically rules out the profitability ... -
Pastoral care responses to clergy sexual abuse: a case study of the Anglican church of Southern Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)While media attention seems to suggest that clergy sexual abuse (CSA) occurs primarily in the Roman Catholic church, specifically with children, or in the so-called ‘unregulated’ charismatic churches between charismatic ... -
The pastoral role and primary school teachers’ identity in the Western Cape: a multiple case study
(2012)After South Africa became a democratic country in 1994, the South African education ministry devised curriculum changes at a national level that would reflect an equal education structure for all South Africans. Curriculum ... -
Pathways to healing from intimate partner violence: Voices of young women in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Research shows that there is a process of surviving after being violated by an intimate partner. However, it does not adequately address the pathways to healing and recovery from intimate partner violence (IPV). A research ... -
Patient perception about reasons for non-adherence to antihypertensive medication in Windhoek District
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Background: Adherence is the extent to which a person takes medication as prescribed by health-care providers. It includes both dosing regularity and timing of intake. Antihypertensive medication reduces high blood pressure ... -
Patient perceptions of the quality of public healthcare in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The South African democratic government is mandated by the constitution to provide quality healthcare services to the citizens of the country. Therefore, healthcare in South Africa is considered as a basic human right. ... -
Patient satisfaction with care provided by a district dental clinic
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Patient satisfaction is critical for the growth of oral health service and practice. The present study was a descriptive study on patient satisfaction with oral health care provided by a district dental clinic. The aim of ... -
Patient satisfaction with health services in a rural district hospital
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)BACKGROUND: The concept of consumer satisfaction is gaining momentum across all business sectors worldwide. In keeping with this trend, health care systems are now also being reviewed to assess patient satisfaction with ... -
Patient satisfaction with physiotherapy services for low back pain at selected hospitals in Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Patient satisfaction is one of the indicators of the quality of care being given to the users of a service. It can also be used as benchmarks for ensuring the delivery of quality physiotherapy services in health facilities. ... -
Patient satisfaction with public primary health care service delivery in Khomas region, Windhoek district Namibia
(2010)Primary Health Care (PHC) services in Namibia are based on the principles of equity,availability, accessibility, affordability of services, and community participation and empowerment. According to the Namibian Constitution ... -
Patient satisfaction with public primary health care service delivery in Khomas region, Windhoek district Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Primary Health Care (PHC) services in Namibia are based on the principles of equity, availability, accessibility, affordability of services, and community participation and empowerment. According to the Namibian Constitution ...