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The satisfaction of clients with disabilities regarding services provided at primary health centres in Ndola, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Client satisfaction is an outcome measure of quality care. Therefore, health care providers (HCP) have a responsibility to provide quality care services in order to satisfy clients' health needs. The aim of this study was ...
An overview of the effectiveness of employment legislation in protecting people with disabilities against discrimination in the South African workplace
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The South African apartheid regime brought about many injustices. These
injustices were mostly directed at people of colour, women and people with
disabilities. People with disabilities were neglected, discriminated ...
Strategies of parents to ensure the health and well-being of their children with disabilities: A human capabilities approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Parents become the first teachers of the child and therefore the parent-child relationship is important for the development of a child. Parents who have a child with a disability are often more challenged than parents who ...
Attitudes towards individuals with disability amongst students and employees in a higher education institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Even though attitudes have been studied for many years, attitudes toward individuals with disabilities still remain an important issue, today (Geskie & Salasek, 1988; Popovich, Scherbaum, Scherbaum & Polinko, 2003). With ...
An exploration of human capabilities of parents with children (0-8 years) with disabilities
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Parenting a child with a developmental disability has a significant impact on the lives of parents and/or caregivers as well as how the family functions. This is often due to the changes in life routines that are necessary ...
The development of an instrument to assess return-to-work among post-stroke survivors
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Return-to-work (RTW) after an injury or illness is influenced by physical, psychological and social factors. Therefore, a need exists to develop a contextualized multi-perspective and objective measure for the assessment ...
Employees’ perception of the factors that prevent disclosure of disability status to the employer: case of a selected higher education institution
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
There is an increase in the number of people with disabilities entering, and in the
workplace. Industrialised countries are encountering a workforce that is ageing, which
makes the prevalence of disability, due to chronic ...
Youth multilingualism and discourses of disability: An intersectional approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Disability, as a topic of investigation, is considerably overlooked in the discipline of
sociolinguistics. This thesis aims to bridge the gap between disability and
sociolinguistics studies, as I critically explore the ...
Exploring the lived experience of leisure travelling for people with disabilities
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Historically travelling was an option only for the affluent; however, with the turn of the 20th century, travelling shifted to an important form of free-choice learning by means of discovery. Travelogues of able-bodied ...
Investigating the prevalence of health risk behavior and the association with leisure boredom among high school students in Lagos, Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
Health risk behaviors are public health problems which are of concern in occupational therapy because they tend to be the causes of disability and death among adolescents and youths in the world. Identifying risk factors ...