Browsing School of Public Health by Author "Schneider, Helen"
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Perceived provider barriers to tuberculosis case finding in people attending HIV services at primary health care facilities in a rural KwaZulu Natal District
Zulu, Nokuthula Portia (University of the Western Cape, 2023)HIV is the main driver of the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. HIV positive patients have double the chances of being infected with TB than HIV negative ones, and TB is one of the largest contributing factors to mortality in ... -
Perceptions of national health insurance reforms of independent private general practitioners in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
Perrow, Bridget Lee (University of the Western Cape, 2022)National Health Insurance (NHI) is a financing reform that aims to advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all South Africans. The participation of independent private general practitioners (GPs) is of fundamental ... -
Predictors of burnout amongst nurses in paediatric and maternity wards of district hospitals of Kigali City, Rwanda
Paul, Semasaka Sengoma Jean (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Burnout is a condition of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment (PA) that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity. Burnout is more ... -
A programme evaluation of the effects of an intensified TB screening strategy on changes in facility level TB case finding in City Health PHC facilities in Cape Town
Caldwell, Judy (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) detection remains a major problem, as notified cases are estimated to account for only 68% of all incident cases. Health services have relied on passive case finding and ... -
The role of community health workers (CHWS) in addressing social determinants of health in Chhattisgarh, India
Nandi, Sulakshana (University of the Western Cape, 2012)The aim of this research was to describe the role of Community Health Workers, in the Mitanin Programme, in addressing social determinants of health in Chhattisgarh State of India, with the view to identify the pathways ... -
The role of the Health Policy Research Group at the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria in building collective capacity for the field of HPSR in Enugu State of Nigeria
Mbachu, Chinyere Ojiugo (The University of the Western Cape, 2017)BACKGROUND: Health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR&A) is central to health systems development as it tries to draw a comprehensive picture of how the health system and broader determinants of health can ... -
Supervision and trust in community health worker programmes at scale: developing a district level supportive supervision framework for ward-based outreach teams in North West Province, South Africa
Assegaai, Tumelo (University of the Western Cape, 2021)Introduction: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are to an increasing extent being implemented in health systems globally, mirrored in South Africa in the ward-based outreach team (WBOT) strategy. In many ... -
Supervision and trust in community health worker programmes at scale: Developing a district level supportive supervision framework for ward-based outreach teams in North West Province, South Africa
Assegaai, Tumelo (University of Western Cape, 2021)National community health worker (CHW) programmes are to an increasing extent being implemented in health systems globally, mirrored in South Africa in the ward-based outreach team (WBOT) strategy. In many countries, ... -
A systematic approach to improve rational medicine use in Eswatini
Ncube, Nondumiso Beauty Queeneth (University of Western Cape, 2020)Studies on rational medicine use (RMU) have mainly focused on identifying, quantifying, and addressing irrational use without exploring reasons behind this irrational use. In addition, minimal work has been conducted on ... -
Trends in the presenting clinical profile of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in the Western Cape, 1991 - 2009
de Jager, Veronique Rejean (University of the Western Cape, 2017)Over the past two decades, despite a growing tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, the South African health system and National TB Programme (NTP) have taken significant steps to ensure improved clinical awareness, early diagnosis, ...