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A conceptual and organisational framework for internationalisation at a selected South African university
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Internationalisation is an important worldwide phenomenon, and amongst others, presents as a major trend in higher education and continues to be on the agenda of higher education providers worldwide. It is significant for ...
The effectiveness of diabetes self-management education training among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) constitutes the highest percentage of diabetes cases. It has become a serious global problem due to rapid cultural and social changes, ageing, increasing urbanisation, dietary changes, reduced ...
Development of standards for undergraduate occupational health in a physiotherapy curriculum: A case in Kenya
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Occupational health (OH) in physiotherapy is well known for addressing workrelated musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs), which are high in number according to the
available statistics (Fingerhut, Concha, Punnet, Steenland, ...
Contextual model for in-patient stroke care and rehabilitation in Malawi
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Stroke is a known health challenge for the public as it is both incapacitating and fatal to many people world over. Malawi, one of
the developing countries has stroke as the fourth leading cause of death, and is fast ...
Empowering community health workers to improve their health behaviours using a self-management approach
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa and the Western Cape Province are under severe strain with an increasing quadruple burden of disease, and a deficit in the number of professionally trained healthcare workers available to meet the health needs ...
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 ...
Evaluating the feasibility of the expansion of community based rehabilitation into the physiotherapy curriculum in Ahfad University for women Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is used internationally, to address the lack of access of People with Disabilities (PwD) to rehabilitation services. Physiotherapy is one of the rehabilitation services offered to PwDs ...
The development of design principles to guide the development of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy education
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Clinical reasoning is enigmatic; however, students need to learn how to do it, educators need to be able to develop it, and experts need to explain how they do it. Health professions educators have described clinical ...
Development of an evidence-based physiotherapy treatment protocol for acute non-specific neck pain in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Although neck pain is increasingly being considered as an important public health problem in
Ethiopia, there is no treatment protocol guiding physiotherapy practice for acute non-specific
neck pain (NSNP) in this setting. ...
The development of a health care decision-making model to improve survival of persons with traumatic spinal cord injuries (tSCI)
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
A scarcity of data exists regarding the processes of care and its effects on mortality and the functioning of patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries (tSCI). To improve survival rates of these patients, one will need ...