Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Nursing) by Title
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The development of a good clinical practice training model for use in South African clinical trials
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Medicines for human use worldwide are generated in part through the conduct of clinical trials. This is done to ensure safety and efficacy. The involvement of human subjects in drug trials has raised concerns for the ... -
Development of a health education programme for self-management of Type 2 diabetes in Edo State, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease that requires lifelong medical management, health education and self-management. According to a World Health Organisation report, there is a global increase in the prevalence of ... -
Development of a mindfulness-based unit management training programme for professional nurses in Ondo State, Nigeria
(2021)Professional nurses constitute the highest number of health manpower all over the world. The nature of their work make them prone to physical and emotional trauma which sometimes affect the care they render. Therefore, ... -
The development of a model for continuing professional development for professional nurses in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)Comparative analysis of the CPD systems internationally and nationally revealed that CPD is mandatory for some whilst for other countries it is compulsory, but not mandatory for licensing purposes. Licensing occurs on a ... -
Development of a model for nursing management of postpartum depression in Edo state, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Postpartum depression (PPD) is a disease that has been increasingly plaguing women in recent times. The incidence of PPD is high in Edo state, Nigeria. The researcher’s per-sonal clinical experience was that women who had ... -
Development of a model for support of emotional labour of nurses in tertiary hospitals in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Experience of emotional labour by nurses reflects a stressful work environment where services are guarded by organization and professional display rules and rendered with “a-smile-on-the-face” to shield the negative effect. ... -
The development of a model of emotional support for undergraduate nursing students working in mental health care settings
(University of Western Cape, 2013)The mental health care environment is a stressful environment because of the environment, perceived unpreparedness of students and the emotional demands placed on the students which are inherent in the nature of the work. ... -
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 ... -
Development of a protocol for nurses to reduce stigma towards mental health care users at primary health care services in the Western Cape
(2023)Background: Nearly one in eight individuals across the world lives with a mental disorder. Mental disorders contribute to the global burden of disease, and are the third largest contributor to the overall disease burden ... -
Development of a safe conception training programme for healthcare workers in antiretroviral therapy units in the Volta region, Ghana
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Women living with HIV (WLHIV) desire to bear children. Safe conception (SC) education for informed decision-making to prevent peri-conception HIV infection is needed but not routinely available. Poor SC knowledge, attitude, ... -
Development of a safe conception training programme for healthcare workers in antiretroviral therapy units in the Volta region, Ghana
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Women living with HIV (WLHIV) desire to bear children. Safe conception (SC) education for informed decision-making to prevent peri-conception HIV infection is needed but not routinely available. Poor SC knowledge, attitude, ... -
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 ... -
Development of a training programme for professional nurses to promote the use of postpartum family planning in Epe local government area, Lagos state, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Postpartum family planning (PPFP) is the initiation of family planning methods among postpartum women, within 12 months after delivery. During this period, the women are a vulnerable group of people with high unmet need ... -
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 user centered mobile phone diabetes self-management intervention for people with type-2 diabetes in the ho municipality of Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Self-management remains a key goal for people living with Type-2 diabetes but globally has been an ongoing challenge. The inefficiencies of traditional health education approaches to diabetes care, concerns about the ... -
Development of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for midwives dealing with maternal death cases in the Ashanti Region, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Globally, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) has become the most effective workplace programme used to assist employees in the identification and resolution of performance and behavioural related problems. Employees, ... -
The development of an implementation framework for service-learning in the undergraduate nursing programme in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)In this doctoral thesis, I explored how the national guidelines for higher education to institutionalise service-learning as a particular type of community engagement were implemented in South African higher education ... -
Development of an intervention strategy to provide emotional support for nurses caring for violent patients in acute wards in psychiatric hospitals in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Globally, workplace violence in healthcare is a major public concern, especially in the nursing profession. Nurses have higher risk of experiencing workplace violence they spend more time with patients. The violence has ... -
Development of neonatal nursing care clinical competency-based assessment tool for Nurse-midwife technicians in CHAM nursing colleges, Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Literature has shown that Malawi is experiencing a shortage of qualified healthcare providers, with the greatest burden on maternal and neonatal health. The majority of health service providers are Nurse-Midwife Technicians ... -
The development of palliative care protocols for the emergency and oncology nurses in the government hospitals of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Background: Palliative care is specialised health care to support people living with a terminal illness, and their families. Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering, to help people to live as well as possible ...