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A service learning pedagogy for an undergraduate bachelor of nursing curriculum
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Globally, healthcare curricula are being transformed to serve societal needs and strengthen the provision of healthcare services towards ensuring Primary Health Care. Community Engagement and its typology were deemed ...
Developing strategies to improve support for grandparents caring for aids orphans in the western cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Literature evidence on challenges facing the grandparents caring for AIDS orphaned children has shown inaccessibility to health care services, inability to afford basic needs, absence of social security provisions (with ...
Roots and constructs of incivility in professional nursing education: Refocusing solutions and actions
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Incivility is rudeness, disrespect, disregard for others or their opinions, and a
barrier to social interaction that could be associated with stress. The lack of regard for others
creates a disrespectful, conflicting, ...
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, ...
Developing an effective classroom and clinical teaching strategy in Malawi nursing colleges
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in Malawi with more than 11,000 registered
Nurses (RNs) and Nurse Technicians and Midwives (NTM) practicing in hospitals and other
settings like nursing colleges nationwide. ...
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 ...
The development of a community-based model for promotion of cervical cancer prevention for Yoruba women in Ibadan Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. The global
disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality between wealthy and poor countries are
likely related to lack of prevention and ...
The development of a framework to align theory and practice to improve midwifery education in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Midwives play a critical role in the care of pregnant women from the first antenatal visit, through
to the delivery and the postpartum period. The education of midwives has however become a
concern, not only in South Africa ...
Challenges and barriers to adolescents' post-abortion care services: Implications for reproductive health policy in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The prevention of abortion related complications and mortality is dependent on the availability,
accessibility and usability of emergency post-abortion care (PAC) throughout the health care
system. Unfortunately, abortion ...