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Establishing a health promotion and development foundation in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2013)
South Africa has a 'quadruple burden of disease'. One way to reduce this burden, and address the social determinants of health and social
inequity, could be through health promotion interventions driven by an independent ...
Warnings - written is always best
(SADA, 2013)
An inferior dental block injection was administered to a
17-year-old who required the emergency extraction of his
lower right molar tooth. The patient was advised not to bite
his lip as he may not feel it due the numbing ...
The perils of under-treatment-by not extracting asymptomatic third molar teeth, am I under-prescribing?
(South African Dental Association, 2013)
Learning experiences of oral hygiene students in the clinical environment
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2013)
To determine how students used daily and
term-based clinical assessment tools, students’ experience of clinical
teaching and clinical assessment. This was a descriptive,
cross-sectional study. The study population ...
Out-of-hours and emergency cover
(South African Dental Association, 2013)
Transition to university: the role played by emotion
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
Students experience transition to university as challenging. Recent studies implicate emotion in university success. This paper reports on a pilot study to examine the extent to which school to university transition is ...
Adapting a community of practice model to design an innovative ethics curriculum in healthcare
(Karger, 2013)
The focus of healthcare ethics within the framework of ethical
principles and philosophical foundations has always, in
recent times, been the community, namely, the healthcare
provider, the patient or, in research, the ...
Oral health and nutrition for children under five years of age: a paediatric food-based dietary guideline
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)
Good nutrition is essential for good health and the development and integrity of the oral cavity. Oral health is integral
to general health and essential to well-being. Dental caries is the most common oral disease in ...
The effects of an educational intervention on the early management of oral lesions in the uMgungundlovu district in KwaZulu-Natal
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)
Oral lesions that are associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are often the first clinical signs of an underlying
infection. This study aimed to test primary healthcare (PHC) nurses’ knowledge and ...
Patient’s access to records
(South African Dental Association, 2013)
A long-standing patient in an established practice requests her dental records and x-rays from the practice receptionist. She was last seen three years ago. Despite an intensive search, the receptionist is unable to locate ...