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Readability and test-retest reliability of a psychometric instrument designed to assess HIV/AIDS attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and sources of HIV prevention information of young adults
(2010)Objective: This comparative study evaluated the readability and test-retest reliability of a questionnaire designed to assess the attitudes, beliefs behaviours and sources of information about HIV/AIDS among young adults ... -
Mentoring and coaching in promoting publications in the Department of Physiotherapy at a local university in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2010)A growing shift towards research and evidence based practice in academia is associated with requirements to disseminate research results in the form of publication in peer reviewed journals. Mentoring has been identified ... -
Research productivity of academics in a physiotherapy department: a case study
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010)Objective: Research productivity is an important activity among academics. This study was done to document the research productivity of the academics of a physiotherapy department in South Africa. Method: An archival ... -
Staff development strategies for publication in the Faculty of Community and Health Science at UWC: A short report
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2010-01-31)INTRODUCTION: Strategies for improving the publication output of academics are an essential component of research directives at tertiary institutions. The aim of this report was to highlight the effects of a writing ... -
Physical activity and sport as a tool to include disabled children in Kenyan schools
(Routledge, 2011)This article presents a brief history of the disability movement in East Africa and is the first study of its kind in Kenya. The study aimed to determine the physical activity levels of disabled and non-disabled children ... -
The impact of a school-based health education programme on knowledge regarding risk factors for chronic diseases of lifestyle: a pilot study
(LAM Publications Limited, 2011)The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a health education programme on the risk factors of chronic diseases of lifestyle. This study adopted a one-group pretest posttest non-experimental design. The ... -
Life skills as predictors of engagement in health risk behaviours: a survey of secondary school learners
(LAM Publications Limited, 2011)There is consensus that education on the prevention of health risk behaviour and an increased repertoire of life skills could facilitate a reduction in health risk behaviours. This article reports on the results of a survey ... -
School-based interventions on physical inactivity as a risk factor of chronic diseases of lifestyle: a review
(LAM Publications Limited, 2011)School -based health education programmes are important in focussing on risk factors for chronic disease of lifestyle (CDL) among young people. The school as a setting can be used to assist learners to make informed decisions ... -
Does the South African physiotherapy journal fulfill the needs of its constituency? a retrospective article review
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011)Professional journals are used to disseminate the knowledge of scholars in the profession and to provide clinicians with guidance for best practice. This article aimed to retrospectively review the role of the South African ... -
Coaching for publication in higher education: views of the coach
(Nova Southeastern University, 2011)Purpose: Mentoring is a professional development approach that can be effectively used in improving publication outputs among academics. The challenge to develop academics in the area of publication is essential. This study ... -
Perception of risk of HIV and sexual risk behaviours among students in the United States, Turkey and South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)The aim of this study was to examine HIV sexual risk behaviours and perception of HIV risk among 1 095 students from the United States of America (US), Turkey and South Africa. Randomly selected students who were enrolled ... -
Identifying strategies to improve research publication output in health and rehabilitation sciences: a review of the literature
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)The health research community in South Africa annually produces a fair number of research papers in national and international health and related journals. Unfortunately, the proportion of papers produced by authors in ... -
Perceptions of female medical students on gender equality gains at a local university
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)Gender bias has been entrenched in healthcare education, research and clinical practice.1 In a review paper addressing gender bias in medicine, Wong stresses why this should receive attention when medical curricula are ... -
Exploring the key performance areas and assessment criteria for the evaluation of students' clinical performance: a Delphi study
(AOSIS Publishing, 2011)BACKGROUND: Evaluating students’ clinical performance is an integral part of the quality assurance in a physiotherapy curriculum, however, the objectivity during clinical examination have been questioned on numerous ... -
Risk factors for chronic non communicable diseases in Mombasa, Kenya: epidemiological study using WHO stepwise approach
(OASIS, 2011)OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and distribution patterns of the major common risk factors for non communicable diseases among the people living in Mombasa, Kenya. METHODS: Using the WHO STEPwise approach, risk ... -
Challenges and opportunities related to postgraduate evidence-based practice module using blended learning
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)The use of information and communications technology (ICT) has become integral to health professions education worldwide. The incorporation of online facilities and maintaining of the face-to-face element make blended ... -
The effect of occupationally-related low back pain on functional activities among male manual workers in a construction company in Cape Town, South Africa
(The South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2012)This study determined the prevalence as well as the effect of occupationally-related low back pain on the functional activities of workers in a construction company in Cape Town. A cross-sectional, descriptive survey ... -
The role of blended learning in clinical education: A systematic review
(Association for Medical Education in Europe, 2012)BACKGROUND: Developing practice knowledge in healthcare is a complex process that is difficult to teach. Clinical education exposes students to authentic learning situations, but students also need epistemological access ... -
HIV/AIDS knowledge, behaviour and beliefs among South African university students
(2012)Globally, South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS. In the absence of cure, prevention is the only available method to reduce HIV prevalence rates. This can only be obtained through behavioural change, which is ... -
Evaluation of a new clinical performance assessment tool: a reliability study
(AOSIS publishing, 2012)Clinical practice is an essential requirement of any graduate physiotherapy programme. For this purpose, valid and reliable assessment tools are paramount for the measurement of key competencies in the real-world setting. ...