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Emerging from the Shadows: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Facing Community Health Workers in Western Cape, South Africa
(MDPI, 2020)
Community health workers (CHWs) have been identified as a key component of the health workforce in South Africa. However, the efficacy of CHW programs continues to be limited by a poor understanding of facilitators and ...
Challenges experienced by community health workers and their motivation to attend a self-management programme
(AOSIS, 2022)
Community health workers (CHWs) are change agents expected to assist in
decreasing the global burden of disease in the communities they serve. However, they
themselves have health risk behaviours, which predispose them ...
Factors influencing employment among people with spinal cord injury in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
Theunemploymentratepostspinalcordinjury(SCI)in SouthAfricais highwithlimitedknow-ledgeof environmentalfactorsoutsidethehealthservices,especiallyin an unevenlydevelopedresourcesettinglikeSouthAfrica,affectingtheemploymentratein ...
Exploration of the experiences of persons in the traumatic spinal cord injury population in relation to chronic pain management
(MDPI, 2023)
Chronic pain amongst individuals with traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury
(SCI) has high prevalence rates, with severe impact on the activities of daily living, mood, sleep
and quality of life. This study aimed ...
The role of environmental factors on health conditions, general health and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries in South Africa
(MDPI, 2023)
The objective was to describe the individual items of the environmental factors
and to investigate the relationship between the environmental factors to health conditions, general
health and quality of life in people ...