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Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise in Daily Practice: Current Practices, Barriers, and Training Needs of Physiotherapists in Eastern Nigeria
(University of Toronto Press, 2015)
PURPOSE: To investigate current practices, barriers, and training needs for the promotion of physical activity (PA) in physiotherapy practices in eastern Nigeria. METHODS: A total of 141 fully licensed physiotherapists in ...
The effect of a knowledge-based ergonomic intervention amongst administrators at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
(IOS Press, 2015-07-24)
BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain are part of the common work-related musculoskeletal disorders with a large impact on the affected person. Despite having a multifactorial aetiology, ergonomic factors play a ...
The impact of a faculty development programme for health professions educators in sub-Saharan Africa: an archival study
(BioMed Central -The Open Access Publisher, 2015-02-19)
BACKGROUND:
In 2008 the sub-Saharan FAIMER Regional Institute launched a faculty development
programme aimed at enhancing the academic and research capacity of health professions
educators working in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
A systematic review of the relationship between family structure and health risk behaviours amongst young people: An African perspective
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to review the published literature on the relationship between family structure and engagement in health risk behaviour amongst youth in African countries.
METHODS: A systematic review ...
Cracking the nut of service learning in nursing at a Higher Education Institution
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)
BACKGROUND: The readiness of academics to engage in the service-learning (SL)
institutionalisation process is not accentuated in research on SL institutionalisation in
South Africa. The argument has been advanced that ...