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Barriers and facilitators to utilisation of rehabilitation services amongst persons with lower-limb amputations in a rural community in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Persons with disabilities who reside in rural areas experience challenges accessing and utilising health services and rehabilitation. Due to the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in rural regions, the risk ...
Nurses’ knowledge of tuberculosis, HIV, and integrated HIV/TB care policies in rural Western Cape, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)
HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection remain the
leading causes of mortality in many developing countries.
Several policies for their prevention and management
exist; however, progress to meet the World
Health ...
Experiences of lower limb prosthetic users in a rural setting in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Ambulation with a prosthesis is the ultimate goal of rehabilitation for a person with a major lower limb amputation. Due to challenges with prosthetic service delivery in rural settings, many patients with ...
Factors impacting on menstrual hygiene and their implications for health promotion
(Sage, 2018)
Background: In the lives of women, puberty is marked by the onset of menarche. From this stage onwards until menopause, reproductive health and menstrual hygiene are important aspects of
women’s lives. In Zambia’s Western ...