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Exploring and curbing the effects of HIV/AIDS on elderly people in Uganda
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Introduction: This paper presents HIV/AIDS experiences of elderly persons in Uganda as revealed by an ongoing descriptive cross-sectional study covering eight districts, namely: Pallisa, Kampala, Jinja, Lira, Nebbi, Ntungamo, ...
The effects of a short term physical activity intervention programme on body mass index, blood pressure, and percentage body fat among high school learners
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Introduction:
The increase in physical inactivity is thought to be one of the main risk factors for the development of diseases of lifestyle. This has highlighted the need for prevention and intervention programmes that ...
The views of learners regarding a school-based health education programme
(LAM Publications Limited, 2009)
The importance of schools as a setting for health promotion is increasingly being acknowledged. Part of this health promoting function includes curricular offerings to increase health awareness and to assist in ensuring ...
The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students
(South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2009)
The global shift toward the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health education and practice has been shown to enhance both the educational opportunities and the support provided to students and ...
Children’s perspectives on child well-being
(University of Johannesburg, 2009)
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) through its
reporting framework for nation states has prompted increasing interest on
the measuring and monitoring of child well-being. The domains and
indicators ...
Adolescent substance use: a prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents
(Informa Healthcare, 2009)
Substance use onset among Colored adolescents between eighth and ninth grades in an urban area of Cape Town, South Africa was examined using latent transition analysis. Longitudinal self-report data regarding substance use ...
The rehabilitation of stroke patients at community health centres in the Western Cape
(South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2009)
The structure and process of rehabilitation of stroke patients
affects the outcomes of the patients. The aim of this study was to determine the
structure and process of rehabilitation of stroke patients at Community ...
Body image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African students
(Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2009)
Numerous research studies have established a strong relationship between body dissatisfaction
and eating disorders. As more and more young people in South Africa embrace
Western values, the aspiration to attain the Western ...
The socio-economic realities of the social work students of the University of South Africa
(University of Stellenbosch, 2009)
Introduction: When a tertiary institution such as the University of South Africa (Unisa) agrees to offer training for a profession such as social work, it accepts the responsibility of educating students according to the ...
Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa
(Springer Verlag, 2009)
One of the most visible forms of unemployment is the men who stand at
the side of the road or on corners daily, waiting for any job that may come their way.
It is estimated that there are nearly 1,000 places in South ...