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Not STRAIGHT forward for homosexuals: A look at the lived experiences of homosexual men, living in Cape Town, with regard to their worker roles.
(IOS, 2015)
The South African constitution protects the rights of gays; however in the workplace gays experience discrimination and marginalization. As a result of marginalization they struggle to reach their potential regarding career ...
Exploring the characteristics of capable healthcare professionals
(South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2015)
BACKGROUND: In order to negotiate complex clinical environments successfully, healthcare professionals must be more than competent – they must demonstrate an ability to adapt to dynamic situations and continually improve ...
Lived experiences of a community regarding its involvement in a university community-based education programme
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Community involvement is one of the crucial principles in the implementation of successful community-based education programmes. However, a gap continues to exist between the rhetoric of this principle and the ...
Nurses’ experiences on their self-leadership during a leadership development programme
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
Leadership is regarded as an essential component of nursing practice and an integral aspect of the nurse’s role. A leadership development programme is an organised, often off-the-job happening, that brings people with ...
Sportsmen’s experience of the impact of massage by somatologists in enhancing aerobic performance
(AFAHPER-SD, 2012)
For the purpose of massages before and after sports events, sportsmen are increasingly visiting somatologists working at private somatology clinics instead of other massage therapists. Massage is frequently utilised as a ...
Strengthening human resources for health systems resilience to care for mothers and children
(Biomed Central, 2015)
What do we need to do better to ensure better health, and less preventable morbidity and mortality among mothers, babies and young children? This is the question asked by the papers of this special edition. In their ...
Patients’ experiences of being nursed by student nurses at a teaching hospital
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Teaching hospitals are medical institutes at which most nursing education institutions provide their students with practical nursing experience. Although the focus of care is the patient, attention is sometimes ...
A generational exploration of coloured identity in post-apartheid South Africa: marching towards a new personhood
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
During the early history of South Africa, in what would become the Western Cape province, Europeans (from Dutch, German, French, and Portuguese) mixed racially and culturally with Cape slaves (from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, ...
A systematic review: Are herbal and homeopathic remedies used during pregnancy safe?
(AOSIS, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Herbal and homeopathic remedies have been used to assist with childbearing
and pregnancy for centuries. Allopathic (‘Western’) medicine is traditionally avoided during
pregnancy because of limited drug trials ...
Experiences of caregivers of asthmatic children regarding implementation of an asthma education programme at a community health centre in Cape Town
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
This study explored the experiences of caregivers of children with asthma regarding implementation of an asthma education programme at a community health centre in the Western Cape. The study explored the experiences of ...