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Socio-economic status and menarcheal age in urban african schoolgirls in the western cape, South Africa
(University of Stellenbosch, 2008)
The impact of different socio-economic levels, height, weight and sum of four skinfolds on the menarcheal age of 302 Black, South African school girls ranging in age from 8 to 17 years was researched. Socioeconomic status ...
Introducing physical education into schools: The view of teachers and learners
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
A number of initiatives were launched in various countries worldwide to provide quality physical education in schools. However, the promotion of participation in sport and specifically elite sport is still regarded to be ...
Training nurses to save lives of malnourished children
(Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2006)
A qualitative study with a pre- and post-intervention component was undertaken among 66 professional nurses at 11 hospitals in the Eastern Cape to assess their perceptions and attitudes towards severely malnourished children ...
Prenatal alcohol exposure and characteristics of temperament in infancy and early childhood
(Taylor & Francis group, 2007)
Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with cognitive and
neurobehavioural dysfunction, but characteristics of temperament
have not been widely documented in exposed children. The objectives
of the study were firstly ...
Improving the hospital management of malnourished children by participatory research
(Oxford University Press, 2004)
OBJECTIVE. To improve the clinical management of severely malnourished children in rural hospitals in South Africa.
STUDY DESIGN. A pre- and post-intervention descriptive study in three stages: assessment of the clinical ...
Service learning: A creative means of teaching nursing
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This article is informed by a retrospective study conducted by the first author, and a limited literature review on service-learning in South Africa. It attempts to give the reader a clearer understanding of service-learning ...
Video conferencing in Unisa social work practicals: structure and strategies
(Unisa Press, 2000)
This article describes participatory research by lecturers using video conferencing systems and an instructional designer. This research article sets out to describe a project during the consolidation stage of using video ...
Dilemmas and paradoxes in providing and changing antenatal care: A study of nurses and midwives in rural Zimbabwe
(Oxford University Press, 2005)
This paper describes the experiences of caregivers in a rural district in Zimbabwe, in caring for
pregnant women within a context of changing antenatal care routines. Data were generated using
individual interviews with ...
Health-promotion needs of youth with a spinal cord injury in South Africa
(Informa Healthcare, 2007)
Purpose. To determine the health promotion needs through an exploration of health-related behaviours and the factors that
influence the behaviour of physically disabled youth with spinal cord injury.
Methods. A descriptive ...
Implementation, effectiveness and political context of comprehensive primary health care: preliminary findings of a global literature review
(CSIRO, 2008)
Primary health care (PHC) is again high on the
international agenda. It was the theme of The
World Health Report in 2008, thirty years after the
Alma-Ata Declaration, and has been the topic of a
series of significant ...