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Mental healthcare providers’ attitudes towards the adoption of evidence-based practice in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
South African society is characterised by a high prevalence of exposure to traumatic events that can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. In treating post-traumatic stress disorder, mental healthcare providers are tasked ...
Challenges experienced while providing home based care: A community organisation's experience
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
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The large and ever-growing number of people being infected with HIV/AIDS, led to health professionals
being unable to cope with these increasing numbers. To combat ...
Participatory monitoring and evaluation approaches that influence decision-making: lessons from a maternal and newborn study in Eastern Uganda
(World Health Organization, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The use of participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches is important for guiding local
decision-making, promoting the implementation of effective interventions and addressing emerging issues in ...
Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they
are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use ...
Principles and processes behind promoting awareness of rights for quality maternal care services: a synthesis of stakeholder experiences and implementation factors
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Promoting awareness of rights is a value-based process that entails a different way of thinking and
acting, which is at times misunderstood or deemed as aspirational.
METHODS: Guided by the SURE framework, ...
Storying unstoried experience in therapeutic practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Sometimes life events resist storying. Although their conversion into narrative form is often recommended
as a therapeutic strategy, particularly in the case of trauma, this can be a difficult and complex
process. Sometimes ...
The use of the Model of Occupational Self Efficacy in improving the cognitive functioning of individuals with brain injury: A pre- and post-intervention study
(IOS Press, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Individuals diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) often experience major limitations in returning to work despite participating in rehabilitation programmes.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to ...
Children’s representations of nature using photovoice and community mapping: perspectives from South Africa
(Co-Action Publishing:, 2017)
The aim of the study was to explore children’s representations and perceptions of natural spaces using photovoice and community mapping. The sample consisted of 28 children aged 12–14 years residing in urban and rural ...
A systematic review of screening instruments for depression for use in antenatal services in low resource settings
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: In low resource settings, short, valid and reliable instruments with good high sensitivity and specificity are
essential for the screening of depression in antenatal care. A review of published evidence on ...
Adolescents’ perceptions of the ‘substance use violence nexus’: a South African perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
The aim of the study was to explore adolescents’ perceptions of substance use as a contributing factor to community violence by employing a conceptual framework proposed by Goldstein. Data were collected from a sample of ...