Browsing by Subject "Knowledge"
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Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa
(Biomed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: Adolescent mothers are at a much higher risk for maternal mortality compared to mothers aged 20 years and above. Newborns born to adolescent mothers are also more likely to have low birth weight, with the risk ... -
Professional nurses' knowledge and skills in the management of aggressive patients in a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape
(UNISA Press, 2015)Aggression and violence by patients towards psychiatric nurses are a global issue. Professional nurses working in psychiatric hospitals are required to look after psychiatric patients who may become aggressive. They may ... -
Rethinking medicinal plants and plant medicines
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2018)Because plants are perceived as sessile and immobile, they are often represented as objects or things in current literature. In this paper, I explore variations and shifts in research and literature since 2000 that ... -
Seventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture presented by Tara Fenwick in 2010
(University of the Western CapeUniversity of the Western Cape, 2015)An adapted version of the seventh Julius Nyerere lecture by Professor Tara Fenwick. Speaking about globalised spaces in the knowledge economy and the conflicts taking place in these spaces. Fenwick further argues that ... -
State of newborn care in South Sudan’s displacement camps: a descriptive study of facility-based deliveries
(BMC, 2017)BACKGROUND: Approximately 2.7 million neonatal deaths occur annually, with highest rates of neonatal mortality in countries that have recently experienced conflict. Constant instability in South Sudan further strains a ... -
Student midwives' knowledge, skills and competency in relation to the active management of the third stage of labour: A correlational study
(Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2020)BACKGROUND: Lesotho has been experiencing health challenges as indicated by its high maternal mortality ratio of 620 per 100 000 live births for the year 2010, which has been linked to its limited human resources. OBJECTIVES: ... -
Utilization of cervical cancer screening services and its associated factors in Iran: a case–control study
(BMC, 2023)Background Considering the high incidence rate of cervical cancer (CC) in Iran, screening is an efective way of reducing the impact of the disease due to early detection. Thus, the recognition of the factors afecting the ...