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Process of physiotherapy services of stroke patients treated at Ruhengeri Hospital in Rwanda: A four-year document review
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Physiotherapy plays a major role in the rehabilitation of patients with stroke. The process of
physiotherapy management could influence the patient outcomes.
AIM: This study aimed to describe the process of ...
Familial needs: Comparing traditional and non-traditional families of public officials
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Recognising traditional and non-traditional families in social policy is not sufficient if the policy implementation choices continue to accord more status to traditional families in comparison to non-traditional ...
Little perpetrators, witness-bearers and the young and the brave: towards a post-transitional aesthetics
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
The aesthetic choices characterizing work produced during the transition to democracy have
been well documented. We are currently well into the second decade after the 1994 election -
what then of the period referred to ...
The everyday experience of xenophobia: performing The Crossing from Zimbabwe to South Africa
(RoutledgeUNISA Press, 2010)
Debates on the underlying causes of xenophobia in South Africa have proliferated since
the attacks -between March and May 2008. Our article shows how exploring the everyday
'ordinariness' of xenophobia as performance can ...
Correlates of infant and child mortality in Ethiopia 2005
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
INTRODUCTION: Risk of mortality prevails for children with shorter birth interval since their mothers are likely
to have poor health. AIM: The aim of the study is to determine the indirect estimation of infant and child ...
Contesting the food system in South Africa: Issues and opportunities
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Rising food prices have become a growing concern
globally and in southern Africa. In South
Africa, where food availability is not an issue
at present, the response has been to try to improve
access to food, mostly ...
Strategies to support South African smallholders as a contribution to government’s second economy strategy: Volume 1: Situation analysis, fieldwork findings and main conclusions
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Within the ambit of the Accelerated and Shared
Growth Initiative of South Africa, government is
leading a process to define a Second Economy
Strategy. One of the opportunities that has been
identified is the agricultural ...
Visually impaired physiotherapy students' perception of support while studying at a tertiary institution
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
INTRODUCTION: Acquiring higher education is a difficult task for most normally sighted individuals. Realizing the
importance of the visual system in the learning process, it becomes apparent that visually impaired
(VI) ...
Conceptualisations of childhood in Namibia: new legislation versus public perception
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Namibia is in the process of developing new children's legislation. The aim of this research paper
is to explore how the public conceptualisation of childhood in Namibia compares to provisions in
the Child ...
The management of minor health ailments by doctors, clinical nurse practitioners and clients at the primary level of care in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
INTRODUCTION: Community Health Centres (CHCs) are overcrowded. The overcrowding poses a problem to health professionals as
they are in charge of screening clients and the management of minor health ailments (MHA) in the ...