Browsing Research Publications by Author "Bimerew, Million"
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Adequacy and sustainability of undergraduate midwifery programmes training course materials
Bimerew, Million; Mbombo, Nomafrench (African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2014)The purpose of the study was to determine the adequacy and sustainability of Undergraduate midwifery programmes training course materials. A quantitative survey method was employed to collect sustainability data from ... -
Barriers to community mental health users’ access to information needed to deal with mental health problems, Western Cape, South Africa
Bimerew, Million; Adejumo, Oluyinka; Korpela, Mikko (African Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 2015)The most important advancement in the healthcare industry in the 21st century is the application of information technology (IT) in health care. While integrated IT is critical in transforming mental health care, IT ... -
Challenges in the use of information technology in processing health information in resource limited settings: a comprehensive systematic review
Bimerew, Million (UNISA Press, 2015)The use of information technology in processing and utilising health information has significant health care outcomes. Its use in the assessment, diagnosis and management of health problems through access to relevant ... -
District facility managers’ perspectives of mental health information processing and utilisation at primary care level in the Western Cape
Bimerew, Million; Korpela, Mikko; Adejumo, Oluyinka (AFAHPER-SD, 2014)District health facility managers play a significant role in provision of primary health care (PHC) services, particularly in integration of mental health services into the PHC level and developing a district health ... -
Experiences of community nurses in management of a district-based mental health information system in the Western Cape, South Africa
Bimerew, Million; Adejumo, Oluyinka; Korpela, Mikko (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014)The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of community nurses in the management of a mental health information system (MHIS). A purposive convenient sampling method was employed to select 23 community mental ... -
Health information officers’ views of mental health information processing and utilisation within an integrated primary healthcare service in Cape Town, South Africa
Bimerew, Million; Adejumo, Oluyinka; Korpela, Mikko (African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015)Health facility information officers have significant roles in gathering and processing health information and communicating it for utilisation. The purpose of this study was to explore the views of health information ... -
Integrating prevention of mother to child HIV transmission competencies into the nursing curriculum: Methodological lessons from a university-based undergraduate programme
Mbombo, M.; Bimerew, Million (Oasis OpenJournals, 2012)South Africa (SA) has the highest number of women infected with HIV and AIDS during pregnancy, which results in more than 70 000 infected babies being born each year AIDS is the major contributor to maternal and child ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and barriers of nurses on benefits of the quality of patient record-keeping at selected public district hospitals in Burundi
Bizimana, Edison; Bimerew, Million (Elsevier, 2021)The study examined the patient record-keeping knowledge, attitudes and barriers of nurses on benefits of the quality of patient record-keeping in two hospitals in Burundi. A quantitative descriptive survey design with a ... -
Nurses’ knowledge of tuberculosis, HIV, and integrated HIV/TB care policies in rural Western Cape, South Africa
Phetlhu, Deliwe Rene; Bimerew, Million; Marie-Modeste, Regis R.; Naidoo, Mogasweri; Igumbor, Jude (Elsevier, 2018)HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection remain the leading causes of mortality in many developing countries. Several policies for their prevention and management exist; however, progress to meet the World Health ... -
Nursing students’ perceptions of the clinical learning environment at a university in South Africa
Jaganath, Chanthelle; Bimerew, Million; Mthimunye, Katlego Dumisani Trevor (Elsevier, 2022)The clinical learning environment has been found to be significantly related to nursing practice and ultimately patient outcome. However, despondency among nursing students towards the clinical learning environment has been ... -
Perceptions of nurses on TB with HIV adherence counselling skills in a health sub-district, Cape Town: A qualitative study
Ticha, Victoire; Bimerew, Million; Phetlhu, Deliwe R. (AOSIS, 2022)People living with HIV (PLHIV) co-infected with Tuberculosis (TB) account for one in three HIV-related deaths. Retention in care and adherence to medication remain key behaviours that PLHIV co-infected with TB must adopt ...