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Perceptions of undergraduate dental students at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda towards patient record keeping
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. The creating, maintenance and storage of patients’ medical records is an important competence for the professional training of a dental student.
OBJECTIVE. Owing to the unsatisfactory state of dental records ...
Self-assessment of final-year undergraduate physiotherapy students’ literature-searching behaviour, self-perceived knowledge of their own critical appraisal skills and evidence-based practice beliefs
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. Health professionals and new graduates alike are expected to be efficient in applying evidence-based practice. Research and evidencebased
practice skills are taught in the research modules at university, but ...
Association between knowledge of child development and parenting: a systematic review
(Bentham Open, 2016)
BACKGROUND:
Parents who understand early child development are better informed on how to respond to children’s needs. They are also in a better
position to identify developmental delays as opposed to a parent with less ...
Experiences of adolescents who lost a parent to aids in the Western Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
BACKGROUND: AIDS related deaths of parents have resulted in large numbers of children being orphaned. Adolescence, a particularly vulnerable period in a child's developmental life is characterised by uncertainties, role ...
Occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the challenges they experience in adapting to a psychiatric fieldwork placement.
(International Research Journals, 2014)
Background: Mental health in Occupational Therapy is experiencing a decline in preference for practice. Aim: This study explored occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the challenges they experience in psychiatric ...
Political socialization of the youth: an examination of the family as an agency for youth citizenship in South Africa
(NOVA Science, 2015)
This study examined the role of the family in the political socialization of the youth. Two hundred and seventy-five (275) youth completed the self-administered questionnaire that was adapted from the Afrobarometer Round ...
A systematic review of the effectiveness of videoconference-based tele-education for medical and nursing education.
(Wiley, 2012)
BACKGROUND: Rural nurses and doctors typically have little opportunity to further their education and training. Studies have shown high participant satisfaction with the use of educational technology, such as videoconferencing, ...
Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample
(MedPharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Depression in the geriatric population has been identified as a significant problem in view of the associated
negative outcomes regarding poor functioning, increased perception of poor health and increased ...
The quality of life of HIV-infected and non-infected women post-caesarean section delivery
(AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2017)
There is a dearth of literature on the postnatal quality of life (QoL) of women. This study aimed to determine to QoL of HIV-infected and non-infected women post-caesarean section delivery. This prospective, longitudinal ...
Homeless in Observatory, Cape Town through the lens of Max-Neef's Fundamental Human Needs taxonomy
(SUN, 2017)
The suburb of Observatory, also affectionately known as ''Obs'', is one of the older suburbs of the City of Cape Town, home to multiple cultures, a student population from the University of Cape Town, a variety of churches, ...