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Barriers to community mental health users’ access to information needed to deal with mental health problems, Western Cape, South Africa
(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 ... -
Barriers to utilisation of physiotherapy services among the elderly in the Livingstone district, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)AIM: The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers to utilisation of physiotherapy services among elderly people in Zambia. METHODS: By means of a convenience sampling technique, 200 elderly people, both males ... -
Baseline assessment of WHO's target for both availability and affordability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Background: WHO has set a voluntary target of 80% availability of affordable essential medicines, including generics, to treat major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in the public and private sectors of countries by 2025. ... -
Being in a dilemma: Experiencing birth in Zambia
(UNISA Press, 2015)Numerous publications investigating childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa have overlooked the psychological and emotional elements that women experience, in favour of physical dimensions, such as maternal mortality. The aim of ... -
Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: Assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)BACKGROUND: While much is written about the scale up of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), little research has been done on the expansion of routine preART HIV care. OBJECTIVE: To assess ... -
Beyond knowledge and skills: the use of a Delphi study to develop a technology-mediated teaching strategy
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: While there is evidence to suggest that teaching practices in clinical education should include activities that more accurately reflect the real world, many educators base their teaching on transmission models ... -
Beyond vulnerable groups: contexts and dyamics of vulnerability
(Sage Publications, 2013)This paper reviews approaches to vulnerability in public health, introducing a series of 10 papers addressing vulnerability in health in Africa. We understand vulnerability as simultaneously a condition and a process. ... -
"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Summary Points: * In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating. * ... -
'Big is beautiful' – an exploration with urban black community health workers in a South African township
(South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005)OBJECTIVES: To explore perceptions about factors associated with body weight and body image among black female community health workers (CHWs) living and working in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. DESIGN: A descriptive, ... -
Blogging to enhance reflective and collaborative learning
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)This study explored the educational benefit and value of blogging by postgraduate nursing students registered for Masters in Nursing Education in order to become professional nurse educators. The researcher assumed that ... -
Body image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African students
(Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2009)Numerous research studies have established a strong relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. As more and more young people in South Africa embrace Western values, the aspiration to attain the Western ... -
Book Review: Textbook of Global Health by A-E. Birn, Y. Pillay and T.H. Holtz
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)Coinciding with a renewed focus on health needs and disease in the global south, the Millennium Development Goal era saw the emergence and widespread use of the term ‘global health’. The term has been associated with ... -
Building capacity to develop an African teaching platform on health workforce development: a collaborative initiative of universities from four sub Saharan countries
(BioMed Central, 2014)INTRODUCTION: Health systems in many low-income countries remain fragile, and the record of human resource planning and management in Ministries of Health very uneven. Public health training institutions face the dual ... -
Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2014)BACKGROUND: More than 80% of deaths from cardiovascular disease are estimated to occur in low-income and middle-income countries, but the reasons are unknown. METHODS: We enrolled 156,424 persons from 628 urban and ... -
Caregivers' perceptions of desensitisation among sexually abused children
(South African Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC), 2013)Children react differently to the traumatic experience of sexual abuse. Some children develop symptomatic behaviours associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, such as apathy, which may be misinterpreted as desensitisation. ... -
Caregivers' satisfaction with physiotherapy services at a cerebral palsy clinic in Kampala, Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)INTRODUCTION: The evaluation of satisfaction with health care service provision is important when trying to provide quality care. Satisfaction with service provision has been found to be related to the expectations prior ... -
The case studies: authentic learning
(Routledge, 2014)Moving from theory to practice in higher education is deeply challenging. While exploring pedagogical models in the literature may lead to tacit understanding of general principles, actually implementing these principles ... -
Challanges related to working conditions experienced by social workers practising in rural areas
(University of Stellenbosch, 2012)Introduction: In view of the references to the “poor working conditions” of social workers (Kusambisa in Chibba, 2011), which make it a challenge to retain social workers in rural areas (Kruger, 2008:44), and the exodus ... -
Challenges and opportunities related to postgraduate evidence-based practice module using blended learning
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)The use of information and communications technology (ICT) has become integral to health professions education worldwide. The incorporation of online facilities and maintaining of the face-to-face element make blended ... -
Challenges experienced while providing home based care: A community organisation's experience
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Introduction: Methods: Results: Conclusion: Keywords: 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 ...
