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The psychosocial determinants of the intention to test for HIV among young men in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
(Routledge, 2021): Voluntary counselling and testing is one of the effective prevention strategies against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This study investigated the psychosocial determinants of the intention to be tested for HIV among young men ... -
Psychosocial factors influencing Ghanaian family caregivers in the post-operative care of their hospitalised patients
(Unisa Press, 2014)This study explored the psychosocial factors influencing family caregivers during the care of patients who had undergone surgery and were in pain. Family caregivers play key roles in the care of post-surgical patients in ... -
Psychosocial support interventions for improved adherence and retention in ART care for young people living with HIV (10–24 years): a scoping review
(Springer Nature, 2020)Mental health disorders such as high levels of anxiety, isolation, depression and suicide ideation reported among young people living with HIV (10–24 years;YPLHIV) contribute significantly to poor medication adherence ... -
Psychotraumatology of the war in Ukraine: The question of the psychological care of victims who are refugees or who remain in Ukraine
(Elsevier Masson, 2023)The war in Ukraine is a major poly-traumatic event, which leads to massive population displacements. The question of the evaluation and psychological care of psychotraumatized people is an urgent matter. As many countries ... -
Public reporting on pharmaceutical industry-led access programs: Alignment with the WHO medicine programs evaluation checklist
(Springer Nature, 2020)There has been increased demand for greater public accountability and transparency of private sector-led global health partnership programs. This study critically reviews and pilot tests the World Health Organization (WHO) ... -
Public risk perception and behaviours towards COVID-19 during the first and second waves in Nigeria: a secondary data analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Objectives To describe changes in public risk perception and risky behaviours during the first wave (W1) and second wave (W2) of COVID-19 in Nigeria, associated factors and observed trend of the outbreak. Design A ... -
Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy
(BMC, 2018)BACKGROUND: Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any level of economic development, some countries do better, and some worse, than expected – they either ... -
Pursuing a corporate understanding of service-learning in nursing education: a case study
(Unisa press, 2014)A corporate definition of service-learning (SL) could help to mainstream SL in higher education institutions (HEIs). Concepts like ‘service-learning’, ‘community engagement’ and ‘community service’ tend to be used ... -
A qualitative assessment of South African adolescents’ motivations for and against substance use and sexual behavior
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Focus groups (N 5 15 groups; 8 with girls, 7 with boys) with adolescents in high schools near Cape Town, South Africa, were used to conduct a qualitative investigation of reported reasons for using and not using substances ... -
A qualitative exploration of experts’ views about multi-dimensional aspects of hookah smoking control in Iran
(BMC, 2024)Background The related literature has primarily addressed cigarette smoking control. It seems that researchers have failed to explore the determinants of hookah smoking (HS) control. In an attempt to fill this gap, the ... -
A qualitative exploration of factors influencing non-use of sexual reproductive health services among university students in South Africa
(MDPI, 2023): (1) Background: There is growing concern in South Africa about risky sexual behaviour, sexual transmitted infections (STIs), and unplanned pregnancy among young people. Many sexually active students engage in several ... -
Qualitative exploration of HIV-related stigma and the psychosocial well-being of children orphaned by AIDS
(Springer, 2020)Children orphaned by AIDS continue to display lower levels of psychosocial well-being. While HIV-related stigma has been identified as a risk factor for healthy psychosocial development, there remains an inadequate ... -
A qualitative inquiry: management of recidivism in South Africa
(Springer, 2024)At a high cost to the community and taxpayers, offenders frequently return to correctional facilities shortly after being released. In South Africa, the management of recidivism has not been researched extensively, and ... -
A qualitative study of the challenges of providing pre-prosthetic rehabilitation in rural South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2017)BACKGROUND: There is a known shortage of rehabilitation staff in rural settings and a sharp increase in the number of lower limb amputations being performed. A lack of adequate pre-prosthetic rehabilitation will result in ... -
Quality of HIV counselling in South Africa
(Kamla-Raj, 2015)HIV counselling and testing (HCT) has become increasingly available in South Africa since the 1990s. Over 4500 public health facilities offer client and provider-initiated HIV counselling and testing. Counselling and testing ... -
Quality of home-based rapid HIV testing by community lay counsellors in a rural district of South Africa
(International Aids Society, 2013)INTRODUCTION: Lack of universal, annual testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in health facilities suggests that expansion of HIV testing and counselling (HTC) to non-clinical settings is critical to the achievement ... -
Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023)Background: We read with great interest the Viewpoint by Mike English and colleagues on the quality of care for paediatric and newborn patients in district hospitals, published in The Lancet Global Health. The authors ... -
Quality of life amongst young adults with stroke living in Kenya
(Makerere University Medical School, 2013)BACKGROUND: The world has been experiencing an increase of stroke among young adults. Occurrence of stroke in young adults dramatically affects the quality of life of the individuals. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the quality ... -
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 ... -
Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Over the past three decades, the increase in funding for priority public health issues largely affecting low/middle-income countries (LMICs) has led to the growth in international research involving researchers or ...