Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Subject "Healthcare workers"
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Covid-19 prevalence among healthcare workers. A systematic review and meta-analysis
(MPDI, 2022)Understanding the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers is a critical component to inform occupational health policy and strategy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to map and analayse ... -
Do nursing students know and practice the Universal Precautions to prevent transmission of infectious agents?c
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)The aim of the study was therefore to investigate the knowledge and practice of nursing students with regard to the UPs and whether there was any relationship between knowledge of and practice of the UPs. -
Male students' motivations to choose nursing as a career
(South African Medical Association, 2020)Men comprise approximately 11% of the nursing population globally, and 9.1% of the South African (SA) nursing workforce. Nursing workforce shortages require strategies for recruiting new nurses, including more males. A ... -
Nurses' perceptions of adolescents accessing and utilizing sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
(Elsevier, 2019)Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa access to and utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare is unsatisfactory. Consequently, rates of teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortions among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, ... -
Paramedics, poetry, and film: Health policy and systems research at the intersection of theory, art, and practice
(Human Resources for Health, 2019)Violence is a public health issue. It is the consequence of a complex set of interacting political, social, and economic factors firmly rooted in past and current injustice. South Africa remains one of the most unequal ... -
Paramedics, poetry, and film: Health policy and systems research at the intersection of theory, art, and practice
(BMC, 2019)Violence is a public health issue. It is the consequence of a complex set of interacting political, social, and economic factors firmly rooted in past and current injustice. South Africa remains one of the most ... -
Risk factors for COVID-19 among healthcare workers. A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2021)Evidence on the spectrum of risk factors for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among front-line healthcare workers (HCWs) has not been well-described. While several studies evaluating ...