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Principles and processes behind promoting awareness of rights for quality maternal care services: a synthesis of stakeholder experiences and implementation factors
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Promoting awareness of rights is a value-based process that entails a different way of thinking and
acting, which is at times misunderstood or deemed as aspirational.
METHODS: Guided by the SURE framework, ...
Community leaders’ perspectives on facilitators and inhibitors of health promotion among the youth in rural South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)
INTRODUCTION: There are a number of factors that influence health promotion activities among the youth. This study sought to gain a comprehensive understanding of the facilitators and inhibitors of health promotion among ...
Common physical problems among the elderly in the Livingstone district in Zambia: opportunities for physiotherapists
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
INTRODUCTION: The study identified prevalent physical problems with regard to physiotherapy needs in elderly
people in the Livingstone District in Zambia.
OBJECTIVES: To identify the physiotherapy needs of common physical ...
Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise in Daily Practice: Current Practices, Barriers, and Training Needs of Physiotherapists in Eastern Nigeria
(University of Toronto Press, 2015)
PURPOSE: To investigate current practices, barriers, and training needs for the promotion of physical activity (PA) in physiotherapy practices in eastern Nigeria. METHODS: A total of 141 fully licensed physiotherapists in ...
Employees' modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease: the case of an African university
(AFAHPER-SD, 2015)
The importance of determining the prevalence of modifiable health risk behaviours among specific populations for effective preventive and therapeutic measures has been emphasized in literature. Worksites have been identified ...
Effects of an exercise programme with people living with HIV: Research in a disadvantaged setting
(Routledge, 2014)
This study aimed to analyse the physical health effects of a community based 10-week physical activity programme with people living with HIV. It was developed, implemented and evaluated in a disadvantaged community in South ...
Therapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africa
(Routledge, 2015)
South Africa experiences socio-economic challenges with a high prevalence of poverty resulting in disability and non-communicable diseases affecting the health and welfare of communities. Health services are not always ...
Principles and processes behind promoting awareness of rights for quality maternal care services: a synthesis of stakeholder experiences and implementation factors
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Promoting awareness of rights is a value-based process that entails a different way of thinking and
acting, which is at times misunderstood or deemed as aspirational.
METHODS: Guided by the SURE framework, ...
"She is my teacher and if it was not for her I would be dead": Exploration of rural South African community health workers' information, education and communication activities
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Community health workers (CHWs) are important resources in health systems affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. International guidelines on task-shifting recommend that CHWs can provide diverse HIV services, ranging from HIV ...
Health-promotion needs of youth with a spinal cord injury in South Africa
(Informa Healthcare, 2007)
Purpose. To determine the health promotion needs through an exploration of health-related behaviours and the factors that
influence the behaviour of physically disabled youth with spinal cord injury.
Methods. A descriptive ...