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Outcomes of births attended by private midwives in the Gauteng Province of South Africa: A retrospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2023)
Midwives are important role players in providing women-centred care for low-risk pregnant women.
South African women use either public or private health care services during pregnancy and birth. As the
public sector is ...
Objective structured clinical examination: Do first-year nursing students perceive it to be stressful?
(AOSIS, 2023)
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is widely accepted as an
effective means of assessing clinical competence and nursing skills. There is, however, little
existing knowledge on how first-year nursing ...
Towards the development of a community-based model for promoting cervical cancer prevention among Yoruba women in Ibadan Nigeria: Application of PEN-3 model
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)
Through the identification of the barriers to the uptake of prevention services for cervical cancer and ways topromote prevention of cervical cancer in the community, this research study purposed the development of a ...
Mothers' perceptions of female genital mutilation
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)
is widespread in Nigeria. This study was conducted
to assess the perceptions of FGM among
mothers at a primary healthcare centre in Lagos,
Nigeria. A convenience sample ...
Perceptions of nurses on TB with HIV adherence counselling skills in a health sub-district, Cape Town: A qualitative study
(AOSIS, 2022)
People living with HIV (PLHIV) co-infected with Tuberculosis (TB) account for
one in three HIV-related deaths. Retention in care and adherence to medication remain key
behaviours that PLHIV co-infected with TB must adopt ...
Performance of the 3-item screener, the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, the Hopkins symptoms checklist-15 and the self-reporting questionnaire and pregnancy risk questionnaire, in screening of depression in antenatal clinics in the Blantyre district of Malawi
(University of Malawi, 2018)
Screening instruments for antenatal depression vary in performance. This study aimed at assessing the performance of a range of
screening instruments in detecting depressive symptoms in antenatal clinics in Blantyre ...
Validity and utility of instruments for screening of depression in women attending antenatal clinics in Blantyre district in Malawi
(AOSIS, 2018)
Screening instruments should be brief, valid and easy to use if they are to be useful in a busy antenatal clinic in
low-resource settings. A short instrument can be used in a busy antenatal clinic in combination with a ...
Training needs of professional nurses in primary health care in the Cape Metropole, South Africa
(African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2023)
Background: In the fast-changing healthcare environment, it is important to ensure that primary health care (PHC) nurses are suitably qualified and have access to appropriate and relevant ongoing education. AIM: The aim ...
Community service nurses in primary healthcare clinics: Experiences of supervision and support from professional nurses
(AOSIS, 2022)
Background: Newly qualified nurses in South Africa are required to undertake a compulsory
1-year community service (CS) in a public healthcare facility. They are not yet competent to
work alone and require supervision ...
Supporting hiv self-management in adolescents to be resilient and thrive: an intervention development study
(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
Self-management programs or interventions focus on self-empowerment to improve skills, abilities and behaviors needed to control a chronic condition and may be of great value for adolescents living with HIV (ALWH). The aim ...