Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Title
Now showing items 1243-1262 of 1873
-
Post-doctoral research fellowship as a health policy and systems research capacity development intervention: a case of the CHESAI initiative
(BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: Building capacity in health policy and systems research (HPSR), especially in low- and middle-income countries, remains a challenge. Various approaches have been suggested and implemented by scholars ... -
Poverty, protests and pandemics: what can we learn from community resilience?
(SAGE, 2021)The destruction of property, theft and violence that occurred in South Africa, particularly in KZN and Gauteng in the week of 12 July 2021 had a significant impact on the national psyche. As we try to come to terms with ... -
A practical approach to hospital visitation during a pandemic: Responding with compassion to unjustified restrictions
(American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 2021)During the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence-based resources have been sought to support decision-making and strategically inform hospitals’ policies, procedures, and practices. While greatly emphasizing protection, most guiding ... -
Practice and power: a review and interpretive synthesis focused on the exercise of discretionary power in policy implementation by front line providers and managers
(Oxford University Press, 2014)Tackling the implementation gap is a health policy concern in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs). Limited attention has so far been paid to the influence of power relations over this gap. This article presents, ... -
Practice guidelines for videoconference-based telepsychiatry in South Africa
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)Telepsychiatry, the practice of psychiatry over distance using information and communication technologies is, after teleradiology, the most practiced form of telemedicine in the world. As with any new technology, clinical ... -
Practice of death surveillance and response for maternal, newborn and child health: A framework and application to a South African health district
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)To assess the functioning of maternal, perinatal, neonatal and child death surveillance and response (DSR) mechanisms at a health district level.A framework of elements covering analysis of causes of death, and processes ... -
The practice of self-leadership in personal and professional development of contract nursing staff in the environment of a higher education institution
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)Self-leadership is a comprehensive self-influence perspective that concerns leading oneself toward the performance of naturally motivating tasks and managing oneself to do work that must be done but that is not naturally ... -
Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
(BMC, 2017)The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather than seeing governance as a normative ... -
Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
(BioMed Central, 2017)The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather than seeing governance as a normative ... -
Practitioners’ experiences of student supervision in the bachelor of social work degree
(UNISA Press, 2016)The developing and evolving social welfare system in South Africa coupled with inadequate human and material resources and high staff workloads, all impact on student learning in the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree. ... -
Praktykillustrasie van die vorming en terminering van n terapeutiese sisteem volgens ekosistemiese denke
(Unisa Press, 1996)This article presents an illustration of how an ecosystemic perspective was used in a family therapy case study. Two ecosystemic concepts were used to discuss the case study. They are: the language determination of the ... -
Pre-registration nursing students’ anxiety and academic concerns after the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A cross-sectional study
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Background: The pandemic and its related social restrictions have led to many uncertainties in nurse education, including the fear of infection in clinical learning settings and the challenge of remote learning. The ... -
Preadolescent psychological well-being: determining the association with maternal psychological control and family environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Background: Methods: Results: Conclusion: Keywords: The family and parents could either provide protective factors or initiate vulnerability for children who are exposed to a high-risk environment such as crime in a ... -
Precarious, more precarious, most precarious? The quality of life of waste pickers in the Karoo
(2021)Towns in the Karoo region currently offer few income-generating opportunities, resulting in people seeking informal waste-picking opportunities on the streets and landfills. This article aims to investigate the level ... -
Predicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approach
(Education Association of South Africa, 2017)Education is one of the strongest predictors of health worldwide. In South Africa, school dropout is a crisis where by Grade 12, only 52% of the age appropriate population remain enrolled. Survival analysis was used to ... -
Predicting substance use behavior among South African adolescents: The role of leisure experiences across time
(SAGE Publications, 2011)Using seven waves of data, collected twice a year from the 8th through the 11th grades in a low-resource community in Cape Town, South Africa, we aimed to describe the developmental trends in three specific leisure experiences ... -
Predicting swimming performance using state anxiety
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2017)Competitive state anxiety is a common response to stressful competitive sports situations that could affect athletic performance. The effects of state anxiety on swimming performance need further inquiry. The aim of the ... -
Predictors of breastfeeding cessation among HIV positive women in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Background: In 2006, 29. of women aged 25-34 years who attended public antenatal clinics, tested HIV-positive. Thus, 300,000 infants in SA are exposed to HIV annually. SA has greatest burden of HIV, with an estimated 5.5 ... -
Predictors of knowledge about tuberculosis: results from SANHANES I, a national, cross-sectional household survey in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: South Africa is one of the 22 high tuberculosis burden countries that contribute 80 % of the global tuberculosis cases. Tuberculosis is infectious and due to its rapid and easy transmission route poses a threat ... -
Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: Adolescent mothers are at a much higher risk for maternal mortality compared to mothers aged 20 years and above. Newborns born to adolescent mothers are also more likely to have low birth weight, with the risk ...