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Female sport administrators’ experiences of organisational fit in the workplace
(AFAHPER-SD, 2011)Gender inequality in South African sport has been legislated against by a number of constitutionally binding Acts. Although these policies have done much to address the general absence of women in leadership positions ... -
Challenges experienced while providing home based care: A community organisation's experience
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Introduction: Methods: Results: Conclusion: Keywords: The large and ever-growing number of people being infected with HIV/AIDS, led to health professionals being unable to cope with these increasing numbers. To combat ... -
The effect of occupationally-related low back pain on functional activities among male manual workers in a construction company in Cape Town, South Africa
(The South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2012)This study determined the prevalence as well as the effect of occupationally-related low back pain on the functional activities of workers in a construction company in Cape Town. A cross-sectional, descriptive survey ... -
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 ... -
Opportunities and challenges facing NGOs using sport as a vehicle for development in post-apartheid South Africa
(Routledge, 2012)Post-apartheid South Africa manifests poor social indicators with over half the population living below the poverty line and the worst levels of inequality in the world, with much work needed to overcome the skewed legacy ... -
A systematic review of the effectiveness of videoconference-based tele-education for medical and nursing education.
(Wiley, 2012)BACKGROUND: Rural nurses and doctors typically have little opportunity to further their education and training. Studies have shown high participant satisfaction with the use of educational technology, such as videoconferencing, ... -
A framework for effective collaboration: a case study of collaboration in nursing education in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2012)A fundamental purpose of mergers between higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2002 was to enable sharing of scarce resources between more advanced universities and those historically disadvantaged by the apartheid ... -
A cross-sectional survey to compare the competence of learners registered for the Baccalaureus Curationis programme using different learning approaches at the University of the Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)The purpose of the study was to compare the extent to which the different teaching approaches applied in the Baccalaureus Curationis programme adequately prepare graduating learners for professional competence. -
Mental health legislation: does it protect the rights of people with mental health problems?
(SU LIS, 2012)The International Federation of Social Work places a concern with human rights and social justice at the core of its definition of social work. Social work values are based on “respect for the equality, dignity and worth ... -
A Model for Telepsychiatry for South Africa
(2012)The access of rural Mental Health Care Users in South Africa to specialist psychiatrists and quality mental health care is currently sub-optimal. Health professionals and planners working in psychiatry lack a well-defined ... -
Videoconference-based education for psychiatry registrars at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(OMICS group, 2012)Objective: Psychiatry registrars form the backbone of specialized psychiatric service provision in South Africa. Medical schools are centralized while clinical services need to be widespread and accessible. Video-conferencing ... -
Individuals with traumatic brain injuries perceptions and experiences of returning to work in South Africa
(IOS Press, 2012)Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the central concepts of a model that would facilitate the return to work process of individuals with brain injury. However for the purpose of this paper there will be a focus ... -
Young South African adults perceptions of parent psychological control and antisocial behaviour
(Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2012)We extended prior research by investigating perceptions of parental psychological control as a contributor to young adults’ antisocial behavior in a sample of 382 South African university students aged between 18 and 25 ... -
Phronesis and adverse childhood experiences of social work students
(Unisa Press, 2012)This article examines the relevance of (Aristotelian) phronesis (Breier, 2007), denoting practical wisdom, in an attempt to respond to the question: How can phronesis assist in understanding and teaching social work students ... -
Health system barriers to implementation of collaborative TB and HIV activities including prevention of mother to child transmission in South Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)In South Africa, the control of TB and HIV co-infection remains a major challenge despite the availability of international and national guidelines for integration of TB and HIV services. This study was undertaken in ... -
"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Summary Points: * In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating. * ... -
The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2012)BACKGROUND: Community health workers are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. Since 2003 the government of Ethiopia has been deploying specially trained new cadres of community based health workers ... -
Globalisation and health inequalities: can a human rights paradigm create space for civil society action?
(Elsevier Ltd, 2012)While neoliberal globalisation is associated with increasing inequalities, global integration has simultaneously strengthened the dissemination of human rights discourse across the world. This paper explores the seeming ... -
Evaluating the construct validity of the KIDSCREEN-52 Quality of Life questionnaire in a South African context
(Psychological Society of South Africa, 2012)The absence of a suitable measure to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents in South Africa, led to the use of the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire which was developed and standardised in ...