Browsing School of Nursing by Author "Korpela, Mikko"
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Barriers to community mental health users’ access to information needed to deal with mental health problems, Western Cape, South Africa
Bimerew, Million; Adejumo, Oluyinka; Korpela, Mikko (African Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 2015)The most important advancement in the healthcare industry in the 21st century is the application of information technology (IT) in health care. While integrated IT is critical in transforming mental health care, IT ... -
District facility managers’ perspectives of mental health information processing and utilisation at primary care level in the Western Cape
Bimerew, Million; Korpela, Mikko; Adejumo, Oluyinka (AFAHPER-SD, 2014)District health facility managers play a significant role in provision of primary health care (PHC) services, particularly in integration of mental health services into the PHC level and developing a district health ... -
Experiences of community nurses in management of a district-based mental health information system in the Western Cape, South Africa
Bimerew, Million; Adejumo, Oluyinka; Korpela, Mikko (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014)The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of community nurses in the management of a mental health information system (MHIS). A purposive convenient sampling method was employed to select 23 community mental ... -
Health information officers’ views of mental health information processing and utilisation within an integrated primary healthcare service in Cape Town, South Africa
Bimerew, Million; Adejumo, Oluyinka; Korpela, Mikko (African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015)Health facility information officers have significant roles in gathering and processing health information and communicating it for utilisation. The purpose of this study was to explore the views of health information ... -
Socio-technical approach to community health: designing and developing a mobile care data application for home-based healthcare, in South Africa
de la Harpe, Retha; Wills, Julia; Lotriet, Hugo; Pottas, Dalenca; Korpela, Mikko (CCIRDT, 2013)The aim of this report is to describe the design and development considerations related to a mobile home-based healthcare application for care givers in a community in the Western Cape, South Africa. In order to do this ...