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School-based interventions targeting nutrition and physical activity, and body weight status of African children: A systematic review
(MPDI, 2020)Background: Overweight/obesity is an emerging health concern among African children. The aim of this study was to summarise available evidence from school-based interventions that focused on improving nutrition and physical ... -
Screening a heterogeneous elderly South African population for cognitive impairment: the utility and performance of the Mini-Mental State Examination, Six Item Screener, Subjective Memory Rating Scale and Deterioration Cognitive Observee
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2013)OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report on the prevalence of cognitive impairment, and to assess the performance and utility of subjective, objective and informant screening tools in a heterogeneous community ... -
Self-care symptom-management strategies amongst women living with HIV /AI DS in an urban area in KwaZulu-Natal
(Oasis OpenJournals, 2010)People living with HIV and AIDS experience a number of symptoms such as fatigue, nausea and vomiting, fever and anxiety during the various stages of the illness. This has a negative effect on their quality of life. Women ... -
Self-leadership behaviour of the clinical research nurses in the southern suburbs of Cape Town
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2015)Clinical research nurses are at the frontline of clinical research and they act as nurse leaders in the area of patient-orientated research. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of clinical ... -
Self-Leadership of Male Learner Nurses During a Four-Year Program at a College in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Wiley, 2015)Self-leadership is an enabling process during which a male student nurse learns to know himself better. This enriched self-awareness enables him to steer his work life. Male learners in the nursing profession could face ... -
Self-leadership of nurses in a critical care outreach service: The development of a conceptual framework
(AOSIS, 2022)Globally, critical care outreach services (CCOS) were implemented in health care facilities; however, compliance with guidelines is poor. The authors have noticed that a gap exists in the literature on how self-leadership ... -
Sensitivity and specificity of neuropsychological tests for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in a sample of residential elderly in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014)BACKGROUND. Neuropsychological tests can successfully distinguish between healthy elderly persons and those with clinically significant cognitive impairment. Objectives. A battery of neuropsychological tests was evaluated ... -
The sensitivity and specificity of subjective memory complaints and the subjective memory rating scale, deterioration cognitive observee, mini-mental state examination, six-item screener and clock drawing test in Dementia Screening.
(Karger, 2013)Background: The effectiveness of dementia screening depends on the availability of suitable screening tools with good sensitivity and specificity to confidently distinguish normal age-related cognitive decline from dementia. ... -
Service learning: A creative means of teaching nursing
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2007)This article is informed by a retrospective study conducted by the first author, and a limited literature review on service-learning in South Africa. It attempts to give the reader a clearer understanding of service-learning ... -
Service-learning in nursing: Integrating student learning and community-based service experience through reflective practice
(University of Johannesburg, 2005)Domestic violence is a pervasive problem in South Africa. The School of Nursing at the University of the Western Cape has responded to the challenge of training sensitive, knowledgeable and skilled health personnel by ... -
Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa
(BMC, 2022)Globally and in South Africa, university students’ knowledge of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is low. This study was conducted in response to the dearth of information about the sexual and reproductive health knowledge ... -
Significance of literature when constructing a theory: a selective literature review
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)The issues around use of literature in theory construction are often a source of confusion, especially for novice researchers. The very nature of the process of theory construction remains blurred due to lack of consensus ... -
Snapshots of urban and rural food environments: EPOCH-based mapping in a high-, middle-, and low-income country from a non-communicable disease perspective
(MPDI, 2020)A changing food environment is implicated as a primary contributor to the increasing levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to generate snapshots of selected external food environments to inform ... -
Social capital and mental wellbeing of older people residing in a residential care facility in Durban, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)INTRODUCTION: Global increases in life expectancy are expected to continue, with accompanying physical and mental wellbeing challenges specifically for older people living in residential care settings. OBJECTIVE: The aim ... -
Socio-technical approach to community health: designing and developing a mobile care data application for home-based healthcare, in South Africa
(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 ... -
Sources and types of information on self-care symptom management strategies for HIV and AIDS
(Oasis OpenJournals, 2014)Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been known to exist for more than three decades now and there are still new infections being documented, with the recent statistics showing that, in the year 2012, there were about ... -
Sportmen’s experiences at a somatology clinic receiving a sport massage
(Aosis OpenJournals, 2013)Sportsmen are increasingly visiting somatology clinics for massages prior to an aerobic sports event. Massage is frequently utilised prior to an athletic activity, as a means of enhancing performance. Massage is known to ... -
Sportsmen’s experience of the impact of massage by somatologists in enhancing aerobic performance
(AFAHPER-SD, 2012)For the purpose of massages before and after sports events, sportsmen are increasingly visiting somatologists working at private somatology clinics instead of other massage therapists. Massage is frequently utilised as a ... -
Stakeholders’ community-engaged teaching and learning experiences at three universities in South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021)Transformation forces in South African (SA) higher education and beyond have called for incorporation of community engagement into higher education. Specifically, the SA white paper 3 that informed the Higher Education ... -
Stress and coping – Perceptions of final year nursing students returning to clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)The novel nature of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic places challenges on nursing students as they try to complete the clinical requirement of their training. Nursing faculties need to understand these ...
