Faculty of Community and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Short-term and sustained effects of a health system strengthening intervention to improve mortality trends for paediatric severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2017)BACKGROUND. Case fatality rates for childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain high in some resource-limited facilities in South Africa (SA), despite the widespread availability of the World Health Organization ... -
Independent and interactive effects of HIV infection, clinical stage and other comorbidities on survival of children treated for severe malnutrition in rural South Africa: A retrospective multicohort study
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2017)BACKGROUND. There is still limited to no evidence on the independent and interactive effects of HIV infection, disease stage, baseline disease severity and other important comorbidities on mortality risk among young ... -
Performance in grade 12 mathematics and science predicts student nurses’ performance in first year science modules at a university in the Western Cape
(AOSIS, 2017)BACKGROUND: The demand for highly qualified and skilled nurses is increasing in South Africa as well as around the world. Having a background in science can create a significant advantage for students wishing to enrol ... -
Occupation-based practice in a tertiary hospital setting: occupational therapists’ perceptions and experiences
(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2017)Occupation-based practice is an important feature of occupational therapy. There is however limited research regarding occupational therapists’ experiences with occupation-based practice. This study aimed to explore ... -
Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ... -
Fears associated with maternal death: Selected midwives’ lived experiences in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
(Numid Horizon, 2017)Like the fear associated with the demise of loved ones, maternal deaths at any health facility equally illicit fear among midwives. This jeopardises their ability to achieve the quality of work expected of them. There is ... -
Behavioral and cognitive interventions to improve treatment adherence and access to HIV care among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: an updated systematic review
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Approximately 14% of Africans infected with HIV are over the age of 50, yet few intervention studies focus on improving access to care, retention in care, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in ... -
Sense and sensibilities: Schoolboys talk about sex in the private conversational space
(Springer, 2018)This article focuses on the narratives of 18 adolescent boys as they engaged with issues of sex, sexuality and peer relations in their daily lives. The ethnographic research was conducted in two public secondary schools ... -
A review of the transportability of cognitive therapy for the treatment of PTSD among South African rape survivors
(AOSIS, 2017)This study aimed to evaluate the transportability of cognitive therapy (CT) for rape survivors with PTSD to South African conditions. Ten local treatment outcome studies investigating the transportability of CT were ... -
Rehabilitation model to promote interprofessional practice at primary health care level in the Western Cape of South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)Rehabilitation services at primary health care level in South Africa are considered as essential services for the disabled community. Currently there are challenges with implementation of rehabilitation services at ... -
Monitoring and evaluation of sports as a tool in HIV/AIDS awareness programmes: Experiences of five selected Non- Governmental Organisations in South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)Sport has increasingly been used as a vehicle for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) awareness programmes, and the use of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has become evident in the ... -
Exploring the lived experiences of infertility treatment and care by involuntarily childless women
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study explored the lived experiences of fertility treatment and care by South African women with infertility . A total of 21 women from different age and ethnic groups (age range = 26 to 41; whites = 53%, coloured = ... -
The menstruation experience: Attitude dimensions among South African students
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study aimed to investigate the attitudes and experiences regarding menstruation among undergraduate women at a historically disadvantaged South African university. A total of 255 women participated in the study. The ... -
Experiences of lower limb prosthetic users in a rural setting in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2018)BACKGROUND: Ambulation with a prosthesis is the ultimate goal of rehabilitation for a person with a major lower limb amputation. Due to challenges with prosthetic service delivery in rural settings, many patients with ... -
Exploring multiple job holding practices of academics in public health training institutions from three sub-Saharan Africa countries: drivers, impact, and regulation
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)BACKGROUND: The paper examines external multiple job holding practices in public health training institutions based in prominent public universities in three sub-Saharan Africa countries (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mozambique). ... -
Diabetes self-management: A post-intervention evaluation of challenges experienced in a low socio-economic community
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)The global diabetes epidemic continues to grow and countries are struggling to keep pace with the health care demands that the disease creates. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in South Africa has increased drastically ... -
“We are the Peace Team”: Exploring transformation among previously gang involved young men in Cape Town
(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2018)INTRODUCTION: Many young men in South Africa belong to gangs which has negative consequences for individuals and society. Disengaging from a gang is difficult as it requires transformation; however, little is known about ... -
The relationship between objectively measured attributes of the built environment and selected cardiovascular risk factors in a South African urban setting
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Evidence concerning the relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built environment with cardio-metabolic risk in populations from lower- and middle-income countries is lacking. In this paper, ... -
Exploring participatory parity in higher education: Experiences of social work students
(Stellenbosch University, 2017)This study uses the principle of participatory parity (PP) espoused by Fraser (2008, 2009) for exploring social work students’ experiences of enabling and constraining factors in advancing their engagement with and involvement ... -
Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample
(MedPharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited, 2017)BACKGROUND: Depression in the geriatric population has been identified as a significant problem in view of the associated negative outcomes regarding poor functioning, increased perception of poor health and increased ...