The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of registered
nurses with regard to facilitating the learning of student nurses during clinical
placement.
Focus group interviews with fifteen ...
The study explored the cultural care beliefs, values and attitudes among Shangaans relating
to hypertension.
The study aimed to describe the cultural values, beliefs and practices such as taboos, rituals and ...
Health care service providers in South Africa and elsewhere in the world are increasingly faced with an enormous challenge of modeling their approach to health care to meet the needs and expectations of the diverse societies ...
The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the perceptions of adolescents about sexuality and sexually transmitted infections, which probably contribute towards the high incidence of sexually transmitted infections ...
Deterrents to family planning practices were investigated among Swazi women between 1999-
2001. A total of 171 adolescents, women and men participated in focus group interviews.
Information obtained in this way served ...
The registered midwives are engaged in continuous health education lessons In antenatal visits,
discouraging antenatal clients from using hannful traditional and cultural practices in an
attempt to preserve pregnancy to ...
Tuberculosis (TB) has re-emerged as a major worldwide public health challenge in the last decade with an increasing incidence amongst children. The diagnosis of TB in children is difficult as the presentation is not always ...
This study addresses the specific barriers related to time delays in the treatment of patients who suffered acute myocardial infarction at the Al Ain Hospital accident and emergency unit in the United Arab Emirates.
A ...
A qualitative research design and an ethno-nursing research method were used to identify cultural factors influencing Xhosa women's health seeking behaviours associated with breast lumps. Focus group interviews were conducted ...
The purpose of the study was to describe and explore the provision of quality care in the primary health care clinics of Limpopo within the framework of the Batho Pele principles' service standards by determining the level ...
In this qualitative phenomenological study, the researcher interviewed 18 hospitalised patients and community members in rural Appalachia to learn about their mystical experiences in the context of health care. A loosely ...
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe registered nurse's perceptions with regard to continuing formal education. A quantitative descriptive, explorative research design was used to study registered nurses ...
There is a growing recognition that removal of an eye may cause a significant impact on a person's body image and her or his role in society; and may evoke a variety of emotional responses. The loss of an eye does not only ...
This is a descriptive study with a quantitative, non-experimental and contextual design, with the objective of describing the knowledge of female adolescents with regards to the implications of pregnancy. The study took ...
Adolescent pregnancy is a worldwide problem. This study attempted to describe and explore the knowledge of female adolescents in Angola's knowledge with regard to contraception.
The research results, obtained from ...
South Africa has been brain drained of nurses and doctors and the Eastern Cape as a Province within South Africa is not an exception. Its rural nature has caused many nurses and doctors loose interest of serving in its ...
This study sought to explore and describe the perceptions and beliefs of physicians about adherence to antiretroviral treatment by patients in the South-East district of Botswana. The Health Belief Model (Naidoo & Willis ...
This study focussed on determining the knowledge and understanding of Angolan women pertaining to the causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS with the aim of developing an information leaflet about HIV/AIDS for disseminating ...
This study examined Angolan culture as an influence to accessing modern scientific health care with the aim to develop health information brochures to inform the population of the advantages of scientific medicine. The ...