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'Just a snip?' : Lemba circumcisers' perspectives on medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in Mberengwa district of rural Zimbabwe.
(2014)Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) is an HIV ‘prevention technology’ hailed for holding the promise to containing the epidemic. MMC augments the vision of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) that pins hope ... -
Knowledge and perceptions of the dangers of substance abuse among affected youth attending St. John of God Community Services, Malawi.
(2005)Substance abuse is a major problem amongst the youth worldwide. The goal of this study was to explore the knowledge and perceptions on the dangers of substance abuse among the affected youth attending St John of God Community ... -
The knowledge and practice of ICU practitioners with regard to the instillation of normal saline solution during endotracheal suctioning.
(2002)Background Instillation of nonnal saline before suctioning is a common nursing intervention although little research supports the practice. Objectives To detennine when and how often saline is used during suctioning and ... -
Knowledge and practices of smoking among students of the University of Natal on Durban campus residences.
(2001)The Health Belief Model developed by Becker ( 1984) cited in Katzenellenbogen et al. ( 1999) guided this study. The model attempts to identify beliefs and the way they may interact to influence individuals' conscious ... -
Knowledge and utililization of contraception amongst teenagers attending an urban Indian general practice.
(1991)During the six month period June to December 1990, 300 Indian teenagers attending the urban general practice of the researcher were interviewed. Data pertaining to age, sex, knowledge and utilization of contraceptives were ... -
Knowledge and utilisation of contraception in Indian females attending an urban general practice.
(1995)459 Indian female patients between the ages of 16 and 50. attending the practice of the researcher were asked to complete a confidential questionnaire on the knowledge and utilisation of ... -
Knowledge, attitude and perception of 4th and 5th year UKZN medical school students towards the use of HIV drug resistance interpretation algorithms.
(2013)HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) has emerged as a major clinical and public health challenge in many resource poor countries especially in Africa. HIVDR testing has become increasingly important and is of significant value in ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of pharmacy and nursing students towards male circumcision and HIV in a KwaZulu-Natal University, South Africa.
(AOSIS, 2011)Background: Male circumcision is currently being promoted in South Africa as a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention method. Effective implementation requires that healthcare providers should believe in the procedure’s ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of Emergency Care Practitioners to victims of domestic violence in the Western Cape.
(2006)PURPOSE. Domestic violence has a significant prevalence in the world, and certainly in South Africa, yet Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP) training and practice does not have any particular focus on domestic violence ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers about healthy lifestyles : a study in an urban-based district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2008)Background: There is global concern about the impact of lifestyle related diseases which have been on a steady increase in recent years. Poor nutrition, reduced physical activity and cigarette smoking have been documented ... -
Level of hospitals' preparedness for a mass disaster during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer in the eThekwini District of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)International mass sports gatherings like the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup Soccer and Olympics can cause great challenges to local healthcare systems and emergency medical services. ... -
Lived experiences of community empowerment programme workers participating in a community empowerment programme.
(2013)Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental organizations are united in their goal to develop and implement community empowerment programmes (CEPs). The researcher explored the lived experiences of HIV/AIDS ... -
The lived experiences of patients admitted to an intensive care unit in a public hospital in Ugu District.
(2015)Introduction: During their stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) most patients experience a lack of privacy, sleep disturbances, noise, pain and stress. Patients need continuous close monitoring in ICU. Purpose: The purpose ... -
The lived experiences of youths who have lost a parent to AIDS in Wannune, Nigeria : a descriptive phenomenological study.
(2014)Although the advent of the antiretroviral therapy is changing the morbidity and mortality of HIV and AIDS epidemic into a chronic manageable disease; it is still the leading cause of death among age group 15-59 years who ... -
M-PH : knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding counselling behaviour for HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB : a survey of eThekwini district primary health care workers.
(2012)Background HIV infection continues to be a challenge in South Africa with new infections reported at alarming rates. Health Care Workers (HCWs) who are nurses consequently have frequent contact with HIV positive and TB ... -
Male partner support among young unmarried pregnant women in Durban.
(2015)The improvement of maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes has been an important part of the millennium development goals (MDGs). Although the world is at end of the MDG era, MCH remains an important issue globally as the ... -
Management and support of HIV positive employees in a private organization in EThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal: a descriptive study.
(2017)Background: Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with HIV and about 35 million people have died of HIV. Globally, 36.7 million [30.8–42.9 million] people were living with ... -
Management of the long term psychological effects of rape among women survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda : a grounded theory approach.
(2013)In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, rape was widely used as a strategic weapon against Tutsi women. This study explored the long term psychological effects of rape experienced by these women in order to develop a middle range ... -
Maternity care in KwaZulu-Natal : towards a grounded theory of adolescent-friendly maternity services.
(2005)The issue of adolescent health has steadily grown momentum with people realizing the vulnerability ofthis sector ofthe world's population. Within the South African context, the tide had also turned. However, most initiatives ... -
Measuring skilled attendance in the uThungulu District, KwaZulu-Natal in 2008.
(2010)Background The Millennium Development Goals call for two-third and three-quarter reductions in Perinatal Mortality Rates and Maternal Mortality Ratios. The main strategy towards achieving these reductions is to increase ...