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A qualitative descriptive exploratory study of teaching methodologies utilised by nurse educators in South West Nigeria.
(2017)Background: Teaching methodologies are indispensable in nursing education. Globally, they are fundamental of teaching and learning in all higher institutions of learning. Nurse educators require competencies in facilitating ... -
A qualitative study into the psychosocial well-being of Durban's homeless youth.
(2015)This study explored the experiences of a sample of six male and four female homeless youth living on the streets of Durban, South Africa. It focused on their concepts of 'home' and their ideas around homelessness, as well ... -
A qualitative understanding of the socio-cultural and situational context of substance abuse and sexual risk-taking behaviours in women.
(2008)South Africa is one of the six southern African countries where the HIV levels for childbearing women are 20% or higher. In South Africa, like most countries, behaviours such as multiple sexual partners, unprotected sex ... -
Quality of deep fried chip cooking oil at fast food outlets in the South Central Operational Entity within Ethekwini Municipality.
(2006)The demand for deep fried chips by public and the number of people entering the fast food industry in the form of fast food outlets has increased tremendously. Frying oils are very expensive and are the most important ... -
Quality of paediatric care at King Edward VIII hospital.
(1987)The purpose of health service research is to produce knowledge that will contribute to the improvement in the delivery of health care and it is in this spirit that this study of the quality of paediatric care at King ... -
Quality of tuberculosis microscopy in KwaZulu-Natal as determined by laboratory proficiency testing.
(2009)Introduction Sputum smears stained by the Ziehl-Neelsen method are the least expensive tool for diagnosing patients with infectious tuberculosis. However, false positive and false negative results have serious implications ... -
Racial differences in willingness to participate in HIV prevention clinical trials amongst university students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2013)Introduction Willingness to participate in clinical trials is a crucial element in recruitment of suitable participants for intervention trials. Measurement of willingness to participate assists in determining community ... -
Rates and causes of child mortality in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
(2007)Background Recent gains in child survival are being threatened by the RN epidemic. Monitoring child mortality rates is essential to understanding the impact of the epidemic, but is constrained by a lack of data. A ... -
Reflections on life stories by post-graduate students : intersectionality and agency.
(2016)This study explored the reflections of post graduate students who completed a semester course called the Personal is the Professional, aimed at facilitating a reflexive and critical thinking. By working with their lived ... -
The relationship between child rearing practices and adolescents’ attitudes toward sexual debut, Durban, South Africa.
(2018)About 30% of South African teenagers between the ages of 13-19 years have reported unplanned pregnancy in their lives. One of the determinants of the teenage pregnancy and HIV is early sexual debut. Adolescents who engage ... -
The relationship between health education and health compromising behaviour among South African adolescents attending an institution of tertiary education.
(2006)In South Africa statistics of mortality and morbidity, pertaining to the consequences of risk taking behaviour among the country's youth, remain unacceptably high. Many of these behaviours have long as well as short term ... -
The relationship between learning styles, stages of self-direction in learning and academic performance in a case-based nursing program.
(2001)The Institutes of Nursing in the United Arab Emirates adopted a new approach for educating and training the Diploma Nursing students in 1997. This approach emphasized the use of case-based learning, which was characterized ... -
The relationship between nurse staffing and selected patient outcomes.
(2006)This research study aimed at determining the relationships between nurse staffing and nurse sensitive outcomes (urinary tract infection, pressure ulcers, pneumonia, missed dose, wrong dose, and wrong drug) in the University ... -
Residential care for the elderly in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality : a case study approach.
(2010)Aim: This study explored and described residential care for the elderly in eThekwini Municipality in terms of the organizational structure, staff and residents, and determined how those factors influenced elder care. ... -
Respiratory health of the informal stone crushers in Dar-Es-Salaam.
(2010)Introduction. Stone crushing in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania is largely an informal occupational activity, with approximately 7000 workers exposed to varying level of respirable dust. A highly marginalized, self employed, ... -
The responses and involvement of fathers of pre-term low birth weight babies in a neonatal intensive care unit at a tertiary hospital in Durban.
(2007)Premature birth occurs before parents have had time to prepare for the birth of the infant. This survey was conducted to describe the responses of fathers of preterm low birth weight babies (PTLBW) and their involvement ... -
Responsiveness of nursing education programmes at Lilitha Nursing College to the needs of the Eastern Cape Population.
(2008)Background: Reviewed literature revealed a number of responses to the calls to reform nursing education to respond to the priority health needs of the country. The 1997 National Health Care Policy served as the basis for ... -
A retrospective analysis of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) outcomes in a group of infants attending paediatric practices in central Durban.
(2009)The vast majority of paediatric HIV occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and could be averted through implementation of effective Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) strategies. At the United Nations General Assembly ... -
A retrospective clinical chart review study on the core PMTCT activities at a regional hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal .
(2011)Background: Despite years of implementation, the program for PMTCT is not reaching the HIV positive pregnant women. Poor documentation as well as poor monitoring and evaluation for the program has contributed to the ...