Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Nursing) by Title
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The development and testing of a multi-ethnic, low literacy, family support programme for the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect in the child under five years.
(1995)The main aim of this research was to identify a family support programme which could be used as a primary prevention strategy against child abuse as a first positive step within the family, the basic unit of society, ... -
The development of a district-based model of intervention for improving the quality of maternal health care at primary level.
(2005)The Limpopo MCWH Directorate, concerned about the high perinatal and maternal mortality rates arising from the poor quality of maternal health care provided at primary level, commissioned this study to explore what would ... -
The development of an HIV/AIDS counselling approach for Africans.
(2004)HIV/AIDS care needs to be comprehensive and holistic (UNAIDS, 2002). Counselling has proved to be one of the most effective behavioral tools in the global anti-HIV/AIDS fight by equipping people mentally, emotionally, ... -
The development of an intervention model for managing abrupt death trajectories in KwaZulu-Natal level 1 emergency departments.
(2004)AIM: The aim of this research was to describe how the health professionals manage sudden/abrupt deaths in the ED and to foster change in current practice by involving the clients (dead or dying clients and their families) ... -
The development of an intervention model to manage secondary traumatic stress in mental health workers in Rwanda.
(2010)Introduction: It was previously established that mental health workers in Rwanda experience secondary traumatic stress when working with trauma survivors. The effects of secondary traumatic stress can be serious and ... -
An epistemological study of the power of women as nurses : a phenomenological approach.
(1996)Aim: The aim of the study was to do an epistemological analysis of the power of women as nurses working in one of the larger and more deprived regions of South Africa, namely KwaZulu-Natal. This research was based on the ... -
An ethnographic study of predictors of hypertension and its preventive strategies in a rural community in Delta State, Nigeria.
(2014)This study investigated the blood pressure profiles of residents in Ibusa community in Delta State Nigeria. Predictors of hypertension in the community were also established and traditional and cultural practices associated ... -
The experiences of death and dying of Zulu patients, their families and caregivers.
(1989)This thesis studies the impact of the terminal illness and awareness of undergoing the dying process and inevitable death, at the KwaZulu Government hospital Ngwelezana, at Empangeni in the Lower Umfolozi District. A ... -
An exploration of the presence and enactment of caring in the human resource management of nurses in KwaZulu-Natal hospitals.
(2000)The aim of the study was to explore the practice of caring in human resource management of nurses. Both the qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used to ensure that the richness and the complexities of ... -
An exploratory analysis of differently focused women's organizations in community development and health.
(1996)Two research methods, a correlational survey and a case study method were used to explore the impact of health focused and economic focused women's organizations on community development and health. Through the study ... -
An exploratory study towards disclosure of status and reduction of stigma for people living with HIV/AIDS in a low income community : the development of a community-based framework.
(2010)Introduction: Stigma associated with HIV/AIDS creates a barrier to prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. It further restricts PLWHA from learning about their status, disclosing their status, adopting safe behaviour ... -
Facilitating collaboration between traditional healers and western health practitioners in the management of chronic illnesses in Swaziland.
(2001)The purpose of the study was to analyze the process of facilitating collaboration between traditional healers and western trained health care workers in the management of chronic illnesses, hypertension and diabetes. ... -
Facilitation of behaviour change communication process for maternal, newborn, and child health at primary health care level of midwifey practice in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
(2012)Background: Nigeria’s unacceptably high maternal and child mortality rates are related, among other things, to the people’s lack of access to appropriate information to assist them in making decisions about their health, ... -
A grounded theory analysis of the meaning of community-based education in basic nursing education in South Africa.
(2003)An extensive review of literature revealed that although CBE was a familiar concept and a national policy for health professionals' education in South Africa, there was, however, limited understanding of this phenomenon. ... -
A grounded theory inquiry: establishing communities of practice among Hiv/Aids nurse practitioners through the use of critical reflection at selected hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)Introduction: Nurse practitioners in South Africa are challenged daily to provide comprehensive care under resource constrained conditions while at the same time trying to cope with the changes and care strategies related ... -
HIV and infant feeding : choices and decision-outcomes in the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission among HIV-positive mothers in Zambia.
(2015)Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is one of the key drivers of the HIV pandemic in Zambia and impacts infant feeding for HIV-exposed infants. The aim of infant feeding counselling is to facilitate informed decision on ... -
The implementation and outcomes of a voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programme in a secondary school in Kigali, Rwanda.
(2006)Schools reach further into communities of young people than any other institutions, and therefore, they are critical for reducing the HIV and AIDS vulnerability and risk among this age group (UNESCO, 2002). Therefore, if ... -
Improving detection of depression and/or anxiety as comorbidities of epilepsy in primary health care settings in Zambia.
(2013)The focus of this study was on common psychiatric comorbidities of depression and anxiety in people with epilepsy (PWE). While international published data show that up to 60% of PWE suffer from depression and/or anxiety, ... -
The influence of intrapersonal characteristics of individual nurses on their work performance : a predictive correlational study in a selected province in South Africa.
(2015)Background Conflicting reports on the quality of nursing care highlighted the need to understand the influence of nurses’ intrapersonal characteristics on their work performance and caring behaviours. Aim The aim of the ...