Adolescent pregnancies are high-risk obstetric occurrences with far-reaching implications for
these mothers’ education, employment, general wellbeing and health. Adolescent motherhood
could imply lifelong poverty. With ...
Dor, M.; Ehlers, V.J.; Van der Merwe, M.M.(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2002)
In order to receive holistic care, patients requiring psychiatric care, need to be referred to psychiatric services. The first part of this report reviews the need to analyse the referrals received by a psychiatric unit ...
Dor, M.; Ehlers, V.J.; Van der Merwe, M.M.(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2002)
The study sought to analyse the referrals received by a psychiatric unit in a general hospital in the Western Cape by studying the referral letters and the referral responses. Part 1 of the report reviewed the need to ...
Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening emergency situation. The outcome depends on timely and
effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Successful CPR attempts in hospitals require
well-equipped emergency trolleys ...
Rajeswaran, L; Ehlers, V.J.(Health South Africa Gesondheid, 2013-06)
Road traffic accident victims, as well as persons experiencing cardiac and other medical
emergencies, might lose their lives due to the non-availability of trained personnel to provide
effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation ...
Malaria is endemic in Uganda. The study attempted to determine how Ugandan home-based caregivers managed fever. Structured interviews were conducted with 60 caregivers of children under the age of five. Caregivers were ...
This prestigious conference, hosted jointly by the International Council of Women's Health Issues and the University of Pennsylvania, was attended by more than 400 delegates from 22 countries representing 17 different ...
The study attempted to identify the factors that influence compliance amongst 1039 members
and their dependants of a particular medical aid scheme in South Africa who were registered
for an asthma disease risk-management ...
Computers could be regarded as the
twentieth century discovery which
had the greatest impact on the largest
numbers of enterprises, businesses,
households, and individual
persons worldwide. Only a small
minority of ...
It was a privilege to attend the above conference, and to meet authors and editors from a number of different African countries, universities and institutions concerned with publications. I presented a paper entitled : ...
This book is based on, but comprises a total revision of its predecessors (Contraception by F. Theron and Contraception: theory and practice by F. Grobler). Most authors are specialist gynaecologists and obstetricians.
Although contraceptives are available free of charge throughout South Africa, the number of requests for termination
of pregnancy (TOP) services continues to increase. This research investigated challenges preventing women ...
Despite the availability of free contraceptives in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), unwanted and unintended
pregnancies continue to pose challenges to reproductive health services. Structured interviews were conducted ...
Adherence rates of at least 95% are required for optimum viral suppression and the prevention of viral mutation of drug resistant HIV strains, measured by CD4 cell and viral load counts, especially at the beginning of ...
Mdondolo, Nosipho; De Villiers, Louise; Ehlers, V.J.(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2003)
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, involving ...
Culture defines how persons behave towards each other. When nurses and patients
belong to different cultures, culture-based misunderstandings could influence the
nurse-patient relationships and interactions adversely. ...
The University of South Africa's students live and work throughout the world. Doing a doctoral degree by distance education enables the student to continue with his/her job and family responsibilities but poses numerous ...
Nurses and midwives throughout Africa face dire consequences of HIVAIDS in their daily lives. Much of Africa's healthcare resources are spent on HIV / AIDS. Worldwide many research reports have been published on HIV / ...
At the first editorial board meeting of 2009, it was decided that the AJNM should strive to publish nine worthwhile articles per issue, and continue to publish two issues per year. Some past issues contained only five ...