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Transition possibilities for adolescents with intellectual disabilities into adulthood remain a complex issue and often neglected by the healthcare system and non-healthcare system. Given the responsibilities and roles ...
Malapela, Rakgadi Grace; Baratedi, William Mooketsi; Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, Gloria(Wiley, 2022-06-06)
Background and Aims: Home remedies are understood to mean medications or
tonics prepared at home to treat certain ailments without any prescription or
professional supervision. Reliance on home remedies increased during ...
The use of Youth Friendly Health Services remains sub-optimal in Sub-Saharan Africa despite global agreements on the same. The
aim of this study was to explore barriers to utilization of Youth Friendly Health Services in ...
Background:
Hospital admission can be a traumatic and humiliating experience for patients due to the institutionalised attire they must wear. Intimate care may
trigger experiences of helplessness and disrespect due to ...
Background: Physical distancing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene
were encouraged during the pandemic of COVID-19. However, personal hygiene procedures
for patients admitted to hospitals, such as ...
Shakwane, Simangele(SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2022-11-23)
Background. The classification of nursing as a female-gendered profession, along with patriarchally determined cultural gender roles, makes it difficult
for men to select nursing as a career and to excel in their caring ...
Background: Male nursing students remain a minority group in nursing education and training programmes. They are thought to have
diverted from their prescribed roles as men, leading to professional stereotypes and fear ...
The government of a country is responsible and accountable for the provision of quality healthcare services to its citizens. Teenage pregnancy and its complications occur worldwide. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) ...
Background: Intimate care is not facilitated in South African nursing education and training.
Nursing students encounter it for the first time in clinical practice, where they see and touch
the naked bodies of patients. ...
Background: Preeclampsia is one of the causes of maternal deaths and is also responsible for
complications such as premature births worldwide. In South Africa, hypertensive disorders
cause 14% of all maternal deaths. ...
Background: Basic nursing care includes intimate care that requires a nurse and a patient to be in close physical
and psychological proximity. The patient's body parts are exposed, and his/her fragile body is seen and ...
Shakwane, Simangele; Mokoboto-Zwane, Sheila(SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2020-10-16)
Background. The concept of intimate care is not freely used in nursing education and practice. Nursing students provide basic nursing care that requires
physical and psychological closeness to diverse patients. During the ...
In this presentation, critical incidents in the South African context that affected test development policies and practices are considered. Anecdotes and personal perspectives illustrate the response to these incidents and ...
Purpose – This paper reports on research into the skills and services required to ensure the sustainability of citizen science as a service in university libraries.
Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research ...
Climate change is dominating social, political and economic agendas. Because of the salience of the issue, scientists, researchers and consultants have developed a plethora of climate adaptation strategies. In this article ...
Meissner, Richard; Gonçalves, Duarte P(Criminoligal Society of Africa (CRIMSA), 2022-01-17)
Actors’ worldviews are critical when developing strategies; not every actor holds the same problem perception and solution. This is the case with wildlife trafficking. Not only does the state have an interest in safeguarding ...
South Africa's water laws and reform policies were once the envy of the world. Today, water infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly and millions more people have no access to a clean water supply than was the case a few ...
What role can non-diplomats play in managing and altering
power relations in transboundary river basins? We answer this by investigating
the lobbying eff orts of indigenous peoples to stop the construction
of the planned ...