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Resource challenges experienced by HIV-positive women on the PMTCT programme at a hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Moyo, Idah; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Human, Sarie (Unisa Press, 2017)

The aim of the study was to gain an understanding of the lived experiences of HIV-positive women who utilised the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services at a central hospital in Zimbabwe. The PMTCT ...
Registered nurses’ perceptions regarding nurse-led antiretroviral therapy initiation in Hhohho region, Swaziland

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Sandy, Peter; Hettema, A (International Nursing Review, 2017)

Background: Swaziland has the highest HIV prevalence globally. It faces a critical shortage of health workers for addressing the HIV pandemic. To curb this human resource challenge, Swaziland adopted a nurse-driven model ...
Impact of stigma and discrimination on sexual wellbeing of LGBTI students in a South African rural university

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2017)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) students in South African institutions of Higher Education face stigma and discrimination. This is happening despite the country’s constitution that prohibits any ...
Promoting consistent condom use among young adults in the Vhembe district, Limpopo, South Africa

Muswede, Namadzavho; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (© Unisa Press 2017, 2018)

Condoms are considered useful in the prevention of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections including the human immunodeficiency virus. However, condom use is a challenge among young adults in rural ...
Psychological distress in women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia: a multi-center, facility-based, cross-sectional study

Belayihun, Bekele; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (2018)

Background: Women with obstetric fistula share a common experience of physical and psychosocial morbidity, social isolation, and rejection by family and local society. However, there are only a few studies that focus on ...
Enrolled nurses’ experiences of caring for patients living with HIV in a South African rural hospital

Mammbona, A.A; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (© 2018 International Council of Nurses, 2018-09-05)

Background: Most public hospitals in African countries are overpopulated with patients suffering from conditions related to HIV and AIDS. These patients increase the burden on healthcare providers, among which are enrolled ...
Community Service Nurses’ Experiences at a Public Hospital in Tshwane District, South Africa

Nkoane, N.L; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Unisa Press., 2020)

The South African Nursing Council (SANC), in Regulation R765 of 2007, requires every newly qualified professional nurse trained in South Africa to perform remunerated community service in a public hospital for a period of ...
Magnitude of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy and associated factors among adult people living with HIV/AIDS in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia

Nigusso, Fikadu Tadesse; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (PeerJ, 2020-08-11)

Introduction. Following global efforts to increase antiretroviral therapy (ART) access and coverage, Ethiopia has made significant achievement with a 6.3% annual decline in the HIV/AIDS incidence rate between 1990 and ...
Nurses knowledge, attitudes and practices towards patients with HIV and AIDS in Kumasi, Ghana

Boakye, Dorothy Serwaa; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Elsevier, 2019-05-25)

Background: Studies on knowledge, attitudes and practices among health care workers involved in HIV and AIDS care have often revealed the lack of knowledge about HIV and AIDS. Nurses’ knowledge may compromise the quality ...
Paramedic students’ confidence and satisfaction with clinical simulations of an emergency medical care programme in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

Sandy, Peter; Meyer, John; Oduniyi, Oluwaseun; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Health SA Gesondheid, 2021-04-28)

Background: There has been an increase in the use of clinical simulations as instructional tools in healthcare education. This is because of their role in ensuring patients’ safety and quality-care provision. Aim: This ...
The Couple Interview as a Method of Collecting Data in Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Studies

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (SAGE, 2018)

The aim of this article is to discuss the couple interview as a method of collecting data in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) studies. This study was conducted in Gauteng, South Africa, with the aim of ...
Are “Blessers” a Refuge for Refugee girls in Tshwane, the capital city of South Africa? A Phenomenographic Study

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Journal of International Women's Studies, 2019)

This phenomenographic study reports on the engagement of refugee girls in sexual relationships with blessers in Tshwane, the capital city of South Africa. Data was collected from 20 refugee girls through open and intense ...
Working in partnership with communities to improve health and research outcomes. Comparisons and commonalities between the UK and South Africa

Wilson, Patricia; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Cambridge University Press, 2019-08-05)

Community and public participation and involvement is an underpinning principle of primary health care, an essential component of a social justice-orientated approach to health care and a vehicle to improving health ...
The lived experiences of men who have sex with men when accessing HIV care services

Moyo, Idah; Macherera, Margaret; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Health SA Gesondheid, 2021-04-22)

Background: Key populations such as men who have sex with men are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yet they are underserved. This vulnerable group also faces stigma and discrimination ...
Religion-related stigma and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students at a South African rural-based university

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Sandy, Peter Thomas (Taylor & Francis, 2015-03-03)

This paper reports on the stigma and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students at a rural university in South Africa. Twenty lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students recruited ...
HIV/AIDS education in a South African rural-based university in the Limpopo Province

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Netshandama, Vhonani Olive; Risenga, P.R (2014)

Whilst it can be confidently assumed that institutions of higher education are attempting to mainstream HIV/AIDS into the curriculum, the impact of doing this as far as reducing HIV infections is concerned is simply not ...
Sexual risk behaviours among secondary school youths in Enemay District, East Gojam Zone, Ethiopia

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Sandy, Peter; Gamtie, D.G (Sabinet African Journals, 2016-06)

Youths are more likely to engage in sexual risky behaviours, such as unsafe sexual practices and substance abuse. Despite this, youths are not considered a health priority because of their lower morbidity and mortality ...
The needs and expectations of staff and students living with HIV and AIDS in a South African Rural University

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Unisa Press, 2014-01-01)

HIV and Aids are making an impact in institutions of higher education. Studies have revealed that though few students and staff have been recorded as suffering from HIV/Aids, more have become ill and some have died in ways ...
Zero new HIV infections: Mission impossible with current perceptions of young adults in Vhembe District regarding condom use

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (AOSIS, 2016-05-25)

Background: Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number 6, target 6A focuses on halting and reversing the spread of HIV by 2015. South Africa is amongst the 189 countries that are involved in trying to meet the MDGs. In order ...
The experiences of HIV serodiscordant couples at the Perinatal HIV Research Unit in Soweto, Gauteng province. Ethno Med, 8(2): 119-125

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Lelaka, Matshidiso Constance; Sandy, Peter Thomas (Kamla-Raj, 2014)

The incidence of HIV-sero-discordancy among heterosexual couples is estimated between 30 to 50%. This poses great risk to increased spread of HIV as seronegative partners in a sero-discordant relationship have higher risk ...

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