• Transition Possibilities for Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities into Adulthood 

  Malapela, Rakgadi Grace; Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, Gloria (IntechOpen, 2019-11-28)

  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 ...
• Use of home remedies for the treatment and prevention of coronavirus disease: An integrative review 

  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 ...
• What's holding back youth-friendly health services in Blantyre, Malawi? A qualitative exploration 

  Sibande, Grace Charity; Malapela, Rakgadi Grace (2023-09)

  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 ...
• Untangling Intimate Care Experiences for Patients Admitted to Public Hospitals in South Africa. 

  Shakwane, Simangele (Bentham Science Net, 2023-05-21)

  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 ...
• Fear of dying dirty: Intimate care encounters during COVID-19 pandemic in South African context 

  Shakwane, Simangele (AOSIS, 2023-08-25)

  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 ...
• Men in the service of humanity: Sociocultural perceptions of the nursing profession in South Africa 

  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 ...
• Degendering Male Nursing Students’ Intimate Care Provision: A South African Perspective 

  Shakwane, Simangele (IMR Press, 2022-10-26)

  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 ...
• Quality Maternity Care: Implementation of the Guidelines for Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnant Teenagers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  ZWELIHLE BLESSING, SHONGWE; Shakwane, Simangele (Unisa Press, 2022-11-01)

  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) ...
• Journey less travelled: Female nursing students’ experiences in providing intimate care in two nursing education institutions in Gauteng province, South Africa 

  Shakwane, Simangele (AOSIS, 2022-02-25)

  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. ...
• Self-monitoring of blood pressure for preeclampsia patients: Knowledge and attitudes 

  Munyungula, Johanna; Shakwane, Simangele (AOSIS, 2021-09-21)

  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. ...
• Promoting intimate care facilitation in Nursing Education Institutions in South Africa 

  Shakwane, Simangele; Mokoboto-Zwane, Sheila (Elsevier, 2020-07-16)

  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 ...
• Demystifying sexual connotations: A model for facilitating the teaching of intimate care to nursing students in South Africa 

  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 ...
• Quality of obstetric and newborn care in health centers of Addis Ababa City: using the WHO quality framework 

  Abebe, Amaha H.; Mmusi-Phetoe, Rose (2023-05-09)

  Abstract Objective The study aims to assess the quality of obstetric and newborn care using the WHO quality framework. Design ...
• Trends and predictors of incidence of hypospadias in a tertiary hospital in South Africa 

  Udatinya, Daniel; Ahmad, Ahsan; Kabera, Gaetan; Nel, Marietha (2023-05-08)

  Abstract Background Hypospadias is a penile congenital abnormality characterized by an ectopic urethral opening, ventral curvature and incomplete foreskin closure with a dorsal ...
• Strategies for the facilitation of Slef-Leadership among ward nurses in a nurse-led Critical Care Outreach Service 

  Prinsloo, Carine (Sage open nursing, 2023)

  Abstract Introduction: Nurses are responsible for monitoring and providing nursing care to patients. The early detection of a patient who is starting to deteriorate – and the activation of critical care outreach services ...
• Experiences of nurses practising mindfulness during self-leadership in delivering a rapid response system for general wards in a private hospital in Gauteng 

  Prinsloo, Carine; Jooste, Karien (Curationis, 2022)

  The increased complexity of the nursing care needs of patients and acuity in general wards present nursing care challenges for nurses. Self-led nurses are attentive, taking responsibility for activating the rapid response ...
• Self-leadership of nurses in a critical care outreach service: The development of a conceptual framework. 

  Prinsloo, Carine; Jooste, Karien (Health SA Gesondheid, 2022)

  Globally, critical care outreach services (CCOS) were implemented in health care facilities; however, compliance with guidelines is poor. The authors have noticed that a gap exists in the literature on how self-leadership ...
• Challenges faced by midwives in the implementation of facility-based maternal death reviews in Malawi 

  Chirwa, Mercy D.; Nyasulu, Juliet; Modiba, Lebitsi; Limando, Makombo G. (2023-04-24)

  Abstract Background Maternal death reviews provide an in-depth understanding of the causes of maternal deaths. Midwives are well positioned to contribute to these reviews. ...
• A Strategy for Reducing Maternal Mortality in Rural Kenya 

  Masaba, Brian Barasa; Mmusi-Phetoe, Rose (International Journal of Women's Health, 2023-04)

  Background: Migori County is categorized among regions with worst maternal survival rates in Kenya. The county’s current maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is 673 deaths per 100 000 live births. A need exists for a context-specific ...
• “They are gaining experience; we are gaining extra hands”: a mixed methods study to assess healthcare worker perceptions of a novel strategy to strengthen human resources for HIV in South Africa 

  Tollefson, Deanna; Ntombela, Nasiphi; Reeves, Sarah; Charalambous, Salome; O’Malley, Gabrielle; Setswe, Geoffrey; Duerr, Ann (2023-01-11)

  Abstract Background Lay health workers (LHWs) can support the HIV response by bridging gaps in human resources for health. Innovative strategies are needed to expand LHW ...

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