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"You must carry your wheelchair" : barriers to accessing healthcare in a South African rural area
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015-10-01)
Background: There is international evidence that people with disabilities face barriers when accessing primary
healthcare services and that there is inadequate information about effective interventions that work to ...
With or without us? : an audit of disability research in the Southern African region
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-06)
Background: Disability research in the global South has not received significant critical consideration as to how it can be used to challenge the oppression and marginalisation of people with disabilities in low-income and ...
The prevalence of burnout amongst therapists working in private physical rehabilitation centers in South Africa : a descriptive study
(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2014-08)
Health care service providers are at risk of burnout due to the nature of their jobs and their personalities. No research has been published
on the prevalence and causes of burnout in therapists working in physical ...
Learning from doing the EquitAble project : content, context, process, and impact of a multi-country research project on vulnerable populations in Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-10)
Background: The ‘EquitAble’ project carried out content analyses of policies and collected
and analysed qualitative and quantitative data concerning access to health services in Sudan,
Malawi, Namibia and South Africa. ...
African indigenous knowledge and research
(AOSIS Publishing, 2013-01)
This paper seeks to heighten awareness about the need to include indigenous knowledge in the design and implementation of research, particularly disability research, in Africa. It affirms the suitability of the Afrocentric ...
The African network for evidence-to-action on disability : a role player in the realisation of the UNCRPD in Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-04)
This African Journal of Disability supplement focuses on papers presented at the third AfriNEAD Symposium in 2011. In this closing editorial, we want to give an overview of the rationale and major modes of operation of the ...
Promoting good policy for leadership and governance of health related rehabilitation : a realist synthesis
(BioMed Central, 2016-08-24)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Good governance may result in strengthened performance of a health system. Coherent policies are
essential for good health system governance. The overall aim of this research is to provide the best ...
Experiences of patients and service providers with out-patient rehabilitation services in a rehabilitation centre in the Western Cape Province
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015-12)
Background: Rehabilitation is important for persons with disabilities as it contributes to their sense of autonomy, self-worth and social participation, and improves their quality of life. Improving the quality of ...
A protocol for the methodological steps used to evaluate the alignment of rehabilitation services in the Western Cape, South Africa with the National Rehabilitation Policy
(BioMed Central, 2017-03)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background:
Rehabilitation medicine plays an integral part in attainment of optimal functioning after injury or disease. The National Rehabilitation Policy of South Africa (NRP) (2000) highlights the ...
A study of human resource competencies required to implement community rehabilitation in less resourced settings
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)
Background:
It is estimated that over one billion persons worldwide have some form of disability. However, there is lack of knowledge and prioritisation of how to serve the needs and provide opportunities for people ...