Background: To investigate the feasibility, the ease of implementation, and the extent to which
community health workers with little experience of data collection could be trained and
successfully supervised to collect ...
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This paper outlines stakeholder views on environmental barriers that prevent people who live with psychosocial disability from participating in mental health policy ...
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Globally, 40% of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five every year occur in the neonatal period (first 28 days after birth). Increased and earlier recognition ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Suicidal behaviour is a serious public health problem. Globally and in South Africa a
gendered pattern of suicide rates has been observed, with males being more likely to kill
themselves than females. ...
Janse van Rensburg, H. W. (Winnie)(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Postoperative pain is still the most common and anticipated problem following surgery and inadequate post-operative pain management remains problematic. There is a significant variation in post-operative ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dementia is a chronic illness characterised by the progressive deterioration of cognitive
functions. Patients diagnosed with dementia are most often cared for by family
members. Families caring for ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: On a global scale, there are substantial studies about volunteerism. However, literature on volunteerism in South Africa, especially qualitative studies, is limited. The limited literature in South Africa ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Both human and animal studies indicate that early trauma can influence brain development and
can lead to dysregulation and dysfunction. This includes cognitive deficits. The risk of childhood ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The topic of perinatal depression (i.e. depression during and after pregnancy) remains a subject of continued research interest, as a broad literature body reports that a large proportion of women suffering ...
Le Roux, Marieanna C.(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reading problems have become a worldwide phenomenon, even in a first world country like America. Literacy figures in South Africa are even worse. Results of the PIRLS study indicated that the reading ...
INTRODUCTION: According to the World Health Report 2001, over the past 20 years a fundamental and inseparable connection between mental and physical health has been convincingly established (WHO, 2001). Both mental and ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary aim of this study was to explore a possible association between the coping styles and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is more than 18 years since South Africa became a democratic country. However, many South Africans are still discriminated against when accessing state services, such as healthcare services (Drennan, ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Persons with disabilities (PWDs) remain under-represented in South African (SA) companies.
Negative attitudes and ignorance of employers may contribute towards unemployment of PWDs, as can
inadequate ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age and the following subjective well-being (SWB) variables: global life satisfaction (as measured by the Satisfaction With Life Scale ...