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The health status of the elderly receiving an old age pension in urban communities in the City of Cape Town

Govender, Thashlin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In developing countries the increasing number of the aged are often viewed as a problem. In particular, the indigent elderly residing in poor urban areas are at risk of becoming marginalised and underserved. ...

A retrospective review of the most common safety concerns encountered at a range of international recompression facilities when applying the Risk Assessment Guide for Recompression Chambers over a period of 13 years

Burman, Francois (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Diving medical doctors frequently make use of Hyperbaric Facilities without fully realising their legal and ethical responsibilities towards the safety of their patients and their staff. Few have specific ...

The social terrain of endemic tuberculosis in and around Cape Town

Murray, Emma Jane (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Global control of the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic remains one of the greatest health challenges of the 21st century, despite the availability of effective treatment over the past 50 years. The rising ...

The health and sanitation status of specific low-cost housing communities as contrasted with those occupying backyard dwellings in the city of Cape Town, South Africa

Govender, Thashlin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa embarked on an ambitious program to rehouse the informally housed poor. These initiatives were formerly called the RDP and later the BNG programmes. This was aimed at improving the living ...

Economic support to improve TB treatment outcomes in South Africa : a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Lutge, Elizabeth Eleanor (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis focused on the provision of economic support to improve the outcomes of patients on TB treatment. Although the association between poverty and tuberculosis is generally acknowledged, there is ...

An investigation of early childhood caries in the lower socio-economic areas surrounding Tygerberg Oral Health Centre in order to plan a community appropriate intervention strategy

Mohamed, Nadia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The long waiting lists for general anaesthesia and sedation services for children with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) at the Tygerberg Oral Health Centre highlighted the problem of ECC in this area. This ...

A survey of the knowledge of the military and civilian medical practitioners in the Royal Medical Service in the Kingdom of Bahrain with regards to the clinical application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Abdulaal, A. A. M. (Adel) (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A survey was conducted between 3 August and 5 October 2011 to test and evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of the military and civilian medical practitioners at the royal medical Service in the kingdom ...

A cross-over study investigating specific aspects of neuropsychological performance in hyperbaric environments

Van Wijk, Charles Halloran (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The commercial and military deep diving environment is typically a low visibility environment, where dependence on the visual senses often needs to be replaced by a reliance on tactile senses. This thesis ...

Occupational blood and body fluid exposure incidents amongst undergraduate medical students over a period of 5 years

Essop, Ziyaad Hoosain (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

Introduction Exposure incidents involving blood and body fluids represent a major hazard for medical undergraduates. Every medical teaching university experiences the problem of undergraduate medical students sustaining ...

A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis among workers in Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Western Cape province, South Africa

Ayuk, Julius Nkongho (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: The morbidity and mortality associated with tuberculosis (TB) disease is of grave consequences for the health and employment of afflicted individuals. Healthcare workers are identified amongst ...