Browsing Research Articles (Family Medicine and Primary Care) by Title
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How to change organisational culture : action research in a South African public sector primary care facility
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Organisational culture is a key factor in both patient and staff experience of the healthcare services. Patient satisfaction, staff engagement and performance are related to this experience. ... -
How to create more supportive supervision for primary healthcare: lessons from Ngamiland district of Botswana : co-operative inquiry group
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2016)Background : Supportive supervision is a way to foster performance, productivity, motivation, and retention of health workforce. Nevertheless there is a dearth of evidence of the impact and acceptability of supportive ... -
How to improve the quality of care for women with postpartum haemorrhage at Onandjokwe Hospital, Namibia : quality improvement study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-12-11)Background: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading direct cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The sustainable development goals aim to reduce the maternal mortality ratio to 70 per 100,000 live births. ... -
How well are we teaching health science students about climate change and health
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2012-03)Climate change and the issues of sustainable development are a new component of the health sciences curriculum. While the topic is now included in basic education the relevance to healthcare providers, health systems ... -
How well do public sector primary care providers function as medical generalists in Cape Town : a descriptive survey
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-19)Background: Effective primary health care requires a workforce of competent medical generalists. In South Africa nurses are the main primary care providers, supported by doctors. Medical generalists should practice ... -
Human resources for health in Botswana : the results of in-country database and reports analysis
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-11)Background: Botswana is a large middle-income country in Southern Africa with a population of just over two million. Shortage of human resources for health is blamed for the inability to provide high quality accessible ... -
Impact of the introduction of a colposcopy service in a rural South African sub-district on uptake of colposcopy
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2013-09-03)Objectives. To describe the establishment of a colposcopy service at a district hospital in a rural sub-district of the Western Cape, South Africa, and assess its impact on colposcopy uptake. Design. A retrospective ... -
Implementing a video call visit system in a coronavirus disease 2019 unit
(AOSIS, 2020-09-15)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The lockdown and physical distancing strategies imposed to combat COVID-19 have caused seismic shifts at all levels of society. Hospitals have been particularly affected. Healthcare workers (HCW’s) wore ... -
Implementing and evaluating an e-portfolio for postgraduate family medicine training in the Western Cape, South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-07-08)Background: In South Africa it is compulsory to submit a satisfactory portfolio of learning to gain entrance to the national exit examination of the College of Family Physicians and to qualify as a family physician. A ... -
Implementing and evaluating an e-portfolio for postgraduate family medicine training in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: In South Africa it is compulsory to submit a satisfactory portfolio of learning to gain entrance to the national exit examination of the College of Family Physicians and to qualify as a family physician. A ... -
The implications of methylphenidate use by healthy medical students and doctors in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2014-03)Background: The use of medical stimulants to sustain attention, augment memory and enhance intellectual capacity is increasing in society. The use of Methylphenidate for cognitive enhancement is a subject that has received ... -
Improving access to health care in a rural regional hospital in South Africa : why do patients miss their appointments
(AOSIS publishing, 2017-03)Background: Access to health services is one of the Batho Pele (‘people first’) values and principles of the South African government since 1997. This necessitated some changes around public service systems, procedures, ... -
Improving diabetic foot screening at a primary care clinic : a quality improvement project
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Foot screening is an important part of diabetic care as it prevents significant morbidity, loss of function and mortality from diabetic foot complications. However, foot screening is often ... -
Improving the quality of care for patients with hypertension in Moshupa District, Botswana : quality improvement cycle
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-04)Background: Although there are no prevalence studies on hypertension in Botswana, this condition is thought to be common and the quality of care to be poor. Aim: The aim of this project was to assess and improve the quality ... -
The influence of second-hand cigarette smoke exposure during childhood and active cigarette smoking on crohn’s disease phenotype defined by the montreal classification scheme in a Western Cape population, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2015-09)Background: Smoking may worsen the disease outcomes in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), however the effect of exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke during childhood is unclear. In South Africa, no such literature ... -
Inhaled steroid use in adult asthmatics - Experience at a primary health care centre
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Inhaled versus oral steroids in adults with chronic asthma : a systematic review of therapeutic equivalence
(Medpharm Publications, 2001)Objectives: To determine the therapeutically equivalent doses of inhaled versus oral steroids in the treatment of adults with chronic asthma. Search strategy: The Cochrane Collaboration Airways Group conducted a ... -
Institutional tuberculosis infection control in a rural sub-district in South Africa : a quality improvement study
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health challenge, and South Africa is one of the high-burden countries. A national TB infection control (TBIC) guideline has stipulated three areas of infection control at ... -
Integrating tuberculosis/HIV treatment : an evaluation of tuberculosis outcomes of patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in the Breede Valley subdistrict
(Medpharm Publications, 2013)Background: The Infectious Disease Clinic of Worcester Hospital introduced an integrated tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) service in July 2009 to provide comprehensive management to patients who were co-infected ... -
Is screening for microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes feasible in the Cape Town public sector primary care contect? A cost and consequence study
(Medpharm Publications, 2013)Background: Type 2 diabetes contributes significantly to the burden of disease in South Africa. Proteinuria is a marker for chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease. All guidelines recommend testing for microalbuminuria ...
