Research Articles (Nursing and Midwifery)
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Self-management interventions for adolescents living with HIV : a systematic review
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2021-05-07)Background: Self-management interventions aim to enable people living with chronic conditions to increase control over their condition in order to achieve optimal health and may be pertinent for young people with chronic ... -
Effort and reward imbalance factors motivating Namibian professional nurses to participate in continuous professional development : a confirmatory factor analysis
(AOSIS, 2020)Background : To improve professional development, it is important to understand the motivational factors behind nurses’ participation in specific types of continuous professional development activities. Effort–rewards ... -
Factors influencing the confidence and knowledge of nurses prescribing antiretroviral treatment in a rural and urban district in the Western Cape province
(AOSIS Publishing, 2019)Background: Since the introduction of nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral treatment (NIMART) in South Africa in 2010, initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in primary care has become the responsibility of nurses. ... -
Adolescent human immunodeficiency virus self-management : needs of adolescents in the Eastern Cape
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a chronic illness and adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) need the support of the whole family to self-manage (handle, direct and control) their chronic illness. Little is ... -
A perspective on Nigeria's preparedness, response and challenges to mitigating the spread of COVID-19
(MDPI, 2020-09-21)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel disease pandemic that emerged in late 2019 in China, and later spread to other parts of the world, including Nigeria. This review analyzes the preparedness of Nigeria to the ... -
Adolescent mothers’ lived experiences whilst providing continuous kangaroo mother care : a qualitative study
(AOSIS, 2020)Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is the practice of skin-to-skin contact between an infant and parent and has been found to improve the growth and decrease the morbidity and mortality of low-birth-weight and premature ... -
Convalescent plasma or hyperimmune immunoglobulin for people with COVID‐19
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07-16)Convalescent plasma is being considered as a potential therapy for COVID‐19. We highlight and contextualise the findings of a recent Cochrane rapid review that evaluated the effectiveness and safety of convalescent plasma ... -
Factors influencing patient falls in a private hospital group in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape
(AOSIS, 2020)Background: The fall rate of patients in hospitals is a worldwide concern due to the impact falls have on patients, the family or relatives, as well as the healthcare setting. Factors influencing patient falls are categorised ... -
Social distancing : how religion, culture and burial ceremony undermine the effort to curb COVID-19 in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020)The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has altered the way we live, interact and socialized. The viral infection first detected in Wuhan China has rapidly spread globally and subsequently declared a pandemic by the ... -
Development of a cultural and contextual appropriate HIV self-management instrument using interpretive phenomenology and focus group cognitive interviews
(Elsevier, 2020)Qualitative methods are valuable to ensure the important cultural and contextual appropriateness of research instruments but not often used. Interpretive phenomenology (IP) and focus group cognitive interviews are well ... -
Experiences of women in survivorship following mastectomy in the Cape Metropole
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)BACKGROUND: In spite of significant improvements in the treatment of breast cancer, many women still undergo mastectomy. The effects of breast cancer surgery on the diverse population of South African women have not been ... -
Undergraduate nursing students experience of clinical supervision
(AOSIS, 2018-11)Background: Clinical supervision plays a major role in the undergraduate nursing programme. There have been some local studies addressing clinical supervision; however, there still remains a lack of knowledge and ... -
Nurses’ views on promotion and the influence of race, class and gender in relation to the Employment Equity Act
(AOSIS, 2019)Orientation: Regardless of the implementation of the Employment Equity Act (EEA), No. 55 of 1998 and the abolishment of apartheid in 1994, African and mixed-race females are under-represented in managerial positions in the ... -
Patient satisfaction and treatment adherence of stable human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in antiretroviral adherence clubs and clinics
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: South Africa has experienced a substantial increase in access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in recent years. Effective strategies to manage access to treatment need to be incorporated into and implemented ... -
The role of patient care workers in private hospitals in the Cape Metropole, South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Background: Nursing managers have to meet expectations of patients despite economic pressures, an increasing burden of disease and nursing shortages. Shifting health care-related tasks to lower categories of staff, including ... -
Perceptions of clients on awareness and the geographical location of a South African university sexual health clinic
(AOSIS publishing, 2017-09)Background: The Campus Health Service at Stellenbosch University has a sub-division, a sexual health clinic, which provides sexual health services. The clients of the sexual health clinic consist of staff members and ... -
Sexual assault survivors’ perspectives on clinical follow-up in the Eden District, South Africa : a qualitative study
(AOSIS Publishing, 2018)Background: Although effective follow-up of sexual assault survivors is linked to optimal recovery, attendance at follow-up consultations is poor. It is therefore essential that health care providers maximise the benefit ... -
Development spots in communication during the management of the intrapartum period : an interpretive multiple case study in a developing context
(AOSIS publishing, 2017-07)Background: Health care activities are influenced by information communication between women during pregnancy, birth and motherhood and skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and further, between the health care workers during ... -
The lived experiences of rural women diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus in the antenatal period
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Background: In South Africa, pregnant women are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at antenatal clinics and simultaneously initiated on antiretroviral treatment (ART). An HIV diagnosis together with the ... -
The epidemic of sexual violence in South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-11)ENGLISH SUMMARY : No abstract available.
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