Research Articles (Nursing and Midwifery)
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Effort and reward imbalance factors motivating Namibian professional nurses to participate in continuous professional development : a confirmatory factor analysis
(Publishers version, 2021-11)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 ... -
Improving nurses knowledge of managing endotracheal tube cuff pressure in intensive care units : a quasi-experimental study
(AOSIS, 2020-12)Background: Previous studies conducted on nurses’ knowledge regarding endotracheal tube cuff pressure revealed that there were differences in intensive care nurses’ knowledge, leading to varying practices. Aim: This ... -
Understanding the underlying drivers of obesity in Africa : a scoping review protocol
(BMJ Publishing, 2020-11)Introduction: The worldwide prevalence of obesity and overweight has doubled since 1980, such that approximately a third of the world's population is reported as obese or overweight. Obesity rates have increased in all ... -
Utilisation and perceptions of cervical cancer screening services
(Unisa Press, 2020)Cervical cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed and the fourth commonest cause of cancer death among women worldwide. Even though cervical cancer is preventable, its screening rate has been reported to be low in ... -
Women’s decision making on birthing choices in the private sector of Namibia : midwives’ perspectives
(Unisa Press, 2020)In this study, the views of midwives regarding decision making in the Namibian private sector hospital labour wards were investigated with the aim of understanding the reasons for the high prevalence of caesarean sections ... -
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 ... -
Adolescent mothers lived experiences whilst providing continuous kangaroo mother care : a qualitative study
(AOSIS publishing, 2020-12-08)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 ...
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