Browsing Research Articles (Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health) by Title
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Acceptability and feasibility of a school-based contraceptive clinic in a low-income community in South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)Aim: To investigate how acceptable and feasible a school-based contraceptive clinic (SBCC) would be in a low-income South African community. Background: Teenage pregnancy is an important issue in South Africa, with ... -
The availability, utilisation and relevance of therapeutic apparatuses in South African occupational therapy clinical practice
(The Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2019-12)The World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) steers the development, use and practice of occupational therapy internationally through numerous operations including policy and research in an effort to homogenise ... -
Curriculum and training needs of mid-level health workers in Africa : a situational review from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-16)Background: Africa’s health systems rely on services provided by mid-level health workers (MLWs). Investment in their training is worthwhile since they are more likely to be retained in underserved areas, require shorter ... -
The demographics and outcomes of burn patients admitted to Worcester Hospital
(Medpharm, 2020-06)BACKGROUND: Worcester Hospital is a regional healthcare facility in the Western Cape, South Africa, without a dedicated burns unit. Currently there is limited data available of burns patient management outside of academic ... -
The effect of undergraduate students on district health services delivery in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)Background. The quality of care, attitudes of staff and long-term recruitment of practitioners have been shown internationally to improve health services as a result of a health facility accepting students for teaching. ... -
Factors influencing choice of site for rural clinical placements by final year medical students in a South African university
(AOSIS publishing, 2017-04)Background: Most of South Africa’s citizens who live in rural or underserved communities rely on the public health care sector to access quality health care. The value of rural exposure through clinical placements is ... -
Health Research Ethics Committees in South Africa 12 years into democracy
(BioMed Central, 2007-01)Background: Despite the growth of biomedical research in South Africa, there are few insights into the operation of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in this setting. We investigated the composition, operations and training ... -
Health sciences students’ contribution to human resources for health strategy : a rural health careers day for grade 12 learners in the North West Province of South Africa
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Hospital volunteerism as human resource solution : motivation for both volunteers and the public health sector
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Background: A volunteer programme with 50 registered volunteers was established in 2007 at a secondary-level public, semi-rural regional hospital in the Cape Winelands, South Africa. This was a rapid response to the extensive ... -
Microbicide research in developing countries : have we given the ethical concerns due consideration?
(BioMed Central, 2007-09)Background: HIV prevention research has been fraught with ethical concerns since its inception. These concerns were highlighted during HIV vaccine research and have been elaborated in microbicide research. A host of unique ... -
A peer evaluation of the community-based education programme for medical students at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences: a southern African Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) collaboration
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)Background. The University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS), Harare, which has a long tradition of community-based education (CBE), has not been evaluated since 1991. An innovative approach was used to evaluate ... -
Post-exposure prophylaxis for rape survivors
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Preparing graduates for interprofessional practice in South Africa : the dissonance between learning and practice
(Frontiers Media, 2021)With South Africa's tumultuous history and resulting burden of disease and disability persisting post-democracy in 1994, a proposed decentralization of heath care with an urgent focus on disease prevention strategies ensued ... -
South-South Cooperation in health professional education : a literature review
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)In the literature on the evolution of funding approaches there is criticism of traditional funding strategies and the promotion of inclusive models, such as South-South Cooperation (SSC) and triangular models. The latter ... -
Support nurses and midwives to strengthen healthcare systems
(James Cook University, 2020-06-13)Nurses and midwives make up more than half of the global health workforce1. WHO has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife2 to recognize their contribution, and to highlight the challenges they face in meeting ... -
Transformation of medical education through decentralised training platforms : a scoping review
(James Cook University, 2018)Introduction: Medical education in South Africa is facing a major paradigm shift. The urgency to increase the number of suitable, qualified and socially accountable health sciences graduates has brought to the fore the ... -
A university’s response to people with disabilities in Worcester, Western Cape
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: The call for institutions of higher education to foster interaction with communities and ensure training is responsive to the needs of communities is well documented. In 2011, Stellenbosch University collaborated ...
