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Item Open Access Assessment of knowledge, perceptions and beliefs related to tuberculosis in the rural, communities of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province(2013-02-25) Shiluvane, Nkhensani Grace; Risenga, P. R.; Khoza, L. B.The purpose of the study was to assessthe knowledge, perceptions, and health beliefs related to TB among people in the rural communities of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province. The research design was qualitative, descriptive and exploratory in nature. The study was conducted amongst the rural communities at Xigalo and Kurhuleni villages in the TB crisis municipality, Thulamela,in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province. The following themes emerged from the study: Theme 1: Participants knowledge about TB; Theme 2: The views of participants with regard to TB; Theme 3: Participants' perceptions of TB; Theme 4: The community's interaction with TB patients; Theme 5: Preferred methods of TB treatment as described by community members. Conclusion: People in the community still lack knowledge about TB as a disease. Its correlation with HIV/AIDS promotes the stigmatization of people suffering from TB, which results in people with TB avoiding the use of TB treatment because they fear disclosure and being perceived as being HIV positive.Item Open Access Experiences of family members caring for tuberculosis patients at home at Vhembe District in Limpopo Province(2012-12-19) Sukumani, Tshavhuyo Joyce; Lebese, R. T.; Khoza, L. B.Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease which enters the body by inhalation and mostly affects the lungs. TB is ranked among the leading infectious diseases worldwide, and in South Africa (SA) it has become an epidemic, because of its high prevalence and there are multiple factors that were found to be attributing to its existence and spread. This was reiterated by the then Minister of Health during the World TB day on the 24th March 2009 that the community and family should be responsible for caring for the patients at home (Minister of Health speech, 2009). The purpose of this study was to explore and describe experiences of family members caring for TB patients at home at Vhembe District of Limpopo Province. The objectives of this study were to explore and describe the experiences of family members caring for TB patients at home, identify and describe caring behaviour of family members when caring for TB patients at home, identify and describe challenges faced by family members while caring for TB patients at home. The study was qualitative, explorative, descriptive, phenomenological and contextual in nature. A purposive sampling method was used. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews guided by four questions. Tech's eight steps of qualitative data analysis was used. Measures to ensure trustworthiness and ethical issues were observed. The results of the study revealed that family members are experiencing difficulties when caring for TB patients at home. These difficulties include providing food, attending to hygienic needs, lack of equipments, financial constraints and this was said to contribute to physical and psychological exhaustion. Recommendations in relation to caring for TB patients at home, nursing practice, policy makers and research were also made.Item Open Access Experiences of tuberculosis patients in relation to their treatment at health services of Sibasa Local Area, Vhembe District of Limpopo Province(2015-01-30) Tshivhase, Livhuwani; Netshikweta, M. L.; Ramakuela, N. J.Item Open Access Knowledge of the Students Regarding Pulmonary Tuberculosis at a Selected Tertiary Institution in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province(2022-07-15) Neluheni, Joseph; Luhalima, T. R.; Malwela, T.Background: Although Tuberculosis can be prevented and treated, it is infecting millions of people around the world. Tuberculosis is an infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis which attacks the lungs as well as other parts of the body. It can be dormant and active. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge of tertiary institution students about pulmonary tuberculosis. Methodology: The study adopted a quantitative approach and a descriptive design of the cross-sectional survey. A simple random sampling method was used to select respondents. The on-campus’ respondents’ total population was 8197. The data was analysed using version 26.0 of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) knowledge was assessed and analysed using a self-administered questionnaire. A Spearman’s rank-order correlation was run to determine the relationship between the education and the knowledge of TB among the respondents. Results: The results of this study revealed that students have basic knowledge regarding PTB in one hand, while at the other hand there is insufficient knowledge regarding the causes of PTB among students at the selected tertiary institution. Further, the findings also revealed that there is moderate positive correlation between education and knowledge of PTB among students. Conclusion: Univen should develop more effective PTB control strategies for better implementation of the Global STOP TB strategy and the NSP to achieve the fight against TB to the large extent by 2030 as stated also in the NDP and SDGs. Recommendations: Need for future studies on PTB that will assess the relationship between the ages, gender and level of year of students. Univen should increase the level of knowledge of TB treatment, risk factors, spitting techniques to avoid the spread of PTB and tests to diagnose PTB, through educational programmes based on the findings of this study.