Background: Contraception is a critical preventive proportion of unintended pregnancies and sexual transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, among young people. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, ...

South African secondary school children and adolescents are important members of society, and their knowledge and attitude about self-destructive behaviours could be highly influential in their lives. Recent social media ...

Losses to follow-up have emerged as a legitimate threat to the long-term success of the Anti-Retroviral therapy program. The success of Anti-Retroviral therapy program is monitored through retention in care and viral load ...

Background: As important as menstruation is to women’s reproduction is accompanied by different disorders which may affect the quality of female’s life. Menstrual disorders are the main cause of anxiety and psychological ...

Pregnant women who have anaemia are more likely to experience preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal and n eonatal mortality, which is one of the major public health issues. In the South African province of Mpumalanga, ...

A novel coronavirus known as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also known as coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory disease that has received attention in the whole world ...

STIs in South Africa are increasing in alarming rates. The selected clinic is no.5 with the highest STIs, pregnancy and HIV statistics in Limpopo province among 13 to 19years old teenagers. The purpose of the study was to ...

Various studies conducted show that teenage mothers experience adversities such as depression and stigmatization. The main aim of the study was to explore psychosocial distress associated with lived experiences of teenage ...

Background: Mental health care users are admitted to an acute psychiatric ward to receive nursing care, treatment, and rehabilitation services (Mental Health Care Ac 17 of 2002). Nurses in an acute psychiatric ward render ...

Background: Babies born with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the first decade of the epidemic have reached adolescents stage. As they are growing up, they experience events like all adolescents, irrespective of ...