Intimate partner violence is a problem that affects women worldwide. It is a form of gender-based violence usually where women / victims are violated and abused by their male intimate partners. The issue of intimate partner ...
The prospect of decolonisation has gained importance and emphasis worldwide. Decolonisation aims to give voice and respect to people of non-European decent. In higher education institutions the concern is that identities ...
Background: As domestic animals, dogs have frequent interaction with humans, resulting in possible conflicts causing dog bite incidents. Dog bites result in physical injuries to, psychological trauma, emotional damage, and ...
Background: The disorder known as epilepsy is characterized by disturbed brain nerve cell activity, which results in seizures. It mostly affects children, especially those in primary school, and may be caused by a genetic ...
BACKGROUND: Professional Nurses are required continue to actively engage in continuing professional development to maintain high standards of quality nursing care. Enhancing their participation in CPD is crucial for ...
Introduction: Midwives observe childbirth as a normal physiological process which is, however, associated with risks that may lead to loss of life. Pregnancy and childbirth are socially constructed events that bring joyous ...
ntroduction: Global management of diabetes mellitus is guided by the World Health Organization and International diabetes guidelines. Global literature revealed different strategies that are used in the management of ...
Despite several developed strategies, policies and guidelines, malnutrition is still an ongoing challenge. According to the District Health Information System (DHIS), 24 of 141 (17%) children in the Kutama Clinic of the ...
Sickness comes to families unexpectedly and frustrates family members, especially when a child falls ill. The whole family is affected by the experience of sickness and the health care process. Sickness in children happens ...
Student nurses’ absenteeism has become an ongoing challenge in public and private nursing higher education institutions of learning globally. This study was conducted to develop strategies to mitigate student nurses’ ...
Background: Lifestyle modification is fundamental in the management of hypertension. Although there is a wealth of literature in this regard, most patients are failing to comply with lifestyle modification guidelines.
Purpose: ...
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 ...
Background: Tuberculosis is constantly regarded as a major global health problem. Globally, tuberculosis is regarded as one of the causes of death among people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and ranks alongside ...
Introduction: Over the past 30 years, anaemia in pregnancy has remained a major problem worldwide, mostly in developing countries. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2015) defines anaemia as a condition in which the number ...
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, ...
Background: Although Preconception Care (PCC) and Reproductive Life Planning (RLP) programmes were established by the National Department of Health (NDoH) for all women of childbearing age, most women do not receive the ...
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: Sexuality education is a worldwide health issue that has been neglected over the past decade despite the sexual health concerns that countries face as a result. 3% of HIV-positive individuals are younger than ...
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 ...