De Lange, Santel; Heyns, Tanya; Filmalter, Cecilia Jacoba(Wiley, 2024-05)
AIM : To reach consensus on the definition and attributes of ‘person-centred handover practices’ in emergency departments.
BACKGROUND : Handover practices between emergency care practitioners and healthcare professionals ...
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : To establish consensus on items to be included in an instrument to measure person-centred teamwork in a hospital setting. The objective was to identify the items through a methodological literature ...
Although roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been reported to have changed contexts of HIV risk in areas where it was well-implemented. The rate of its uptake and retention amongst young females has not ...
BACKGROUND : The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak rose rapidly and had a strenuous impact on the healthcare systems. As the health system responded to the pandemic, there was a change in the care rendered. Additionally, ...
Rossouw, Seugnette; Maree, Carin; Latour, Jos M.(Wiley, 2024-01)
PURPOSE : Management of children following a drowning incident is based on specific interventions which are used in the prehospital environment, the emergency department (ED) and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). ...
BACKGROUND : There are many factors during pregnancy and labor that influence women’s acceptability of maternal
healthcare. Nevertheless, the concept of acceptability of maternal healthcare has unfortunately not been ...
INTRODUCTION : Ultrasound scan is one of the essential assessments that is crucial in the early identification of health
risks during antenatal care. Its accessibility to women in low-and middle-income countries remains ...
BACKGROUND : Traditional health practitioners (THPs) play an important role in communities
by providing necessary health services for a variety of health problems. Possessing
complementary biomedical knowledge and skills ...
BACKGROUND : Effective inter-professional collaboration may improve healthcare outcomes, including maternal and child healthcare settings where unfavourable outcomes are often due to communication and collaboration ...
OBJECTIVE : To explore the perceptions of healthcare professionals and pregnant and post-natal women regarding interprofessional collaboration in a maternity care setting in Botswana, a low-to-middle-income country in ...
Effective management of labour pain is an essential aspect of care provided to women during childbirth. The aim of this study was to assess pregnant women’s knowledge of using non-pharmacological pain relief methods during ...
OBJECTIVES : We assessed the knowledge and attitude of registered midwives towards collaborating with traditional birth attendants for maternal and neonatal healthcare services in rural communities.
DESIGN : A descriptive ...
Ndlovu, Sibonelo(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-01)
INTRODUCTION: An ideal performance management process may ensure the job satisfaction of professional nurses and quality care to patients. The acknowledgement of nurses’ good performance and the creation of working ...
Mohlala, Tshegofatso Betty; Mathunjwa, Sithabile; Legodi, Heather; Mataboge, M.L.S. (Mamakwa L. Sanah)(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2023)
OBJECTIVE : The study aimed to explore and describe the infant feeding experiences of mothers of children aged 3 to 24 months,
living in two selected informal settlements in Tshwane, South Africa.
DESIGN : This exploratory ...
BACKGROUND : Mindfulness as a modality involves training the innate human capacity for present-moment awareness with a view to cultivating a more harmonious and integrated life experience, especially in the face of hardship. ...
Ntseke, Sarah; Coetzee, Isabella M.; Heyns, Tanya(South African Medical Association, 2023-07)
BACKGROUND. A critical care unit admits on a daily basis patients who are critically ill or injured. The condition of these patients’ may deteriorate
to a point where the medical practitioner may prescribe or decide on a ...
BACKGROUND : South Africa is reporting higher rates of adolescent pregnancy as compared to other countries. There are different types of interventions that are in place to address teenage pregnancy. However, these interventions ...
Van der Wath, Anna Elizabeth(BMJ Publishing, 2023-10)
Commentary on: Shaqiqi W, Innab A. Attitude and preparedness of nursing students in Saudi Arabia concerning the managing of intimate partner violence. J Adv Nurs. 2023 Apr;79(4):1553-1563. doi: 10.1111/jan.15424.
BACKGROUND : Globally, health understanding and beliefs vary across sub-cultural groups, depending on geographical location. Increasingly, various parts of the world recognize these perspectives to offer culturally sensitive ...
Occupational therapy is a holistic profession that assists clients to restore meaning to their lives—a vital spiritual task. Spirituality is a multifaceted and multidimensional construct that occupational therapists need ...