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Browsing Research Articles (School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)) by UP Author "Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz)"
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Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-10-17)BACKGROUND : In South Africa, much of diabetes care takes place at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities where screening for diabetic complications is often low. Clinics require access to equipment, resources and a functional ...
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Mapipa, Havel V.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Senkubuge, Flavia (LAM Publications Limited, 2016-12)The number of people living with disabilities is increasing. Good adherence to rehabilitative programmes is critical for optimal health and health systems in developing countries are under pressure to meet multiple health ...
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Mngadi, P.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Thsehla, E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-07)BACKGROUND: Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) in South Africa (SA) are a set of minimum health services that all members of medical aid schemes have access to regardless of their benefit options or depleted funds. Medical ...
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Balancing the educational choices in the decision-making of a dean of medicine : fission or fusion? Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Lindeque, B. Gerhard; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05)BACKGROUND. The literature on deans of medicine focuses mostly on the qualifications, roles, abilities, management and leadership competence of the deans. The gap between theory and practice is, however, the nucleus of ...
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Maiketso, Maneo; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Uys, Margot; Grobler, Marolien (Emerald, 2024)PURPOSE : The study explored whether an asynchronous short online course in mental health well-being and resilience for healthcare workers (HCWs) showed improved self-reported results among participants during the second ...
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Legodi, T.L.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (MedPharm Publications, 2015)BACKGROUND : Primary care practitioners depend on the feedback from hospitals in order to care for returning patients effectively. Lack of such feedback from the hospitals leads to frustration, poor efficiency and care ...
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Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Burch, V.; Cameron, D.C.; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013)CONTEXT AND SETTING: Academics face difficulties when trying to include public health in the medical curriculum. The first hurdle is an already overloaded curriculum and the second the marginal interest in the healthy on ...
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Louw, Arauna; Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (BioMed Central, 2018-05-01)BACKGROUND : Education and training of undergraduate health science students in public health are insufficient in many parts of the world. This lack is a risk as early interest in specialist training options is a predictor ...
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Visser, C.A. (Chris); Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Cameron, David; Marincowitz, Gert J.O. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-06)BACKGROUND : The South African Department of Health implemented the nurse-initiated management of antiretroviral treatment (NIM-ART) programme as a policy to decentralise services. Increasing access to ART through nurse ...
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A descriptive study of the health information needs of Kenyan women in the first 6 weeks postpartum Rotich, Everlyne; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (BioMed Central, 2017-11-17)BACKGROUND : A large number of maternal and neonatal deaths occur during birth and 48 h after birth. The benefits of postnatal care to the mother and newborn cannot be overemphasized as this is another opportunity ...
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Van Wyk, J.M.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Nyoni, C.N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-11)BACKGROUND: The efficient education, deployment and ongoing retention of the nursing and midwifery workforce are key strategies to ensure a wellfunctioning healthcare system. The African region, however, has relatively few ...
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Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Ryan, Mandy (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-08)INTRODUCTION : Medical curricula should prepare doctors for roles that extend beyond that of a clinician. But the formal inclusion of both management and research training still appear to be neglected. It is important to ...
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Nemutandani, Ridovhusanae; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Kamungoma-Dada, Inonge (AFAHPER-SD, 2020-06)Access to essential medicines in South Africa has been compromised by stockouts in health facilities. This study analyses the occurrence of stockouts for a selection of essential medicines for the period 2013-2015. An ...
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Koortzen, Michiel; Biggs, Lourens W.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Bac, Martin; Volpe, Mark (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group, 2020-07-16)BACKGROUND : A clinical associate (ClinA) is a mid-level health professional who may only practise under the supervision of a medical doctor. By extension, medical students need to be prepared for this responsibility. ...
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Bosman, Alet; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-06)BACKGROUND : Although abstract-driven scientific conferences are expensive, little has been written about their benefits and whether attendance influences delegates’ actions. OBJECTIVE : To explore possible benefits of ...
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Wichmann, Janine; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Maritz, Chantelle; Voyi, K.V.V. (Kuku) (Springer, 2009-01)BACKGROUND: This is the fifth study that applied the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) methodology in the Southern African Development Community (SADC region). However, it is the first ISAAC ...
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Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Turner, A.C. (Astrid) (Higher Education South Africa, 2020-11)Improving academic quality requires feedback from students since they have specific insight in their lived educational experience. Most institutions assess educational experience by evaluating individual modules. Few ...
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Pienaar, L.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Cilliers, F.; Burch, V. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-09)BACKGROUND. Medical students in their clinical years are assessed by clinician educators (CEs) with different levels of involvement and responsibilities in the assessment process. OBJECTIVE. To obtain a better understanding ...
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Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Grobler, Christoffel (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2023-10-26)BACKGROUND : Additional human resources are needed to provide mental health services in underserved areas in South Africa (SA). Clinical associates, the mid-level medical worker cadre in SA, could potentially be used to ...
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Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (EJOLTS, 2014)This paper explores the conceptualisation and implementation of public health in a medical curriculum in South Africa. Society’s health needs to extend beyond treating the individual and the i ...
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