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 ...
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 ...
INTRODUCTION : Ubuntu is an African philosophy that reflects holistic and comprehensive care among people in the community. Holistic nursing is a philosophy of caring that focuses on holistic healing and humanism. The ...
In qualitative research, researchers often conduct semi-structured interviews with people familiar to them, but there are limited guidelines for researchers who conduct interviews to obtain curriculum-related information ...
Sebaeng, Jeanette M.; Coetzee-Prinsloo, Isabel M.; Heyns, Tanya(Elsevier, 2023-07)
While working alongside professional nurses, student nurses develop professional identity and learn the professional nursing role, a process known as professional socialisation. Professional nurses should model professional ...
BACKGROUND :
Many children and adolescents who need mental health care services in South Africa find it difficult to access these services. The PHC approach is
the foremost strategy adopted by the South African government ...
Adolescent girls and young women’s exceptionalism with HIV interventions has left adolescent boys and young men
(ABYM) trailing behind, thus becoming a marginalized and underserved population. The scoping review aimed to ...
BACKGROUND : The World Health Organization has stated that millions of women of childbearing
age in developing countries who are not planning to be pregnant are not utilising modern
contraceptives such as long-term ...