Jali, N. M.; Tladi, F. M.; Malema, R. N.; Thopola, M. K.(2014)
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes and practices of students towards voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS at the University of Limpopo. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and ...
Introduction: Health care workers have a pivotal role in the management of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and their well-being is consequently crucial as it could impact ...
Mbombi, M. O.; Malema, R. N.; Mothiba, T. O.(2014)
The performance assessment process is confronted with a great deal of criticisms and challenges from the employees and their unions. There are several issues being put forward such as the raters’ ability, accuracy of the ...
The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a training programme to
improve the implementation of the nursing process in public hospitals in the Limpopo
Province, South Africa. A mixed-method convergent ...
Background: Emergency departments (EDs) as the hospitals' front door have a critical role in ensuring access to and efficient care of acute illness and injuries in the healthcare system. The environment in EDs is physically ...
Background: The purpose of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a Health Promoting School (HPS) training programme for educators in the high schools of the Mankweng Circuit, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Methods: ...
Sekgoka, Blantiha Maite(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013)
Previous research about people living with HIV and AIDS has highlighted social support as an important determinant of health outcomes; i.e. perceived support to be associated with adjustment and coping in relation to HIV ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences of the HIV and AIDS orphans who are heads of households at Ga-mothapo area in the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive ...
This study was aimed at determining the experiences of patients waiting for rapid HIV test results in Phela-o-Phedishe clinic at Mankweng hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa. A descriptive, exploratory and contextual ...
Mbombi, Masenyani Oupa(University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus, 2012)
The implementation of a Performance Management System (PMS) and its impact on the professional nurses have never been evaluated and, therefore, the experiences of professional nurses are not known. The purpose of this study ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences of students in disclosing their HIV-positive status at the University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus. A qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological design was used to ...
Mothiba, T. N.; Malema, R. N.; Lekhuleni, M. E.(2013)
The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences of the newly diagnosed hypertensive patients admitted into tertiary hospital campus in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. A qualitative, phenomenological, ...
The present study presents data about the factors that are affecting the implementation of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme by the professional nurses in the Mogalakwena Municipality of the Waterberg District ...
Background: Patient satisfaction with nursing care is regarded as a significant factor in defining the perception of the quality of health care service received. In South Africa, and many other countries globally, the drive ...
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is giving the infant no other food or
drink apart from breast milk for the first six months of an infant’s life. Some women
fail EBF due to poor latch, sore nipple, or breast ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that were contributing to selfreferrals
of antenatal women at the Dilokong Hospital in the Tubatse Local
Municipality. By employing a quantitative, non-experimental ...
Quality health care includes availability, accessibility, affordability, acceptability, competence of health care providers, reducing waiting time, ensuring privacy and confidentiality, ensuring safety and security, and ...
Indigenous practices (IPs) are experiences generated by people who are living in a specific region context and a specific cultured group. IPs are shaped by cultural traits that are passed from one generation to the next. ...
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the indigenous practices of mothers of children admitted to the paediatric unit of a Polokwane/Mankweng hospital complex in Limpopo Province, South Africa. An exploratory ...