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 ...
Purpose of study: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that contribute to HIV and AIDS stigma amongst nurses at the Polokwane-Mankweng Hospital Complex in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Objectives: ...
The aim of this study was to determine the factors that contribute to the increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) patients in Mpumalanga Province, and to develop guidelines and recommendations to address the challenges ...
Mamabolo, Meriam Mmadipudi(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011)
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence professional nurses’ time management at Mankweng Hospital campus, a tertiary hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The objectives of this study ...
Coetzee, Barbara Corné(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2009)
Background: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the current diagnostic
label for children presenting with significant problems with attention, and typically with
impulsiveness and excessive activity as ...
Introduction: Polypharmacy is highly prevalent within the population of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), with patients being prescribed with four or more medications with mainly preventative medications for cardiovascular ...
Background: Street food vending has become a common means of providing
traditional, known and convenient meals to communal eating. It has also become a
growing portent as a means of job creation and as a survival ...
Various approaches have been developed to retain dosage forms in the gastrointestinal tract. One of the commonly used approaches is the use of microspheres. Due to their intrinsic low density and small size, they are ...
According to the biopharmaceutical classification system, Clarithromycin is
considered a class II molecule with low solubility. Poorly soluble drugs result in low
bioavailability. Various techniques have been studied ...
Griseofulvin is an antibiotic fungistatic drug used in the treatment of dermatophyte and ringworm infections. About 50% of a dose of griseofulvin passes the gastro- intestinal tract unabsorbed and is excreted in faeces. ...
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder after migraine, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease and it affects about fifty million people worldwide. Careful consideration should be taken when deciding to initiate ...
Kgasha, Matete Olga(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013)
Genotyping of TB is essential to investigate and confirm transmission of the multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and of great value in optimizing strategies for the determination of strains causing the increased mortality ...
The poultry industry consists of the broiler and layer production. Most of the broiler chickens produced by smallholder farmers in villages are sold to local customers with lower degrees of processing, compared to large ...
Background: Health care workers (HCWs) hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of health care associated infections (HCAIs) between patients and the health care environment. Hand hygiene is regarded as the ...
Background: The purpose of the study was to find out if hand hygiene was being done according to World Health Organization hand hygiene Guideline. It was hoped that the study would benefit all health care workers through ...
Since 1994, the post apartheid government and the Department of Health have developed and implemented a number of policies and pieces of legislation that impacted directly and indirectly on the delivery of health services ...
Eche, Mecha Nwoke(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)
Background: The control of STIs remains a priority for the WHO. Health – seeking and sexual behaviors are important elements in the control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Aim: To assess health seeking behavior ...
Mureithi, John Gachagua(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2009)
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the major cause of hepatitis in South Africa (SA), with an estimated 4 million carriers. It is transmitted by infected blood and other body fluids, placing health care workers ...