ABSTRACT Clinical teaching is an important component of nurses training in Namibia. The study therefore, emphasized the important role registered nurses can play to ensure effectively clinical teaching of student nurses. The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of Registered nurses regarding their role in the clinical teaching of student nurses at training hospitals in Windhoek. The objective of the study was to explore and describe the perceptions of registered nurses regarding t...
Abstract This research project was aimed at characterizing quartz from selected potential High Purity Quartz (HPQ) deposits in terms of trace element associations, associated trace element concentrations, and growth zones. Six quartz rock samples were collected from three different localities, with two samples collected from each locality. Concentrations of Na, K, Li, Al, Ca, Fe, Ti, B and P were analysed in situ by LA-ICP-MS. This analysis was aimed at finding out whether the total co...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the socio-cultural factors that influence Malaria prevention and control, conceptualise the study findings by developing the socio- culturally congruent training model, describe and evaluate it in order to assist trainers to incorporate social and cultural information during their theoretical and practical training of HEWs, to improve their competency. The study is descriptive and exploratory in nature, used convergen...
ABSTRACT Illness is an evitable part of life for the vast majority of people. The nurses’ reactions to people who are ill or who are in need of health care are influenced and shaped by their own personal qualities, such as sensitivity, understanding and honesty as well as the professional attributes, skills, competencies, attitudes and cognitive abilities necessary for effective practice. Problems or incidents occurring in clinical settings are often seen as indicators of poor nursing...
ABSTRACT The forced and coerced sterilisation of women living with HIV (WLHIV) is one of the serious forms of fundamental human rights violations, which has occurred, the world over. In Namibia, cases of forced and coerced sterilisation were first reported in 2007 to 2008. With the support of civil society organisations; these cases have gone through litigation. The litigation of Namibia?s forced and coerced sterilisation cases has been successful and considered a best practice, with the co...
ABSTRACT The study intended to investigate the effect of facilitation in a problem-based environment (FPBE) on metacognition, self-directed learning and learning motivation to undergraduate nurse student in Tanzanian higher learning institutions. It was a quasi-experimental study with quantitative research approach. A purposive sampling technique was employed for achieving a sample size of 401 undergraduate nurse students (interventional = 134 and control = 267). The semi-structured question...
ABSTRACT Background In Tanzania the health insurance started as Community Health Fund (CHF) and was introduced as part of the Ministry of Health‘s (MoH) attempt to make health care affordable and available to the rural population and the informal sector. This scheme started in 1996 with Igunga as a pilot district and later expanded to other districts (Mtei & Mulligan, 2007). The objective of the study was to assess health systems responsiveness and associated clients/patients satisfaction ...
ABSTRACT Background: Mara region is among the regions in Tanzania reported to have high maternal mortality ratios. Antenatal care services which are considered to prevent maternal deaths are under-utilized and the factors associated with under-utilization are not explained. Therefore, this study aimed to use the health belief model and self-determination theory to explain ANC services utilization among postnatal women in Mara Region. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study involving...
ABSTRACT The goal of mobile learning technology in nursing education is to inspire student nurses for self–directed learning and to improve academic performance. This study intended to determine the effect of mobile learning technology user behavior on self directed learning and academic performance among student nurses. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study with quantitative approach, which involved 418 respondents from four schools of nursing were selected by simple random sampl...
ABSTRACT Background: A functioning maternal referral system is critical in preventing adverse maternal and fetal outcome. Integration of emergency obstetric care with maternal referral system are strategies of reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in Tanzania, but still there is high number of maternal and perinatal mortality especially in referral cases. So it was important to find out factors which determine adverse obstetric outcome in referral patients. Objective: This study was carri...
ABSTRACT An outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), characterized by a mortality of 50 to 100% in various herds, was diagnosed among free-ranging domesticated pigs in Delta State, Nigeria, in August 1998. The etiological confirmation of ASF was made by virus isolation, PCR and sequencing of a 280 base pair fragment of the major capsid protein (VP72) gene. Experimental infection of pigs with infected blood resulted in pyrexia, which peaked two to four days postinfection, followed by death in ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of depression and chronic physical conditions on disability in elderly persons. SETTING: Yoruba-speaking areas of Nigeria. DESIGN: Interviews. PATICIPANTS: Community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older. METHOD: Face-to-face interviews were conducted with a representative sample of community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older (N52,152) in the Yoruba-speaking areas of Nigeria (representing 22% of the national population). Major depressive disorder...
ABSTRACT Market traders spend most hours of the day sitting down and involved in many other sedentary activities, conditions which increase the risk of chronic diseases. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of obesity and hypertension amongst market men and women in Ijebu- Ode, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study involving 157 (52.3%) males and 143 (47.7%) females was conducted. Body mass index (BMI) was derived from weight and height measurements; waist circumference (WC) measure...
ABSTRACT White yam starch obtained from the tubers of Dioscorea rotundata Poir was modified by hydroxypropylation and used as a binding agent in a metronidazole tablet formulation and compared with corn starch BP. The quantitative effects of the novel starch binder on the mechanical (tensile strength and friability) and release properties (disintegration and dissolution times) of the metronidazole tablet was analyzed using a full 23 factorial experimental design. The individual and interactio...
Multiple Presence and Heterogeneous Distribution of HIV- I Subtypes in Nigeria