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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Mitchell’s Plain"”.
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“A study of the reading practices of parents with young children in Mitchell’s Plain.”
… practices of parents with young children in Mitchell’s Plain” was conducted through a sample of five early childhood development (ECD) centres in Mitchell’s Plain. The study adopted a sequential transformative mixed method research design. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to select …
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Describing the most common presenting complaints, their priority and corresponding diagnoses at Mitchell’s Plain Emergency Centre
… study describes the most common presenting complaints and linked diagnoses, in total and for each category of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) at Mitchell’s Plain Emergency Centre Methods A retrospective, cross-sectional, chart review was used. The sample consisted of patients who …
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An exploratory study of the psycho-social factors contributing to resilience amongst coloured adolescent females in the Mitchell’s Plain suburb of Cape Town.
… involvement in substance abuse. The community of Mitchell’s Plain in the Western Cape, with its’ historical origin as a ‘dumping site’ for the coloured people of Cape Town during the implementation of the Group Areas Act, is one that is particularly characterized by these many social challenges. …
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A longitudinal analysis of neonatal and infant diagnostic HIV-PCR uptake and associations during three sequential policy periods in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town
Background: Despite technological and programmatic advances in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV and early infant diagnosis (EID), paediatric HIV continues to have a significant impact on infant and child survival in low- and middle-income countries. Many EID programmes follow the WHO …
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A longitudinal analysis of the completeness of maternal HIV testing, including repeat testing, during pregnancy, and the predictors thereof, in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town
HIV testing during pregnancy is the gateway to the HIV-related services that are part of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) cascade. The virtual elimination of vertical HIV transmission cannot be achieved without universal antenatal care (ANC) HIV testing. Furthermore, women are …
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A survey of the information seeking behaviour of the dental faculty lecturers and students at the University of the Western Cape's Oral Health Centre Library, in Mitchell's Plain
… library at the University of the Western Cape in Mitchell’s Plain. It studied users and staff of the Oral Health Centre library and the services provided by the library. The main aim of the survey was to determine the information seeking behaviour of users of the Oral Health Centre library at the …
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What is the current practice of inguinal hernia repair at University of Cape Town affiliated hospitals?
… four UCT affiliated hospitals (Groote Schuur, Mitchell’s Plain, Victoria and New Somerset) were included. Collected data parameters included age, gender, primary or recurrent hernia, uni- or bilaterality, primary surgeon consultant or non-consultant, operative time, and open or laparoscopic …
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Teenage pregnancy and HIV/AIDS awareness in three high schools in the Western Cape
… the economically troubled community, namely Mitchells Plain, in which the three schools are situated. Despite this concern about HIV for South African youth, the majority of them believe that they are personally at a very low or no risk for infection. This mindset is probably the main reason …
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Clinical presentation and diagnostic work up of suspected pulmonary embolism in a district hospital emergency centre serving a high HIV/TB burden population
… performed from October 2013 to October 2015 at Mitchell’s Plain Hospital in South Africa. Data was collected on demographics, presenting symptoms and signs, vitals, bedside investigations, HIV and TB status, use of CDRs and CTPA result. A Revised Geneva Score was calculated retrospectively and …
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Poor anticoagulation control in patients taking warfarin at a tertiary and district-level prothrombin clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
… of patients in care at the INR clinics at Mitchell’s Plain Community Health Centre and Groote Schuur Hospital. We included patients who had been on warfarin therapy for at least 27 months and excluded patients with <6 months of INR monitoring data or a >70-day gap between INR tests in the …
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The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in patients with ischaemic stroke in a district hospital in the Western Cape
… Methods This descriptive study was conducted at Mitchell’s Plain Hospital in Cape Town and data was collected over a year. Patients diagnosed with a stroke were identified from an electronic patient register and relevant radiology and clinical data was sourced retrospectively. The diagnosis of …
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Field computers for spatially referenced social surveys
… then pretested using feedback from volunteers in Mitchell’s Plain (Cape Town) before doing field-testing in Algeria and Imizamo Yethu. Next, two field studies were conducted. In Algeria and Imizamo Yethu, the volunteers were asked to identify a set of SE icons, they were taught how to use the palm …
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Adapting the model for information literacy and cultural heritage in Cape Town: investigating user attitudes and preceptions in libraries, museums and archives
… Somerset West; Brackenfell and Town Centre, Mitchell’s Plain, completed the questionnaires. At Iziko Museums, 220 respondents across the sites of the South African Museum, and the Slave Lodge completed questionnaires. At the Archives , which has only one site, 25 respondents completed the …
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The social constructions of HIV/AIDS stigma in one community in Cape Town, South Africa
Due to tremendous stigma attached to HIV/AIDS, revelation of HIV positive sero-status of an individual has become a significant risk in communities of South Africa (Kalichman el al., 2003;Deacon et al., 2004; Kalichman et al., 2005, Simbayi et al., 2007). Several researchers have argued that …