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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Prevention and care"”.
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Economics of Osteoporotic Fracture Prevention and Care
… a concern brought to light by aging populations and cost pressures on health systems. Central to my PhD is the utilization of health economic research to identify interventions that offer the best value for money, particularly in the Chinese setting. The thesis includes seven chapters. Chapter 1 …
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses on Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
… which contribute to pain, infection risk, and increased healthcare utilization, and are considered indicators of quality of care. Knowledge and attitudes toward pressure injuries influence interventions and outcomes. Existing evidence demonstrates that gaps are key factors in assessment, …
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HIV Risk Among Nursing Students in Rwanda : Self-Efficacy, Knowledge and Attitudes
… With a prevalence rate of 3.1% in 2006, Rwanda is one of the hardest hit countries. Nurses are often the leading health professionals in rural communities and at the forefront of the fight against the HIV pandemic. Little has been written on how nurses are prepared to intervene successfully …
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Women and Aids : a study of issues in the prevention of HIV infection
… of the magnitude of the AIDS problem generally and the particular concerns regarding prevention and care which this raises for women. Social constructionist and feminist analyses have done much to extend understanding of the issues beyond the biomedical realm to include social accounts of the …
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Systematische Übersicht und Bewertung digitaler Interventionen zur Diabetesprävention und –versorgung
… The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and the number of patients with comorbidities like hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases are increasing worldwide. Evidence-based medicine uses the best available evidence from systematic research to make decisions about the care of …
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Integrating the prevention and control of rheumatic heart disease into country health systems: a systemic review
… research protocol which describes the background and proposed methodology of this systematic review. This section contains the details of quantitative and qualitative methods to be used when analysing rheumatic heart disease (RHD) prevention and care programmes. Part B is a literature review which …
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Práticas de gestão social e políticas de cuidados para população em situação de rua na pandemia e para o mundo pós-pandêmico
The work aims to contextualize and highlight how the conditions of prevention and care - whether in normal conditions or in conditions of health crisis - are not placed in the same way for all people, especially considering that the historical accumulation of the impoverishment of a society built …
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A process evaluation for the HIV/AIDS project for the Mbekweni Area Development Programme
… Africa. It has negatively affected families and communities resulting in increased social and economic burdens. The HIV/AIDS project at MADP uses prevention and care programmes to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in targeted areas of Mbekweni. In order to achieve this aim, the project uses the …
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Community Pressure Ulcer Occurrence: Description On Hospital Admission
… community-dwelling adults admitted to acute care with a present-on-admission (POA) pressure ulcer (PU). Specific aims: 1) Measure 1-year POA-PU prevalence, 2) Determine pre-hospital location of patients with POA-PU, 3) Describe demographics, PU characteristics, risk factors, and post-hospital …
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Reappraising men's sexual behaviors and gendered attitudes from the sexual-history narratives of South African men and women in a time of HIV/AIDS.
… only a partial basis for meeting men's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and addressing HIV-prevention among men. A narrative approach, which foregrounds the diversity and meaning in participant's lived experiences, was used in this study to examine the subjective and social impact of …
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The adverse health effects associated with drought in Africa: working towards developing a vulnerability index
… of drought, particularly in the Western and Eastern Cape. Droughts are associated with several health effects. The direct and indirect risks of climate change to human health have become a global concern. The most recent systematic review available on the adverse health effects associated …
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Perceptions of employees about Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) at a motor manufacturing company
Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) is now recognised as an important element of any effective HIV prevention and care programme and many companies are introducing it as part of their primary health care package. Only a fraction of South Africans at risk for HIV have undergone VCT. Although …
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Genomics of sickle cell disease and fetal hemoglobin in African populations
… quantitative trait is highly heritable (89%), and is therefore the focus of enormous research for therapeutic purposes. Genetic polymorphisms influencing HbF level have been identified in three major loci; BCL11A, HBS1LMYB, and HBG2. However, these loci jointly explain less than 30% of HbF …
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The genesis and progression of the HIV/AIDS programme in KwaZulu-Natal : implications for learning and intensified action
This study explored the origin and progression of the HIV/AIDS programme in KwaZulu-Natal from inception to December 2003. Its objectives were to trace the origin of the HIV/AIDS programme in KwaZulu-Natal, identify the HIV/AIDS activities and the organizations that implemented them, identify the …
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Genetic aetiology of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss in sub-Saharan African patients: evaluation using targeted and whole exome sequencing
… contribute more due to poor health services and infrastructure available to the population. In the absence of environmental causes, there is a genetic component at play, that is largely unknown in African populations. Up to 70% of HL of genetic origin are non-syndromic (NS). The mode of …