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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Primary Health care facility"”.
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Implementing and evaluating a weight reduction program for diabetic patients at a primary health care facility in the Western Cape
… disability, reduced life expectancy and enormous health costs for virtually every society. Medical Nutrition Therapy is important for the prevention, treatment, self-management of diabetes and the prevention or delay in onset of diabetes-related complications. The current nutritional guidelines …
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A Descriptive Case Study: Challenges experienced by health care workers (HCW) at a primary health care facility when serving deaf/hearing impaired (HI) patients
… experience significant barriers in access to health care as well as poorer health outcomes. While there are many international and South African studies describing the difficulties deaf patients experience when accessing health care, only anecdotal evidence suggests that health care workers …
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Consumer behavior with respect to choice of primary health care facility: a look at a selected sample of users of the Children's Hospital Emergency Room and of the Martha Eliot Family Health Center.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1971. M.C.P.
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Alignment between chronic disease policy and practice : case study at a primary care facility
… management of chronic diseases an international health priority. In South Africa, our Health Minister has committed the government to tackling the burden of chronic diseases alongside communicable diseases. The Western Cape has developed an excellent policy and framework to guide and improve the …
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The geography of the clinic: spatial form, meaning and practice at a Western Cape community health centre
… to understand the functioning of a Western Cape primary health care facility, the Hanover Park Community Health Centre, in terms of the space it occupies, transforms and utilises. The study aims to demonstrate that space as an object of inquiry may provide valuable insights into the structuring …
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“There is a human being there”: A critical pedagogic approach to shift perceptions of patient worthiness in South Africa
… deemed unworthy of scarce resources to promote health and treat illness. Perceptions of patients' relative worthiness impacts health seeking behaviour and outcomes: those deemed unworthy may receive inferior care or be denied health services altogether. Current in-service learning strategies to …
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Utilisation of antenatal care services in rural primary health care facilities in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe
… which can be reduced by attendance to antenatal care visits. The utilisation of antenatal care has been low in rural areas, especially in Africa. The purpose of this study was to explore the utilisation of antenatal care in Mutasa District of Zimbabwe. This study used a qualitative study …
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Exploring the introduction of a complex intervention in primary health care facilities in the Western Cape: A single site exploratory case study of the C²AIR² club challenge
… The Western Cape Province's Department of Health, South Africa, implemented a complex intervention aimed at changing organisational culture across health facilities in the province called the C²AIR² club challenge, in phases, starting from August 2013 and was still ongoing in 2016 at the …
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What are the issues for New Zealand Defence Force registered nurses and paramedics when screening for, and managing, sexual health concerns for defence force personnel?
… Defence Force (NZDF), sexual and reproductive health is a common presentation in military health facilities by military personnel. However, there remain barriers that prevent defence force personnel seeking and receiving optimum care. In New Zealand (NZ), common deterrents in sexual and …
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Knowledge and attitudes towards prostate cancer screening among males at Dzingahe Village, Limpopo Province
… screening seems inadequate and remains a public health concern worldwide. This leads most men to be diagnosed with an advanced prostate cancer where cancer cells spread to other parts of the body. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of males towards prostate cancer …