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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"care givers"”.
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Training on care givers of Malaika Kids center on Most Vulnerable Children’s Rights: A Case of Mwinyijuma Area
A dissertation on awareness of legal rights to Most Vulnerable Children is a result of the Community Needs Assessments (CNA) conducted in Mwinyijuma ward at Kinondoni Municipal. The CNA revealed that street children are core problem to majority in the community. Four objectives were set in this …
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Factors contributing to primary care givers' delay in presenting children with chronic kidney disease for medical care in Ghana
… Ghana. The researcher observed that the primary care givers of these children present them late for medical care. This ignited the researcher to conduct this study to identify factors that contribute to primary care givers' delay in seeking early medical care for children with CKD. The purpose of …
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The attitudes of primary caregivers towards caring for HIV/AIDS orphans in the Ingwavuma District
This study is about the attitudes of primary care givers who are caring for HIV/ AIDS orphans in the Ingwavuma area. As an evaluative research semi-structured interviews were conducted. A sample of -twenty primary care givers was drawn, 10 files were drawn from the Department of Welfare and …
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A preliminary enquiry into the experience of foster care in Malawi
… of 638,220 orphans by 1998, the traditional care systems are becoming overwhelmed and other alternatives need to be considered. One outcome of the pandemic is the need for the expansion of the foster care scheme run by the Government Department of Social Welfare. Amidst the paucity of …
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Three Essays on Consumer Behavior and Health Outcomes: An Economic Analysis of the Influence of Nutrition Information and Knowledge on Food Purchasing Behavior and the Impacts of Primary Care Givers Parenting on Childhood Obesity
… third essay investigates the impacts of primary care giver (PCG)'s time allocation patterns and household food expenditure choices on childhood obesity using the national panel study of income dynamics data. Our results do not suggest significant impacts of PCG's labor force participation, …
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Living with fragility : children in New Crossroads
… relational reconstitution to which children and care-givers had recourse. Methods used in gathering data included a series of formal interviews conducted in Xhosa (the children's first language) in which economic descriptions of households, life histories, social networks, and ritual and …
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Healthy death readiness: development of a measurement instrument
… administered to dying individuals, their primary care givers, and their primary hospice nurses. Correlations between dying individuals' scores and their primary care giver estimates of patient death readiness, and between patient and primary hospice nurse were very encouraging. A Cronbach's alpha …
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Evaluation of psychological programmes for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa
… A questionnaire was administered to 19 female caregivers at Emoyeni Hospice in Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal to evaluate psychological support intervention in their programmes. The questionnaire was translated to Zulu in order to avoid any misunderstanding. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis …
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Child Abuse in Zanzibar West district, Tanzania: Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP)
… respondents at Fumba village who were parents, caregivers and other people within the community. The respondents had the age from 20 years old and above and who expected to have a parenting role at the time of study. Face to face interview was administered to these respondents through survey …
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Senior quality of life issues
… Technique to prompt life review and to provide care givers information useful in individualizing care within a retirement setting. Participants consisted of 26 subjects, 13 males and 13 females. Participation was voluntary and the subjects were free of severe emotional, mental, visual and …
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Factors influencing male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission(PMTC) of HIV: A case study of Lusaka District
… (VCT) with their spouses during antenatal care. It is clear from the results that men would choose not to undergo VCT with their spouses but would rather support them through PMTCT services once they test positive for HIV. Lack of confidentiality during couple counselling and among health …
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An analysis of the implementation process of the Community-based Therapeutic Care Programme in Lusaka District
… process of the Community-based Therapeutic Care Programme at Chaisa, Mandevu and Garden Health Centres. A descriptive survey design was used in the study because it involved asking the respondents for information using a questionnaire and focus group discussion. Both quantitative and …
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An analysis of the implementation process of the Community-based Therapeutic Care Programme in Lusaka District
… process of the Community-based Therapeutic Care Programme at Chaisa, Mandevu and Garden Health Centres. A descriptive survey design was used in the study because it involved asking the respondents for information using a questionnaire and focus group discussion. Both quantitative and …
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Factors influencing male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission(PMTC) of HIV: A case study of Lusaka District
… (VCT) with their spouses during antenatal care. It is clear from the results that men would choose not to undergo VCT with their spouses but would rather support them through PMTCT services once they test positive for HIV. Lack of confidentiality during couple counselling and among health …
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Factors affecting childhood immunization across communities in Sokoto State, Nigeria, and recommendations to improve vaccine uptake
… documents from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency site as well as sites from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sites, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Informal interviews were conducted with national level health care experts, KIIs with state, local government …
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Comparison of Coping Strategies of Elderly Widowed
… are discussed; implications for nurses and care givers are related to promote effective coping activities. Recommendations for further research are provided.
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Exploring the risk factors associated with youth offending behavior in Cape Town
… the youth. Additionally, the absence of primary care givers and institutional failures on basic services delivery also exacerbate youth offending behaviour.
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The Use Of The Cognitive Status Examination In Detecting Cognitive Impairment In Elderly People
… overlooked in the early phase. Family members, care-givers and even the treating medical practitioner may mistakenly attribute the early decline in mental function to the normal aging process. A diagnostic instrument that is easy to administer and score yet is sensitive and specific to the …
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Depression across the generations : intergenerational stories, meanings and resilience
… made use of their internal resources to act as care givers for each other were also portrayed in the outcomes. Furthermore, findings indicated that in spite of the negative impact of depression, especially on the disconnection of relationships, resilience in these families shone through. …
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