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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"health care worker"”.
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The ethics of the AIDS-afflicted physician: The death of voluntary compliance
… and controversy surrounding the AIDS afflicted health care worker, especially the HIV positive Physician/Surgeon. The discussion encompasses evaluation of rights of the individual, natural and otherwise, with focus on the rights of confidentiality, privacy, and disability rights and related laws …
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Analysing costs of a facility-based lay health worker intervention focused on improving health outcomes for HIV positive women and children
South Africa is facing a health care worker shortage which is contributing to poor health outcomes, especially in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In order for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes to achieve success, coverage needs to be dramatically increased. This …
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Power as knowing participation in change: A model for Nursing intervention
… and research done within a specific model of health behavior such as the Health Belief Model. Shortcomings in the use of this research were identified; in particular, the role of the patient as passive recipient of the health care worker's greater knowledge and decision-making and the lack of …
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Factors Related to Continued Exercise Participation Among Healthy Employed Adults
… exercise. This study used Pender's theory of Health Promotive Lifestyles to study determinants of exercise. The design consisted of secondary analysis of data, descriptive correlational, and qualitative methods. The midwestern United States was the area where the sample was obtained. A …
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Factors influencing dignity in sub-Saharan African health systems: a qualitative systematic review
… many national constitutions globally. The World Health Organization, along with corresponding United Nations agencies, have also regularly identified dignity as a guiding principle for health systems, service provision, and reform, as dignity is commonly used to measure or achieve quality, …
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Trial of Labour or Elective Repeat Caesarean Section in Women who have had one previous caesarean section: An assessment of women's attitudes, knowledge and preferences
… choose repeat CD? Evidence suggests that fear, health care worker influence, social stigma, cultural practise and religious beliefs can significantly influence the attitude toward CS. South African data remains limited and we are yet to ascertain how women make their choice and what drives their …
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Farm workers in Stellenbosch: A survey of factors affecting health
… study describing the condition of farm workers in the Stellenbosch area of South Africa. The study was done to establish a profile of farm workers' health; and to investigate the extent to which the health of farm workers may be impaired by identified factors, both environmental and …
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessing the level of knowledge and perceived challenges to early diagnosis and intervention among general practitioners in the city of Tripoli, Libya
… spectrum disorder (ASD) is an important global health problem. It has been shown that early diagnosis and intervention can improve the outcomes in affected children. Lack of knowledge about ASD among health care practitioners can delay the identification of children with ASD as well as early …
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The social meanings of a child with sickle cell disease in Ghana: Fathers' reactions and perspectives.
… ethnic groups, and the quality of access to good health services, and socio-economic position within a relatively wealthy overall economy. African social literature on SCD on the other hand has concentrated on anthropologically interesting lay meanings of SCD. Literature on caring for children …
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Nurse State Legislators: The Journey to State Capitols
<p>Nurses represent the nation's largest health care worker with over 3.1 million registered nurses in the United States and have the potential to make significant contributions to public policy on behalf of the patients they serve. Although nurses have been politically active since the 19th …
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A health education programme to enhance knowledge and communication skills of health care workers serving people living with HIV/AIDS on haart in Namibia
Namibian health care workers (health care workers) are affected in providing quality health care services to people who are living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) if they do not have the necessary knowledge, as well as adequate interpersonal communication and counselling skills. In a health care facility …
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TAKING CARE OF OTHERS - WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? Exploring workplace-related health from a salutogenic perspective in a nursing context
… relationship between workplace, work and health, through an employee perspective in a Swedish nursing context. The aim was also to make sense of the role of a workplace health promotion (WHP) process, in a salutogenic public health perspective, and develop useful instruments for this kind …
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A Study of University Hospital Health care worker's relevant factors of Medical Waste Management Practices
… and practice of medical wastes. Data from 150 healthcare workers at a university hospital in Gyeonggi S city were collected using a structured questionnaire from October 4 to November 2, 2010. A questionnaire originally developed by Kyoung Hee Park (2004) was modified to measure attitude and …