9 articles in this issue
Karel Botha
AbstractThis edition of Health SA Gesondheid has a strong focus on HIV/AIDS, women, pregnancy and motherhood in southern Africa, and the challenges healthcare professionals experience in providing effective support in this important,but extremely vulnerab... see more
Charlene Downing
AbstractWhen we stand at closing the door of this year we have to stand in the doorway and celebrate the many challenges and new beginnings we have experienced within the environment of Health SA Gesondheid.*Please note: This is a reduced version of the a... see more
Johanna R Zuyderduin,Valerie J Ehlers,Dirk M van der Wal
AbstractA needs assessment done among HIV-positive (HIV+ve) people in Botswana in 2000 indicated that these people required social support. Based on these results, a buddy system for and by HIV+ve women was instituted in Botswana during 2002. This study e... see more
Angela Leonard,Pat Mayers
AbstractPremature and low birthweight infants pose particular challenges to health services in South Africa. While there is good evidence to demonstrate the benefits of kangaroo care in low birthweight infants, limited research has been conducted locally ... see more
LM Modiba
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experience of midwives and doctors when caring for mothers with pregnancy loss. To realise this goal, the researcher followed a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual approach... see more
B van Dyk,JA Motto,EJ Buchmann
AbstractThis study investigated the effect of routine second-trimester ultrasound scanning on obstetric management and pregnancy outcomes. This was an open cluster, randomised, controlled trial. Clusters of women with low-risk pregnancies presenting in th... see more
Karin Minnie,Hester Klopper,Christa van der Walt
AbstractThe objective of this study was to explore and describe the factors that influence the decision by pregnant women to be tested for HIV. This was achieved through a qualitative research study that was exploratory, descriptive and contextual in natu... see more
Karien Engelbrecht,Elzabé Nel,Wanda Jacobs
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to describe how patients with coronary artery disease, who have had one or more cardiac interventions, were maintaining their planned lifestyle adaptations at four months after the intervention. Furthermore, the study... see more
Linda Theron,Stephan Geyer,Herman Strydom,CSL Delport
AbstractThe nature of educators’ work has changed dramatically, in part because of the challenges of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Despite these multiple and relentless challenges which educators contend with, and despite numerous calls for educator empowerm... see more