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Volume 16 Number 1 Year 2011

22 articles in this issue 

Eucebious Lekalakala- Mokgele

AbstractThe status of older adults in Africa occupies a small but rapidly expanding share of the global literature on ageing. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic has generated a new focus on the c... see more

 

Jhalukpreya Surujlal,Sheila Nguyen

AbstractSport coaching can be a fulfilling and rewarding occupation, but can also be stressful because of the demands and expectations of various external factors. The complex and extraordinary demands placed on coaches, force them to perform multiple rol... see more

 

Lebese R. Tsakani,Mashudu Davhana- Maselesele,Larry C. Obi

AbstractDialogue with teenagers about sexual health is of global concern, as it is found mostly to be minimal, if not absent. This limitation is influenced by the cultural values, beliefs and norms of teenagers. To a great extent, culture influences which... see more

 

Tharina Guse,Gloria Eracleous

AbstractThere is increased interest in possible positive outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer. This study investigated the manifestation of character strengths in adolescents who have survived cancer compared to that seen in healthy adolescents. The... see more

 

Chanelle Kemp,Anita E. Pienaar

AbstractThe high occurrence of overweight and obesity amongst children is a disturbing health problem worldwide. Possible causes of increasing childhood obesity are inactivity and energy imbalances. The aim of this study was to analyse the total energy ex... see more

 

Elzabé Nel,Ann Müller,Adele Colyn

AbstractNewly qualified intensive care nurses are forced into positions of authority and responsibility as shift leaders at an early stage and are not given a chance to consolidate their new knowledge with practice. They have to be responsible and account... see more

 

Diane Elkonin,Lizelle Van der Vyver

AbstractIntensive care nursing is a stressful occupation and nurses are continually subjected to both primary and secondary trauma. Responses may be positive in the form of compassion satisfaction, or negative in the form of compassion fatigue. However, n... see more

 

Heleen French,Emmerentia Du Plessis,Belinda Scrooby

AbstractThe emotional well-being of nurses working in a multi-skill setting may be negatively influenced by their challenging work environment. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study was conducted to investigate this phenomenon. The ... see more

 

Madhubala Kasiram,Bharita Harilall

AbstractThis article described a qualitative study that investigated the bio-psychosocial effects of renal replacement therapy on patients in a state hospital in South Africa. The study aimed to investigate the level of debility experienced by patients un... see more

 

Cheryl M. Walter,Rosa du Randt,Daniel J.L. Venter

AbstractIncreased health risks associated with physical inactivity in the Black population have been reported in recent years. Black women, suffering the highest levels of inactivity, overweight and obesity, are at greatest risk of developing chronic dise... see more

 

Nomasonto B.D. Magobe,Sonya Beukes,Ann Müller

AbstractThis article reports the correlation between different clinical assessors’ scoring of learners’ clinical competencies in order to exclude any possible extraneous variables with regard to reasons for poor clinical competencies of learners. A univer... see more

 

Cynthia J. Patel,Madhubala I. Kasiram

AbstractThe purpose of the study was to pilot an instrument to measure women’s experience in an aerobic dance class with regard to their descriptions of the general atmosphere, the music, the dance moves and routines, and the instructor. In addition, the ... see more

 

Zeleke Worku

AbstractThe South African Demographic Health Survey data set (SADHS) of 2003 contains massive individual-level information on South African children under the age of five years selected from a random sample of 7756 households. The data set contains data o... see more

 

Kirsten D. Watkins,Vera Roos,Engela Van der Walt

AbstractThe well-being of nursing students has become crucial because of the multidimensional challenges that nursing professionals have to deal with. A community psychology framework was adopted in this study. The aim of the research was to explore the d... see more

 

Valerie J. Ehlers,Robert J. Chiegil

AbstractFew studies have focused on paediatric anti-retroviral therapy (ART) adherence in Nigeria, probably because of the ethical challenges involved in studying children. The study aimed to identify factors that influence paediatric ART adherence as per... see more

 

Annemarie E. Oberholzer,Elzabe Nel,Chris P.H. Myburgh,Marie Poggenpoel

AbstractToo often a child’s body is restored to health in the hospital, but the child is sent home with emotional wounds. This study explored the needs of children in a haematology-oncology unit as well as the resources that could be mobilised in order to... see more

 

Gerard D. Boyce,Geoff Harris

AbstractSouth Africa’s populace is characterised by large differences in health, with vast inequalities between members of different groups that can be identified by using a number of tested health indicators, with self-assessed health (SAH) status amongs... see more

 

Louis Small,Louise Pretorius,Althea Walters,Maria J. Ackerman

AbstractNeedle-stick injuries have the potential to change a student nurse’s life; yet they are dealt with covertly and many go unreported. This could create difficulties when evaluating a curriculum, because potential risk issues in nursing education mig... see more

 

Johanna E. Maree

AbstractThe purpose of the study was to demonstrate that breast cancer related lymphoedema can be managed by means of Complete Decompression Therapy and consequently improve quality of life. An instrumental case study design was used. The target populatio... see more

 

Magdalena P. Koen,Chrizanne van Eeden,Marié P. Wissing

AbstractThe literature and practice show that many professional nurses feel emotionally overloaded and are experiencing job dissatisfaction, which often results in them leaving the profession. Paradoxically, some nurses choose to remain in nursing and sur... see more

 

Norah L. Katende-Kyenda,Martie Lubbe,Juan H.P. Serfontein,Ilse Truter

AbstractCurrent antiretroviral treatment (ART) guidelines recommend different combinations that have led to major improvements in the management of HIV and AIDS in the developed and developing world. With the rapid approval of many agents, health care pro... see more

 

Heather Lawrence,Marie Poggenpoel,Chris Myburgh

AbstractThe purpose of this research was to explore and describe how therapy radiographers experience their profession. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was utilised. The purposive sample consisted of 14 therapy radiographers ... see more