7 articles in this issue
Million S. Bimerew,John P. Arendse
AbstractBackground: First-year college student’s smooth transition and academic success influenced by academic help-seeking behaviour. Academic help-seeking behaviour is largely affected by many factors, including demographic factors, self-esteem and... see more
Chika K. Egenasi,Mathew A. Benedict,Anthonio O. Adefuye,Lynda U. Madu
AbstractBackground: South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape globally. Understanding the epidemiological pattern of rape is needed to inform the design of effective intervention programmes for rape prevention and management of alleged r... see more
Anne S. Raju,Helene E. le Roux,Paul J. Pretorius,Omololu Aluko
AbstractBackground: During the COVID-19 pandemic, South African psychologists started to use telepsychology to continue providing services. However, diverse factors may influence psychologists’ decisions regarding the use of telepsychology.Aim: To investi... see more
Angelina Zhangazha,Doreen K.M. Kaura,Anneline E. Robertson
AbstractBackground: Informational continuity (IC) is one of the four approaches that enables integrated people-centered health services. IC enables the availability of all health and psychosocial information of the pregnant women at all health encoun... see more
Lizwe C. Muza,Chika K. Egenasi,Wilhelm J. Steinberg,Mathew O. Benedict,Talat Habib,Ferdinand Mampuya,Cornel van Rooyen
AbstractBackground: Clinicians are crucial in encouraging smokers to quit through behavioural or pharmacological smoking cessation interventions. Smokers quit better with professional help. The level of healthcare providers’ (HCPs) knowledge, attitud... see more
Julia L. Mafumo,Takalani R. Luhallma,Maria S. Maputle
AbstractBackground: Professional nurses play a significant role in the professional socialisation of learner nurses during clinical placement. Clinical placements are areas of experiential learning as learner nurses come in contact with real-life exp... see more
Joel O. Aluko,Olayinka A. Onasoga,Regis R. Marie Modeste,Odinaka B. Ani
AbstractBackground: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death for women worldwide. Breast self-examination (BSE) is an essential, low-cost, and simple tool for detecting breast cancer early. Employing the i... see more