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Trust of community health workers influences the acceptance of community-based maternal and child health services
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are a component of the health system in many countries, providing effective community-based services to …
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Allopathic and traditional health practitioners: A reply to Nemutandani, Hendricks and Mulaudzi
An earlier paper in this journal reported on the perception and experience of 77 allopathic health practitioners (AHPs) and health …
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Factors influencing choice of site for rural clinical placements by final year medical students in a South African university
BACKGROUND: Most of South Africa's citizens who live in rural or underserved communities rely on the public health care sector …
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The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town: A quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing amount of blood sample rejection at primary health care facilities (PHCFs), impacting negatively the staff, …
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Examining the influence of family physician supply on district health system performance in South Africa: An ecological analysis of key health indicators
BACKGROUND: The supply of appropriate health workers is a key building block in the World Health Organization's model of effective …
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Patient satisfaction with nurse-delivery primary health care services in Free State and Gauteng provinces, South Africa: A comparative study
BACKGROUND: The majority of health care users in South Africa utilise primary health care (PHC) services where these services are …
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An evaluation of the emergency care training workshops in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Emergency care in South Africa is both complex and complicated which is further compromised by inadequately trained healthcare workers. …
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Psychosocial challenges affecting the quality of life in adults with epilepsy and their carers in Africa: A review of published evidence between 1994 and 2014
BACKGROUND: Little attention has been paid to the psychosocial challenges of adult patients with epilepsy and their carers in Africa …
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Improving access to health care in a rural regional hospital in South Africa: Why do patients miss their appointments?
BACKGROUND: Access to health services is one of the Batho Pele ('people first') values and principles of the South African …
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Exploring the interaction of activity limitations with context, systems, community and personal factors in accessing public health care services: A presentation of South African case studies
BACKGROUND: There are many factors that influence access to public health services, such as the context people live in, the …
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You can treat my HIV – But can you treat my blood pressure? Availability of integrated HIV and non-communicable disease care in northern Malawi
BACKGROUND: Many patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi have or will develop non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current capacity of …
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Primary health workers’ knowledge and practices relating to neonatal jaundice in Ibadan, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Over half of births and newborn care occur in primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria, but information on activities of …
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Association between depression in carers and malnutrition in children aged 6 months to 5 years
BACKGROUND: Childhood malnutrition is an important risk factor for child mortality and underlies close to 50% of child deaths worldwide. …
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Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network
Internationally, there is a move towards strengthening primary healthcare systems and encouraging community-based and socially responsible education. The development of …
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