Abstract The well-being of the foetus is influenced by a number of factors[1] including maternal characteristics, the placenta and umbilical cord morphology and functions.[2] The placenta is a fantastic organ yet often neglected due to its transient existence; it performs functions that are later taken on by separate organs, including the lungs, liver, gut, kidneys and endocrine glands.[3] It is the interface between mother and foetus and influences maternal and newborn mortality.[4] Careful ...
ABSTRACT This study intended to determine the factors that influence the implementation of eGovernment initiatives at the PO-RALG in Dodoma. The specific objectives of this study included determining the social demographic factors that influence the implementation of e-Government, examining the influence of individual factors on the implementation of e-Government, analyzing the influence of organizational factors on the implementation of e-Government and determining the influence of technol...
Abstract Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by flukes. This infection creates a reaction in the human tissue that manifests as scarring of the bladder, urethra, or colon. Schistosomiasis is closely associated with water, as snails carry the parasite. The purpose of this study was to describe and explore any factors (variables) that could be associated with the persistence of the high infection rate of schistosomiasis iii in school children between the ages 6 – 17 years in the Out...
ABSTRACT Health facilities do provide mothers with information regarding feeding practice of children under the age of five years. It seems however that the impact of such information is extremely minimal because poor feeding practices remain a problem in Namibia. Such practices contribute to undernutrition in children under the age of five years. The Oshikoto region is among the top five regions with children affected by undernutrition. The purpose of this study was to develop an educational...
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Abstract Although advances in support of informed choice were made a wide gap still exists between what is documented in policy and guidelines and the reality at the service delivery sites in Khomas region. However the extent to which nurses are implementing the family planning policy and guidelines regarding the elements of informed choice is not known as no study was conducted so far in Namibia. The aim of the study was therefore to explore the extent to which nurses applied the elements of...
ABSTRACT Salmonella infection in humans is a major public health problem worldwide. There is an increasing concern with this pathogen due to the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistant and potentially more pathogenic strains. Failure to control Salmonella in a country presents a potential problem for other countries. To minimise the burden of this pathogen, it is helpful to monitor Salmonella serovars distribution in many countries, implement Salmonella control measures throughout the fo...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to provide insight into the nature of homophobic discourse and how it manifests itself in Namibia. Therefore, the first objective of the study was to explore homophobic discourse in Namibia. The second research objective was to examine a few gay men’s awareness and experience of the homophobic discourse in Namibia. The third objective of the study was to investigate the psychological outcomes of homophobic discourse on gay men in Namibia. The literature re...
ABSTRACT HIV testing continues to be very important for monitoring the progress of the epidemic, and for diagnosing individuals with HIV. HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the prevention of HIV and AIDS and it is a critical entry point of access to HIV and AIDS treatment and care. The scale up of HIV treatment is important to the response. However, enrolment into treatment and care continues to be hampered by the low uptake of VCT, especially among me...
ABSTRACT Unnecessarily high alcohol consumption is linked to a range of diseases, from common steatosis to steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and, in some situations, hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the histological description of alcoholic steatohepatitis varies, one common characteristic is the presence of shrinking hepatocyte degeneration. Perivenular, centrilobular, and pericellular fibrosis are all present in varying degrees. There may be precirrhotic portal hypertension if the condition ...
ABSTRACT HIV is considered a global disease, infecting and affecting the lives of millions of people. So far, the psychological experience of being HIV-positive has not yet been investigated sufficiently. The aim of this study is to explore how HIV-infected individuals evaluate their own lives, particularly how they find meaning in living with this life-threatening virus and how they cope with their HIV-positive status by making meaning out of it. Work done on meaning making and coping by Par...
ABSTRACT Despite the 1990 health system reforms in Namibia, mental health still receives low priority. Pressed with limited resources, health policies are directed at communicable and life-threatening diseases. On primary health care level, there is either an absence of or fragmented mental health services. As a result, when patients suffering from common mental disorders visit the curative health services, delays are experienced in the identification and diagnosis of their conditions, which ...
ABSTRACT The school supplementary feeding programme is a national initiative implemented by the Ministry of Education (MoE) with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS). MOHSS offers technical expertise in health related issues through the National Policy for School Health. The objectives of the study were to assess how the implementation of the school supplementary feeding programme is helping to ease the malnutrition burden on school learners, determine the extent to which primar...
ABSTRACT The global corporate setting changes swiftly as a result of technological, economic and political developments. Due to these phenomena it has been noted that staff members in general experience a great increase in emotional strain, leaving a need for an effective program focussed on enhancing employees’ ability to deal with such stressors via an increase in their trait emotional intelligence. With such an enhancement the employees would experience improved levels of empathy, emotio...
Abstract The prevalence of gout has increased over the last few decades. Of the 291 conditions studied in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) (2010), gout ranked 138th for disability and 173rd for the overall burden of disability-adjusted life years. Statistics assume that in a population of 71,233 there are 200 people in the Omaheke region suffering from gout (Extrapolation of Prevalence Rate of Gout to Countries and Regions, 2015). This is evidence for a need to optimize management of the di...