African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2022
Mentorship during transition period: a challenge for newly qualified midwives in Limpopo province of South Africa.
Mentorship is a process in which structured support is provided to new graduates of the profession to facilitate theireffective transitional journey to professional autonomy. ⋯ Mentoring is an effective process for facilitation of graduates' transition process to become registered autonomous midwifery practitioners. However, they were not effectively mentored; consequently, negatively affecting their development to professional maturity.
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African health sciences · Mar 2022
Axillary nodal metastasis and resection margins as predictors of Loco Regional Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients.
Surgical resection margins (RM), axillary nodal involvement and lymph node ratio (LNR) determine loco-regional control (LRC) in breast cancer management. Late presentation precludes breast conservation therefore surgical option is usually mastectomy and adjuvant chemoradiation minimize loco-regional recurrence (LRR). ⋯ LRR is dependent on lymph node involvement as well as and tumor aggressiveness.
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African health sciences · Mar 2022
A mixed-methods, cross-sectional study of perceived stigma among Ugandans with epilepsy.
Epilepsy is associated with stigma and negatively impacts the lives of people living with epilepsy (PLWE) and their immediate families. More understanding of the stigma and discrimination experienced by PLWE in sub-Saharan Africa is needed. ⋯ In this Ugandan sample perceived stigma remains unacceptably high and interventions to address it are urgently needed in our settings.
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African health sciences · Mar 2022
Predictors of non-adherence to medication and time to default from treatment on HIV infected patients under HAART: a comparison of joint and separate models.
Ethiopia is one of the Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest number of people living with HIV. Amhara region is one of the regions in the country in which many people are under medication. The main objective of this research was to identify significant predictors of non-adherence to medication and time to default from treatment for HIV infected patients under HAART. ⋯ Some groups of HIV patients were non-adherent to medication and defaulted from treatment. Health related education is recommended for non-adherent patients to be adherent for the prescribed medication and live long in the treatment.