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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: lessons for future pandemics
(MDPI, 2022)Vaccine hesitancy, long considered a global health threat, poses a major barrier to effective roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination. With less than half (45%) of adult South Africans currently fully vaccinated, we identified ... -
Factors associated with limited vaccine literacy: lessons learnt from COVID-19
(MDPI, 2022)Compared to many other developed countries, South Africa has a lower uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations. Although not widely researched, there is evidence that vaccine literacy (VL) is positively associated with vaccination ... -
Construct validity and reliability of the perceived stress scale for nursing students in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)Background: Increased levels of stress in nursing students are negatively related to caring behaviours and also result in poorer job proficiency and nurses who are more inclined to leave the profession. The Perceived Stress ... -
Post-traumatic stress and coping strategies of South African nurses during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
(MDPI, 2021)Prior to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the South African healthcare system was already under severe strain due to amongst others, a lack of human resources, poor governance and management, and an unequal ... -
Construct validity and reliability of the generalised anxiety disorder-7 scale in a sample of tuberculosis patients in the Free State Province, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) frequently occurs amongst patients with tuberculosis (TB) and contributes to poor quality of life and treatment outcomes. This study evaluated the construct validity and ... -
Mentoring children guilty of minor first-time crimes: methods, strengths and limitations
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: In the absence of evidence regarding the impact of mentoring on child offenders in South Africa, this article explores the strengths and limitations of this approach in a local context. It investigates the theory ...
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