Text in English / This research is aimed at analysing the nature, extent and cause of smuggling at selected Correctional Centres in Gauteng with the aim to provide appropriate strategies to combat smuggling. Smuggling is seen as a chain of command that reflects predisposition of an organised crime. Smuggling in correctional centres is an ongoing concern. Unauthorised items that are smuggled into the correctional centres have an adverse effect into the lives of people and death is an ultimate price. The Department of Correctional Services is also experiencing a severe shortage of officials due to The Seven Days Establishment and the Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) policies of Centre- Based and Non-Centre- Based staff. The study shows an increase of smuggling of items such as dangerous weapons, dagga, cellular phones and sim card over a three-year period at the three Correctional Centres. Various recommendations are made to combat smuggling in correctional centres including going back to the basics of proper searching of visitors, offenders, cells and staff when entering the facilities. / Corrections Management / M.Tech. (Correctional Services Management)

Background Plasmodium falciparum malaria during pregnancy poses a substantial risk to mother and foetus. In recent years, convincing evidence has shown that preventive methods such as the use of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs) and intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-sp) can greatly reduce the adverse effects of malaria during pregnancy. Purpose The main purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge and use of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria among pregnant women receiving Antenatal Care at the primary health centers of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria. Methods A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted Structured questionnaires were administered to 300 pregnant women aged between 18 and 49 years. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 22. Results The results revealed that most of the respondents had knowledge about IPT, majority of the respondents had received IPT drugs, in the clinic, but unfortunately none of them were supervised by a health worker during taking of the drug. Few of the respondents did not take the drugs at all for fear of complication, some of them did not know exactly how many tablets were given to them and there was poor adherence to the Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) scheme. Conclusion Knowledge of malaria and IPT was good and many pregnant women received the drugs and used it, but some of them had challenges and did not use the drugs. / Health Studies / M.P.H.

La problématique des ressources humaines est complexe. Elle a donc besoin de cadres conceptuels pour décoder la réalité et cerner les limites de ses actions. La présentation d'un cadre théorique qui questionne les niveaux d'adéquation entre formation et compétences attendues des professionnels de la santé (à la fois dans le champ de la santé et dans celui de l'éducation) est l’aboutissement d'une réflexion sur la formation appréhendée comme voie d’accès à l’innovation, elle-même levier de changement dans la gestion des ressources humaines en santé. La démarche systémique appliquée à cette problématique et dans plusieurs contextes permet une action cohérente aux niveaux national, régional et local, tout en respectant la complexité de l’ensemble ainsi que les contraintes relatives aux mécanismes des marchés internationaux. L'importance du processus et de l'ensemble des acteurs concernés par le changement est analysée, mettant en évidence plus particulièrement la nécessité d’une appropriation, dès le départ, d’un cadre de référence et de sa mise en œuvre par les enseignants et les équipes de directions aux différents niveaux institutionnels. <p>L’adéquation des programmes à leurs contextes d’application et le renforcement des compétences des professionnels sont les questions centrales posées par cette recherche à travers la mise en œuvre de l’approche par compétences et des pédagogies actives. Les finalités sont celles de la mise en évidence des mécanismes, facteurs et visions nécessaires à l'amélioration de la formation des professionnels de santé et la promotion d’un « enseignement – apprentissage » favorable à l'intégration des principes d’actions de promotion et d'éducation à la santé. Ces finalités sont au centre des résultats recherchés dans ces vastes chantiers. Elles réclament un travail de fond sur la question du sens des apprentissages, dont la mise en réseau avec des centres de formation et d'expertise, ainsi que le développement de l'autonomie d'une masse critique de professionnels de santé. Parmi ces derniers, les infirmier(ère)s de première ligne sont responsables dans de nombreux contextes de plus de 80 % de l'offre de services. L'application de cette approche sur plusieurs terrains d'actions viendra renforcer les cadres théoriques et la méthodologie proposés.<p>--------<p>Cette thèse est articulée de manière à présenter des articles sur la formation et la gestion des ressources humaines en santé dans un ensemble cohérent. Certaines redondances dans la présentation des contextes et des méthodes sont de ce fait inévitables. Chacune des parties commence par une introduction et un cadrage qui devraient permettre de se situer quant aux objectifs et aux contenus spécifiques de la partie concernée. Un débat peut ouvrir une partie tout comme une discussion peut la clore. Dans un souci de lisibilité, un lexique propre à cette thèse est donné en annexe, plus particulièrement aux champs de la pédagogie (annexe 1) et de la santé publique (annexe 2). Les mots et concepts qui se trouvent dans ce lexique sont soulignés la première fois qu’ils sont rencontrés dans le texte (à l’exception des articles).<p> / Doctorat en Sciences de la santé publique / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This study was intended to understand the experiences of individual detective trainees about poor academic performance in Hammanskraal academy. Detectives are the people who must ensure that perpetrators of crime face the full might of the law through investigating and proving before the courts the guilt on the part of the perpetrator, but also to prove the innocence in some instances. In this qualitative study, purposive sampling was used, and ten participants were selected to take part in the study. The participants include the six trainees who obtained below 50% mark in one of the summative assessments and could not qualify as detectives. Further, participants include the four trainers who had more than five years as trainers in the academy to give their perspective about the poor academic performance of trainees in Hammanskraal Academy. The unstructured interview was used to collect the data, and qualitative data analysis steps were applied to analyse the data. Some of the findings are the extent of damage that is caused by poor academic performance on the individual detective trainees, and that also affected their families. They also feel embarrassed that they did not qualify as detectives because of poor academic performance. In conclusion, there is a need to put measures that would deal with the poor academic performance of the detective trainees. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

The transformation of the Department of Correctional Services into an institution of rehabilitation and the promotion of corrections as a societal responsibility brought a new dimension to the release policy of South Africa. A new Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 came into effect and the Department of Correctional Services published a White Paper on Corrections during 2005. The idealistic correctional goal of protecting the community while rehabilitating the offender has served as a reason for conducting research into the parole process from a South African perspective. The qualitative aim of the study is to explore parole as a phenomenon and to describe the process involved in successfully reintegrating an offender into the community. The significant role that Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards play in the parole process and the emphasis they place on community safety, the interest of the victim and the rehabilitation and control of offenders as part of their mission statement are highlighted in the study. / Penology / M.A. (Penology)

The transformation of the Department of Correctional Services into an institution of rehabilitation and the promotion of corrections as a societal responsibility brought a new dimension to the release policy of South Africa. A new Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 came into effect and the Department of Correctional Services published a White Paper on Corrections during 2005. The idealistic correctional goal of protecting the community while rehabilitating the offender has served as a reason for conducting research into the parole process from a South African perspective. The qualitative aim of the study is to explore parole as a phenomenon and to describe the process involved in successfully reintegrating an offender into the community. The significant role that Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards play in the parole process and the emphasis they place on community safety, the interest of the victim and the rehabilitation and control of offenders as part of their mission statement are highlighted in the study. / Penology / M.A. (Penology)