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Contraceptive practices in Northern Tshwane, Gauteng ProvinceMaja, Todd Mamutle Mavis 11 1900 (has links)
Unwanted and unintended pregnancies pose major reproductive health challenges to women throughout
the world. Despite the availability of modern contraceptives, many women and men fail to use
contraceptives effectively. This research focussed on reasons for not using contraceptives
effectively in the Northern Tshwane area of the Gauteng Province of the Republic of South Africa
(RSA).
Structured interviews were conducted with 83 women and 71 men about their contraceptive practices.
Age, religion, educational level and residential areas influenced clients' contraceptive
practices. These results were categorised for adult males and females as well as for adolescent
males and females. Adolescents encountered problems in accessing contraceptive services. Adult
females knew most about traditional contraceptives, although men knew about some of these methods,
and adolescents used some of them. All respondents could gain additional knowledge about modern
contraceptives. The respondents' knowledge about · emergency contraceptives was extremely
limited. Although most respondents knew about legalised choice on.termination of pregnancy (CTOP)
services in the RSA, they did not know when nor how to access these services.
Nurses working in contraceptive health services, revealed during a focus group discussion that
a lack of resources (including shortages of malcondoms, contraceptive injections and oral
contraceptives) hampered the quality of services that could be rendered. Of particular
concern was the nonavailability of Norplant implants and female condoms. Nurses expressed a need
for pecific national policy guidelines about supplying contraception to adolescents. Although most
nurses knew about emergency contraceptives, they did not promote its use
because they assumed that clients would misuse emergency contraceptives.instead of using
contraceptives regularly. The nurses indicated that very few facilities offered CTOP services.
The nurses regarded women who obtained repeated CTOPs to be misusing these services and
suggested that limitations should be placed on the number-of times any woman could obtain
such services. The negative attitudes of community members and of colleagues towards
persons working in CTOP services caused hardships for them. Recommendations address ways in which
contraceptive services could be improved. / Health Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Advanced Nursing Sciences)
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The utilisation of routine statistical data submitted to the Department of Health by local authority primary health care clinics in Kwazulu NatalFetter, Helen Ann Robertson 11 1900 (has links)
The collection and utilisation of statistical data is an integral component of rendering primary
health care services. This study aimed to assess the utilisation of statistics on certain
statistical forms submitted regularly to the Department of Health, by professional nurses at local
authority primary health care clinics.
Results revealed the following important shortcomings:
• Statistics on different forms are viewed in isolation, resulting in a lack of necessary
comparisons being made to determine trends.
• Several targeted issues in the Reconstruction and Development Programme received insufficient
attention, for example, immunisations, teenage pregnancies, tuberculosis treatment, sexually
transmitted diseases.
• A general managerial inability to analyse, display and utilise collected data by professional
nurses.
Recommendations centred around increasing the knowledge regarding maternal health care, more focus
on prioritised areas of the Reconstruction and Development Programme, appropriate training
regarding analysis and utilisation of collected statistics at local primary health care level. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing)
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Contraceptive practices in Northern Tshwane, Gauteng ProvinceMaja, Todd Mamutle Mavis 11 1900 (has links)
Unwanted and unintended pregnancies pose major reproductive health challenges to women throughout
the world. Despite the availability of modern contraceptives, many women and men fail to use
contraceptives effectively. This research focussed on reasons for not using contraceptives
effectively in the Northern Tshwane area of the Gauteng Province of the Republic of South Africa
(RSA).
Structured interviews were conducted with 83 women and 71 men about their contraceptive practices.
Age, religion, educational level and residential areas influenced clients' contraceptive
practices. These results were categorised for adult males and females as well as for adolescent
males and females. Adolescents encountered problems in accessing contraceptive services. Adult
females knew most about traditional contraceptives, although men knew about some of these methods,
and adolescents used some of them. All respondents could gain additional knowledge about modern
contraceptives. The respondents' knowledge about · emergency contraceptives was extremely
limited. Although most respondents knew about legalised choice on.termination of pregnancy (CTOP)
services in the RSA, they did not know when nor how to access these services.
Nurses working in contraceptive health services, revealed during a focus group discussion that
a lack of resources (including shortages of malcondoms, contraceptive injections and oral
contraceptives) hampered the quality of services that could be rendered. Of particular
concern was the nonavailability of Norplant implants and female condoms. Nurses expressed a need
for pecific national policy guidelines about supplying contraception to adolescents. Although most
nurses knew about emergency contraceptives, they did not promote its use
because they assumed that clients would misuse emergency contraceptives.instead of using
contraceptives regularly. The nurses indicated that very few facilities offered CTOP services.
The nurses regarded women who obtained repeated CTOPs to be misusing these services and
suggested that limitations should be placed on the number-of times any woman could obtain
such services. The negative attitudes of community members and of colleagues towards
persons working in CTOP services caused hardships for them. Recommendations address ways in which
contraceptive services could be improved. / Health Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Advanced Nursing Sciences)
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The utilisation of routine statistical data submitted to the Department of Health by local authority primary health care clinics in Kwazulu NatalFetter, Helen Ann Robertson 11 1900 (has links)
The collection and utilisation of statistical data is an integral component of rendering primary
health care services. This study aimed to assess the utilisation of statistics on certain
statistical forms submitted regularly to the Department of Health, by professional nurses at local
authority primary health care clinics.
Results revealed the following important shortcomings:
• Statistics on different forms are viewed in isolation, resulting in a lack of necessary
comparisons being made to determine trends.
• Several targeted issues in the Reconstruction and Development Programme received insufficient
attention, for example, immunisations, teenage pregnancies, tuberculosis treatment, sexually
transmitted diseases.
• A general managerial inability to analyse, display and utilise collected data by professional
nurses.
Recommendations centred around increasing the knowledge regarding maternal health care, more focus
on prioritised areas of the Reconstruction and Development Programme, appropriate training
regarding analysis and utilisation of collected statistics at local primary health care level. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing)
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