Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision's (VMMC) strategy for HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence, risks, costs, benefits and best practice: A scoping review study protocol of progress and unfolding insights.

Campaigns to scale up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for the prevention of HIV transmission has been going on for years in selected Southern African countries, following recommendations from the World Health Organisations. Despite significant strides made in the initiative and its proven benefits, controversies surrounding the strategy have never ceased, and its future remains uncertain especially as some countries near their initial targets. Over the years, as the campaigns unfolded, a lot of insights have been generated in favour of continuing the VMMC campaigns, although some insights portray the impression that the strategy is not worthy of the risks and effort required, or that enough has been done, as the targets have now been achieved.

Perceived competence and related factors affecting the development of the clinical competence of nursing students at two university sites in Namibia: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Ensuring that nursing students graduate with the required clinical competence in nursing is a global challenge. To address this challenge, several studies have looked at various aspects of competency and competency development, however there is scanty evidence on factors affecting development of clinical competency in nursing students. Therefore the, purpose of this study was to investigate nurses' perceived competence and related factors affecting the development of clinical competence of nursing students at two university sites in Namibia.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Nurses Regarding the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 at a Selected Regional Hospital in Namibia.

Introduction: As the threat of COVID-19 continues, new evidence and knowledge of the disease is coming to light, thus it is critical to evaluate nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding the control and prevention of COVID-19 infections.

Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the KAP of nurses regarding the prevention and control of COVID-19 at a selected regional hospital in Namibia

Methods: A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study was used to quantify and measure the relationships between the demographic variables and the key variables of KAP regarding the prevention and control of COVID-19. A total of 101 respondents were conveniently sampled.

Nursing Students' Learning Engagement Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Namibia: Implications for Nursing Education.

Introduction: Ensuring strong student engagement in both traditional and virtual learning settings was essential for achieving positive educational results during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, fostering student engagement in both the traditional (face-to-face) and virtual learning environments has been accompanied by distinct challenges. There has been a lack of research specifically addressing the issue of nursing students' engagement within a blended learning setting in Namibia.

Undergraduate Students' Knowledge, Attitudes and Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines: A Survey of Convenience Sample in Namibia.

Introduction: The global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Vaccinations are one of the leading strategies to protect against the virus, and it is likely that students' understanding and desire to be vaccinated can be major factors in helping contain the pandemic. Nonetheless, no studies looked into the vaccine attitude, knowledge and willingness in Namibia.

Nursing students' experiences and expectations of clinical learning: A qualitative study.

Background: Clinical learning is an important component of nursing education that can support the development of competence. Nursing students have expectations before clinical learning, however if these expectations are not matched with their experiences, then development can be hampered.

Objective: To explore nursing students' expectations and experiences of their clinical learning experiences.

Learning engagement; nursing students' experiences in an online environment at a university.

Aim: The aim of this study was to understand students' engagement with learning in an online environment at a university in Namibia.

Design: A qualitative descriptive design was applied.

Methods: Data were collected using in-depth telephonic interviews among 12 purposively selected nursing students.

A phenomenographic study exploring the conceptions of stakeholders on their teaching and learning roles in nursing education.

Background: Nursing education involves a number of stakeholders in the teaching and learning process, and these are student nurses, lecturers, clinical instructors and nurses. The role that each of these parties play in the teaching and learning process is dependent on each other and is key to the development of competence among student nurses. However, there is scanty literature on the discourse of how these stakeholders conceptualise their roles to maximise student learning.

Nursing students' understanding of health literacy and health practices: a cross-sectional study at a university in Namibia.

Background: A poor understanding of health literacy and inadequate health practices among nurses can be detrimental to a population's health. The starting point of solving this problem is through the provision of methodical health literacy and health practice education in the nursing curriculum. This study explored nursing students' understanding of the concept of 'health literacy' and their health practices at a university in Namibia.

Undergraduate nursing students' self-reported professional behaviour at the University of Namibia.

Background: Development of professional behaviour in nursing students is an important part of a nurse's overall competence. Self-evaluation is one way of measuring professional behaviour amongst nursing students. However, studies on self-reported professional behaviour of nursing students are limited in Namibia.

Nursing students' conceptions of competence and the learning processes that support the development of competence: a phenomenographic study.

The development of competence among student nurses is important to nurse educators, nursing regulatory bodies, employers and patients. Several teaching and learning strategies support the development of competence among student nurses, but the level of competence at the point of graduation remains below expected standards. Therefore, more research is needed to find strategies that can enhance the development of competence among students.