Access and utilisation of leprosy healthcare services in high-burden districts in Ethiopia.

Background: A lack of awareness, poor quality of care, and gender inequalities are factors associated with access and utilisation of leprosy services.

Objectives: This study aimed to identify factors affecting community access and utilisation of leprosy services in high-burden districts of Ethiopia.

Method: A community-based cross-sectional study design was utilised and a simple random sampling technique was used to recruit study respondents.

Building trusting relationships in teams to support evidence use and implementation in human services: feasibility and acceptability of a training and coaching approach.

Background: Professionals who provide implementation support in human service systems describe relationships as being critical to support evidence use; however, developing trusting relationships are not strongly featured in implementation science literature. The aims of this study were to (a) assess the feasibility and acceptability of a theory-driven training and coaching approach for building trusting relationships among members of an implementation team who were supporting the implementation of an evidence-informed program in a public child welfare system in the United States and (b) gauge the initial efficacy of the approach in terms of the development of trusting relationships and subsequent implementation outcomes.

Methods: Consistent with a convergent mixed-methods approach, we collected both quantitative and qualitative data to address our research questions.

: an exploration of the consequences of rape victimization for men.

Background And Purpose: Rape is one of the most common human violations, with devastating consequences for the victims and their families. Although this scourge affects everyone, regardless of gender, studies on rape victimization have largely focused on women and children as the victims. Studies on rape victimization of men are therefore limited and little is known about the consequences of rape victimization for men.

Determinants of persistent malaria transmission in the Arjo-Didessa farm area in Ethiopia.

Background: In tropical and subtropical areas of the world, malaria is still a serious public health concern. Activities related to agricultural development that involve irrigation schemes likely increase the risk of malaria in tropical and sub-Saharan African regions. Ethiopia is a sub-Saharan country where malaria is endemic.

Development of strategies to enhance recordkeeping during intrapartum care in Limpopo province: A Delphi technique.

Background: South Africa is experiencing increased medico-legal litigations in maternity services arising from poor recordkeeping. To enhance the quality of recordkeeping and reduce the lawsuits, the strategies were developed and validated by maternal healthcare experts.

Aim: The study is aimed to develop and validate strategies for recordkeeping during intrapartum care in Limpopo province.

Considering patient-centred care and patient empowerment as essential to quality health care delivery in Ghana.

Background: Rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), poor health choices, mistrust of the health system, self-medication, resistance of diseases to medication and dissatisfaction with the service experience serve as red flags on the path to Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Aim: This study explored the importance of patient-centred care (PCC) and patient empowerment (PE) within the context of healthcare service delivery in Ghana.

Setting: The study considered PCC and PE from the perspective of three public healthcare facilities within the Greater Accra region.

Challenges in accessing patient-centered care and patient empowerment in selected Ghanaian hospitals.

Background: Patient-centred care (PCC) and patient empowerment (PE) are crucial for better healthcare outcomes, in lower-middle-income countries like Ghana, which continues to encounter many challenges.

Aim: The study sought to determine the factors affecting the implementation of PCC and PE in Ghana through the voices of patients and healthcare providers.

Setting: The study is based in Ghana, West Africa, and includes three healthcare facilities representing primary, secondary and tertiary care.

Perceptions of teachers' responses to children's peer victimization: Agreement (and lack of agreement) among teachers and students.

Recent research has underscored the importance of teachers' responses to students' peer victimization as well as students' expectations for how their teacher responds to this victimization. However, little research has examined the extent to which teachers and their students have a shared understanding of their teacher's efforts, or lack of efforts, to manage peer victimization. This study addressed this issue using longitudinal data collected on 410 students (47.

Promoting collaborative care of the human body after cessation of life: Ubuntu beyond death.

Background:  South Africa is a diverse country that promises equality, dignity, linguistic and cultural rights to all its citizens. Therefore, understanding the cultural, religious and nursing practices in caring for the deceased body is crucial to ensure meaningful integrated care of the deceased body and collective mourning and support within a community.

Objectives:  This study aimed to strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing on caring for the human body at all stages of life and beyond death using Ubuntu principles.

Development of Cognitive Interpolation Intervention from Aboriginal Concepts and the Piloting Effect on Prejudice Attitudes Toward Sexual and Gender Minorities.

Many Africans assume the call for acceptance of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) was an imposition from the Western cultures, unknowing that the history of same-sex sexual relationships predated the invasion of the colonial masters in Africa. As such, SGM persons continue to face serious prejudice and discrimination, which has culminated in the infringement of the socio-medical, psychological, and legal rights. The study set to develop a cognitive interpolation (CI) module from the longstanding aboriginal concepts (i.

Enhancing nurse faculty resilience through self-leadership: guidelines for resource mobilization in dynamic academic environments.

The purpose of the study was to develop guidelines for the facilitation of self-leadership in nurse faculty. Of the 12 guidelines developed, this paper discusses the two related to resilience through self-leadership practices, namely: encouraging reliance on internal sources for self-preservation; and strengthening the positive self-image of nurse faculty through management and peer support. An exploratory, sequential mixed-methods design was used to guide the development of guidelines.

Impact of Harvest Lentil Vegetable Blend and Nutrition Education on Child Growth, Caregivers' Nutrition Knowledge, and WASH Practices.

Objective: To assess the changes in child nutrition status, caregivers' knowledge, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices following the provision of Harvest Lentil Vegetable Blend to children and a nutrition education intervention to their caregivers.

Design: Three-week pretest-posttest study.

Setting: Turkana, Kenya.

Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance programme implementation in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

Background:  The delivery of quality primary healthcare (PHC) services is vital for enhancing the health status of rural communities, yet persistent barriers exist in resource-constrained rural settings.

Aim:  The study explored perspectives on the barriers to and facilitators of implementing the Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance (ICRM) programme as a quality assurance initiative in a rural KwaZulu-Natal subdistrict.

Setting:  Professional nurses and healthcare managers from seven PHC clinics in a rural subdistrict of KwaZulu-Natal and supervising managers from a district hospital participated in this study.

Midwives' experiences regarding recordkeeping during intrapartum care in Limpopo Province healthcare facilities.

Background:  South Africa has experienced an increase in litigations because of poor recordkeeping. The quality of maternal healthcare necessitates quality recordkeeping. All midwives' interventions should be documented in the maternity case record as an instrument to highlight the quality of intrapartum care offered.

Impact of anxiety-related conditions on nursing students' academic excellence.

Background:  Nursing students often experience high anxiety and depression because of the demanding nursing curriculum. This mental strain can harm their academic performance. As a result, nurse educators need to assess how anxiety impacts nursing students' academic achievements.

Factors associated with trachoma in persistently endemic setting in Southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Introduction: in Ethiopia, despite implementing decades-long surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement interventions, commonly known as the SAFE strategies, persistence and recrudescence of trachoma are common. There is limited evidence that explained the reasons. This study assesses factors associated with trachoma in persistently endemic settings.