scholarly journals A survey to assess knowledge and acceptability of the intrauterine device in the Family Planning Services in Cape Town, South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelsley van Zijl ◽  
Chelsea Morroni ◽  
Zephne M van der Spuy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Intrauterine Device ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
The Family

van Wyk Louw, Nicolaas Petrus (1906–1970)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heilna du Plooy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
The Family ◽  
South African Literature ◽  
Literature History ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

N. P. Van Wyk Louw is regarded as the most prominent poet of the group known as the Dertigers, a group of writers who began publishing mainly in the 1930s. These writers had a vision of Afrikaans literature which included an awareness of the need of thematic inclusiveness, a more critical view of history and a greater sense of professionality and technical complexity in their work. Van Wyk Louw is even today considered one of the greatest poets, essayists and thinkers in the Afrikaans language. Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw was born in 1906 in the small town of Sutherland in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. He grew up in an Afrikaans-speaking community but attended an English-medium school in Sutherland as well as in Cape Town, where the family lived later on. He studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT), majoring in German and Philosophy. He became a lecturer at UCT, teaching in the Faculty of Education until 1948. In 1949 he became Professor of South African Literature, History and Culture at the Gemeentelijke Universiteit van Amsterdam. In 1960 he returned to South Africa to become head of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johanneshurg. He filled this post until his death in 1970.

scholarly journals Effect of counseling on contraceptive uptake in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
O.R. Balogun ◽  
A. Adewole ◽  
A.S. Adeniran ◽  
R. Adegboye
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Intrauterine Device ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
P Value ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
The Family ◽  
Effective Counseling ◽  
Contraceptive Uptake ◽  
Family Planning Clients

Despite multiple options for contraception, choices are limited with low satisfaction among clients in low resource countries. Effective counseling may improve satisfaction and compliance if adequately pursued. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of counseling on contraceptive choices and its associated factors. This was a prospective, descriptive study involving consenting family planning clients at the family planning clinic of a tertiary hospital in Ilorin, Nigeria. All participants completed an interviewer administered questionnaire designed for the study. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 21.0 (IBM, USA) and p value <0.05 was significant. Among the 260 participants, the mean age was 30.3±5.7 years, mean parity 3.0±1.0 and modal age 20–39years (93.5%). The commonest preferred contraceptive pre- and post-counseling was intrauterine device (36.5% vs. 53.5%); increased post-counseling desire was reported for injectables (28.8% vs. 35.4%) and implant (0% vs. 3.1%). Preferences increased post-counseling for highly effective methods (38.1% vs. 60.4%; p<0.0001), long term methods (38.1% vs. 60.4%; p<0.0001) and permanent methods (1.5% vs. 3.8%; p<0.001). Significant predictor of contraceptive choice precounseling was level of education (p=0.032) and parity (p<0.001) post-counseling. The study shows that counseling can improve choices, encourage satisfaction and possibly enhance compliance among contraceptive clients.Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences (2017) 6(3), 1 - 6

scholarly journals Intrauterine device uptake among women seeking family planning services in Nairobi County, Kenya

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence W. Mbuthia ◽  
Gaundencia M. Okumbe ◽  
Jonathan Monda ◽  
Paul M. Ng'ang'a
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Intrauterine Device ◽  
Family Planning Services

scholarly journals Expanded State-Funded Family Planning Services: Estimating Pregnancies Averted by the Family PACT Program in California, 1997–1998

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. 1341-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Greene Foster ◽  
Cynthia M. Klaisle ◽  
Maya Blum ◽  
Mary E. Bradsberry ◽  
Claire D. Brindis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Integration of HIV prevention into Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in an urban setting in South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shireen Parker ◽  
Vera Scott
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Family Planning Services

Background: The United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS of 2006 stressed the need to strengthen policy and programme linkages between HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH). However, the effectiveness and best practices for strengthening SRH and HIV linkages are poorly researched in the context of family-planning services. In Cape Town, HIV-prevention services have been integrated into family-planning services. There are two models of service configuration: dedicated stand-alone reproductive health clinics and family planning services located in comprehensive primary-care facilities.Objective: To describe how reproductive health services are integrating HIV prevention and care strategies and to measure the coverage and quality of these integrated services.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using structured interviews with facility managers; a facility-based checklist; and a patient record review to assess the availability of resources, training, access, quality and integration.Results: Facilities in Cape Town are equipped adequately to offer integrated HIV-prevention and SRH services. Overall there was poor coverage of integrated services with 54% of family planning clients having a known HIV status; 47% being screened for a sexually transmitted infection and 55% being offered HIV counselling and testing and receiving condoms. Quality and continuity of care seemed better at the dedicated clinics than at the comprehensive facilities,supported by better training coverage.Conclusion: Engaging middle-level management is crucial with regard to improving integration within a well-resourced setting.

scholarly journals What is it that matters most in the practice of nursing children?

Curationis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
The Family ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
What Matters

This article discusses the results of a workshop designed as an action research cycle to ascertain what matters most in the practice of nursing children in South Africa today. The workshop was convened at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in order to guide and direct the newly established post- basic, children’s nursing pathway in the Bachelor of Nursing for Registered nurses [BN(RN)] programme. The participants were eight experienced paediatric nurses, currently practising in a variety of settings in the Western Cape. The results show that the participants move from their original task- and procedure - based perspective to a more processive one in which the focus of the learning is relational, emphasising the family and culture of the child.

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