Stress management in South Africa

Occupational stress of nurses in South Africa.

The objective of this study was to examine the construct validity and reliability of the Nursing Stress Indicator (NSI) and to identify differences between occupational stressors of professional and enrolled nurses. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A sample of professional nurses (N = 980) and enrolled and auxiliary nurses (N = 800) in South Africa was used. The NSI was developed as me...

Hypertension: detection and management in South Africa.

High blood pressure in South Africa is estimated to have caused 46,888 deaths and 390,860 disability-adjusted life years in 2000. Detection and management of hypertension remains suboptimal due to inadequate public health care facilities. Mass migration of rural blacks to urban areas and rapid changes in lifestyle and risk factors account for the rising prevalence of hypertension, but genetic f...

Hypertension: Detection and Management in South Africa

High blood pressure in South Africa is estimated to have caused 46,888 deaths and 390,860 disability-adjusted life years in 2000. Detection and management of hypertension remains suboptimal due to inadequate public health care facilities. Mass migration of rural blacks to urban areas and rapid changes in lifestyle and risk factors account for the rising prevalence of hypertension, but genetic f...

Orthodontic management of achondroplasia in South Africa.

Out of Africa: Lessons from Park Management in South Africa

operations, and policies of park management in South Africa—specifically in regard to wildlife management—and how they contrast with park management in the U.S. Our discussion is especially relevant to protected areas in grassland, savanna, and shrubland biomes because both countries contain those habitat types (Licht et al. 2008). We focus on seven issues that may stimulate thought among U.S. ...