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Maternal Antenatal Care Access and Attendance: A Qualitative Study of Midwives’ and Pregnant Women’s Experiences in Kilifi, Kenya (2024)
Thesis
Maina, R. (2024). Maternal Antenatal Care Access and Attendance: A Qualitative Study of Midwives’ and Pregnant Women’s Experiences in Kilifi, Kenya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Antenatal care (ANC) protects against maternal morbidity and mortality.
Maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan African communities, which is
strongly linked to low antenatal clinic attendance. Despite substantial ev... Read More about Maternal Antenatal Care Access and Attendance: A Qualitative Study of Midwives’ and Pregnant Women’s Experiences in Kilifi, Kenya.

Strengthening educational advancement for enrolled nurses: Developing a new program framework for Uganda (2023)
Thesis
Mwizerwa, J. (2023). Strengthening educational advancement for enrolled nurses: Developing a new program framework for Uganda. (Thesis). University of Salford

Uganda has three pre-service program levels for entering nursing practice, the first of which is, the Enrolled Nurse (EN) and constitutes majority of Uganda’s nursing workforce. While these enrolled nurses constitute a substantial proportion of the n... Read More about Strengthening educational advancement for enrolled nurses: Developing a new program framework for Uganda.

Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services? (2022)
Thesis
Longshaw, C. Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services?. (Thesis). University of Salford

The last two decades has seen a range of government reforms that have involved major changes in the provision of health and social care. The drive towards integration continues with the recent publication of The Health Care Bill (2021). This research... Read More about Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services?.

Exploring the experiences and use of text messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management in South Asian patients (2021)
Thesis
Chaudhry, T. Exploring the experiences and use of text messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management in South Asian patients. (Thesis). University of Salford

This PhD thesis seeks to explore and understand the use and experiences of whether text-messaging in the South-Asian (SA) community enhances positive health behaviours, and self-management through the Florence (FLO) text messaging system. It also exa... Read More about Exploring the experiences and use of text messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management in South Asian patients.

Critical exploration of the role of the nurse lecturer in practice situated within an existing Higher Education Institution and NHS partnership (2012)
Thesis
Leigh, J. Critical exploration of the role of the nurse lecturer in practice situated within an existing Higher Education Institution and NHS partnership. (Thesis). University of Salford

The concepts and constructs of partnership and collaboration are increasingly becoming
embedded critical success factors which influence the education of nurses from within the
practice setting. Adopting a partnership and collaborative approach is... Read More about Critical exploration of the role of the nurse lecturer in practice situated within an existing Higher Education Institution and NHS partnership.

Chronic kidney disease : patient information needs, preferences and priorities (2008)
Thesis
Ormandy, P. Chronic kidney disease : patient information needs, preferences and priorities. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis seeks to explore, identify and describe the information needs and the preferences and priorities for information of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The premise of the research being that CKD patients will have preferred key inform... Read More about Chronic kidney disease : patient information needs, preferences and priorities.

Surrender : The influence of religion, culture and access to health care on diabetes self-care for Javanese Muslim in Yogyakarta
Thesis
Permana, I. (in press). Surrender : The influence of religion, culture and access to health care on diabetes self-care for Javanese Muslim in Yogyakarta. (Thesis). University of Salford

Self-care, capability in performing certain activity in maintaining well-being in daily life, is regarded important especially among people with long-term condition such as diabetes. Locus of control and religion are regarded as important factors in... Read More about Surrender : The influence of religion, culture and access to health care on diabetes self-care for Javanese Muslim in Yogyakarta.

Student nurses in transition : Generating an evidence base for final placement learning-facilitation best practice
Thesis
Major, D. Student nurses in transition : Generating an evidence base for final placement learning-facilitation best practice. (Dissertation). University of Salford, Salford, UK

The recent review of United Kingdom pre-registration nursing education has prompted local evaluation studies of nursing curricula, in readiness for the introduction of new standards for pre-registration nursing education. This three-phased, mixed met... Read More about Student nurses in transition : Generating an evidence base for final placement learning-facilitation best practice.

No money, no treatment, no life : the lived experiences of haemodialysis patients in Nigeria
Thesis
Ekuma, C. (in press). No money, no treatment, no life : the lived experiences of haemodialysis patients in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Chronic kidney disease is one of the major health challenges across the world, and a silent killer of Nigerian people because they can’t pay for life saving treatment which has been available for over 30 years. People pay for their own ha... Read More about No money, no treatment, no life : the lived experiences of haemodialysis patients in Nigeria.