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A study to assess the quality of family planning services provided by the Defence Force Medical services - Maina Soko Hospital and Arakan Camp Hospital.
(2015-04-28)The aim of the study was to assess the quality of family planning services provided by Defence Forces Medical Services in Lusaka. The study assessed the process of care at Maina Soko Military Hospital and Arakan Camp ... -
A study to assess the relationship between nurses staffing levels and delivery of quality nursing care at UTH.
(2014-03-05)The study was to assess the relationship between Nurse Staffing levels and the Delivery of Quality Nursing Care at the UTH. Literature review of relevant studies was done which revealed that inadequate nurse staffing ... -
A study to assess the use of partogram by midwives in lusaka urban maternity clinics.
(2014-08-27)The study was conducted to assess the use of the partogram by midwives in Lusaka Urban Maternity Clinics labour wards. A descriptive study was conducted and a self administered questionnaire was used for data collection. A ... -
A study to assess utilization of the nursing process by registered student nurses at Livingstone school of nursing.
(2015-10-05)The main purpose of this study was to assess the utilization of the nursing process by registered nursing students. A descriptive cross section was used to assess the utilization of the nursing process by RN students. ... -
A Study to compare Antemortem Diagnosis with autopsy diagnosis at the University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka,Zambia
(2012-07-25)This study was done between April 1, 1993 to December 31/ 1993. It was done to compare antemortem and post mortem diagnosis. Full autopsy was performed on 30 subjects out of 888 patients who died under the care of Unit I ... -
A study to compare morbidity of very low birth weight neonates between 1.3 and 1.5 kg receiving Kangaroo Mother Care at the University Teaching Hospital, in Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Background - New born deaths account for approximately 40% of all deaths under five years of age in developing countries with the three major causes being birth asphyxia, infections, and complications due to prematurity ... -
A Study to compare the short term outcome of urethral structure disease management between HIV and Non HIV infected patinets at UTH
(2012-10-15)Background: According to Steencamp et al (1997), urethral stricture disease is one of the oldest known urological diseases and remains a common problem with a high morbidity despite earlier predictions to the contrary. In ... -
A study to determine acceptance and family planning practices among women in Siavonga district.
(2014-05-30)The study was conducted in Kariba, Matua and Lusitu rural health centre catchment areas in Siavonga District. The objective of the study was to determine acceptance and family planning practices among women in Siavonga ... -
A study to determine caregiver experiences and expectations in caring for patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries at University Teaching Hospital
(The University of Zambia, 2012-03)Spinal cord injuries are a serious problem and a major case of disability in Africa. A lot of individual have accidents that cause these injuries each year and many of these patients are cared for in the home setting, by ... -
A study to determine Cervical Cancer awareness and uptake of PAP Smear among women above 18 years of age in Livingstone District
(2013-11-11)The aim of the study was to assess the level of cervical cancer awareness and Pap smear uptake among the women aged 18 years and above in Livingstone District. The specific objectives were to assess cervical cancer awareness ... -
A study to determine challenges parents and caregivers with cerebral palsy children face at University Teaching Hospital
(2013)Introduction: Cerebral Palsy (CP) describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing ... -
A study to determine community knowledge and perception towards trained traditional birth attendants in Siavonga District
(2012-07-23)The aim of this study was to determine community knowledge and perception towards trained TBAs in Siavonga District.The literature reviews of relevant studies revealed that TBAs have little or no impact on maternal and ... -
A study to determine contributing factors to default from treatment among T.B. patients in Chingola
(2013-02-20)The aim of the study was to establish contributing factors to default from treatment among T.B patients with the view to improve compliance. The study was conducted in Chingola urban. Data was collected from 50 T.B patients ... -
A study to determine contributing factors to increased number of caesarean section deliveries at Mbala General hospital.
(2013-06-04)Caesarean births were originally used as an emergency-birthing alternative for complicated births and labours that endangered either the life of the child or that of the mother. There are two main types of Caesarean Section ... -
A study to determine contributing factors to pregnancy among school girls in lusaka urban.
(2014-02-07)The study was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The main aim of the study was to identify factors contributing to pregnancy among school girls, so that preventive ... -
A study to determine factors affecting outreach activities in Lusaka urban district - Zambia.
(2015-04-28)The aim of the study was to identify factors that lead to low implementation of outreach activities in Lusaka urban district. It was hoped that the study could be used to identify areas in the existing service that may be ... -
A study to determine factors affecting productivity among breast feeding working mothers in the child bearing age, with reference to the formal sector in lusaka.
(2015-04-10)The main aim of the study was to determine factors affecting productivity among breast feeding working mothers in the child bearing age (15-45 years) in Lusaka Urban District with reference to the formal sector. The study ... -
Study to determine factors affecting utilization of VCT services by pre-service trainee Nurses in Zambia
(2012-08-13)This is a cross sectional study which focused on establishing the extent to which pre-service trainee nurses apply knowledge and competencies on HIV and AIDS in the utilisation of VCT services in Zambia. A number of studies ... -
A study to determine factors associated with utilisation of trained tuberculosis treatment supporters by tuberculosis patients in Lundazi district.
(2014-06-11)This study is aimed at determining factors associated with the utilisation of the trained Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment Supporters in Lundazi district. The use of Trained TB treatment supporters has been promoted as one of ... -
A study to determine factors contributing to a high incidence of low birth weight deliveries at the university teaching hospital.
(2013-07-18)This study was undertaken to determine some of the factors contributing to a high incidence of low birth weight deliveries in the University Teaching Hospital. It was aimed at finding measures of preventing low birth weight ...