“…It is not clear how women are affected by these informal payments while trying to access reproductive health services especially during birth period. …”
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“…Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire which also included 10 questions adopted from American Heart Association written Basic Life Support exam version 11 of year 2010. Analysis of the data was done using Statistical Package for Social Science version 23 and Excel packages to draw out mean, frequencies and percentages. …”
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“…Practices such as conducting frequent assessments, giving timely feedback, and using a variety of assessment strategies were reported as good practices in assessment. …”
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“…SERVQUAL model uses 5 elements namely tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy to assess quality from the perspective of the service user. …”
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“…Among 126 participants, 37.0% (n=47) of the participants had controlled blood pressure while 63.0% (n=79) did not control. The results of the chi-square showed that gender; age; occupation; salt intake and physical exercises were factors significantly associated with blood pressure control among the hypertensive patients. …”
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“…Associations were found between DV and male control of finances and decision making, alcohol use by partner, marital conflicts and being pregnant; but not with bride price, age, and low education status. …”
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“…The target population was 13-19-year-olds living in Zomba District. A purposive sample of 16 teenagers (pregnant and parenting), was recruited comprising of 8 males and 8 females. …”
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“…Reproductive health services were utilized only when participants had problems like being pregnant and not for preventive purposes. …”
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“…Kamuzu College of Nursing female students fall within the at-risk age of 15 years and above but statistics of cervical cancer screening at both Kamuzu and Queen Elizabeth Central hospital indicates that in 2008, of the 1779 women who had cervical cancer screening at Queen Elizabeth Central hospital, only 1 of them was a Kamuzu College of Nursing student while at Kamuzu Central hospital, out of 876 women who accessed the services, none were 1 Kamuzu College of Nursing students. …”
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“…The study concluded that the Family Planning Providers do not give the clients detailed information about EC due to lack of adequate knowledge on EC. …”
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“…(d) that community leaders have a role to play in order to promote service access. …”
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“…HSSP II development started at an opportune time when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) had just ended and the Sustainable Development Goals were launched. …”
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“…Health professionals employ a range of survival strategies including: • reliance on per diems/allowances from workshops and seminars • saving on stipends from long-term training programs • business activities • working in places where the cost of living is perceived to be lower • pilfering of drugs • dual practice (working in both private and public sector), • consultancy work • being paid for work not done at one institution while working for another employer. …”
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“…A descriptive quantitative cross sectional study which was guided by Donabedian (SPO) framework was conducted to investigate the quality of care offered to HIV exposed children during follow up period. A sample size of 250 mother - baby pairs attending follow up visit at Mzimba North Health Centre was recruited. …”
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“…A descriptive qualitative study, with purposive sampling technique, was employed. The sample size was 10 key informants and 59 primary school teachers. …”
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“…Nationally, most married women 30% (4839) use Depo Provera with a high discontinuation rate of 41%, while 12% (1936) use Implants and 1 % (161) IUD, with a discontinuation rate of 8% for both. …”
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“…On average, signs and symptoms of mental illnesses such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were reported in 56% of respondents. 19.3% received no support like others who did in form of food, shelter and counseling. …”
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“…The analysed data has been presented in tables, graphs and pie charts. The findings of this study have shown that the students had knowledge on homosexuality and HIV transmission. …”
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“…The data was collected using an interview guide which took forty-five minutes per participants. The data collected was analysed manually. …”
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“…Limitation of the study was that the sample size was small, therefore the results cannot be generalised to all married couples with sexual problems and should be cautiously used.…”
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