“…Pica is a bizarre craving for and compulsive, secret chewing of food or ingestion of nonfood substances that usually cause problems in pregnancy such as bowel obstruction, dental injury, miscarriages, severe nausea and can also affect fetal development. Pica occurs as a result of physiological changes that take place in pregnant women. …”
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“…The main idea of the study to identify the gaps in the management of HIV exposed children so that proper measures can be put in place. This will hence reduce the burden HIV is putting on the health of the children, since they will then be properly managed. …”
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“…Content analysis will be used to identify meanings and themes to summarize the data and numerical analysis will also be used to determine frequency. …”
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“…Adolescents need to be assisted to have goals in life which can help them focus on their future hence delay pregnancy beyond adolescence.…”
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“…Majority of the adolescents (70%, n=32) knew why changing insulin injection site is important and 78% (n=36) of them were not counseled on diet plan. …”
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“…A quantitative exploratory design and a convenience sample of 40 students will be used. The design has been chosen because the study intends to gain knowledge and information on factors influencing utilization of cervical cancer screening services for the Kamuzu College of Nursing female students. …”
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“…Hertzberg (Motivator- hygiene) and Maslow's hierarchy of needs theories were used in the study as conceptual framework. …”
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“…The results further show that there is little explanation about oxygen therapy to the caretakers when the child needs supplementary oxygen, furthermore nurses do not monitor patients when on oxygen therapy most of the times. …”
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“…The researcher also recommends that parents and the people who take care of epileptic patients should be encouraged to send epileptic children to school, because epileptic patients can also do better in class and proceed with their studies. …”
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“…Clinicians’ knowledge of antimicrobial resistance as well as their communication skills was also sought. Interview and open ended survey responses were translated, transcribed and coded for themes. …”
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“…Experiences of older women in Malawi have not been extensively explored despite evidence on abuse of older people and the growth of their population globally. …”
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“…Revision of the 3rd edition of the MSTG started with a consultative meeting of stakeholders followed by editorial meetings and finally the approval process by members of the National Medicines and Medical Supplies Committee. The MSTG includes key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines. …”
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“…Supervision, performance appraisal, human and material resources are needed to promote adherence.…”
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“…Despite existence of efforts in integrating MHM in other policies, there is a need for a clear policy to govern MHM interventions in Malawi. …”
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“…Findings of the study indicated that all the teenagers at Baylor clinic of Excellence had full knowledge on ART adherence and that about 14 % of these teenagers were taking care of themselves, a factor that led to their in adherence to ART as they quite often forgot to take their medications as they forgot or did not take this seriously. …”
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“…Health workers should intensify IEC on prevention of HIV and adherence to drugs in the community.…”
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“…Delivery of efficient health services requires adequate and consistent availability of the right resources, be it human, financial, equipment or material resources. Decentralization has been considered a strategy to aid in resource mobilization for the health sector. …”
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“…Mbirigha is a form of polygamy in which a man is given his wife's young sister as a second wife MHRC, (2003). …”
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“…Maternal complications are one of the 1 causes of maternal death in Malawi. …”
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“…The study participants were women in the child bearing age (15-45 years) who were confirmed HIV positive and had an infant of more than six weeks of age who had not been tested for DNA-PCR or had been tested for DNA-PCR after six weeks of age. …”
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