scholarly journals Erratum: Factors influencing patient falls in a private hospital group in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Anita Van der Merwe ◽  
Talitha Crowley
Keyword(s):  
Private Hospital ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Patient Falls ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Hospital Group

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Factors influencing alcohol use among female in-school adolescents in the Western Cape, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-586
Author(s):  
Thokozani J Hlomani-Nyawasha ◽  
Anna Meyer-Weitz ◽  
Catherine O Egbe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High School ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Drinking Behaviour ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Factors Influencing

The increasing levels and more frequent use of alcohol among females, especially those in younger age groups, is a worldwide concern. An in-depth understanding of this phenomenon is, however, limited. This study aimed to explore the factors influencing alcohol use among female adolescent students as guided by the ecological systems theory of Bronfenbrenner. Data were collected from 25 female high school students in Grade 9 in the Western Cape, South Africa, using five individual semi-structured interviews and two focus group discussions with each group comprising 10 students. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The findings of the study indicated that participants begin drinking at an early age and due to low self-esteem, which makes them prone to peer influence. Female adolescents are also influenced by various factors residing within the microsystem (family members and peers), mesosystem (lack of parental attention, weak mother-to-daughter relationship, influence of peers and dating partners), exosystem (media advertisement and lifestyle of celebrities), macrosystem (change in societal roles), and chronosystem (transition to higher education). Interventions are needed in schools to help female adolescents resist peer pressure and cope with the changing environment of high school. Also, parents should be educated on the influence of their drinking behaviour on their children in order for them to be more cautious when drinking at home. Adolescent students will benefit from educational materials on the harmfulness of alcohol use.

scholarly journals The competencies of the shift leader in the intensive care unit setting, in a private hospital group in South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elzabé Nel ◽  
Ann Müller ◽  
Adele Colyn
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Setting ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Hospital Group

Newly qualified intensive care nurses are forced into positions of authority and responsibility as shift leaders at an early stage and are not given a chance to consolidate their new knowledge with practice. They have to be responsible and accountable not only for their own actions, but also for those of their staff. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the competencies of the shift leader in the intensive care unit setting to determine whether there is a gap between what is expected of the shift leader and what is happening in reality. A quantitative, descriptive design was used and cluster sampling was implemented.Questionnaires were used to gather data from three clusters, comprising 11 hospitals from a single private hospital group. Of the 251 questionnaires that were handed out to intensive care personnel (including trained and non-trained staff), 98 were returned, resulting in a response rate of 39%. An in-depth literature study and submission of questionnaires to experts before being administered to respondents ensured validity and reliability. Results were used to describe a typology of the competencies of the shift leader in the intensive care setting and indicated that respondents classified competencies related to the application of the nursing process in the intensive care unit in all its facets as essential competencies. None were classified as a critical competency and only four were classified as specific competencies. All respondents in the three clusters regarded their shift leaders as competent.OpsommingPas-gekwalifiseerde, intensiewesorg-verpleegkundiges word op ’n vroeë stadium as skofleiers in posisies van gesag en verantwoordelikheid geplaas en word nie die kans gegun om hul nuwe kennis met die praktyk te konsolideer nie. Tog moet hulle verantwoordelikheid en aanspreeklikheid aanvaar nie net vir hul eie aksies nie, maar ook vir dié van hul personeel. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die vaardighede van skofleiers in die opset van die intensiewesorg-eenheid te ondersoek en te beskryf om te bepaal of daar ’n gaping bestaan tussen wat van hulle verwag word en wat in werklikheid gebeur. ’n Kwantitatiewe, beskrywende ontwerp is gebruik en ’n trossteekproef is geïmplementeer. Vraelyste is gebruik om data in te samel van drie trosse bestaande uit 11 hospitale van ’n enkele privaathospitaalgroep. Van die 251 vraelyste wat uitgedeel is aan intensiewesorg-personeel (insluitend opgeleide en nie-opgeleide personeel), is 98 terugontvang, wat vertaal na ’n responskoers van 39%. ’n Diepgaande literatuurstudie en voorlegging van vraelyste aan deskundiges voordat dit aan respondente uitgedeel is, het bygedra tot geldigheid en betroubaarheid. Resultate is gebruik om ’n tipologie van die vaardighede van skofleiers in ’n intensiewesorg-eenheid te beskryf en dit het geblyk dat respondente die vaardighede wat verband hou met die verpleegproses in die intensiewesorg-eenheid in al sy fasette as noodsaaklike vaardighede klassifiseer. Geen vaardigheid is as kritiek geklassifiseer nie en slegs vier vaardighede is as spesifieke vaardighede geklassifiseer. Al die respondente in die drie trosse het hul skofleiers as vaardig beskou.

Spinning-off or Licensing?

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramazan Uctu ◽  
Rachel Jafta
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
And Performance

Different mechanisms are available when universities embark on technology transfer to the private sector. This paper focuses on the option of intellectual property licensing of technologies. In particular, the authors examine why academics who are in a position to create a spin-off opt for licensing, in the context of the universities' rationale for technology transfer, the nature and performance of their technology transfer institutions and the motivations behind the academics' decisions. The case study focuses on South Africa's two oldest and premier research-led universities, based in the Western Cape region. The results show that technologies originated mainly from the engineering and health sciences and the biotechnology industries; technologies were created through collaboration among researchers; they were mainly patented worldwide; and the researchers chose to license the technology in order to convert their knowledge into practical applications, to use existing knowledge fully and to make a financial profit. The most important factors influencing the decision of an inventor/researcher not to create a spin-off company were funding, commercialization and distribution.

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