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Baba, Miyako. "Elderly caregivers' underutilization of respite services." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1597.
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Bahari, Azimuddin Bin. "Investigations into the quality of public services in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2269.
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This thesis emerged as a result from the desire to know how the Public Service of Malaysia is coping up with the demands of quality services from the public. The Public Service, in meeting the aspirations of the Government, on providing quality services to the public, has introduced a number of quality programmes. In spite of this positive move to inculcate a quality work culture among the Public Service employees, the public is said to be still complaining about public services. In this situation, investigations are required to determine the true status of the level of quality of services delivered by the Public Service. These investigations involved measuring service quality and the SERVQUAL instrument of measuring service quality, which has been tested for its reliability, has been introduced. After obtaining the measurements, shown in the form of service quality gaps, further investigations was carried out to identify the cause of the service quality gaps. It was discovered that service quality can be affected by the internal service gaps and in this case, the service performance gap is the main cause of the service quality gap. Further investigations narrowed down the cause of the service quality gap to performance appraisal. Therefore insight was gained about the improper implementation of performance appraisal which can affect quality. The invaluable findings obtained from the thesis about the Public Service prompted suggestions to be made about ways of improving quality services delivered by the Public Service.
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Wong, K. "A study of e-government services in Malaysia." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492174.
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Using a number of studies carried out in Malaysia, the present work attempts to demonstrate the development and use of a range of research tools to evaluate the quality of E-Government services with a view to identify specific areas for improvements. In the first study, we surveyed both the service providers and citizens to evaluate their perspectives on E-Govemment services performance in Malaysia. The ImportancePerformance Analysis (IPA) grid was applied to identify areas for resource allocations. Unlike the first study, which gathered data using quantitative method (online questionnaire), the second study collected data on E-Filing to gather information on customer satisfaction using qualitative method. A Return On Investment (ROI) vs Return On Relationship (ROR) theoretical framework was developed as a strategic action tool to classify E-Filing customer experiences into different categories of customer satisfaction. By doing this, we were able to identify areas that need resource allocation. In the third . study, Mary Douglas' grid and group cultural theory was applied to analyze cultural issues in E-Government initiatives. In this study, qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect insightful data and narrative descriptions of cultural issues in two local governments. Using this cultural theory, the researcher was able to identify cultural barriers that impede the implementation of E-Government services, and also cultural enablers that facilitate the adoption of E-Government services. In the fourth study, we explored the views and roles of government and citizen as stakeholders on issues such as corporate social responsibility and social inclusion in the promotion of EGovernance in Malaysia. Based on the results, some tentative suggestions for improvement in E-Governance are made. It is hoped that the research findings resulting Supplied by The British Library - 'The world's knowledge' from these four studies can offer new insights to E-Govemment leaders, policy makers, and strategic thinkers not only in Malaysia, but also elsewhere in the world.
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Cartwright, Mark E. "Psychoeducation among caregivers of children receiving mental health services." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1187029938.
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Cartwright, Mark. "Psychoeducation among caregivers of children receiving mental health services." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1187029938.
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Jones, Anita Payne. "Caregivers' Challenges in Accessing Services for Children with Autism." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7021.
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The perspective of the caregiver is vital to understanding the experiences of raising a child with autism, including the challenges faced in accessing services. The purpose of this qualitative, transcendental phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of primary caregivers raising a school-age child with autism and to bring about an understanding of the challenges faced in accessing services. Resiliency theory provided the conceptual framework for the study. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 participants raising a child with autism in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Data were analyzed using Moustakas's descriptive approach. Results yielded 5 themes: overall experience, challenges, relationships, access to services, and stressors. Findings revealed effective ways to support caregivers through programs and services and highlighted the importance of supportive relationships and family connections. Implications for social change include opening conversations regarding the unique perspectives and needs of primary caregivers of children with autism, supporting awareness of the stressors associated in daily caregiving, and engaging in broader discussions regarding the importance of establishing supportive relationships among physicians, mental health providers, specialists, social workers and care managers in order to support the advocacy efforts of caregivers.
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Cockerill, Timothy David. "Assessing the importance of rainforests and their associated fauna in providing ecosystem services to oil-palm plantations." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608261.
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Waterfall, A. Christine. "Needs of caregivers of stroke survivors." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1246469.
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Stroke is a medical event that has serious consequences for the survivor, his family, and society. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, and two-thirds of stroke survivors are permanently disabled with one-half of these survivors considered severely impaired. The economic burden from stroke is estimated to be $30 billion annually in health care costs and lost productivity.This study described the needs of 35 caregivers of stroke survivors within 24 hours of discharge to home from an acute care "safety net" teaching hospital in Indiana and how well those needs were met. Two subscales, (a) the Need for Information and (b) Patient Care Needs, of the Home Caregiver Need Survey were used. The theoretical framework for this study was the Neuman Systems Model.The stroke survivors were over 50 years old (77.1 %), half were African-American and half were Caucasian, and about a quarter were minimally impaired (25.8%) and less than a quarter were very impaired (22.9%) cognitively and/or physically upon discharge to home. Their caregivers were their children (48.6%) or spouses (28.6%), half of whom worked full-time outside the home. Most (85.7%) caregivers were female, in good health, and with no experience (81.8%) in caring for patients at home.School of Nursing
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McGowan, Annalee. "Evaluation of County Services for Caregivers of Adults with Developmental Disabilities." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1416489029.
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Egan, Diana Ray, and Meri Lynn Vandom. "Kin caregivers' perceptions of social worker and agency services and support." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2783.
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Investigates kin caregiver's perceptions about social workers and child welfare agencies they worked with in caring for court dependent relative children who are/were placed in their care. A stratified random sample from 150 interviews of kin caregivers with dependent relative children maintained by San Bernardino and Riverside County Child Protective Services allowed for qualitative analysis of interview responses that related kin caregiver's perceptions of social workers and social service agencies. Results indicate that some relative caregivers were satisfied with the support they received from social workers/agency staff, while others did not feel supported at all.
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Kong, Juo-Yi. "The caregivers' experience of the effect of multiple therapies at home." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
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Smith, Jane Elizabeth. "Experiences of caregivers in arranging services for survivors of traumatic brain injury." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0009/MQ34476.pdf.
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Thambiah, Shanthi. "Culture as adaptation : change among the Bhuket of Sarawak, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Hull, 1995. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3712.
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Muwazir, Mukhazir Mohd. "Corporate social responsibility in the context of financial services sector in Malaysia." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2011. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/21878/.
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Malaysia is an ever-growing business hub in Asia. Due to the fact that Malaysia has diverging socio-economic, cultural, ethnic groups, and ethical systems, this study seeks to find out multicultural impacts on corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues and practices in the country. This study encompasses top and executive managers in financial services sector in Malaysia. A total of 1000 questionnaires were given out to the respondents in different segments of financial institutions in Malaysia namely commercial banks, investment banks, brokerage firms, fund management companies, insurance companies, unit trust companies, and large public fund organisations. The questionnaire used in this study was modified from Aupperle, Carroll and Hatfield (1995), Maignan and Ferrell (2000), and Maignan (2001). The questionnaire was used to measure perceptions about CSR elements as proposed by Carroll (1991): economic, legal,ethical and philanthropic responsibilities. The results indicated that top and executive managers ranked ethical responsibilities as the most important CSR duties for corporations. The results from the factor analysis revealed four drivers that were able to motivate corporations to practice CSR namely local and global forces, corporate image,economic performance, and cultural awareness. A depth observation across ethnicity of the respondents revealed that there are no homogenous results, especially with regards to Carroll’s CSR elements. The finding clearly demonstrated a separation of opinions between Malaysian bumiputera and Malaysian non-bumiputera respondents. This is potentially a significant finding since culture gives a significant impact on people attitude, behaviour and perception. The findings from this study suggest a unique CSR model for Malaysia and it is hoped to be the guide for local and international companies that is operating and that will be operating in this country.
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Potter, Andrew Joseph. "Informal caregivers and the health of older adult care-recipients." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2260.
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Family and friends provide substantial daily assistance to older adults with disabilities, but little is known about how that caregiving impacts the health of older adults. Using survey data on a nationally-representative sample of older adults and their caregivers, matched with Medicare claims, I explored several aspects of the relationship between caregiving and the health of older adults receiving care. I relied largely on Andersen’s behavioral model, which describes health services use as a product of predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics.
I found that 33%-37% of older adults with unmet care needs at one point in time still have them one year later. I also found frequent change in the composition of older adults’ networks of caregivers. Having a formal caregiver was associated with lower odds of unmet care needs for women; conversely, men receiving care from a spouse had three times lower odds of unmet care needs than those receiving care from a non-spousal caregiver.
Some caregivers use services such as respite care, training, and support groups, but some caregivers lack access to desired services. I found that caregivers reporting unmet service need were more likely to be Black and Hispanic, while service use was higher among caregivers providing help on a regular schedule. Care-recipient health and function was associated with both service use and unmet service need, but available measures of local caregiver service supply were not.
Older adults frequently seek care in emergency departments (EDs), but this care may not always be necessary or desirable. I hypothesized, but did not find, that caregiver service use was associated with care-recipient ED use. Instead, chronic health conditions and other need factors were the strongest predictors of ED use. I found that care-recipients of male caregivers had lower rates of ED utilization for reasons that were urgent and not preventable. I also found that care-recipients of adult children had lower rates of non-urgent ED utilization than care-recipients of more distantly-related or unrelated caregivers.
These findings suggest that unmet care needs might be reduced by improving access to formal care for older women with functional limitations and monitoring unmarried older men. In addition, improving service access for Black and Hispanic caregivers, and for caregivers who provide unscheduled care, could reduce caregivers’ unmet service need. Finally, targeting training and support services to male spousal caregivers could improve access both to needed daily care and to emergency care. Future research should focus on replicating these analyses after more data become available and on developing alternate measures of caregiver service supply.
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Rashid, Muhammad Hafiz Abd. "Measuring and achieving quality customer service : a study on public sector in Malaysia /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/8384.
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Wan, Dollah Wan A. Kadir. "Digital reference services in selected public academic libraries in Malaysia: A case study." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106202.
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Reference service is one of the library’s primary services besides acquisitions, classification, cataloguing and physical planning. This service provides personalized assistance to library users in accessing and using suitable information resources to meet their needs. This research progress paper attempts to identify the status of digital reference services (DRS) in four public university libraries in Malaysia. In this study, the researcher attempts to identify usage of both traditional and digital reference services, user awareness of DRS, user satisfaction, and need for DRS. Two different sets of questionnaires were distributed: (1) a librarians’ questionnaire to librarians in the four university libraries, namely, Tun Abdul Razak Library, UiTM; University of Malaya (UM) Library; Tun Seri Lanang Library, UKM; and Sultan Abdul Samad Library, UPM; (2) a users’ questionnaire to students of the Faculty of Information Management, UiTM, and the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, UiTM, UM and UPM. The findings show that DRS are effective forms of service delivery but their full potential has not yet been exploited. Email reference, Web forms and Ask-A Librarian are the main channels used in providing digital reference, although plans are under way to implement more sophisticated Internet technologies and collaborative digital reference.
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Moore, Georgia Lee. "Improving support services for kinship caregivers of dependent children in San Bernardino County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3115.
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This study examined the support services offered to kinship providers through the Kinship Family Center and find ways to increase and/or improve these support services for kinship care providers who are caring for children that are dependents of San Bernardino County.
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Hutchins, Teresa. "The influence of Western models of service delivery on the development of services for young children in Malaysia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1995. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1177.
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In the last fifty years, many developing and newly industrialising countries have experienced a rapid expansion of care and education programme for young children. The rapid expansion of these programmes which are often modelled on those from the west, together with new understandings about the nature of children's development, has led to concern that these programmes do not meet the needs of children living in very different social and cultural environments. The 1989 UNESCO review of early childhood care and education programmes in the Asia-Pacific region highlights the need for integrated early childhood care and education programmes and reports that programmes in the region still suffer from the slow acceptance of indigenous models, preference for imported models and a lack of awareness and emphasis on non-formal approaches to the meeting of needs.
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Ibrahim, Abdul Razak. "An integrated performance measurement system of healthcare services : an empirical study of public and private hospitals in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2002. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23752.
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The purpose of this study is to explore performance measurement systems in the healthcare services in Malaysia. This study postulates a framework based on an analysis of the existing literature in the field and on the empirical evidence collected during fieldwork. This framework provides a useful perspective for studying performance measurement in developing countries such as Malaysia. Moreover, identification of gaps in the field enables both academics as well as practitioners to improve the existing systems, thereby creating more robust and better surveillance in the healthcare industry. The findings show that in order for systems to operate efficiently, three major components must work together, namely strategy formulation and deployment, internal control systems, and managing processes. The empirical framework developed in the study represents an amalgamation of approaches used in organisations. One of the findings is that top management commitments, people involvement, and structure to accommodate change process are the catalyst for measurement systems to work. Further analysis reveals (survey) that 80% of users are not satisfied with their measurement system. This means that there is a need for further research in the future. Performance measurement is in its embryonic stage in Malaysia as the survey reveals domains accomplishment of less than 50%. The healthcare industry is inevitably growing and the Malaysian government needs to address the importance of measuring performance in the long run. Learning from another country's experience is the best way forward. The thesis also provides a context in which performance measurement works. There are two contexts applied: healthcare industries and Malaysia. Both contextual elements are important; healthcare has special attributes that make it different from other industries, while Malaysia has unique properties that provide a fresh look at healthcare. The key to successful performance measurement is to ensure congruence in all elements of the systems: context (Malaysia and healthcare) and content (organisations where systems exist). Then integration can be accomplished.
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Al, Junid Syned Mohamed. "The role of private practitioners in a rural district of Malaysia and their interactions with public health services." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 1995. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682275/.
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A study was carried out to examine the role of private practitioners in a rural district in Malaysia and to identify the nature of their interactions with public health services. Underlying null hypotheses were that there is no difference in the nature of the services, the characteristics of the health workers or the clientele of public and private sector facilities and that the interactions between both types of providers were mutually beneficial. Five sub-studies were conducted among 15 private clinics and six public health facilities in Kuala Selangor district. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were used and efforts made to triangulate and validate findings. The nature of services in private clinics is influenced by competition with other facilities, the demand for the services by users and the attempt to maximise profits by the providers. Most private clinics offered a wider range of curative services, operated for longer and had more flexible hours than public facilities. However, private practitioners had a limited role in providing preventive services. Private clinics were mostly run by older doctors supported by younger and untrained staff while public facilities were run by younger doctors supported by older and more experienced staff. Users of private facilities were more likely to be non-Malays, of higher socio-economic status, seeking curative care for acute illnesses and financed by third party cover. Users of private facilities were prescribed more drugs and expensive investigations than those using public facilities. Weak and inappropriate policies, lack of incentives, poor inter and intra-agency collaboration and negative attitudes between the providers were among the problems identified in public-private interactions. Malaysian policy makers need to engage in a consultative process in order to define the best mix of regulations, incentives and other methods aimed at improving the services offered by the providers and improving their interactions.
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Archuleta, Debra Jean. "Factors that impact the differential utilization of formal support services by Cuban Hispanic and non-Cuban Hispanic caregivers." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1455.
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San, Filippo Di Matteo Lisa. "A study of the effects of short-term respite care on caregivers and the relationship between respite satisfaction and social support." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2653.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects short-term respite care had on caregivers of elderly and brain-impaired adults. The study also sought to examine the role that social support plays in determining satisfaction with respite care.
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Mitchell, Clare C. "Predicting the volume of services used by working caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease." online version, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=case1224127125.
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Alipiah, Roseliza Mat. "Valuation of ecosystem services for wetland management : case study of Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu, Malaysia." Thesis, University of York, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.583335.
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This research is a new approach as it integrates information from both environmental and social sciences to inform effective management of the wetlands. A three-stage research framework was developed. Firstly, a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) was used to predict the probability of anthropogenic activities affecting the delivery of different key wetland ecosystem services under different management scenarios. Secondly, Choice Experiments (CEs) were used to quantify the relative preferences which key wetland stakeholder groups held for delivery of different levels of these key ecosystem services. Thirdly, a Multi- Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was applied to produce an ordinal ranking of the alternative management scenarios accounting for their impacts upon ecosystem service delivery as perceived through the preferences of the key stakeholder groups. This integrated ecosystem management approach was applied to a wetland ecosystem in Setiu, Terengganu, Malaysia which currently supports a significant level of aquaculture activities. This research has produced clear guidelines to inform policy makers considering alternative wetland management scenarios: Intensive Aquaculture, Conservation or Ecotourism, in addition to the Status Quo. The findings of this research are as follows. The BBN revealed that current aquaculture activity is likely to have significant impacts on water column nutrient enrichment, but trivial impacts on caged fish biomass, especially under the Intensive Aquaculture scenario. Secondly, the best .. fitting CE models identified several stakeholder sub-groups, each with distinct sets of preferences for the delivery of key ecosystem services. Thirdly the MCDA identified Conservation as the most desirable scenario overall based on ordinal ranking in the eyes of most of the stakeholder sub-groups. Ecotourism and Status Quo scenarios were the next most preferred and Intensive Aquaculture was the least desirable scenario. The methodologies developed through this research provide an opportunity for improving planning and decision making processes that aim to deliver sustainable management of wetland ecosystems in Malaysia.
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Lammers, Arthur John. "The reforms to mental health and their impact on the empowerment of consumers and carers /." Connect to Thesis, 2002. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000237.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Post Graduate Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, 2002.Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 311-322).
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Forbat, Liz. "Exploring accounts of care : two sides to the story." n.p, 2001. http://library7.open.ac.uk/abstracts/page.php?thesisid=84.
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Rajasakran, Thanaseelen. "Effects of advertising self-disclosure, message appeal and regulatory orientation: a field experiment on private retirement schemes in Malaysia." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2015. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/157.
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This dissertation examines the impact of advertising self-disclosures (present versus absent) and advertising message appeals (hard sell versus soft sell) which is moderated by innate personal traits within the context of financial services advertising. In particular this study investigates the impact of self-regulatory focus (i.e. innate personal traits) on self-disclosures and advertising message appeal with regards to cognitive (knowledge), affective (attribute evaluation) and conative (buying intention) responses of retail investors. The industry concerns private retirement schemes (PRS). The theoretical framework is based on Higgins (2012) regulatory focus theory on chronic personal disposition inherent in an individual (i.e. prevention/promotion), and how this disposition might mitigate with self-disclosures and message appeal contained in advertisements in terms knowledge, attribute evaluation (i.e. attitude) and buying intention. ANOVA results from a between subjects experiment indicated that the individual regulatory orientation interacts with the effects of advertising self-disclosures and message appeals. Specifically, when exposed to hard sell advertisements with self- disclosures (soft sell advertisements with self-disclosures) perceived knowledge, attribute evaluation and buying intention towards the PRS is favorable to prevention oriented investors (promotion oriented investors). In addition the effect is greater on prevention subjects in comparison to promotion subjects. This study proposes theoretical, managerial, public policy implications and future research directions.
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Kong, Yin-ying, and 江燕瑩. "Telenursing program for supporting family caregivers of stroke survivors: an evidence-based clinicalguideline." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44623525.
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Hashim, Laili. "A study on the perceptions of library services and usage in selected higher education institutions in Malaysia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2000. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7370.
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The study examines the perception of faculty members and students towards library services and usage in three selected Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia. It attempts to find out how academic users felt towards library staff/library services, their actual needs, library usage and their expectations of the library. It also looks closely at the feasibility and possible impact of the library/information skills course as part of the Higher Education Institutions' Curriculum. An extensive review of related and relevant literature that includes previous and present studies is also discussed. In addition, a profile of Malaysia, its educational system and the development of academic libraries are also presented in the study. The population studied was drawn from faculty members and students of three selected Higher Education Institutions. Data was collected using selfadministered questionnaires, personal interview, group interviews/ discussions with focus groups and a short skill test. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the data collected from the questionnaires and the short skill test. As for the interviews, important and relevant comments or suggestions were collated and incorporated in the research. The study concludes that users are not really getting the full benefit of the library services and some of the services are under-utilised. The major causes or reasons for this problem are the lack of knowledge and the low state of awareness of certain services, attitude of staff, inadequate training to use the services and the lack of computer facilities. Finally. the idea of having an in-class library/information skills course for students is well received by users of the three Higher Education Institutions.
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Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan Hj. "IT skills and knowledge in Malaysian universities." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683155.
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Holton, Kimberly May. "Exploring the Barriers of Latino Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s and the Underutilization of Services." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/559.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the barriers Latino family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s may experience, and evaluate methods to increase the utilization of these services among the population. The researcher conducted face-face interviews with staff members that have observed the underutilization and provide feedback on method on reaching this particular population. The results of the interviews were transcribed to written form, and then analyzed to identify and label themes. The following four major themes emerged. These themes were: 1) culture 2) language barriers 3) fear 4) lack of knowledge of diagnosis. The potential impact of this study is to find ways to reach out to the Latino population, and provide accurate viable information and services to this particular population. This will continue to further the outreach in social work practice for the Latino population.
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Kubeka, Phindile Bonakele. "Work related conditions affecting community caregivers providing services to persons living with HIV and AIDS at eMondlo Township." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1522.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Social Work in the Department of Social Work at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2016The study was about work related conditions affecting community caregivers on HIV/AIDS positive people at eMondlo Township, which is approximately 28 kilometres from Vryheid town in KwaZulu-Natal. Vryheid is located in the Northern part of KwaZulu-Natal province and forms part of the Zululand District Municipality. It has a population predominated of black people. Mondlo Township is the area that was established in 1963 as an exclusive African settlement through the process of forced removals according to the Apartheid Law of Group Areas Act of 1950. Many of whom individuals had freehold title to their land and residence were also removed from so-called “black spots” as well as farms surrounding Vryheid. The researcher’s intention was to establish how community caregivers are affected by their work, explore how community caregivers feel about their work related conditions and outline the consequences experienced by community caregivers. Community caregivers provide long term care to the community despite the challenges they encounter when executing their duties. The study was conducted at eMondlo Township using twenty four (24) participants from three different public health clinics. Eight (8) respondents were selected proportionally from these clinics. The researcher used qualitative research design. Content analysis was used to analyze data. Findings of the study indicated that the community caregivers are affected by their work. Various challenges have been identified, namely, shortage of resources, lack of substantial food, poor service from clinics officials, travelling long distances on foot, lack of debriefing and less salary. These findings show that the community caregivers are depressed. They have accepted living with the burden of caregiving, whereas it is slowly damaging their self-esteem and affecting their lives. The study indicates that community caregivers are now doing their work simply because they are passionate and are attached to their patients. Even the little salary they earn is the only income they have to support their families which sometimes end up being used in performing their work.
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Siushansian, Jennifer A. "Factors affecting the use of formal services among informal caregivers of community-dwelling seniors with dementia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq30825.pdf.
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Lett, Judy. "Utilization and evaluation of formal support services among informal caregivers of non-institutionalized elderly with dementia." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55508.
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This study explored the utilization and evaluation of formal support services among caregivers of the elderly who suffer from dementia. Data for the analyses were obtained from the Canadian Study on Health and Aging, funded by Health and Welfare Canada (1991-92). The sample consisted of 327 informal caregivers of non-institutionalized elderly with dementia.Results indicated that formal support service users cared for demented elderly who had greater ADL/IADL functional limitations, reported more burden, tended to be husbands, tended not to live with the care recipient, reported less informal support, and tended to live in the Prairie region. They also tended to perceive their health to be better than a year ago. Service users' reports indicated that utilization of in-home services was considerably greater than that of out-of-home services. Out-of-home respite and caregiver support groups had the largest number of barriers to use. The most common barriers identified for all services included cost and perceived lack of effectiveness.
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Chang, Kam Hock. "A Heideggerian hermeneutic study : the lived experiences of the Chinese family caregivers of relatives with severe and persistent mental illness in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Salford, 2004. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26611/.
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An increasing number of families are being invariably forced to take on the role of a caregiver to their relative with severe and persistent mental illness following the development of community psychiatry and a movement to deinstitutionalize mental health care, both in the developed and developing countries. The lived experiences of these family caregivers have attracted the attentions of a remarkable number of researchers in nursing, and other health and social care disciplines. However, a review of the literature has uncovered that the findings of their research studies generally are far from conclusive due to a variety of serious epistemological and methodological flaws. Furthermore, a large number of these studies are situated in the quantitative paradigm, and therefore are heavily influenced by scientism, which strongly advocates quantification, and the use of mathematics for the exploration of the phenomenon under study. The quantitative paradigm is antithesis to the study of the lived experiences of the family caregivers. The contention is that human experiences cannot be studied holistically and meaningfully with the detached observer approach that could only yield answers that are expressed in numbers and percentages rather than capturing the thick and rich human experiences in a vivid and poignant manner. Lastly, a large majority of these research studies are conducted in the western cultures, and therefore may not be applicable to the family caregivers in oriental cultures. Therefore, this Heideggerian hermeneutic study is undertaken with the aim of describing and constructing a possible interpretation of the day-to-day lived experiences of the Chinese family caregivers of relatives with severe and persistent mental illness in Malaysia. The seminal work of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), Being and Time, Division I, underpin the philosophical framework of this study. Shared conversations, which center on the day-to-day lived experiences of the 19 Chinese family caregivers of relatives with severe and persistent mental illness in Malaysia that meet the study criteria were conducted. Eight major themes that reflect the meaning of the day-to-day lived experiences of the Chinese family caregivers emerged from the collected study data, which were thematically analyzed. The major themes include: Being thrown into the trajectories of family caregiving; Answering to the call of conscience; Managing the day-to-day care; Enduring the caregiving process; Surviving the caregiving process; Chronic sorrow and grief; Constant worries and fears; and Making sense of the caregiving experiences. The emergent themes were individually described and discussed in great depth from the Heideggerian perspective. The study highlights a number of critical issues and the thesis discusses these in depth.
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Sori, Zulkarnain Muhamad. "An investigation into perceptions of auditor independence, non-audit services and corporate governance issues in Malaysia." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440164.
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Osborne-Lewis, Emily Jane, and Shanta LaShawn Clardy. "The needs of informal grandparent caregivers and how they are met at the Kinship Family Center." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2790.
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Seventeen grandparent caregivers, who have primary responsibility for one or more grandchildren and do not have a parent of the grandchildren living in the household, were interviewed to evaluate the effectiveness of the services offered by Kinship Family Center (KFC), a non-profit support agency for relative caregivers and the children in their care. Kinship Family Center is a program of the Central City Lutheran Mission and is funded by the San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services. The researchers found that KFC was an effective asset for informal grandparent caregivers. For grandparents, it was a source of support and comfort in their role of "second time around parents." For children, it served as a means to help identify with other children in similar situations.
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Bernard, Julia M. "Caring for the Caregiver: Implementing and Teaching Self-Care in Human Services." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/936.
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Stapleton, Greta Krahn. "Serving primary caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease : an integrated service delivery model." PDXScholar, 1986. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3687.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of nontreatable dementia, a syndrome which reflects a progressive and global impairment of memory, intellect, and other cognitive abilities. This devastating condition directly touches the lives of as many as 10 million Americans, including not only persons suffering from the disease but their primary caregivers and other family members as well. At present the course of AD cannot be halted or reversed, and no cure is known. The problem, then, is how to most effectively respond to the psychosocial needs of primary caregivers in order to help them provide the best possible care for a loved one with AD.
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Sheikh, Ahmad Md Khadzir. "Morbidity study among staff nurses in the hospital services : a comparison between the United Kingdom and Malaysia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391023.
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Wong, Whee Yen. "Framework of Six Sigma implementation analysis on SMEs in Malaysia for information technology services, products and processes." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29149/.
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For the past two decades, the majority of Malaysia’s IT companies have been widely adopting a Quality Assurance (QA) approach as a basis for self-improvement and internal-assessment in IT project management. Quality Control (QC) is a comprehensive top-down observation approach used to fulfill requirements for quality outputs which focuses on the aspect of process outputs evaluation. However in the Malaysian context, QC and combination of QA and QC as a means of quality improvement approaches have not received significant attention. This research study aims to explore the possibility of integrating QC and QA+QC approaches through Six Sigma quality management standard to provide tangible and measureable business results by continuous process improvement to boost customer satisfactions. The research project adopted an exploratory case study approach on three Malaysian IT companies in the business area of IT Process, IT Service and IT Product. Semi-structured interviews, online surveys, self-administered questionnaires, job observations, document analysis and on-the-job-training are amongst the methodologies employed in these case studies. These collected data and viewpoints along with findings from an extensive literature review were used to benchmark quality improvement initiatives, best practices and to develop a Six Sigma framework for the context of the SMEs in the Malaysian IT industry. This research project contributed to both the theory and practice of implementing and integrating Six Sigma in IT products, services and processes. The newly developed framework has been proven capable of providing a general and fundamental start-up decision by demonstrating how a company with and without formal QIM can be integrated and implemented with Six Sigma practices to close the variation gap between QA and QC. This framework also takes into consideration those companies with an existing QIM for a new face-lift migration without having to drop their existing QIM. This can be achieved by integrating a new QIM which addresses most weaknesses of the current QIM while retaining most of the current business routine strengths. This framework explored how Six Sigma can be expanded and extended to include secondary external factors that are critical to successful QIM implementation. A vital segment emphasizes Six Sigma as a QA+QC approach in IT processes; and the ability to properly manage IT processes will result in overall performance improvement to IT Products and IT Services. The developed Six Sigma implementation framework can serve as a baseline for SMEs to better manage, control and track business performance and product quality; and at the same time creates clearer insights and un-biased views of Six Sigma implementation onto the IT industries to drive towards operational excellence.
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Kilonzo, Jackson M. M. "Experiences of caregivers regarding their participation in community-based rehabilitation for children aged 0-12 years in Botswana." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study investigated the experiences of caregivers regarding their participation in community-based rehabilitation for children with physical disabilities in two selected communities in Botswana. The experiences included the impact of disability on the immediate family, coping strategies, enabling factors and barriers to participation in community-based rehabilitation.
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Tsang, Yin-mei, and 曾燕薇. "A study of stress in the caregivers of the demented elderly." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249371.
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Labun, Nina M. "Factors associated with the non-use of respite services by cognitively impaired older adults and their informal caregivers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0010/MQ53169.pdf.
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Hamal, Pragya. "Evidenced-Based Support Services for Informal Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia in the United States, India, and Nepal." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1403796240.
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Gibson, Allison K. "Examining the Experiences of Caregivers During the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275071723.
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Breytenbach, Bianca. "The utilisation of support groups for non-biological caregivers of children with FASD." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96934.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Non-biological caregivers often take children into their care when their own biological caregivers have failed to provide them with a safe and loving home. These children are often also affected with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Learning of a child’s disability can be a big shock to non-biological caregivers especially if it is misunderstood, available professional help is scarce and intervention resources are not readily available. These non-biological caregivers are often not prepared for the financial, emotional and physical investment that is required to fully support the children and their development. This can cause various emotional reactions and implications that are challenging for the caregivers. It is critical to recognise parenting experiences and challenges as a means of developing and promoting intervention strategies and support that will respond to the needs of the children with FASD and their non-biological caregivers especially from a South African perspective. There is a need for social workers to take on responsibility for addressing FASD as they have the professional capacity to help families living with FASD to develop and maintain stable and nurturing households. One way in which this can be achieved is through the initiation and facilitation of support groups. The goal of the study was to gain an understanding on the experiences of non-biological caregivers of children with FASD and of the utilisation of support groups to help them cope better. The researcher made use of a combination of an exploratory and descriptive research design. By using both a quantitative and qualitative approach in a complimentary manner, the researcher was able to gain an in depth insight into the lives of the non-biological caregivers and how they experience this disability and support groups that are utilised as a means of helping them cope. Permission to conduct the study was granted by the committee for Human Research at the University of Stellenbosch. The literature study firstly investigated the implication of FASD on affected children. Secondly, the extents to which non-biological caregivers are affected by the consequences of this disability were discussed. After this the utilisation of support groups as a method of supporting non-biological caregivers, with the emphasis on a mutual-aid and educational approach as theoretical underpinning was described. The empirical study was completed with 16 participants through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. An interview schedule based on the findings of the literature study was utilised. The criteria for inclusion were that participants had to have attended at least 5 support group sessions and had to be a non-biological caregiver of FASD children who had attended the support groups specifically related to this disorder. The results of this study mostly confirmed the findings from the literature study which showed that support groups play a vital role in providing necessary support to non-biological caregivers who are often unprepared for the realities of caring for a FASD child. Recommendations are aimed at the social work profession in South Africa who need to align itself in providing necessary support to non-biological caregivers through the use of support groups and various other methods of service rendering. Suggestions for future research are also made in line with how non-biological caregivers can be supported in their unique caregiver responsibilities.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nie-biologiese versorgers neem dikwels kinders in hul sorg wanneer kinders se biologiese ouers versuim om vir hulle ‘n veilige en liefdevolle huis en omgewing te skep. Hierdie kinders kan ook ly aan of geaffekteer word deur Fetale Alkohol Spektrum Versteuring (FASV). Dit kan ‘n groot skok wees wanneer versorgers uitvind dat die kind geaffekteer is daardeur, veral as hierdie versteuring misverstaan word. Professionele hulp is skaars, en intervensies en hulpbronne is nie vryelik beskikbaar nie. Versorgers is dikwels nie voorbereid op die finansiële, emosionele en fisiese eise wat nodig is om ten volle die kind se ontwikkeling te ondersteun nie. Dit kan dit lei tot verskillende emosionele reaksies met verskeie gevolge wat opsigself ook verskeie uitdagings vir die nie- biologiese versorgers veroorsaak. Dit is van kritieke belang om die ervarings en uitdagings van ouerskap te verken in die bevordering en ontwikkeling van intervensiestrategieë ter ondersteuning van die behoeftes van die kinders met FASV en hul versorgers, veral vanuit ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief. Daar word vereis van maatskaplike werkers om verantwoordelikheid te neem vir die aanspreek van FASV, aangesien hulle die professionele kapasiteit het om families wat geaffekteer is te help, en om hulle by te staan sodat ‘n stabiele en koesterende huishouding ontwikkel en volgehou kan word. Een manier waarop dit bereik kan word, is deur die vestiging en fasilitering van ondersteuningsgroepe. Die doel van hierdie studie was om ‘n begrip te ontwikkel oor die ervarings van nie-biologiese versorgers van kinders met FASV se benutting van ondersteuningsgroepe. Die navorser het gebruik gemaak van ‘n kombinasie van ‘n verkennende en beskrywende navorsing. Deur die gebruik van beide ʼn kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe benadering, is die navorser in staat gestel om ‘n indiepte insig in die lewens van die versorgers te bekom, en ondersoek in te stel oor hul ervarings van die versteuring/gestremdheid deur ondersteuningsgroepe wat as intervensie aangewend is. Toestemming om die studie te doen is deur die Etiese Komitee vir Menslike Navorsing aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch bekom. Eerstens is die literatuurstudie voltooi waarin die navorser ondersoek ingestel het oor die implikasies van FASV op geaffekteerde kinders. Tweedens is daar bespreek hoe nie-biologiese versorgers geraak word deur die gevolge van hierdie versteuring/gestremdheid. Daarna is ondersteuningsgroepe as ‘n metode van ondersteuning aan versorgers ondersoek, en klem is gelê op ‘n wedersydse hulpbenadering en ‘n opvoedkundige benadering as teoretiese grondslag. Die empiriese studie is voltooi met 16 deelnemers deur middel van individuele, een-tot-een, semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude. ‘n Onderhoudskedule, wat gebaseer is op die bevindinge van die literatuurstudie, is gebruik. Die kriteria vir deelname aan die studie en groep het ingesluit dat deelnemers ten minste vyf sessies van ‘n ondersteuningsgroep moes bywoon en ook ‘n pleegouer wees van ‘n FASV kind. Die resultate van hierdie studie het meestal die bevindinge uit die literatuurstudie bevestig en het getoon dat ondersteuningsgroepe ‘n belangrike rol speel in ondersteuning aan nie-biologiese versorgers, wat dikwels onvoorbereid is op die werklike problematiek van die versorging van ‘n kind met FASV. Aanbevelings word gerig aan die maatskaplikewerk-professie in Suid-Afrika, ten einde ondersteuningsgroepe en ander metodes van dienslewering te bied, ter ondersteuning aan die versorgers van FASV kinders. Voorstelle vir verdere navorsing word ook gemaak sodat daar ‘n ondersteuningsnetwerk opgebou kan word vir die versorgers van ‘n FASV kind ten einde aan hulle unieke versorgingsbehoeftes te voorsien.
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Taiwo, Abdurrazaq Olanrewaju. "Caregivers' perceptions of cleft deformity and experiences in accessing cleft services at a tertiary public hospital in Sokoto, NorthWest, Nigeria." University of Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6700.
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Magister Public Health - MPHCleft lip and/or palate deformity is the most common facial birth defect with an incidence of 1 in 600 for every live birth worldwide. Despite the availability of specialised cleft care in Nigeria, many cleft patients are not aware that CL±Ps can be repaired and, thus, present late for treatment. As a result, there is a high incidence of unoperated CL±P in the country which has a grim negative health impact on the population. Furthermore, it was noted that the family caregivers including parents and other members of the extended family are crucial in getting early care for these children with CL±P. Therefore, understanding the perception of CL±P, attitude and experience with cleft services would go a long way in reducing the problem of late presentation and under-utilisation of these services. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore the care givers’ perception and experience in accessing cleft services at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. In this study, we employed an exploratory qualitative methodology that gave deep insights and provided clear understanding of the perceptions by caregivers of children with CL±P on the aetiology of cleft, family reactions and their experience in accessing cleft services at our hospital. Data analysis was done following verbatim transcription using thematic analysis. Ethics statement: Before commencement of the study, ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Boards of the University of Western Cape and the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Health Research and Ethics Committee. Informed consent was sought from each prospective participant and the signed form appropriately documented.
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Tswane, Siphokazi. "Indigenous knowledge and caregivers' use of data elements in home-based healthcare." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2302.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012.Home-Based Healthcare (HBHC) is an important aspect of South Africa's healthcare system. HBHC is the provision of care services to patients by trained or semi-trained caregivers at home. In South Africa HBHC was introduced in 2001 to address many problems with traditional healthcare such as overcrowding in public health facilities. South Africa has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world, which is often accompanied by opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis. HBHC is envisaged to address these challenges, thus relieving the burden on primary healthcare. HBHC is itself faced with many problems which include poor information or data management, unclear information flows, and insufficient information storage. It is also not clear how caregivers use data elements and there is no coherent indigenous knowledge base for the capturing, implementation and utilisation of data elements in local HBHC providers. This is particularly important to caregivers who rely on frameworks of indigenous knowledge in interpreting and making decisions on how to provide a care service to patients. In reality, caregivers operate in indigenous environments requiring the utilisation of local knowledge. This study explores the relationships between, and approaches to, data elements in different HBHC providers and communities. Three interpretive case studies in the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa were conducted. Semistructured interviews, focus groups, participant observation and document analysis were used for data collection. The primary research question was: What happens when caregivers from various communities interact with data elements when providing a care service? Caregivers' indigenous knowledge and use of data elements was then harnessed in a knowledge base. The results from this study can be used by HBHC managers to develop their forms and training materials as the initial set of data elements used in HBHC has been identified. Caregivers from different communities can also learn how these data elements are used in other communities.