Background: Perineal trauma following childbirth is reported to affect about 70% of women in low and medium-income countries birthing in health facilities. Although it is an unfavourable outcome of birthing with the potential to affect many aspects of a woman’s well-being in both the immediate...
Patients using antipsychotic drugs are more likely than the general population to suffer glucose metabolism dysfunctions, yet these problems are frequently overlooked. According to several research findings, patients who take antipsychotic drugs, particularly second-generation antipsychotics, are...
Download PDF ↓Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is among the fundamental packages of health care, which all clients seeking health care should receive. Thus, it is essential to understand nurses’ perceptions towards sexual health needs of people with mental problems because they are champions of sexual and...
Student mental health is a critical component of the university experience and an important factor in student quality of life. There has been a rising demand for mental health services at universities, particularly among first-year students who are experiencing transitional difficulties. As the...
Download PDF ↓Background: This study focuses on utilisation of family Planning services by female adolescents of Kawama East compound in Mufulira District, Zambia. Utilisation of family Planning by female adolescents is vital because it can save lives of babies and their mother. Objective: The main objective...
Download PDF ↓The management of femur shaft fractures has evolved from the historical non-operative methods to the most recent intramedullary nail fixation. Interlocking nails have broadened the roles for closed intramedullary nailing of femur fractures. Early ambulation after fractures of the femur shaft has...
Download PDF ↓Tibial shaft fractures are a common presentation following high energy trauma such as road traffic accidents. The gold standard for the treatment of such injuries is by Intramedullary nailing, but in a resource-limited setting, the casting of such injuries is considered as appropriate. At the...
Background: Some 4,200 caesarean sections were done at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka between September 2015 to September 2016. A 2007 study cited pain was as one of the complications. However, the incidence and possible associated factors to pain after a caesarean section was not...
Download PDF ↓10 to 20% of children around the world have mental health problems. When left unattended, these problems impair the child’s development therefore interfering with their potential to live productive lives. Depression is among the top 10 leading causes of illness and disability in adolescent while...
Download PDF ↓Breast self examination (BSE) is a technique that is used as a means of screening and a measure for the secondary prevention of breast cancer (BC). The diagnosis of breast cancer at an early stage allows for more treatment options and a high chance of long term survival. The objective of the...
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