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Zambia has reported an increase in the proportion of women accessing the postnatal care in the first two days following the delivery of the baby. The factors associated with the utilization of this service are documented in various studies worldwide. In Zambia, however, there is insufficient...

The quality of antenatal care (ANC) that pregnant women receive in Zambia continues to be poor despite several interventions. Research has shown that only 29% of women in Zambia receive high quality antenatal care. The quality of ANC a woman receives during pregnancy is crucial to both the child...

Clinical learning is an integral part of nursing training and forms a foundation of competence development in nursing practice. In an attempt to produce competent and skilled registered nurses, more hours have been allocated for clinical learning practice than the theory in the new curriculum for...

Self-medication is treating self-diagnosed illnesses without the input of health professionals. Self-medication is a public health problem. The practice may lead to the development of drug resistant strains of micro-organisms, create difficulties for health professionals to evaluate the disease...

Stress is a common phenomenon affecting all individuals worldwide. It is part of life because individuals are bound by stressors from the moment they wake up in the morning until they drift into sleep at day’s end. Normally human beings have different ways of dealing with stress, such as problem...

Stunting continues to be a major public health problem globally. Stunting is a manifestation of many factors including inadequate food intake and poor health conditions. However, poor quality nutritional diets during pregnancy, infancy and early childhood lead to inadequate nutrient intake. The...

Adolescent pregnancy is a worldwide problem which has assumed endemic proportions among the teenagers especially in the poorer nations. This problem is a multifaceted problem as it involves social, political, cultural, educational and economical factors. Zambia’s maternal mortality rate and...

Conservation Agriculture (CA) has widely been promoted by government through the Conservation Farming Unit of the Zambia National Farmers Union and non-governmental organizations such as Land Management and Conservation Farming Project, the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, the Institute...

The study aimed at establishing factors influencing adult females’ re-entry into school through evening classes at selected evening education centres. The objectives of the study were to; establish factors that influenced adult females’ re-entry into school through evening classes, ascertain...

Understanding of any factor that may affect the skills acquisition of nursing students in the clinical area is essential to ensure that maximum benefits are gained from this aspect of nursing education. Factors which influenced integration of theory into practice in clinical skills acquisition...