SPECIAL VOLUME - JOURNAL

CONTENTS

Editorial

T. G. Tshitangano, S.M. Maputle, M. L. Netshikweta, N. J. Ramakuela and K. G. Netshisaulu •Guidelines to Enhance theImplementation of Effective Tuberculosis Control Measures in Rural Public Hospitals of Vhembe District, South Africa

T. I. Ramavhoya, S. M. Maputle and R. T. Lebese • Knowledge of Mothers with Regard to Immunisation of Children in VhembeDistrict, Limpopo Province

S. E. Armooh, A. K. Tugli, F. C. Anyanwu , H. T. Oni, M. Mokonoto, N. J. Ramakuela , N. S. Mashau and L. Netshikweta • Availability of and Access to Health and HIV/ AIDS Prevention Services for Youths in Rural Secondary Schools in South Africa

T. Mothiba and S. Maputle • Knowledge and Practices of Infection Control Interventions amongst Hospital Cleaners at Health Care Units of Capricorn District, Limpopo Province

N. Ravele, S. Maputle and N. Ramakuela • Contributory Factors to Antenatal Depression as Perceived by Pregnant Women inVhembe District, Limpopo Province

S. Malatji, S. Maputle and L. Netshikweta • Knowledge and Attitudes of Youth in Relation to Provider Initiated Counselling andTesting at the Primary Health Care Services of the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province

S. Maputle, L. Khoza and R. Lebese • Knowledge towards Pregnancy-induced Hypertension among Pregnant Women inVhembe District, Limpopo Province

R. T. Lebese, M. S. Maputle, J. T. Mabunda and P. K. Chauke • Knowledge, Attitudes and Perception of Students on TeenagePregnancy: A Case Study of Rural Based University Students in South Africa

J.T. Mabunda, R.T. Lebese, M.S. Maputle and P.K. Chauke • Perceived Risk Behaviours Related to Teenage Pregnancyamong University Students in Limpopo Province, South Africa

E. Raditlhalo, S. Maputle and T. Mothiba • Vaginal Bleeding as a Pregnancy Problem during First Trimester at PolokwaneMunicipality, Limpopo Province

T. M. Mothiba, M. Davhana-Maselesele and R. T. Lebese • Assessment of Indigenous Knowledge and Practices duringPregnancy, Labour and Delivery in Selected Villages of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

T.G. Tshitangano • Home-based Carers’ General Cancer Knowledge: A Case Study of One Rural Village in Vhembe District,South Africa

T. G. Tshitangano, S.M. Maputle and M.L. Netshikweta • Validation of the Guidelines to Enhance Health Care Workers’Implementation of Effective Tuberculosis Control Measures in Rural Public Hospitals of Vhembe District, South Africa

L. B. Khoza • Nursing Students’ Perception of Clinical Learning Experiences

Dorah Ursula Ramathuba • Experiencing Uncertainty: Lived Experience of Having Cancer among Patients in Vhembe District ofLimpopo, South Africa

R. Naidoo • Applying a Deterministic Mathematical Model to the HIV Virus Attacking the Cd4+T Cells: A Deliberation on theInteraction

S. A. Mulondo, L.B. Khoza and S. M. Maputle • Risk Factors and Complications Associated with Tuberculosis in Pregnancyand Neonates in Limpopo Province, South Africa

M. J. Ramalepe1, L. B. Khoza and S. Maputle • Self-perceived Challenges of Lay Counselors Implementing VoluntaryCounseling and Testing in Mopani District, Limpopo Province and South Africa

T. G. Tshitangano • Factors that Influence Health Care Workers’ Implementation of Ineffective Tuberculosis Control Measuresat Rural Public Hospitals of Vhembe District, South Africa

T. H. Oni and T. G. Tshitangano • Knowledge and Attitude of Rural Tshivenda Speaking Teenagers towards Choice of Termination of Pregnancy on Vhembe District, South Africa

K. Lidovho and T. C. Mandiwana • Knowledge, Dietary and Physical Activity Practices Regarding Obesity among Women Aged 25-40 Years in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province

T. G. Tshitangano, S. M. Maputle, M. L. Netshikweta, N. J. Ramakuela and K. G. Netshisaulu • Implementation of TuberculosisControl Measures in Rural Public Hospitals of Vhembe District, South Africa: A Thematic Analysis

T. M. Mothiba and S. M. Maputle • Programmes, Interventions and Services Provided by Community Based Organisations forSexual and Gender-Based Violence in Vhembe and Capricorn Districts of Limpopo Province

K.G. Netshisaulu, M. L. Netshikweta and T. G. Tshitangano • Parental Attitudes towards Sex Education to Teenage Girls inVhembe District of Limpopo Province

N. D. Ndou, M. S. Maputle, R. T. Lebese and L. B. Khoza • Support of Professional Nurses Caring for HIV/AIDS Patients,Tshwane District of Gauteng Province, South Africa

T. Ralineba, M. L. Netshikweta and N. H. Shilubane • Knowledge and Practices Associated with Diabetes among Patients with Chronic Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Areas of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa

T.R. Luhalima, F.M. Mulaudzi and D.R. Phetlhu • Perceived Motivating Factors towards a Positive Working Environment inRural Hospitals at Vhembe District in the Limpopo Province

N. J. Ramakuela and A. Amosu • Prevalence, Impacts and Management of Urogenital Challenges among Rural MenopausalWomen of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa

T. H. Oni and T. G. Tshitangano • Prevalence of Menstrual Disorders and its Academic Impact amongst Tshivenda SpeakingTeenagers in Rural SouthAfrica

N. J Ramakuela, T. Tshitangano, M. Maluleke and A. K Tugli • Menopause, Culture and Sex among Rural Women