May 2015

Process of children´s organ donation: Factors that intervene in the communication of the healthcare provider

The possibility of providing aid to individuals through the process of organ donation, so that they may continue living, is an initiative based on altruism and solidarity. The aim of this study is to describe the factors that intervene in the communication of the health care provider with the parents of brain dead children. We have selected papers and information from Web of Science, CINAHL, Science Direct (Elsevier),...

Author(s): Víctor Contreras Ibacache and Ivonne Vargas Celis

May 2015

Client’s satisfaction with family planning services and associated factors among family planning users in Hossana Town Public Health Facilities, South Ethiopia: Facility-based cross-sectional study

Client satisfaction is considered as one of the desired outcomes of health care and it is directly related with utilization of health services. It reflects the gap between the expected and the experience of the service from the client’s point of view. The objective of this study was to assess clients’ satisfaction with family planning services and associated factors. Facility-based cross-sectional study that...

Author(s): Tsegaye Gebre Argago, Kifle Woldemichael Hajito and Sena Belina Kitila

May 2015

Using a task analysis to strengthen nursing and midwifery pre-service education in Malawi

The Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi (NMCM) has engaged in significant efforts to reform nursing and midwifery pre-service education in Malawi. To that end NMCM decided to revise and strengthen existing syllabi and curricula for nurse midwifery cadres, starting with the nurse midwife technician (NMT). In an attempt to make evidence-based decisions for syllabus revision, NMCM conducted a task analysis to assess how...

Author(s): Sheena Jacob⊃, Jessica Holman⊃, Regina Msolomba⊃, Rose Wasili⊃, Fraser Langdon⊃, Ruth Levine⊃, Martha Mondiwa⊃, Moses Bateganya⊃ and Ellen MacLachlan⊃