May 2017

The role of supportive supervision in enhancing and sustaining health education in home management and prevention of malaria among mothers of under-five children

This paper introduces the concept of supportive supervision in community-based nursing intervention as a supervisory tool among health consumers. It provides overview of supportive supervision as management tool to facilitate delivery of quality service by the health care providers. It also describes the adaptability of this concept to supervision of community members following heath education and training with a view...

Author(s): Moridiyat O. A. Adeyemo

May 2017

Prevalence and predictors of antenatal depressive symptoms among women attending Adama Hospital Antenatal Clinic, Adama, Ethiopia

Antenatal depressive disorders are serious health problems and pose multiple dangers to both the mother and her fetus, however, not given due attention. They are found with significantly higher prevalence rates in low income countries and associated with socio-economic and socio-cultural factors predominantly. The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of antenatal depressive disorders and associated...

Author(s): Martha Assefa Sahile, Mesfin Tafa Segni, Tadese Awoke and Dessalegn Bekele