Introduction: Disrespect and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth has been widely reported. Objective: To improve the birth experience of maternity clients through educating maternity providers on Respectful Maternity Care. Study Design: Quasi-experimental, Mixed Method research design was used to identify the levels of autonomy and respect maternity clients perceived during their labor and delivery experience. Participants: Maternity staff and providers, Maternity clients who were clien...

Medical Education  Nursing 

The purpose of this survey was to identify whether students of Taktse Central School get adequate sleep or not, which has a direct impact on the academic achievement of the students. Further, it also explored some of the possible causes of students falling asleep in class. A two-part survey questionnaire consisted of student’s demographic details viz. gender, age, and grade level. The second part has 13 objective questions. Questions 2 to 7 were a four-point Likert scale that drew students’ slee...

Medical Education  Nursing 

Parents play vital roles in contributing to students’ achievement. They need to be actively involved in monitoring their children’s daily performance in school. This thesis focused on the design and implementation of a web-based system for engaging teachers and parents in monitoring students’ performance. It is aimed at providing a well-designed platform for real-time communication between teachers and parents with respect to children’s daily performance in school. A discussion on the analysis o...

Cooperative Communications  Information Management  Medical Education 

South African universities are increasingly enrolling students from a variety of educational backgrounds. This brings in diversity in levels of language and learning ability and universities face the challenge of adjusting their curricula to meet the academic needs of the different learners. This paper documents our experiences and those of students and teachers on a course that we introduced at a university in South Africa to address student diversity and integrative learning in a higher instit...

Medical Education