Implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana: lessons for South Africa and low-and middle-income countries

CD Christmals, K Aidam - Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background South Africa is having difficulties in rolling out the National Health Insurance
(NHI) policy. There are ongoing arguments on whether the NHI will provide access to quality …

Role and knowledge of nurses in the management of non-communicable diseases in Africa: A scoping review

J Toniolo, EB Ngoungou, PM Preux, P Beloni - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background 31.4 million people in low-and middle-income countries die from chronic
diseases annually, particularly in Africa. To address this, strategies such as task-shifting from …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced practice nursing roles, regulation, education, and practice: A global study

KJ Wheeler, M Miller, J Pulcini, D Gray… - Annals of global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: An online survey was developed by the research team, and included questions on
APN practice roles, education, regulation/credentialing, and practice climate. The study was …

The process of developing health workforce strategic plans in Africa: a document analysis

J Nyoni, CD Christmals, JA Asamani, MMA Illou… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Background Many countries are faced with a multitude of health workforce-related
challenges partly attributed to defective health workforce planning. Earlier efforts to guide …

Enhancing the education of paediatric nurses: A positive step towards achieving sustainable development goals

A Nkurunziza, G Katende, P Uwimana… - Nursing …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this discursive paper was to describe and expound on how paediatric nurses
will be able to address the needs of children and adolescents through the lens of selected …

The daily basic psychological need satisfaction and work engagement of nurses: a 'shortitudinal'diary study

JM Liebenberg, SE Scholtz, LT De Beer - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nurses' satisfaction and work engagement have been linked to patient outcomes. Nightshift
nurses provide healthcare to the population and experience unique challenges in …

Curriculum framework for advanced practice nursing in sub-Saharan Africa: a multimethod study

CD Christmals, SJ Armstrong - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The implementation of advanced practice nursing (APN) programmes in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) has been difficult due to lack of SSA-specific curriculum frameworks or …

Advanced practice nursing initiatives in Africa, moving towards the nurse practitioner role: Experiences from the field

DC Gray, M Rogers, MK Miller - International Nursing Review, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This paper discusses the development and progression of the advanced practice nurse
practitioner role in Africa. Background Providing adequate primary health care is …

[HTML][HTML] Developing an interprofessional education programme for a health science faculty in South Africa: A multi-method study

F Delawala, Y Heymans, CD Christmals - Journal of Taibah University …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Work-ready graduates need to be equipped with expertise and therefore, critical
changes are required in the curricula for health professions. Here, we aimed to review the …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art on Advanced Nursing Practice: reflections for the agenda in Brazil

L Angeli-Silva, TS Leitão, HMSL David… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Objectives: to review the state of the art on Advanced Nursing Practices. Methods: a scoping
review of existing publications up to 2020, in the PubMed/MEDLINE, SciELO, LILACS …