Browsing by Author "Shaibu, Sheila"
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Healthcare providers’ (HCPs) attitude towards older adults with HIV and AIDS in Botswana
Ama, Njoku Ola; Shaibu, Sheila; Burnette, Jacqueline Dennis (Academic Journals, www.academic journals.org, 2016)This study obtained the views of a random sample of 164 healthcare practitioners on their attitudes to older adults with HIV and AIDS. It shows that although the knowledge of protective measures to avoid HIV infection, ... -
HIV-related knowledge and practices: a cross-sectional study among adults aged 50 years and above in Botswana
Ama, Njoku Ola; Shaibu, Sheila; Burnette, Jacqueline Denise (Cogent OA, www.cogentoa.com/, 2016)Older adults in Botswana have been shown to be sexually active and engage in risky sexual activities that make them vulnerable to HIV infection. In order to implement meaningful interventions to address older adults’ HIV ... -
Knowledge and utilization of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV by older adults (50 years and over) in Botswana
Ama, Njoku Ola; Shaibu, Sheila; Ama, Helen A. (OMICS Internationa, www.omicsonline.org/, 2015)The study explored the knowledge and use of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services by a stratified random sample of 609 older adults from four purposively selected districts in Botswana. Only 76.8% of the older ... -
Socio-demographic Correlates of Older Adults’ Living Arrangements in Botswana
Bainame, Kenabetsho; Burnette, Denise; Shaibu, Sheila (Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-11-22)This study uses data from the 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC) to examine the living arrangements of adults aged ≥ 65 years and to assess individual-level and household-level correlates of living alone for this age ... -
Stakeholders’ perceptions on shortage of healthcare workers in Primary Healthcare in Botswana: focus group discussions
Nkomazana, Oathokwa; Mash, Robert; Shaibu, Sheila; Phaladze, Nthabiseng (Public Library Science; https://www.plos.org/, 2015-08-18)Background An adequate health workforce force is central to universal health coverage and positive public health outcomes. However many African countries have critical shortages of healthcare workers, which are worse in ... -
What contribution can senior citizens make towards the economic and social development of Botswana?
Boaduo, Nana A.; Shaibu, Sheila (African Education Research Network, http://www.ncsu.edu/aern/, 2006-12)Senior citizens (pensioners) have been known by society to be people who have exhausted their worth and wealth of expertise and knowledge and for that matter have no role to play or have no further contribution to make ...