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Hester van der Walt
Researcher at Medical Research Council
Publications - 5
Citations - 138
Hester van der Walt is an academic researcher from Medical Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Qualitative research. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 136 citations.
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Task orientated nursing in a tuberculosis control programme in South Africa: where does it come from and what keeps it going?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe task orientation in a tuberculosis control program which forms part of the public health system in Cape Town, South Africa, and explore both the explicit and more functional reasons for maintaining task orientation, as well as the implicit and mostly unconscious socially structured defences which contribute to the continuation of this form of practice.
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Changing professional practice in tuberculosis care: an educational intervention
TL;DR: Experiential, participatory in-service education can be implemented on a large scale in primary care settings, however, the process is resource intensive and the impacts of such education may be limited by barriers at other levels of the health system.
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Isabel Menzies Lyth revisited institutional defences in public health nursing in South Africa during the 1990s
TL;DR: It is argued that Menzies Lyth's framework still serves as a useful tool for understanding the dynamics of relationships between health providers and patients, and that it is robust enough to provide useful insights in the South African public-health context.
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How do health service managers respond to qualitative research
TL;DR: It is concluded that qualitative evaluators need to carefully explore the political context of primary health care interventions in order that their research provides useful data for decision-making.
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Health systems research training enhances workplace research skills: a qualitative evaluation.
Jolene Adams,Angela Schaffer,Simon Lewin,Simon Lewin,Merrick Zwarenstein,Merrick Zwarenstein,Merrick Zwarenstein,Hester van der Walt +7 more
TL;DR: Assessment of learner, teacher, and health service manager perceptions of the usefulness, in the work setting, of skills taught on a health systems research education course in South Africa found inadequate support within the workplace was a significant obstacle to applying the skills learned.