self-regulationmulticulturalThe study investigated the subjective experiences of Essential Hypertension (EH) in a sample of urban white Afrikaans-speaking (n=25) and black Sotho-speaking (n=25) patients. Measures of self-management were obtained and their subjective experience of EH and its self-...
The participating parents confirmed this finding, noting the affirming and encouraging social responses from White South Africans when the children spoke English and Afrikaans fluently. However, the converse was also evident. None of the participating children could speak a traditional African language, ...
During the pilot study, research assistants were trained to take physical measurements by the main researcher, who also assisted with Afrikaans-speaking patients. A questionnaire was adapted from the revised brief Diabetes Knowledge Test (DKT2), summary of Diabetes Self-Management Activities Measure (...