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Background: Effective implementation of Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services (AYFS) that are accessible, acceptable and effective for diverse youth population groups is significant to enhancing youth health. Because of various factors, improving youth health is a challenge in clinics in rural areas. Aim: This study aims to explore and understand the challenges nurses experience while implementing AYFS programmes in Kganya local area clinics of the Capricorn district, Limpopo province, South Africa. Setting: The study was conducted in the clinics of Kganya local area of Capricorn district, Limpopo province, South Africa. Method: A qualitative, phenomenological, exploratory, descriptive design is employed in this study. Twelve nurses were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with an interview guide. Notably, data were analysed using Tesch’s open coding method. Results: Two themes emerge from this study: ‘Challenges experienced related to the implementation of Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services’ and ‘Suggestions to improve Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services’. Conclusion: The results of this study confirm that nurses experience diverse challenges while implementing AYFS. Challenges include a lack of trained staff and material resources and the negative attitudes of adolescents, parents and community members. Contributions: This study’s findings might help identify the gaps in implementing the AYFS programmes. The findings may assist policymakers and the National Department of Health (NDoH) to monitor and review the effectiveness of the AYFS programme standards.

Postgraduate nursing students’ mental health, particularly anxiety and depression, is often neglected, affecting retention and timely completion of s

Maternal healthcare guidelines (MHCGs) are documents with detailed information on how to manage maternal and perinatal conditions step by step and accordingly to reduce preventable maternal and perinatal deaths. The National Maternity Guidelines Committee in the Department of Health, guided by the WHO, developed the (MHCGs) to ensure that every primary healthcare facility (PHC) has one or two midwives at their disposal to use, but its implementation remains a huge problem in South Africa. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, practices, and attitudes of midwives during the implementation of MHCGs in a selected district, Limpopo province, South Africa. A quantitative methodology will be employed; cross-sectional descriptive research design will be used. The population of this research study will be midwives working in the PHCs of a selected district, Limpopo province, South Africa. The convenient sampling approach will be used; whereby self-developed semi-structured questionnaires will be used as a data collection instrument. The collected data will be analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 29, with the help of a statistician. The results will be available after data collection. The conclusion and recommendations will be based on the findings of the study.

Introduction: Despite the growing availability of digital platforms aimed at providing mental health support to adolescents, the uptake and utilization of these platforms remain minimal in primary healthcare facilities in the Limpopo province