Conference Program

CENTRING UBUNTU HEALTHCARE IN SOCIETY 5.0:

A TRANSDISCIPLINARY AGENDA DURING COVID-19 AND BEYOND

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

DAY 1 Pre-conference workshops 13 September 2023
08:30-09:00 Workshop registrations – Ms Violet Phooko Tea, coffee
Venue	Music 2-45	Auditorium	Seminar 102 above Gk Hub
09:00-11:00	Workshop 1 Beyond the bounds: Indigenous artistic knowledge translation Prof R Mooa, Ms M Mogale and Dr Disele	Workshop 4 Writing for publications Prof M Matlakala	Workshop 7 Midwifery clinical workshop Prof M Yazbek, Dr F Mafisa, Dr M Musie, Ms V Morobe and Ms M Kgodane
11:00-11:30 Tea, coffee
11:30-13:30	Workshop 2 UBUNTU model in healthcare Prof F Mulaudzi, Prof R Lebese and panel Dr Lavhelani Ms Mashau Dr Sepeng Ms Mooasa Ms Matshidiso Dr Musie Dr Gundo Mr Moeta Dr Masutha Prof Netshisaulu Prof Ramavhoya Prof Rasweswe Mr Gause	Workshop 5 Grant application writing Department of Research and Innovation, UP Mrs N Kotzee Ms N Zikode Mrs V Maringa	Workshop 8 Mental health care for the carer Dr A Porter (SADAG) and Prof A van der Wath
13:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00	Workshop 3 The healing methods: Our own stories Dr V Bhana-Pema and panel of alternative health practitioners Dr Madela-Mntla Dr Govender Dr Mabena Dr Hu	Workshop 6 Overcoming challenges in interprofessional and interdisciplinary teamwork for sustained community engagement Dr H Lister Dr M Janse van Rensburg Ms D Nonyane	Workshop 9 Dialogue on experiences during Covid-19 Prof R Lebese and panel Ms T Baloyi Ms O Sejosengoe Major C Mkhize Ms N Khosa
Juice to take away

DAY 2 14 September 2023

07:00- 08:30 Conference registration – Ms Violet Phooko

Morning session chair: Prof A van der Wath

08:30-09:00 Opening session

Chairperson of School of Health Care Sciences, UP: Dr M Kekana

Ubuntu Giyani Movement

09:00-09:30 Keynote speaker

Ubuntu Philosophy: Prof T Metz

09:30-10:00 Tea break

Mid-morning session chair: Prof I Coetzee-Prinsloo

10:00-11:00 Panel discussion

Panel chair: Prof R Mooa
Integration of indigenous knowledge in curricula
Panel members: Prof C Maimela, Prof T Mothiba and Prof M Mulaudzi

11:00-11:10 Message from Prof V Steenkamp, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Heath Sciences, UP (pre-recorded)

11:10-11:15 Creative item: Ms P Shaku, B Nur student, University of Pretoria

11:15-11:45 Drama: Reflection on healthcare services: UP students

11:45-12:15 Keynote speaker

Ubuntu Model of Health Care: Prof F Mulaudzi

12:15-12:30: Beyond the bounds: Indigenous artistic knowledge translation: Ms R Ngara

12:30-13:30 Lunch

Poster presentations

Exhibition stands

Afternoon session chair: Dr M Musie

13:30-14:00 Keynote speaker

Policy, legal frameworks, and ethical aspects: Prof M Masehela

Breakaway sessions

Hub1

14:00 -16:00 Breakaway sessions

Stream 1

UBUNTU model of care

Indigenous, complementary and alternative self-care methods

Stream 2

Society 5.0

Sustainable healthcare, during and beyond the pandemic

Digitalizing and humanising technology in healthcare

Transdisciplinary agenda

Stream 3

SDGs

Community resilience: Mental health and well-being

Women, gender, youth, and disability

Session chair: Dr R Gundo

Session chair: Ms M Phale

Session chair: Dr N Sepeng

Music 2-45

Auditorium

Seminar 102 above Gk Hub

Nancy Kgatla

Graphic illustrations to empower and equip students on integrating Ubuntu in caring for HIV/AIDS and TB

Mandisa Nikita Dukashe

Assessing involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS in the management of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A qualitative study

Violet Manonyana Chewe

Perception of midwives about tuberculosis screening among pregnant women in Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Molekodi Matsipane

Understanding the meaning of Ubuntu: Second- and third-year undergraduate nursing students’ perspectives in North West Province

Motswasele-Sikwane Lily Keneilwe

Comprehensive support model for HBCWs rendering care to the community in Gauteng and Madibeng sub-district, South Africa.

Mavis Khumela

Support expectations of nurses working in COVID-19 ICU.

Anzani Mugware

Traditional food processing methods used by elderly women in two selected villages in Limpopo Province.

Aluwani Delila Mudzweda

The state of readiness for the implementation of national health insurance (NHI) in the public sector in the Sedibeng District

Onkarabile Mudau

Assessing HIV Pre‑exposure prophylaxis uptake and retention amongst young

females in Gauteng Province

Rodwell Gundo

Community health workers’ knowledge of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Gauteng Province, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey

Gudani Mukoma

"We were not allowed to gather even for Christmas.’ Impact of COVID-19 on South African young people: Exploring messaging and support.

Dikeledi Maphake

Experiences of nursing staff regarding the care of relapsed mental health care users diagnosed with substance abuse in a psychiatric hospital in Gauteng Province.

Mercy Mushwana

Complex narratives of life hereafter: Exploring reasons interlocking Ubuntu among women in GBV marriages in Mopani Municipality, Limpopo Province.

Alida Viljoen

Consensus on the definition and attributes of person- centred teamwork: an e-Delphi study

Xolani Dlamini

Birthing process preparedness of first-time mothers in the public obstetric units of the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District

Johanna Mathibe-Neke

The “ethics of care” within the realm of Ubuntu: A nursing education context.

Anza Ramabulana

Application of metabolomics computational tools to characterise health-promoting metabolites of Bidens Pilosa.

Ramadimetja Mooa

Designing a transdisciplinary E-learning resource to inform the management of sexual offences cases in South Africa

Doris Chea

The status of integrating cultural issues in the prevention of unwanted pregnancy among adolescents

Nthomeni Dorah Ndou

Andropause stage as experienced by men in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Stephina Maphosa

Information women receive after recurrent pregnancy loss in the antenatal setting of an academic hospital, Tshwane, South Africa

Thendo Gertie Makhado

The effectiveness of different delivery methods for epilepsy life skills education programs to improve knowledge, understanding, values, attitudes, and skills related to epilepsy among primary school learners. A Systematic Review.

Thingahangwi Masutha

Professional nurses’ perceptions on strategies to mitigate student nurses’ absenteeism in psychiatric hospitals of Limpopo Province South Africa.

Tinyiko Baloyi

Factors in the clinical learning environment influencing the development of

professionalism as a competency amongst undergraduate nursing students in

a Nursing Education Institution in Gauteng.

Poster presentations

19:00 Gala Dinner in the cafeteria

Guest speaker: Prof Mashamba-Thompson

Creative items and music

DAY 3 15 September 2023

07:00- 08:30 Conference registration: Ms Violet Phooko

Morning session chair: Prof I Coetzee-Prinsloo

08:30-09:30 Keynote speakers

Innovation in teaching and learning: Dr E Chilemba
Innovation in transdisciplinary teaching and learning: Prof T Mashau

09:30-10:00 Tea break

10:00 -13:00 Breakaway sessions

Stream 1 UBUNTU

Stream 2 Society 5.0

Stream 3 SDGs

Music 2-45 M2

Auditorium A4

Seminar 102 above Gk Hub Hub2

Session chair: Dr K Netshisaulu

Session chair: Ms S Rossouw

Session chair: Dr H Legodi

Tinyiko Rikhotso

Psychiatric nurses’ experience of implementing the Ubuntu embedded model to facilitate the mental health of adolescents abusing substances.

Carin Maree

Self-perceived leadership development of peer tutors in undergraduate health care studies at a University in South Africa

Nelisiwe Msibi

Towards a mainstreaming strategy for gender equality in mining: A case study of women’s experiences in a coal mine in South Africa.

Simangele Sitoe

Mental health care at a higher education institution: Experiences of students

Sheillah Mboweni

Professional nurses' perceptions on the management of patients with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SF Shongwe

Lived experiences of nursing students with financial challenges at a university in Gauteng, South Africa

Irene Ramavhoya

Empowering the community in integrating Ubuntu philosophy when caring for people living with HIV/AIDS and TB

Nellie Naranjee

Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal for reducing maternal deaths – Are we on track?

Gopolang Gause

Exploring the meaning of resilience in the context of undergraduate nursing students: A concept analysis.

Ayanda Khumalo

Parents' perspective on sociocultural beliefs and practices contributing to delayed health seeking by adolescents with cryptorchidism presenting at a selected hospital in Tshwane.

Huang-miao Chen

The knowledge, attitudes and practices of malaria and COVID-19 – a survey.

Munyadziwa Dzebu

Self-referral pathways used by chronic patients to tertiary hospitals in Gauteng Province: a critical ethnographic study

Maurine Musie

Midwives’ knowledge and attitudes towards collaborating with indigenous midwives for maternal and neonatal healthcare services in rural communities in South Africa.

Sanele Lukhele

The training of midwives to perform obstetric ultrasound scan in Africa for task shifting and extension of scope of practice: a scoping review.

Seugnette Rossouw

A quest for an integrated management system of children following a drowning incident: a review of the literature.

Tumelo Sekgobela

The role of social work intervention in promoting mental health and resilience in communities: Ubuntu perspective.

Kerry-Ann Singaram

Identification of third year midwifery skills that could benefit from simulated practice.

Issaac Mokgaola

Mental health care practitioners’ perceptions regarding the legalisation of cannabis

Norgia Machava

Assessment of diagnosis and treatment practices of diarrhoea in children under five in Maputo-Mozambique.

Mable Kekana

The Bags of Hope intervention: A transdisciplinary project restoring humaneness to abandoned babies

Nkhensani Mabunda

Rethinking the therapeutic milieu in a male acute ward of a psychiatric hospital

Vhonani Tshirando

Traditional health practices in treating mental illness: a qualitative study in Soshanguve Township

Yvonne Combrinck

Preserving nurses' professional dignity: A necessity in demanding healthcare environments.

Leepile Sehularo

Strategies for improving the mental health literacy among adolescents: A systematic review

Khathutshelo Netshisaulu

Integration of Ubuntu philosophical values and ethical principles during provision of nursing care: Student nurses’ experiences in Limpopo province

Dominique Henning

Service provision in the neonatal intensive care unit during a recent time of crisis: Speech-language therapists’ perspectives

Sharifa Moosa Tayob

A conceptual framework for the development of a programme to empower caregivers providing care to children with disabilities at non-governmental organisations in Tshwane townships, South Africa

Thendo Mphosi

Experiences of nurse managers regarding the implementation of the African philosophy of Ubuntu caring in mentoring of newly graduated professional nurses in a tertiary hospital in Gauteng Province

Anita Dean

Determination of nurse educators' readiness regarding the use of technology for a new nursing programme.

Wendy Phiri

Midwifery education: An interpretation of midwives

Irene Ramavhoya

Graphic illustrations to empower and equip students on integrating Ubuntu to HIV/AIDS and TB.

Kelebogile Patience Olyn

The influence of interpersonal skills on student nurses’ readiness to practice: student nurses and nurse educators’ perspectives.

Simangele Linda

Mental Health Care Services

at a Higher Education Institution: Experiences of Students.

Katekani Shirindza

An UBUNTU community-based model for post-natal care: A catalyst in the management of neonates in the rural areas of Limpopo Province

Daleen Casteleijn

Occupational adaptation in a global crisis: Lessons learned from a Q-methodology study.

Olivia Ngami

Factors influencing nurses' advocacy role in level-two public hospitals of North West Province

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Poster presentations

Exhibition stands

Afternoon session chair: Prof R Leech

14:00-1500 Panel discussion

Panel chair: Prof R Leech
Marginalised populations in healthcare
Panel members: Dr A Sefolosha, Ms K Jacobs, Ms M Dukashe and Ms N Loteni

15:00-15:30 Closing remarks, conference summary, awards, lucky draw and way forward: Prof R Mooa

Departure

PRE-RECORDED ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

Auditorium Annex

Wendy Mcintosh

The Three C’s Café – Check in Connect Chat. A global virtual café of support for nurses and midwives.

https://vimeo.com/863046736/b36f2d9b12?share=copy

From the heart. How understanding and integrating professional boundaries can assist nurses and midwives maintain safety in their professional role.

https://vimeo.com/862995902/6d4333b703?share=copy

Meghann Angelie Buyco

Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals for mothers impacted by albinism in South Africa

Kendra Rieger

Indigenous, complementary, and alternative self-care methods

Rieger et al_Elevating Storytelling Methods.mp4

Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

Promoting the resilience of mothers impacted by albinism in South Africa, Tanzania, and Ghana through access to community services

Kathleen Lounsbury

Gathering and sharing Ni Noxola Stories about Kwakwak'awakw birthing experiences

Montlenyane Madisa

Healthcare professionals and pregnant and post-natal women’s perceptions of interprofessional collaboration in a maternity care facility: A qualitative study from Botswana

Carin Maree

An integrative review to describe the notion of teaching strategies to accommodate different learning styles in continuous professional education

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ge3K5rZnfh5t7sK0zYFKCMTJCa30vWWw/edit?usp=drive_

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Rauna Namukwambi

Readiness for the implementation of universal health coverage in Namibia

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z8bMoKCtHLG9iCRY5HEoqq-5NATMHum0/view?usp=drive_link

Cecilia Moeti

The disposal of placenta among indigenous groups globally: An integrative literature review

Sithokozile Maposa

Youth Mental Health Awareness-‘Fitness’: Using a Multidirectional Mentoring and Youth-led Participatory Approach to Support Youth Mental Health Resilience in an African School

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1O7VS0pgO3_Bo10y-PY_BTzna_PfALP/view?usp=sharing

Ahmed Ayoub

Factors contributing to patient safety culture: The staff perspective

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AvOhwH6p-YB1gzXVD8UJYJbdb5I7?e=qqLAod

Jones Awe

Centring Ubuntu health care in African Nova Scotian adolescent girls: A qualitative study

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F9zL9962nk08pEn9QZ3SetRpCJB6au_h/view?usp=drive_link

Xuesheng Ma

Introduction of traditional Chinese medicine - An indigenous health care method in China

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aGFYF-x3bUhHs0qpmrKPMuPLzVDGUb8U/view?usp=drive_link

Tshilidzi Tshitimbi

Strategies to improve rehabilitation programmes for violent behaviour youth through the African Philosophy of “Ubuntu.”

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hyydit4iq5ppv57fiuxwi/UBUNTU-CONFERENCE-PRESENTATION-IN-PRETORIA-BY-RAMAKULUKUSHA-TSHITIMBI-TO.mp4?rlkey=bcmpfx59vi0eyow2stq95u5sw&dl=0.mp4.mp4

MA, X. Introduction of Traditional Chinese Medicine – Indigenous Health Care Methods in China

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZokfQPnWehFBeqFOUzCPzUkjJ9DWc4HE/view?usp=sharing

DISELE-PITSO, L

Where does healthcare, as we practice it, come from?

What worldviews does it promote and what would it look like to call forth african epistemologies in healthcare practices?

What is your culture and what are the healthcare practices of your specific culture?

How can you bring those worldviews into your practice?

DiseleL_Ubuntu Models of Care and Performance1

DiseleL_UbuntuModelsofCareandPerformance2.

Prof Nthomeni Ndou

ANDROPAUSE STAGE AS EXPERIENCED BY MEN IN VHEMBE DISTRICT OF LIMPOPO PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

https://mylifeunisaac-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/ndoua_unisa_ac_za2/Ef01NG6-36hCtj5AeUzZpKkBCsxZZ-fFraTUIzSZJsvQCA?e=MtCl5w

Ms Lorriane Mntonintshi-Mketo

Application of Ubuntu principle during Covid-19 and beyond

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qP6pFJBNAemAYOdEM23BkTQrNQsN93yB/view?usp=drive_link

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Important Dates

Conference Duration: 13 September 2023 - 15 September 2023
Registration: 30 March 2023 - 15 September 2023 [CLOSED]
Call For Abstracts: 1 April 2023 - 16 July 2023

Organiser

Name: Miss VR Phooko
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Number: 0123193163

Streams

Ubuntu Model of care in reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities
Indigenous, complementary, and alternative self-care methods
Sustainable health care for all beyond COVID-19
Innovation in transdisciplinary teaching and learning
Digitalization and humanising technology in healthcare
Policy, legal frameworks, and ethical aspects
Mental health interventions to promote community resilience, health, and well-being of African communities
Vulnerable populations and sustainable development goals
Beyond the bounds: Indigenous artistic knowledge translation

Attachments

Accommodation close to the conference venue