UFS E-Engaged Scholarship Podcasts

Nyalleng Mollo from the University of Free State at the School of Nursing doing fourth year. She talks about the importance of immunisations. Engaged Scholarship Website

Mofumahadi Tsoene talks about the care of the perineum after birth. It is a topic that nurses never focus too much on and women ends up complicating due to lack of information. So my group and I found it so important to educate women more on it to prevent more complications in future. Engaged Scholarship Website

Today we are speaking with Ms Melani T, a student Specialist Midwife from school of nursing at the UFS about the care of the c-section wound. Engaged Scholarship Website

In this podcast we will focus on the treatment of a baby’s bum. A baby’s bum needs to be protected from becoming red and sore. This happens when your baby spends too much time a wet or dirty nappy. The red rash can become much worse and cause open sores on your baby’s bum. A happy baby bum will lead to a happy baby. Engaged Scholarship Website

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of a new born is the characteristic smell of a baby and their soft skin. Their skin goes through a lot of change after birth and to keep their soft and flawless skin may cause a great deal of stress on mothers or caregivers of babies. It is not uncommon for babies to develop some form of rash or skin irritation during this time of change. The skin i...

A baby is blessing, gift from heaven above, a precious little angel to cherish and to love, but it does not always feel like a blessing to everyone due to different challenges that the mothers can have in their lives. Post-partum depression is real and it does not chose whether you are a new mother or a mother of 3, it can happen at any stage. In the discussion we will be focusing on the signs, ca...

We are going to address danger/warning signs during and post pregnancy that woman who are pregnant or have given birth already should be in the lookout for. And the community at large to be able to give each other informed advice and woman to be able to seek medical help as early as possible to avoid complications. Presented by: Hlakotsa Seipati, A Specialist midwife student from the school of Nur...

The aim of this podcast is to inform people about a very common sign found in newborns, called jaundice. Jaundice is the medical term for a baby that appears yellow. The following will be discussed: what jaundice is, what to look out for, how it is treated and how it can be prevented. Engaged Scholarship Website · Sesotho Script group 1.pdf — PDF (18.0 KB)

Three student psychologists will look at a few concepts including helplessness, meaning-making and context. This will then be made more practical by applying them to the COVID-19 pandemic. After this, they address how meaning can be found in these uncertain times using Viktor Frankl’s three sources of meaning. These ideas are just a few examples of how you can bring more meaning into your own life...

Ndifelani Murida on behalf of her group Siyanda Mhlom, Sinegugu Zungu and Monique Basson, student psychologists from UFS Department of Psychology, shares some thoughts on grief and self-compassion during COVID-19. (Transcription attached) Engaged Scholarship Website · Grief and self-compassion Transcription.pdf — PDF (47.4 KB)

Three student psychologists from UFS compiled and will be speaking about Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the Covid-19 pandemic. This podcast will be specifically zooming in on the psychological impacts of GBV on women and girls, the underlying factors that are believed to lead men to abuse women and young girls by looking at these factors from an individual, family, community, societal, and chronos...

Three student psychologists from the UFS Department of Psychology delve into dealing with stress during COVID-19. The podcast will look at how stress affects us, why it is worse during COVID-19 and how we can deal with it and help others deal with stress. Engaged Scholarship Website