Jane Handina Murigwa Kanchense

Publications

• IS THERE ROOM FOR TESTIMONY AND/OR NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY AMONG PROFESSIONAL NURSES?

  J. H. Kanchense

  The Romanian Journal for Psychology, Psychotherapy and Neuroscience. 01/2011; 1:90-117.

  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that reached epidemic proportions globally, but there is still no corresponding public health attention and reactionary health and other social policies. This article is a conceptual analysis of ethical issues regarding modes of thought and practice in he... [more] Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that reached epidemic proportions globally, but there is still no corresponding public health attention and reactionary health and other social policies. This article is a conceptual analysis of ethical issues regarding modes of thought and practice in healthcare, focusing on the dilemma of the connections between ethical, moral and legal issues. A Zimbabwean nurse’s dilemma regarding morality, ethics and the law is examined and analyzed. This dilemma occurred during the course of her work both as a wartime community health nurse, wartime operating room nurse, a near death experience, and upon receiving a testimony from a wartime killer who had killed her colleagues. Ethical dilemmas remain a challenge among professional nurses, world wide. As legal and professional practice become more complex, so do the associated ethical issues.

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• Zimbabwe's Child Brides: Using Participatory Action to Unleash Human Potential

  JH Kanchense

  03/2009;

  ISBN: TZ7898WEU987W778T

• Urologic and gynecologic health problems among Zimbabwean women: what is the role of poverty?

  Jane Handina Murigwa Kanchense

  Urologic nursing : official journal of the American Urological Association Allied. 11/2007; 27(5):373-89, 402; quiz 390.

  A summary of the cultural and geopolitical climate described in the companion article, "Mwatambudzeni's Short Life," is provided (Kanchense, 2007). The multiplicity and complexity of factors, as well as some of the governmental policies and attitudes that have contributed to the enviro... [more] A summary of the cultural and geopolitical climate described in the companion article, "Mwatambudzeni's Short Life," is provided (Kanchense, 2007). The multiplicity and complexity of factors, as well as some of the governmental policies and attitudes that have contributed to the environment in which a young pregnant woman can so easily suffer death during childbirth are explained. Some of the root causes of poverty among Zimbabwean women are described, and the pathophysiological consequences of cultural practices, and health and social policies are explored. Recommendations for improving overall urologic health among Zimbabwean women are provided.

• Mwatambudzeni's short life.

  Jane Hardina Murigwa Kanchense

  Urologic nursing : official journal of the American Urological Association Allied. 11/2007; 27(5):367-72.

  This fictional story depicts a young Zimbabwean girl's short life amid the struggles of poverty, cultural practices, and access to health care. Through Mwatambudzeni's story, we experience her lost educational opportunities, unsuccessful fight against a system of harmful cultural practices, ... [more] This fictional story depicts a young Zimbabwean girl's short life amid the struggles of poverty, cultural practices, and access to health care. Through Mwatambudzeni's story, we experience her lost educational opportunities, unsuccessful fight against a system of harmful cultural practices, and her premature death caused by lack of available health care services. But it also offers a glimmer of hope as young girls, not wanting to follow in Mwatambudzeni's footsteps, begin to empower themselves through education.

• Holistic self-management education and support: a proposed public health model for improving women's health in Zimbabwe.

  Jane Handina Murigwa Kanchense

  Health care for women international. 09/2006; 27(7):627-45.

  The primary health care model of public health has been implemented in many countries around the globe since the Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978, without pilot testing the primary health care model. Therefore, many public health researchers have sought methods of improving primary health care by cre... [more] The primary health care model of public health has been implemented in many countries around the globe since the Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978, without pilot testing the primary health care model. Therefore, many public health researchers have sought methods of improving primary health care by creating evidence-based models. Many of these researchers recognize the role of behavioral models in public health. These offshoots of primary health care include the ecological, care, central human capabilities, and the SPECIES models. Holistic self-management education and support is a capacity-building philosophy that ensures active involvement of consumers of health care in the planning and implementation and evaluation of health care services. It helps consumers of health care to achieve the desired improved quality of health and life in managing and sustaining their health at the grassroots level. The care model addresses disease management ideals of the in the original primary health care model. The SPECIES model addresses those aspects of the primary health care model that include the cultural and social factors, as well as individual health education and support in the original primary health care model. The ecological model offers an improvement of the socioeconomic ideal in the original primary health care model. Improving the health of individuals will prevent illness, thereby reducing health care costs and lessening the current strain on an overburdened health care system in Zimbabwe. Holistic self-management education and support links health care delivery systems with social processes. It is a best practices model that could better serve Zimbabwean girls and women by contributing positively to the national challenges in health care, thereby meeting the Zimbabwean primary health care and safe motherhood goals. It is here recommended that holistic self-management education and support must be pilot tested before being adopted as the most appropriate model for ensuring population health.

• Community Health Services: From Strategic Planning to Action

  J.H. Kanchense

  Peace Country Community Health Service Quarterly In-Service Conference, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada; 09/2006

• Global Challenges in 21st Century Public Health: Issues in the Management of Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and Cardiovascular Disease

  J. H. Kanchense

  10th Annual Alegent Health Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Conference, Omaha, Nebraska; 08/2005

• Patriarchy and the Struggle for Women's Health in Zimbabwe from 1980-2005

  J. H. Kanchense

  05/2005

  Degree: PhD

  Supervisor: Andrew Jameton, PhD

• An Investigation of the Health Promotion/Health Ministry Activities among Congregations in Nebraska

  J.H. Kanchense

  08/2001

  Degree: Master of Science in Health Promotion

  Supervisor: Kay Ryan, PhD., RN.