Staff Profiles: School of Nursing and Public Health

staff profiles: SCHOOL OF NURSING & PUBLIC HEALTH

Ms Wilma Wilkinson

1. Name:	Wilma Wilkinson
2. Tertiary Qualifications	1994: Hons. Cur. (Community Nursing) University of Namibia 1988: Dipl. Community Nursing – University of Orange Freestate 1985: M. Soc. Sc. (Psychiatric Nursing) University of Orange Freestate 1982: Hons. Soc.Sc. (Nursing) University of Orange Freestate 1980: B. Soc. Sc (Nursing) University of Orange Freestate
3. Current Position	Lecturer
4. Campus Address	Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek Block M, Room M102
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone	+264 61 206 3825 +264 61 206 3922
6. Email Address	wwilkinson@unam.na
7. Short Biography	Ms Wilkinson is a Namibian with more than 21 years of experience as lecturer at the Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at the University of Namibia. Is involved in the nursing profession for the past 30 years.
8. Resume/Vita	Resume/Vita document
9. Recently Taught Courses	Mental Health nursing NNMH 3880 Health care dynamics Practice of HIV/AIDS counseling
10. Academic interest/ expertise	Mental health Nursing, Counseling, Monitoring and evaluation Qualitative research
11. Research and Publications	Research projects: Operational and Social Cultural Research on the quality of maternal health care in the North West region (2000; Group Leader). Operational and Social Cultural Research on the Sexual and Reproductive health behaviour of the Adolescent in the North West Region (2002) Report published in 2003 Baseline Survey on the Sexual and Reproductive issues related to the Adolescent. (2002; Group leader) Report published in 2004 Development of a database on Gender based violence in Namibia. 2005-2006 Assessment of Quality of community- based services to PLWHA or chronically ill provided by CAA, NRCS, DAPP and Lironga Eparu Experiencing of persons living with severe mental illness: qualitative case study. 2009 Publications: 008 Libuku, E; Small, LF & Wilkinson W Exposure to domestic violence during pregnancy: Perceptions and coping mechanisms of a vulnerable group. Published in Health SA Gesondheid 13 (2) p3-13. June 2008
12. Recent Professional Activities	Training: 2007 HIV/AIDS, ARV and PMTC training conducted by the ITech Namibia 2010 Monitoring and evaluation 2010 Leadership in Health training conducted by the I Tech. Presented by the University of Washington USA Professional Bodies Professional registrations: Holds registration at the Nursing Council of Namibia as: General Nurse Community Health Nurse Psychiatric nurse Midwife Nursing Educator Nurse Administrator Administration Unit Head: Mental Health Unit University committees Examination Committee (University) Examination Committee (Faculty) Research Committee (Faculty) Curriculum Committee (Faculty)