Affiliation

Lecturer, Dept. of Nursing Education, University of Botswana

 

Address

Dept. of Nursing Education,
University of Botswana
Private Bag UB 00702,
Gaborone,
Botswana

 

Contact

SHAIBUS@mopipi.ub.bw

 

Biosketch

Dr. Sheila Shaibu is a registered nurse and a lecturer in the Department of Nursing Education at the University of Botswana. She obtained a diploma in general nursing and operating theatre technique from Mpilo general Hospital, Bulawayo; a B.Ed in Nursing from the University of Botswana; and an MSc and PhD in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. Her areas of specialisation are Community Health Nursing and Nursing Administration. She has published in refereed journals and book chapters and recently collaborated on a WHO multi-country study on Integrated Health Care Responses to rapid population ageing.

 

Key research/capacity building interests

 

Research Interests

• Older people, ageing and health
• Family caregiving of/by older people and grandparenthood
• Home-based care
• Diabetes mellitus in older people
• School health 

Capacity Building Interests

• Geriatric medicine curriculum development

Key methodological skills

Qualitative methods: grounded theory; in-depth interviews; focus group discussions

Current/planned research

• Experiences of granparents who are caring for orphans
• Home based care: an evaluation of the Botswana programme
• Risk factors for high blood glucose among older people

Current Engagement in capacity building

Supervision of MSc students’ research activities