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Evalina van Wijk
Senior Lecturer and Coordinator
Dr van Wijk was born in Swellendam in the Western Cape, South Africa. She earned a Doctoral (University of Cape Town) and Master’s Degree in Psychiatric Nursing (University of the Western Cape), a diploma in Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Science (University of the Western Cape), a Bachelor’s Curationis B CUR degree in Nursing Administration and Community Health Nursing (University of South Africa), a diploma in Nursing Education(University of South Africa), a diploma in Psychiatric Nursing from Stikland Psychiatric Nursing College, a diploma in Midwifery Nursing and a diploma in General Nursing Science (Both from the Otto Du Plessis Nursing College, Tygerberg Hospital.
As a senior lecturer, Dr van Wijk holds national credentials as an Advanced Psychiatric Nurse, teaching at the Western Cape College of Nursing, Cape Town, South Africa.
Due to her expertise in Gender Based Violence, the Nursing School at the University of the Western Cape appointed her as external moderator for the gender based violence component. Evalina is actively involved in various diverse communities-Voluntary trauma Councilor at the local Police Station, offer voluntary assessment and therapy (Defusing, debriefing, councelling, Cognitive Behavior, Family and Couple Therapy) for any person-(children and adults) who were victims of any form of abuse and trauma (Those who can’t afford private treatment).
Evalina plays an active role as guest speaker at diverse settings such as schools and community forums –e.g. Post traumatic Stress, Drug and Alcohol, Bully behavior, Self assertiveness, parenting skills, stress management etc. Because of her expertise, various novice researchers approached her for support with their Master’s and PhD dissertations. Her background includes 41 years of experience as an educator and clinician in all settings in which care is provided. As member of the Research and Research Ethics Committee, Evalina is an advocate promoting the conducting of research and encourage professionals to publish their research findings for evidence practice. Van Wijk published in local and international peer reviewed journals and presents her research at National and International conferences.
Evalina has appeared on local radio stations and news papers. She was also been quoted in newsletters (UCT) and journal articles. She is a consummate blogger and a regular contributor to HuffPost.She is the author of one self published books: Me, my mother and Alzheimer’s disease. United States of America. Xilibris Publishing Company.ISBN: 978-1-4931-4149-4, the co-author in Conflict-related sexual violence: International Law, Local Responses, edited by Susan Devey and Tonia Germain: Chapter 9 - The experiences of male intimate partners of female rape victims from Cape Town South Africa: Their journeys from secondary victims to secondary survivors. (9781565495043), the author of 5 Lifetime Publications: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and is currently busy preparing 2 other manuscripts for publication in 2018.
Current Research
- Link between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse/Neglect
- Association between Child abuse/neglect and adult psychiatric problems
Interested topics
- Patient safety
- Research Methodology: Application of the functions of a literature review
- Interpretive research Approaches
- The evolution of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing as a specialty
Honors
1998 to date: Member of Senate
2011: Interview on SA fm, April 7th: Impact of trauma on secondary victims.
2012:Revised the Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Science Subject Guides: University of
Stellenbosch.
2008: Recipient of an African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship award offered by the African Population and Health Research Centre in partnership with the International Development Research Centre
2009: Recipient of a bursary from the Margaret McNamara Research Foundation.
2011-2013: Reviewed M Tech: Nursing Proposals, CPUT, Bellville, Cape Town
2013: Plenary speaker at the Margaret McNamara Research Foundation rewards
Ceremony UCT, Cape Town
2014: Nominee Provincial Cecialia Makiwane Award for Outstanding Performance in
Nursing and Nursing Education
2014: Invited plenary speaker: at the TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME for
designated groups of Professional Nurses, Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Town
2015: Nominee NEA Excellence awards
2015: Nominee the Marilyn Lehana Awards for Outstanding Performance in Nursing
Education
2015: Wrote the job descriptions for Advanced Psychiatric Nurses in the Western Cape (was on request of Nursing Managers)
2016: Nominee the Marilyn Lehana Awards for Outstanding Performance in Nursing
Education
2016: Outstanding Woman of Achievement for voluntary Community involvement
(Women and children & trauma victims)
2016: appointed as chief editor-Journal of Palliative Care and Nursing
2016: Blind reviewed 41 abstracts for a World Nursing Congress
2016: Wrote Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty Policy for the Post Basic courses presented at the Western Cape College of Nursing, Athlone –was approved 2017
2017 Appointed as Peer reviewer for Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural
Science
2017: Inaugurated as a member of the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau
International
International collaboration
- Sigma Theta Tau International
- Kent University-Department of Psychiatric Nursing
- Indiana University -Department of Psychiatric Nursing
Yale school of nursing -Department of Psychiatric Nursing - Arizona University -Department of Psychiatric Nursing
- Brandon University, America -Department of Psychiatric Nursing
- Dundee University, England-Department of Psychiatric Nursing
- University of Minnesota-Department of Psychiatric Nursing
Membership of Professional Associations
- South African Nursing Council (11984556)
- Member of the Senate
- Member of the Post Graduate Curriculum Committee (New Qualifications)
- Member of the Disciplinary Committee-until 2010
- Member of Library Committee
- Member of the Subject Committee for Advanced Psychiatric Nursing
- Member of the Examination Committee
Other professional and leadership activities
2010 to date: Member of the Research Ethics Committee
2010 to date: Member of the Research Committee
Editorships
- 2016: Appointed as chief editor-Journal of Palliative Care and Nursing
- 2016: Blind reviewed 41 abstracts for a World Nursing Congress
- 2017 Appointed as Peer reviewer for Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science
Conference Organization
- 2015: Chair: Leadership and change oral presentations : ICN: Seoul, Korea
Publications and independent research
· Self publishing: Book
2014 (Feb 24th ): Me, my mother and Alzheimer’s disease. United States of America. Xilibris Publishing Company.ISBN: 978-1-4931-4149-4
- Co author: Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
2012: Conflict-related sexual violence: International Law, Local Responses, edited by Susan Devey and Tonia Germain: Chapter 9 - The experiences of male intimate partners of female rape victims from Cape Town South Africa: Their journeys from secondary victims to secondary survivors. (9781565495043):
www.amazon.com/Conflict-Related-Sexual-Violence-International-Responses. ISBN: 1565495039
Lifetime Publications: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
- Van Wijk, E. and Harrison, T. (31st October, 2013): The International Journal of Qualitative Research: Managing ethical problems in qualitative research involving vulnerable populations: using a pilot study.
ejournals.library.ualberta.ca › Home › V,12: 570-586
- Van Wijk, E. (14th May, 2014): The qualitative report. Recruitment and retention of participants: Experiences from a longitudinal qualitative study. Vol,19, Article 56, 1-21
Available at: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR19/vanwijk56.pdf
- Van Wijk, E. and Harrison, T. (12th May, 2014): Journal of Health Care for Women International, Relationship difficulties post rape: Being a male intimate partner of a female rape victim in Cape Town, South Africa,1-25.
- Van Wijk, E, Duma, S and Mayers, P. The lived experience of male intimate partners of female rape victims in Cape Town, South Africa (published October 2014, Curationis).
- Van Wijk, E, Traut, A and Julie, H. (14th August, 2014). Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities. Curationis 37(1),
Art. #1122, 9 pages. Available: http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/ curationis.v37i1.1122
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Conference Attendance and Conference proceedings |
Oral Presentations at international /national conferences< >2009. International Conference of Nursing (ICN). Durban, South Africa: “An investigation into patients’ perceptions of contributing factors toward their aggressive and violent behaviour after admission to a mental health facility.”2009: International Health Care Research Conference, Nairobi, Kenya: “The environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities.”2011. The Third Annual University of the Western Cape “HIV in context” Research Symposium: New Research in Gender, Violence and HIV, School of Public Health. 23 - 24 March 2011: “The experiences of male intimate partners of female rape victims from Cape Town South Africa: Their journeys from secondary victims to secondary survivors.”2011. Denosa Conference: Johannesburg. “Using a conceptual framework to understand the impact of rape on male intimate partners of female rape victims in Cape Town, South Africa.”15-17 July, 2013. ADDRF Symposium Nairobi – Kenya: “Managing ethical problems in qualitative research involving vulnerable populations: Using a pilot study.”15-17 July, 2013. ADDRF Symposium Nairobi – Kenya: Using Hermeneutic Phenomenology as a research method to examine the lived experiences of male intimate partners of female rape victims from Cape Town South Africa.October, 2013. The 19th International Conference of Qualitative Research, Halifax, Canada: “The lived experience of male intimate partners of female rape victims in Cape Town, South Africa.”October, 2013. The 19th International Conference of Qualitative Research, Halifax, Canada: “Recruitment and retention of participants: Experiences from a longitudinal qualitative study.”2015: Presented 2 papers in June at ICN, Seoul, South Korea.
< >Poster presentations at international conferences
The 19th International Conference of Qualitative Research, Halifax, Canada: Managing ethical Problems in qualitative research involving vulnerable populations: Using a pilot study.
< >(A) Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behavior of patients in mental health facilities.
(B) Relationship difficulties Post Rape, In Cape Town, South Africa.
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