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Utilisation of private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries in five rural district public hospitals in South Africa: A mixed-methods study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
Researching how public–private engagements
may promote universal access to safe obstetric care
including caesarean delivery is essential. The aim of this
research was to document the utilisation of private general
pr ...
Diabetes self-management: A qualitative study on challenges and solutions from the perspective of South African patients and health care providers
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
Health education and self-management are among key strategies for managing diabetes and hypertension to reduce morbidity and mortality. Inappropriate self- management support can potentially worsen chronic diseases outcomes ...
Exploring self-reported adherence measures to screen for elevated HIV viral load in adolescents: A South African cohort study
(Springer, 2023)
The timely identification of ART non-adherence among adolescents living with HIV presents a significant challenge, particularly
in resource-limited settings where virologic monitoring is suboptimal. Using South African ...
Perspectives about social support among unmarried pregnant university students in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2023)
Pregnant young women in an academic environment are susceptible to stressors associated with unintended pregnancy and academic demands of universities. The challenges they face may be exacerbated by lack of social support, ...
Determining food industry compliance to mandatory sodium limits: Successes and challenges from the South African experience
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
To provide an update on the compliance to the Na reduction regulation
(R.214) and to highlight some challenges and successes experienced by South
Africa in the implementation of a mandatory Na regulation. The study design ...
Training community care workers to provide comprehensive TB⁄HIV⁄PMTCT integrated care in KwaZulu-Natal: Lessons learnt
(Wiley, 2012)
To describe a participatory approach to implement and evaluate ways to integrate and traincommunity care workers (CCWs) to enhance collaborative TB⁄HIV⁄PMTCT activities, and home-basedHIV counseling and testing (HCT) at ...
Engagement of non-government organisations and community care workers in collaborative TB/HIV activities including prevention of mother to child transmission in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges
(BMC, 2012)
The implementation of collaborative TB/HIV activities may help to mitigate the impact of the dual epidemic on patients and communities. Such implementation requires integrated interventions across facilities and levels of ...
Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa
(BMC, 2009)
Despite several years of implementation, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in many resource poor settings are failing to reach the majority of HIV positive women. We report on a data driven ...
Fear of the perpetrator: A major reason why sexual assault victims delayed presenting at hospital
(Wiley, 2014)
Sexual violence occurs globally and has been reportedacross various cultures and among all demographic andsocio-economic groups. Although both sexes are affected,women are usually the victims and men the perpetrators;in ...
From pre-implementation to institutionalization: Lessons from sustaining a perinatal audit program in South Africa
(NLM (Medline), 2023)
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR), or related forms of maternal and perinatal
death audits, can strengthen health systems. We explore the history of initiating, scaling up, and institutionalizing ...