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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2011)
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The
effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa.
Methods:24 communities ...
Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: Assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
BACKGROUND: While much is written about the scale up of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), little research has been done on the expansion of routine preART HIV care.
OBJECTIVE: To assess ...
Global health research, partnership, and equity: no more business-as-usual
(BioMed Central, 2011)
The papers in this important collection reflect a mature and confident way of doing global health research which is anything but business-as-usual. In the context of increasing competition for individual or institutional ...
A systematic review of African studies on intimate partner violence against pregnant women: prevalence and risk factors
(Public Library of Science, 2011)
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is very high in Africa. However, information obtained from the increasing
number of African studies on IPV among pregnant women has not been scientifically analyzed. This paper ...
Prevalence and risk indicators of chronic pain in a rural community in South Africa
(James Cook University, 2011)
Background: Despite the acknowledgement that chronic pain may be a problem for adults in rural settings, there is a lack of
epidemiological investigations on its occurrence in rural South Africa. Objectives: To estimate ...
Chronic pain in the community: A survey in a township in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Medpharm Publications, 2011)
Background: Comprehensive information is needed on the epidemiology and burden of chronic pain in the population for
the development of appropriate health interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, ...
The Feasibility of implementing a sexual risk reduction intervention in routine clinical practice at an ARV clinic in Cape Town: a case study
(Springer, 2011)
This case study with one lay adherence counsellor
assessed the implementation of Options for Health, a
sexual risk-reduction intervention based on Motivational
Interviewing (MI), in an antiretroviral clinic in Cape ...
Perceptions of body size and its association with HIV/AIDS
(MedPharm Publications, 2011)
OBJECTIVE: To explore the perception among black South African women that people who are thin are infected with HIV or have AIDS.
SETTING: Khayelitsha, an urban township in Cape Town.
SUBJECTS: 513 women aged 18-65 ...
Assessing and improving care for patients with TB/HIV/STIs in a rural district in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2011)
Setting: Despite the prioritisation of TB, HIV and STI programmes
in South Africa, service targets are not achieved, have had little
effect, and the magnitude of the epidemics continues to escalate.
Objective. To report ...
Factors contributing to poor performance of Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(LAM Publications Ltd, 2011)
The purpose of the study was to assess factors contributing to poor performance of Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) in Mopani district of Limpopo Province, South Africa. An exploratory qualitative approach ...