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Factors associated with patterns of plural healthcare utilization among patients taking antiretroviral therapy in rural and urban South Africa: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background: In low-resource settings, patients’ use of multiple healthcare sources may complicate chronic care
and clinical outcomes as antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to expand. However, little is known ...
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 ...
Human trafficking and human rights violations in South Africa: Stakeholders' perceptions and the critical role of legislation
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2014)
This article examines the perspectives of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders in South Africa on the dynamics of human trafficking in South Africa, and on efforts to protect the human rights of rescued victims ...
Realist evaluation of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club programme in selected primary healthcare facilities in the metropolitan area of Western Cape Province, South Africa: a study protocol
(BMJ, 2016)
INTRODUCTION: Suboptimal retention in care and poor
treatment adherence are key challenges to antiretroviral
therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Communitybased
approaches to HIV service delivery are
recommended to ...
Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: The adverse health and equity impacts of transnational corporations' (TNCs) practices have become
central public health concerns as TNCs increasingly dominate global trade and investment and shape national
economies. ...
The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision
of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified
a ...
Critiquing the response to the Ebola epidemic through a primary health care approach
(BMC Public Health, 2016)
BACKGROUND: The 2014/2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic has caused the global public health community to engage in difficult self-reflection. First, it must consider the part it played in relation to an important public health ...
Beyond vulnerable groups: contexts and dyamics of vulnerability
(Sage Publications, 2013)
This paper reviews approaches to vulnerability in public health, introducing a series of 10 papers addressing vulnerability in health in Africa. We understand vulnerability as simultaneously a condition and a process. ...