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"It's important to take your medication everyday okay?" An evaluation of counselling by lay counsellors for ARV adherence support in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Springer, 2013)
There is growing interest in standard care
programmes for antiretroviral (ARV) adherence support. In
South Africa, individual counselling following ARV initiation
is a main strategy for supporting adherence in the
public ...
Location of community pharmacies and prevalence of oral conditions in the Western Cape Province
(Elsevier, 2013)
Community pharmacists are approached regularly for oral health advice; most commonly for
ulcers which could be indicative of oral cancer, HIV, and various systemic diseases. Community
pharmacists should know how to manage ...
Perceived childhood exposure to domestic violence: The risk for adult revictimisation
(UNISA, 2015)
The prevalence of domestic violence is described as pervasive with a majority of victims being
females and perpetrators being males. Often females who experienced domestic violence had
been previously exposed to family ...
Knowledge, attitude and practice study of HIV in female adolescents presenting for contraceptive services in a rural health district in the north-east of Namibia
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2012)
Background: Namibia bears a large burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and the
youth are disproportionately affected.
Objectives: To explore the current knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of female adolescents ...
Gender differences in experiences of ART services in South Africa: a mixed methods study
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)
Objectives: A mixed methods study exploring gender differences in patient profiles and experiences of
ART services, along the access dimensions of availability, affordability and acceptability, in two rural
and two urban ...
Treating an intervention level 1 patient: futile or brave?
(Medpharm Publications (Pty) Ltd, 2013)
An ethical dilemma describes conflicting opinions by different members of the care team. This article focuses on AJ, a five-year-old child
with cerebral palsy, who was born deaf and blind as a result of having contracted ...
Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: South Africa has the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assessing the
effect of modifiable factors such as early infant feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity is therefore ...
Emtonjeni—A structural intervention to integrate sexual and reproductive health into public sector HIV care in Cape Town, South Africa: results of a phase II study
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
Integration of sexual and reproductive health within HIV care services is a promising strategy for increasing access to family planning and STI services and reducing unwanted pregnancies, perinatal HIV transmission and ...
Scaling up integration: Development and results of a participatory assessment of HIV/TB services, South Africa
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2010)
BACKGROUND: In South Africa the need to integrate HIV, TB and STI programmes has been recognised at a policy and
organisation level; the challenge is now one of translating policies into relevant actions and monitoring
...
The challenges of reshaping disease specific and care oriented community based services towards comprehensive goals: a situation appraisal in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Similar to other countries in the region, South Africa is currently reorienting a loosely structured and
highly diverse community care system that evolved around HIV and TB, into a formalized, comprehensive and
integrated ...