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Short-term and sustained effects of a health system strengthening intervention to improve mortality trends for paediatric severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2017)
BACKGROUND. Case fatality rates for childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain high in some resource-limited facilities in South
Africa (SA), despite the widespread availability of the World Health Organization ...
The governance of national community health worker programmes in low- and middle-income countries: an empirically based framework of governance principles, purposes and tasks
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018)
BACKGROUND: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are increasingly regarded as an integral component of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At the interface of the formal health ...
Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of physical activity levels among South African adults in Cape Town and Mount Frere communities in 2008-2009
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Physical activity has been linked to reduced risk of various cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and
premature mortality. We investigated the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of physical activity
among ...
“Without a mother”: caregivers and community members’ views about the impacts of maternal mortality on families in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality in South Africa is high and a cause for concern especially because the bulk of deaths from maternal causes are preventable. One of the proposed reasons for persistently high maternal mortality ...
Factors contributing to the risk of HIV infection in rural school-going adolescents
(MDPI, 2014)
The objective of this study was to determine the factors that increase the risk of HIV infection in rural school-going adolescents and young adults. This was a cross-sectional study of 430 secondary school students (47.4% ...
Whole-system change: case study of factors facilitating early implementation of a primary health care reform in a South African province
(BioMed Central, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Whole-system interventions are those that entail system wide changes in goals, service delivery arrangements and relationships between actors, requiring approaches to implementation that go beyond projects or ...
Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review
(PLOS, 2018)
Background:
Globally the number of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has risen significantly over the last few decades. Aligned to this is a growing use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver T2DM ...
Exploring adverse parent-child relationships from the perspective of convicted child murderers: A South African qualitative study
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
Child homicide is the most extreme form of violence against children. Within South Africa,
children face the highest risk of homicide by parents/caregivers. It is suggested that prolonged
exposure to adverse relationships ...
Study protocol for the SMART2D adaptive implementation trial: a cluster randomised trial comparing facility-only care with integrated facility and community care to improve type 2 diabetes outcomes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly
contributing to the global burden of disease. Health
systems in most parts of the world are struggling to
diagnose and manage T2D, especially in low-income
and ...
Association between perceived built environmental attributes and physical activity among adults in South Africa
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)
Background: To investigate the association between perceived environmental attributes and leisure-time and transport-related physical activity. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey involving 671 South Africans aged ...